What to do with Nurkic?

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It's pretty obvious this team needs a good center to maximize it's two best offensive players. The center doesn't need to be amazing, just be good at center things: guarding around the basket, finishing easy buckets, running in transition. Nurkic is not that guy. What do we do with Nurk given his contract? Does anyone even want him?
 
I'm one of the biggest Nurk fans, but he got overpaid. Saying all that, we should look to get more mobile and athletic. I'd keep an eye out on the Ayton situation.

Are we losing Hart? I don't want to, but if they aren't willing to pay him because of GP2 and Shae than package him with Nurk to get an upgrade.
 
Nurk's contract makes him a negative asset around the league. Combine that with the fact that we have no other options to match up against the bigger centers in the league; we're stuck with this for a couple years. It's best we just come to grips with the reality that his inconsistency is going to be the most consistent thing about him.
 
He is what he is. You're either okay with that or you trade him
 
seriously, its pathetic how nurk has become a scapegoat for our fans

he played really well defensively tonight (but apparently that doesnt matter), offensively he looked bad and some things (missed layups, flip shots, turnovers, frustration fouls) will never change, thats who he is
 
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He's also going to need to adapt to playing with Grant - he hasn't had a big wing that can create offense playing next to him.
 
Mr. Robot said:
seriously, its pathetic how nurk has become a scapegoat for our fans

he played really well defensively tonight (but apparently that doesnt matter), offensively he looked bad and some things (missed layups, flip shots, turnovers, frustration fouls) will never change, thats who he is
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I see 5 reasons why he would be the scapegoat in your post. So it shouldn't be surprising lol
 
BlazerBeav said:
We won. Not gonna panic over a player having a bad night. If this becomes a pattern, then ok.
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Nurk has been playing like this for years though. He has poor footwork in the low box. He constantly takes quick off balanced shots down there. This isn’t a one game thing. Next game he could look like an all star. He’s frustrating
 
Maybe with Billups taking him out when he plays soft he'll finally go stronger to the hoop.
 
Lets give Nurk a bit of time to get his game going also. Some teams he will match up better. I'm not a great fan of Nurk but he is who we got and we all know there will be times he will be what they need.
 
Ben Golliver just wrote an article on the Washington Post that lists the top 100 NBA players. Nurkic was listed at 96th, which I thought was just about right.

If you're curious, Ant was 86th, Grant was 74th, Dame was 10th.
 
Kind of wish we had picked up Christian Wood, who Dallas got for 26th pick in 2022 draft. He seems to be happy with them in a backup role, Scored 25 points in 24 minutes. could have been backup C and PF for us.
 
We deal with it.
He has been 'hit or miss' for years. As he gets older, and just got paid, it wasn't going to suddenly get better. In fact, history tells us, it is well likely to get worse.
 
AmirIcon said:
I'm one of the biggest Nurk fans, but he got overpaid. Saying all that, we should look to get more mobile and athletic. I'd keep an eye out on the Ayton situation.

Are we losing Hart? I don't want to, but if they aren't willing to pay him because of GP2 and Shae than package him with Nurk to get an upgrade.
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Hart is our second best player right now.
 
This is why I said I’d give him 13.5 mill per year. He isn’t that good. But we knew that already.
 
I think load management is good for Nurk....we want him healthy for the playoffs....if he plays 22 minutes a game and more when we play bigger teams...pace him and keep him for when the game slows down in the playoffs and you need him to anchor that defense. One game in I'm not freaking out about Nurk....guys are still deferring to each other early on and the lack of ISO ball is new to all our returning vets. It has to click and when it doesn't I still think....Nurk will look better than last night. Last night the team carried the scoring load....Nurk, Dame and Ant didn't have to for a change.
 
I still think we should try to get Myles Turner
 
Nurk is who he is. Adjust your expectations if you think he's gonna be an all star. He will have nights when he misses shots he rushes; he will have others when he makes everything.

And he's not overpaid. He's getting paid what an average center gets paid.

Someone had this thought that I really liked, but we can potentially move him and Hart in January for DeAndre Ayton. I would explore that possibility. Love J Hart but it doesn't make sense to extend him longterm with Sharpe earning rotational minutes and GP2 already locked in.
 
mook said:
Ben Golliver just wrote an article on the Washington Post that lists the top 100 NBA players. Nurkic was listed at 96th, which I thought was just about right.

If you're curious, Ant was 86th, Grant was 74th, Dame was 10th.
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And if you go by this year's salaries:

Nurk - 93rd highest paid
Ant - 57th highest paid
Grant - 62nd highest paid
Dame- 6th highest paid.

This continued notion that Nurk is overpaid is really frustrating to read over and over again. It's like people don't realize the MLE is close to 12 mil/yr these days and the cap spike is only going to make all of these contracts seem more reasonable in a few years.
 
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