Should the Blazers re-sign Jusuf Nurkic this summer?

I wouldn't worry. We can sign and trade nurk if absolutely necessary.

 

Do we have enough money to keep Jusuf? Do we have to let go of a few players to be able to sign him? It seems that this team has found its grove. We now have some combinations that can be deployed against various teams. I actually saw guys play defense during this winning streak. How can we give Leonards money to Nurk?
I'm thinking that the Hornets might make a run at Nurk. Howard is coming off their books.

 

Expect the unexpected.

 

We can pay Nurk whatever it takes as he is a restricted free agent and we can go over the cap to sign him. The Hornets are over the cap for next year (they still have one more year of Howard).

Sign and trades are tricky when hovering around the tax line. The Blazers would have to be under the tax apron at the conclusion of the trade and I believe it would trigger a hard cap meaning we would be limited on other moves. I'd be surprised if we were in a position to do a sign and trade either with our own players or going after someone else's players

Marks was let go in 2015 so any moves since then would be unfair to pin on him.

I really, really, really don't understand why people like Marks make it sound like we only need one big man. This team doesn't have enough talent to let a guy averaging 14 and 8 with great defense walk for nothing. The Blazers are planning on paying the tax next year. That is why they gave Vonleh away to get under it this year. Like I said earlier in this thread: let Collins continue to play PF, re-sign Nurk as the starting center, and re-sign Davis as the backup center. It doesn't have to be complicated and we don't have to get rid of one just because one of the others is playing well.

 

The question is what is reasonable and will he sign it.

 

Answer is still yes you sign him to a deal.
We're not talking about Allen Crabbe whos only shown to be a spot up shooter with some questionable defensive ability.

 

Nurk will get a max offer and we will match. We have to.

 

I'm with you.

Nurkic has quietly upped his PER to 17.8, the second highest on the team (3rd if you're swish3 and think Meyers counts), and has racked up the best Defensive Plus/Minus on the team. Once he figures out what to do with that strange orange boulder when he gets it on offense, he'll be intensely good.

 

Nobody gives him a Max, probably around 15 Million, but Not a max

 

We gotta match, regardless.

 

Yes i'm just saying, a Max ist 25-30 Million, he won't get that, that would be crazy

 

Good point.

 

I disagree. Somebody will throw that at him.

 

Blazers need to sign Meyers wife. If you follow Meyers IG video, his wife has better handle and a better shooter.

 

Highly doubt that. There isn't that much money out there for FA this year.

Also the C market is fairly full with a bunch of nice prospects that will have just been drafted.

 

doesnt matter, people dont speak about his defense and instead talk about his flaws on offense

 

and when I used some filters months ago, he was TOP 2 rim protector in the NBA, behind Embiid or Porzingis, not sure

 

I have you on my blacklist now