Looking back at Jusuf Nurkic’s 2022-23 with the Portland Trail Blazers
Checking in on the best/worst case scenarios from the preseason
What is Nurk’s future with the franchise?
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8 Comments
GET RID OF HIM, the team never made it out of first round w/ him, he has been atrocious after his leg snapped.
How do you say “No” in Bosnian
Nurkic does a lot of good things that this team benefits greatly from. He’s a great screen setter for our PnR-heavy guards, good rebounder, really good positional defender, and is a capable facilitator on offense which, combined with his newfound perimeter shooting abilities, makes him viable in both the short roll and popping to the 3pt line in addition to rolling to the basket
Ideally I wish he was more mobile on the perimeter, but what good would that do us anyways if we have nobody else on the team capable of covering the interior while he’s 25ft away from the basket? He’s become very good at hedging and recovering, which I think is much more valuable to this team
If we can find a center who provides many of those same attributes (interior defense, screening, rebounding) without necessarily having the same skills on offense or who has a very limited offensive role, I’d be totally fine with that. But otherwise, I see no reason to get rid of him if teams don’t value him and would instead prefer we try to find a viable backup unless we need to use his contract for a big trade
trade him and simons see what you can get
He's a back up big at this point
The flip shot layups are just outright horrible
Nurkic lacks the mental toughness to be a championship contender. He's soft. Period.
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I think Nurk is a negative trade asset and a decent situational center. To unload his contract you will get a worse asset back unless you are just using the salary in a trade with a bunch of picks.
I wish we could find a good defend first athletic center and we could run them interchangeably for whatever situation calls for.