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HCP said:
Why exactly?
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A lot of people here seemed to feel that Nurkic practicing meant he was likely good to go and the Blazers not announcing that was a "smoke screen" to confuse the Warriors.

My guess is that Nurkic will be "questionable" for every game, with a small chance to play back in Portland.
 
julius said:
I'd rather be safe than sorry. Even with Nurk it was at best a 6 game series.
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I disagree. They have nobody who can guard Nurk, and history shows that abusing a massive mismatch like that can swing a series. I'll go as far as to say if we drop game 1&2 we can still win the series if Nurk is healthy for game 3. I do believe Nurk is one of the best centers in the league and time will show that.

That being said I don't buy the belief that we are instantly doomed without him. These guys aren't going to roll over, and if everyone plays their best game we can pull out a W.
 
KingSpeed said:
What changed between yesterday and today that made him go from questionable to no go?
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Questionable means that they weren't sure, so it shouldn't have been surprising either way. As I speculated, they were waiting as long as they could to make the decision.
 
If this hurts anyone the most it's Nurkic. We know how bad he wanted to play in the playoffs.
 
HCP said:
Curious if you guys who seemed bummed about this actually thought he was coming back? When the injury happened there were multiple posters on here who posted links on how long the average player was out with this same injury and they were all 5-6 weeks. Did you guys not see those?
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I already reserved my spot for the championship parade.
 
HCP said:
Curious if you guys who seemed bummed about this actually thought he was coming back? When the injury happened there were multiple posters on here who posted links on how long the average player was out with this same injury and they were all 5-6 weeks. Did you guys not see those?
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HCP said:
Why exactly? Did you oversell, under deliver yourself again? Seems like a habit with you. Set yourself up for a crash.
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Einstein! Missed you!
 
I'm already pumped for next season. Let the big man rest and heal and be ready next October to start kicking some ass.
 
I really don't know the severity of the injury, but as I stated when it happened, I had the very same injury last October. I was encouraged to rest and ice it for a couple of weeks and that it was normal for it to be sore, but that I wasn't going to do much damage to it by walking or running on it after a few weeks. They couldn't do anything but let it heal naturally. It just felt like I had hit my funny bone for about a month. It was more annoying than anything.

Nurkic's injury could have been worse, or it could have been less severe. Either way, he should be just on the border of it being okay.
 
If he's going to play at all in this series, next Saturday is probably the prudent choice. Three plus weeks of recovery instead of two would be far more palatable in terms of PR risk and doing what's right for Nurk.
 
maxiep said:
I really don't know the severity of the injury, but as I stated when it happened, I had the very same injury last October. I was encouraged to rest and ice it for a couple of weeks and that it was normal for it to be sore, but that I wasn't going to do much damage to it by walking or running on it after a few weeks. They couldn't do anything but let it heal naturally. It just felt like I had hit my funny bone for about a month. It was more annoying than anything.

Nurkic's injury could have been worse, or it could have been less severe. Either way, he should be just on the border of it being okay.
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You're Waspian, not Bosnian.
 
I'm happy he's not playing if there is even the slightest of slightest chance he isn't 100%

We aren't winning shit this year with or without him.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I'm happy he's not playing if there is even the slightest of slightest chance he isn't 100%

We aren't winning shit this year with or without him.
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Meh, it's a long offseason. I think there is no substitute for playoff experience. Besides, Olshey could use the opportunity to see which other pieces we need around Dame, CJ and Nurkic to compete.
 
maxiep said:
My half-Jew side disagrees.
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I stayed positive and hoped that he would play, but at the same time Nurk is the future and it's in the best interest for the long term that heals fully.

I'm still optimistic about this series; nationally Portland hasn't got respect primarily for how they played prior to the AS break, but we all know just how good they have been since. It's not going to be easy, but it's ok to be optimistic while acknowledging that we could get thumped.
 
Showcase Meyers for a game or two. Then trade him this off-season.
Please have a good game Meyers, I don't care as much about winning as I do moving him.
 
maxiep said:
Meh, it's a long offseason. I think there is no substitute for playoff experience. Besides, Olshey could use the opportunity to see which other pieces we need around Dame, CJ and Nurkic to compete.
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I know, so he should know
 
DaLong said:
Showcase Meyers for a game or two. Then trade him this off-season.
Please have a good game Meyers, I don't care as much about winning as I do moving him.
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Welp, begging didn't do any good. Now what? I think we're just flat out screwed....
 
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