Not really news. Offer wasn't even made. No reason to bid against yourself if you're Portland, and if you're Nurkic, ball out and get that max.
he surely wont play 82 games, Id say 70+ games if it wasnt for that injury, minus DNP while in DEN, he would have played 70+ games last season anyway, if he plays like when he came here and do that for 70+ games, he will get max/near max contract
I have slightly different numbers, 32 games in 15/16 and 65 games in 16/17 but like I said, without those 5-6 DNP, he would have 70-71 games, and I dont recall how many games he missed with POR, but thats 70+ games in general
he played 62 games in 14/15 rookie season, when he suffered two injuries, ankle injury and he played second part of the season with knee injury and he got operated at the end of the season and cause of that he missed majority of the next season, so he played only 32 games
If we matched Allen Crabbe's toxic deal, I don't think there will be a problem matching anything Nurk can get. And if he's anything like what we think he may be, a max qualifying offer means he's ours.
The downside is if he really wants out, you are going to piss him off to no end. It happened with Jimmy Butler in Chicago.
20. With us. The guy isn't exactly proven, though he sure looks like the real deal. He hasn't spent a whole season with us.
I hope that all is true. I think the odds are really good. But, you never know. We'll know for sure during/after the season.