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Eli Vance said:
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This is great. I understand the reluctance of some posters not to count on Nas because of his injuries, but I get puzzled when others question his talent. His potential is very high.

A young core of Ant, SS, Nas, Watford/Walker is bright. Now they just need to get a young center at some point.
And no I am not suggesting trading Dame for one.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
This is great. I understand the reluctance of some posters not to count on Nas because of his injuries, but I get puzzled when others question his talent. His potential is very high.

A young core of Ant, SS, Nas, Watford/Walker is bright. Now they just need to get a young center at some point.
And no I am not suggesting trading Dame for one.
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I’m 100% with you on Nas’ potential. I’m kind of the camp that wants to lock him up this summer even if it’s slightly overpaying. I think the injuries aren’t a long term problem, and if anything, will help us retain him for cheaper than it’ll be next summer.

I think Nas can eventually be a guy that routinely averages 1.5+ bpg and 1.5 spg a year like Gerald Wallace did in his prime. I’m optimistic about his offense, but won’t be super disappointed if all he learned to do was shoot 38% for 3 routinely. Even just before his injury, he was looking a lot better than Wallace ever did on offense imo.

Just a matter of getting him to contribute to wins consistently, and that starts on defense. Lock him up before the season starts, start him. If not, start Hart.
 
Dan Marang was guest on recent Locked on Blazers podcast, says Nas gained 20 lbs of muscle
 
inconceivable said:
Dan Marang was guest on recent Locked on Blazers podcast, says Nas gained 20 lbs of muscle
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He’s pretty well built. I don’t think he needs 20lbs of muscle.

He just needs to stay healthy and consistently work on his handle a jumpshot.

I think he has star potential. I actually like his potential more than Simon’s
 
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The muscle is important. It will help him absorb the contact better. IMO , Nassir ,with his further development, will be the key cog, other than Dame, to returning the Blazers to contenders. Yes, i think he's that good. He will be the Blazers starting SF, and a force to be reckoned with.
 
MickZagger said:
He’s pretty well built. I don’t think he needs 20lbs of muscle.

He just needs to stay healthy and consistently work on his handle a jumpshot.

I think he has star potential. I actually like his potential more than Simon’s
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I assumed the poster was joking. 20lbs of muscle would put him in the 240 range.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I assumed the poster was joking. 20lbs of muscle would put him in the 240 range.
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His body is maturing, and muscle weighs more. A 240 lb. ,6-6 in shoes ,freight train who has some serious BBall skills. Sounds Sweet! to me.
 
tykendo said:
His body is maturing, and muscle weighs more. A 240 lb. ,6-6 in shoes ,freight train who has some serious BBall skills. Sounds Sweet! to me.
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Sure, but I still want to know if anyone else heard the quote by Marang or if Inconceivable was just trying to be funny with the
Mike Barrett type quote. It seems like every summer someone makes a joke about a player gaining a huge amount of muscle.
 
When was the last time he had a good season? 2017-18 as a high school senior? Any time we're about a half a decade away from good basketball, it's hard to be too excited about a guy.

He's young enough to turn it around, but at some point a guy is just who he is.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Sure, but I still want to know if anyone else heard the quote by Marang or if Inconceivable was just trying to be funny with the
Mike Barrett type quote. It seems like every summer someone makes a joke about a player gaining a huge amount of muscle.
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Yes, he did say that. On the 7/31 podcast, about 12 minutes in. Said that it's a combination of fully recovering from the 30 lbs he lost from covid, growing into his natural physique, and significantly improving his training/nutrition. Also said he's convinced that Nas will and should start at SF, and that he unquestionably has the size/strength for it now.

Separately, also said that Dame's looking like he's in the best physical shape of his career.
 
Ed O said:
When was the last time he had a good season? 2017-18 as a high school senior? Any time we're about a half a decade away from good basketball, it's hard to be too excited about a guy.

He's young enough to turn it around, but at some point a guy is just who he is.
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Turn what around? His skill or his injuries? Last year he did turn it around. Inonsistent at first but in January when he averaged over 30 minutes a game......he looked good.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Turn what around? His skill or his injuries? Last year he did turn it around. Inonsistent at first but in January when he averaged over 30 minutes a game......he looked good.
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His production. His ability to add value to the team. He hasn't made a consistent impact on a basketball team since 2017.

You don't think he needs to turn anything around? Really? You think he should just keep playing at the level he has since finishing high school, not getting more than 9.8 ppg nor more than 1100 minutes in a season?

This isn't one year. Not two. Not three. It's four years in a row. That's, what, 18% of his whole life?

Like I said: he has time to turn it around, but what he's been the last four years is out-of-rotation level production in the NBA.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Yes, he did say that. On the 7/31 podcast, about 12 minutes in. Said that it's a combination of fully recovering from the 30 lbs he lost from covid, growing into his natural physique, and significantly improving his training/nutrition. Also said he's convinced that Nas will and should start at SF, and that he unquestionably has the size/strength for it now.

Separately, also said that Dame's looking like he's in the best physical shape of his career.
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Sounds good, but a little confusing on how much he weighs now. Probably between 220 and 230?
 
Ed O said:
His production. His ability to add value to the team. He hasn't made a consistent impact on a basketball team since 2017.

You don't think he needs to turn anything around? Really? You think he should just keep playing at the level he has since finishing high school, not getting more than 9.8 ppg nor more than 1100 minutes in a season?

This isn't one year. Not two. Not three. It's four years in a row. That's, what, 18% of his whole life?

Like I said: he has time to turn it around, but what he's been the last four years is out-of-rotation level production in the NBA.
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I think most will agree with you about the injuries, but you said "we're about a half a decade away from good basketball" from him?

Most who watched him in January, when he averaged over 30 minutes a game, would disagree with that. His production was very good, which is why many are excited about him this next year. But sure he needs to stay healthy, as do a long number of players in the NBA last year who got hurt.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I think most will agree with you about the injuries, but you said "we're about a half a decade away from good basketball" from him?

Most who watched him in January, when he averaged over 30 minutes a game, would disagree with that. His production was very good, which is why many are excited about him this next year. But sure he needs to stay healthy, as do a long number of players in the NBA last year who got hurt.
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Well, we can pick any player and say, "He had a good 100 minutes" or "He had a good quarter". He definitely had his moments last year, but that doesn't detract from the point I was trying to make (I totally recognize I might not have been clear, sorry!)

I don't think Nasir Little had a good year last year... if he was healthy all year and got 9.8 ppg along with the rest of his stats, he'd be fine for a third-year player. If he did that for the rest of his career I think that we'd all be in agreement he wasn't a particularly effective NBA player.
 
Ed O said:
Well, we can pick any player and say, "He had a good 100 minutes" or "He had a good quarter". He definitely had his moments last year, but that doesn't detract from the point I was trying to make (I totally recognize I might not have been clear, sorry!)

I don't think Nasir Little had a good year last year... if he was healthy all year and got 9.8 ppg along with the rest of his stats, he'd be fine for a third-year player. If he did that for the rest of his career I think that we'd all be in agreement he wasn't a particularly effective NBA player.
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If he averaged nearly 10 point a game for the rest of his career with good defense, rebounding, and hustle you’re telling me he wasn’t a particularly effective player? Lol I am laughing out loud. The dude was drafted at 25, if he stay healthy we got a freaking steal with him. Btw PJ Tucker never averaged more than 9.4 point a game, look where he is now
 
Ed O said:
Well, we can pick any player and say, "He had a good 100 minutes" or "He had a good quarter". He definitely had his moments last year, but that doesn't detract from the point I was trying to make (I totally recognize I might not have been clear, sorry!)

I don't think Nasir Little had a good year last year... if he was healthy all year and got 9.8 ppg along with the rest of his stats, he'd be fine for a third-year player. If he did that for the rest of his career I think that we'd all be in agreement he wasn't a particularly effective NBA player.
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Nas had a pretty good season all things considered. I think you are putting too much stock into scoring. If he averaged around 8rpg per 36 the rest of his career, is he particularly effective? What about the way he played on ball defense—if he didn’t progress at all in that department, is he still an effective NBA player?

It’s also kind of ludicrous to think he won’t improve in EVERY aspect of his game though barring injury. Even with the injuries, we saw a huge leap from year 2 to year 3. There are other things he’s doing to get better even while injured. For example, half of being a better team defender is watching film.

Anyone who was on board with trading a decent package for OG should be completely fine with extending Nas for 3yrs/$40m or 4yrs/$50m, but that’s just me.
 
inconceivable said:
Dan Marang was guest on recent Locked on Blazers podcast, says Nas gained 20 lbs of muscle
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I would be perfectly happy with 10lbs. One thing I loved about watching him last year was that every game I was able to watch that he played, he was finishing through contact easyyy.

Adding 10-15lb muscle would put him at 230-235lb, and with his explosiveness and athleticism, he’ll be dominant in transition if he can work on his handle on the fast break. I certainly wouldn’t expect him to add that much in one offseason though.

20lb of muscled would be exciting though.
 
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