People who advocate for Centers not to shoot 3s are fooling themselves. If Nurk can reach a point where he's doing shit like this...
That was a great game. It's actually the first home game I ever saw on TV. They were always blacked out during the 90s, and we didn't have Blazer Cable.
Please. Don't remind me. When I listen to our broadcasts sometimes I want to put straightened coat hangers in my ears.
Yeah it’s not a fluke. We are consistently better with him on the court. Now if he can learn not to bite on every pump fake. I love his aggressiveness and feel like he’s getting the rookie treatment on a lot of the calls against him, but it’s something that’s definitely fixable I didn’t even know he had a dribble drive in his arsenal so when I saw it last night I almost passed out. He’s going to be so good, I laugh at all the dorks who still question this pick.
What’s funny is his best move might’ve been on one of his misses. He showed some serious footwork but then missed the shot. But he just gets better every game. I remember reading about his year at Gonzaga. He started off slow there as well, but by the end of the year was their best player. Evidently a big reason for that is he really takes to coaching. The same has been said about him in Portland. You mix that in with his natural talent and competitiveness and you have something. When he gets the ball in the post you could just tell he has an idea of what to do. He’s still rough around the edges but his flashes are special. When his body catches up, he’s going to be suuuuch a beast. I’d insert him into the lineup today.
His passing was very impressive. he needs to work on his over doing it on defense (at least until the refs don't stereotype him for calls). He should be in the starting lineup, if nothing other than he's a better offensive/defensive combo than Aminu, Vonleh or Turner.
Zach had 11 Points, 6 Rebounds and 3 Assists on 4/6 Shooting while Nurk had 4 points on 2/11 Shooting. If Zach get's more touches he can go for 15 Points even in this Season
I want to watch this game again just so I can see him play perimeter defense against Kuzma. That’s a seven footer going step for step. He’s special.
+/- Last 5 games: ZC: +5, Team: +3 ZC: +15, Team: -17 ZC: -6, Team: -2 ZC: +8, Team: -1 ZC: +0, Team: +2 Total of Last 5 games: ZC: +22, Team: -15 Interesting, perhaps even compelling.
He struggled. That's not a slight, not a jab, not being obtuse, he struggled on the perimeter because of his length. Not an issue. Was very good again in the paint and on pick and rolls
