Should the Blazers re-sign Jusuf Nurkic this summer?

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Pinwheel1 said:
http://www.nbadraft.net/players/dzanan-musa

Sign Nurk and get him to get this kid over here:

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It's great to see a kid shoot the lights out. The only problem with a feature vid is that it does not show his downside. For example, I did not see his rebounding skillset. If he got here and actually plays for us, he would be relegated to a bench warmer in his first season. Thanks for the vid. I was impressed with his basketball awareness and confidence. Pinwheel Knows! D Musa looks like a potential fit once we dump Turner.
 
Hopefully we could sign him at 3 years @45m. If he wants longer contract go less.
I think within 3 years he will either be a for sure max or not.
 
stampedehero said:
It's great to see a kid shoot the lights out. The only problem with a feature vid is that it does not show his downside. For example, I did not see his rebounding skillset. If he got here and actually plays for us, he would be relegated to a bench warmer in his first season. Thanks for the vid. I was impressed with his basketball awareness and confidence. Pinwheel Knows! D Musa looks like a potential fit once we dump Turner.
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Yeah there are some question marks for sure, as with all 18 year olds, but for where we are picking he certainly needs to be scouted by Blazer management. I just mentioned him because of your post about loading up with Bosnian players.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Yeah there are some question marks for sure, as with all 18 year olds, but for where we are picking he certainly needs to be scouted by Blazer management. I just mentioned him because of your post about loading up with Bosnian players.
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Da!
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Yeah there are some question marks for sure, as with all 18 year olds, but for where we are picking he certainly needs to be scouted by Blazer management. I just mentioned him because of your post about loading up with Bosnian players.
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I think Dzanan Musa will end up being somewhere between 11th and 15th pick, but not further than 18th pick for sure

I personally think theres good chance LAC draft him, they have two 1st round picks
 
Pinwheel1 said:
http://www.nbadraft.net/players/dzanan-musa

Sign Nurk and get him to get this kid over here:

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My friend are you Bosnian? :) i wanted to post same post about this kid :) but i thougth maybe will not be interested as you have similar kids in your schools..

This player is our most talented player. At this moment probably third best player in our national team ( Nurkic, Teletovic and goes him) but he is the youngest and pretend to be our best player in future. Interesting that he plays for the same club that Nurk played before nba - Cedevita from Zagreb /Croatia. He has his value. Our youth national team has won euro championship and he was MVP of the championship. That was amazing display trust me. His strenght: shooting, dribling very brave player with full of confidence, arrogance that all big players has, that positive arogance do not get me wrong. Weakness:
- he is not strong especially for nba monsters.
- Experience and mature play - but he is young.
- Making turnovers when want to pass to no one actually.

But he he improved a lot. Well we are small country and do not have many such talented players. Maybe for you this is normal in ncaa per example i do not know. But he is very talented for sure and has strong, very strong character. Could be a leader.
 
Almir said:
My friend are you Bosnian? :) i wanted to post same post about this kid :) but i thougth maybe will not be interested as you have similar kids in your schools..

This player is our most talented player. At this moment probably third best player in our national team ( Nurkic, Teletovic and goes him) but he is the youngest and pretend to be our best player in future. Interesting that he plays for the same club that Nurk played before nba - Cedevita from Zagreb /Croatia. He has his value. Our youth national team has won euro championship and he was MVP of the championship. That was amazing display trust me. His strenght: shooting, dribling very brave player with full of confidence, arrogance that all big players has, that positive arogance do not get me wrong. Weakness:
- he is not strong especially for nba monsters.
- Experience and mature play - but he is young.
- Making turnovers when want to pass to no one actually.

But he he improved a lot. Well we are small country and do not have many such talented players. Maybe for you this is normal in ncaa per example i do not know. But he is very talented for sure and has strong, very strong character. Could be a leader.
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Thanks Amir. No I am not Bosnian, just another Blazer fan who is desperately looking for our SF of the future. For what ever reason we do not have an abundance of good ones in college. PG's, SG's, and PF's yes....but not what we consider SF's in the NBA.

Looking at some of the current mock drafts, 2 of the top 5 SF's ranked at the moment, and that will change by April, are from Europe. The other being Doncic from Slovenia. Others will probably pop up during our college tournament, but right now Music looks intriguing. No doubt he needs to add some strength , but that will come naturally as he matures.
 
Kid looks good my only worry is he is 6’9” and only 195. Meaning needs to gain like 25-30lbs of muscle if he wants to compete at a high level and that doesn’t just happen overnight. I mean aminu is not the biggest guy in the world and even he’s 220. So this kid would have to be a 3-5 year project at least. Idk if that is really what we need even though he’s at a position of need and looks talented enough.
 
chzbrgr said:
Kid looks good my only worry is he is 6’9” and only 195. Meaning needs to gain like 25-30lbs of muscle if he wants to compete at a high level and that doesn’t just happen overnight. I mean aminu is not the biggest guy in the world and even he’s 220. So this kid would have to be a 3-5 year project at least. Idk if that is really what we need even though he’s at a position of need and looks talented enough.
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Although he is the same height and weight as Brandon Ingram. True BI is freakishly longer, but this kid may be a better shooter. Either way, whoever we draft....... will not be NBA ready.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Although he is the same height and weight as Brandon Ingram. True BI is freakishly longer, but this kid may be a better shooter. Either way, whoever we draft....... will not be NBA ready.
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I am becoming more and more intrigued by Mikal Bridges. He seems like a perfect fit on this team. I think he looks fairly NBA ready too. Latest NBADraft.net mock draft has him going 11th. It's going to be hard to get up that high to get him without missing the playoffs though.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Although he is the same height and weight as Brandon Ingram. True BI is freakishly longer, but this kid may be a better shooter. Either way, whoever we draft....... will not be NBA ready.
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Honestly there is already nba product who can play immediatelly but it is not for now my above mentioned Bosnian talent. It is actually Luka Doncic Slovenian. I suppose that you maybe know how this guy play? My friends, i worked on venues last summer on Euro championship where Slovenia won and watched him a live. Remember my post - who take Doncic in draft, he will take jack pot from Europe. My God how he plays with his age. It is incredibile. You will see it in his rookie season. If i had magic in my hand, i will took Doncic and put him in Blazers team. Tell me something is there chance that Blazers can take him?
 
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chzbrgr said:
Kid looks good my only worry is he is 6’9” and only 195. Meaning needs to gain like 25-30lbs of muscle if he wants to compete at a high level and that doesn’t just happen overnight. I mean aminu is not the biggest guy in the world and even he’s 220. So this kid would have to be a 3-5 year project at least. Idk if that is really what we need even though he’s at a position of need and looks talented enough.
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Very true
 
Almir said:
Honestly there is already nba product who can play immediatelly but it is not for now my above mentioned Bosnian talent. It is actually Luka Doncic Slovenian. I suppose that you maybe know how this guy play? My friends, i worked on venues last summer on Euro championship where Slovenia won and watched him a live. Remember my post - who take Doncic in draft, he will take jack pot from Europe. My God how he plays with his age. It is incredibile. You will see it in his rookie season. If i had magic in my hand, i will took Doncic and put him in Blazers team. Tell me something is there chance that Blazers can take him?
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Doncic will be a top-5 draft pick. There is zero chance the Blazers would be able to get him.
 
Still think Nurkic is important to this team. Collins is beginning to overshadow him with his potential. But we re-sign Nurk and then use the Turner/Meyers money to re-sign Collins when the cap opens again.
 
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