What a difference - Bear Nurkic making a BIG impression

[JDC]

You know who I think could be a decent PF next to Nurk?

Plums.

Nurkic needs spacing around him to maximize his pnr / post up game and you're not getting that with Plumlee. I don't think going with a pure stretch 4 is the right move either, but a guy who has some versatility defensively, and can space a little + pass (I want passers all over the floor).

So basically Johnathan Motley.

 

[MickZagger]

Leaf is kind of a throwback. Not strong or fast, but gets the job done.

I'm not really sold on him yet.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Honestly I think Vonleh has played way better since the Nurkic trade. I'm not giving up on him yet

 

[Strenuus]

Nurk is not your average bear.

 

[GDiama]

You know who I think could be a decent PF next to Nurk?

Plums.

There is no use for Plumlee next to Nurkic. Aminu is a much more ideal fit if we had to choose between the two. Plumlee would only destroy the spacing and you don't need so many playmakers so his ability to pass wouldn't help either. Our offense looks much better with Lillard/Nurkic running pnr which wouldn't happen if you had one more defender there (because Plumlee would be nearby and not in the corner).

 

[mook]

Plumlee would be a great replacement for Leonard at backup center.

Plums just feels a little like Steve Blake or Przybilla--you just watch, he'll wear a Blazer uni again at some point in his career. One dimensional white guys always come back.

 

[illmatic99]

Last Blazer big man I was this excited about was Aldridge. I think Nurk can be better. He reminds me exactly of a young Marc Gasol.

 

[illmatic99]

There is no use for Plumlee next to Nurkic. Aminu is a much more ideal fit if we had to choose between the two. Plumlee would only destroy the spacing and you don't need so many playmakers so his ability to pass wouldn't help either. Our offense looks much better with Lillard/Nurkic running pnr which wouldn't happen if you had one more defender there (because Plumlee would be nearby and not in the corner).

Perhaps I'm overanalyzing this, but I can just imagine Plums being the ultra active energy guy on both ends. Aminu as of late has been great, but his shot was deep in the toilet just a few weeks ago-- and he brought very little else to the table. I see him getting overpowered on the glass and in the post, and Nurk doesn't really rebound that well yet.

Plums just brings so much more to the table. He's a far better passer than Rouq and I think he could work a great two man game with Nurk.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Nurkic needs spacing around him to maximize his pnr / post up game and you're not getting that with Plumlee. I don't think going with a pure stretch 4 is the right move either, but a guy who has some versatility defensively, and can space a little + pass (I want passers all over the floor).
So basically Johnathan Motley.

Motley is definitely intriguing, although nba draft express says he has a low BBIQ on D..........

Got to love his length and athletic ability. His mid range game is good so I would imagine he could eventually expand it out to the 3 pt line. (Where currently he only shoots 27%)

I 100% agree we want passers all over the floor and I agree we don't need a pure stretch 4. But I do think that describes Leaf as well even with him shooting 46% from deep. He has an all around game.

 

[dviss1]

I know, I know, we're not supposed to compare players across racial lines, but at least I compared Euros.

Who the hell invented this "rule"?

I just told this 7th grader (black kid. Lefty) to go look at Chris Mullin video. The kid's game reminded me of Mully.

 

[BBert]

Plumlee would be a great replacement for Leonard at backup center.

Plums just feels a little like Steve Blake or Przybilla--you just watch, he'll wear a Blazer uni again at some point in his career. One dimensional white guys always come back.

IDK. I've kind of liked watching new Meyers bang and elbow and get chippy and make shots since he started backing up Nurk. And Meyers is our best and most prolific pick setter. I like the new offense too. Don't really need Plums back. Sorry Plums.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

If Nurk can turn Meyers into a real live center, he'll be worth the max contract he'll surely command 16 months from now.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Meyers even took two mid-range shots last night. I swear that's where he should be eating.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Meyers even took two mid-range shots last night. I swear that's where he should be eating.

Yeah! that fucking idiot, that's what I've been saying all along!
I just don't get why he always fakes that three-->dribbles inside for a wide open J and then he passes the ball.

 

[dviss1]

IDK. I've kind of liked watching new Meyers bang and elbow and get chippy and make shots since he started backing up Nurk. And Meyers is our best and most prolific pick setter. I like the new offense too. Don't really need Plums back. Sorry Plums.

Not anymore.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Who the hell invented this "rule"?

I just told this 7th grader (black kid. Lefty) to go look at Chris Mullin video. The kid's game reminded me of Mully.

I hope that kid comes back with a bleach blonde flat top and short shorts and starts lighting other kids up from deep lol

 

[Mediocre Man]

IDK. I've kind of liked watching new Meyers bang and elbow and get chippy and make shots since he started backing up Nurk. And Meyers is our best and most prolific pick setter. I like the new offense too. Don't really need Plums back. Sorry Plums.

Nurk is a much better screener than the hype. His are even legal......ish

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Nurk is a much better screener than the hype. His are even legal......ish

Nurk's little push off to get into the paint isn't subtle lol but doesn't get called ever so I'll take it.

 

[Shaboid]

I hope that kid comes back with a bleach blonde flat top and short shorts and starts lighting other kids up from deep lol

Sorta like the guy on the right here

such a underrated look.

 

[handiman]

Who the hell invented this "rule"?

No idea, but it's a line that's rarely crossed. Even shades of blackness seem to define player comparisons, like the recent one of Dillon Brooks to Richard Jefferson and Evan Turner. It's just dialed deep into our subconscious.

I just told this 7th grader (black kid. Lefty) to go look at Chris Mullin video. The kid's game reminded me of Mully.

He'll be so confused when he watches video. "You saying I can't jump?!"

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

It’s showing up statistically, too. Through six games, the Blazers have a 99.9 defensive rating when Nurkic is on the floor, a number that would lead all teams this season. The Blazers have had a bottom-four defense this season, so it’s a staggering about-face for Nurkic, one of the laziest big men in basketball, to make such a difference.

 

[Natebishop3]

What is this from?

 

[jlprk]

Sounds like Nurkic' mother. She left out the part about him never cleaning his room.

 

[santeesioux]

I think it's from an Oregonian article.

 

[Haakzilla]

 

[jonnyboy]

Its from The Ringer. I was going to come paste the same quote. Great minds...

 

[Hobbesarable]

If Nurk can turn Meyers into a real live center, he'll be worth the max contract he'll surely command 16 months from now.

Can Nurkic perform miracles now?

Bartender, I'll have a cup of that spiked Kool-Aid!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Can Nurkic perform miracles now?

Bartender, I'll have a cup of that spiked Kool-Aid!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Nurk, ET, Lillard, CJ, random dude.

Great passing lineup.

#PointBeast

 

[TBpup]

To say Nurkic is making a 'big' impression may be understatement after last night's game. I don't expect that on a nightly basis but it wouldn't take much for him to be a 20/10/5/3 guy.

He shold get 5-7 points a night just from the FT line. That leave around 7 made buckets of which 2 could easily come from offensive rebound putbacks. That means he only need 5 makes in the offense....seems very doable.

10 rebounds? Uh....size/fundementals.

5 assists? Harkless might be the receiver of 3 of those alone.

3 blocks? Teams might start shying away from the inside a bit after continually running into the Great Wall of Bosnia but he will continue to affect and alter.