I would be doing everything I could to trade him right now. His inconsistency is a nonstarter, his propensity for injuries is another nonstarter and what people in here are saying about what he'll probably get paid is accurate and that's the biggest reason I would trade him. We have to pay around 15M a year for a guy who has a bad attitude off and on, refuses to play offense in a way that makes sense and has a long injury history... no thanks.
If I was the GM the deal i would offer Nurk is : 2yr 30 Million plus 1 yr team option for 15 to 17m This is the max i would offer him atm plain and simple
Toronto is supposedly high on Nurk, no pun intended, so Boucher is an OK starting point but it would have to be Boucher who we would probably let walk, Achiuwa who we would keep and hopefully a fucking first round pick but the way things have been going it will be a future second. We clear 9M more in cap space, we get another cheap young prospect and we get a draft asset. I just think Nurk is such an old school C besides his great passing which he overestimates and gets him into trouble, that it makes no sense paying him 15M a season when you can probably get a guy that does a lot of the same things for less money or draft a guy like Orlando Robinson who has been playing college ball at a high level for three years, is big and tough in the post, blocks shots and hits threes.
I tend to agree, although: Jonas Valančiūnas $14,000,000 $14,700,000 Christian Wood $13,666,667 $14,317,459 Dwight Powell $11,000,000 $11,814,815 Richaun Holmes $10,384,500 $11,215,260 $12,046,020 Montrezl Harrell $9,720,900 Tristan Thompson $9,720,900 Nerlens Noel $8,800,000 $9,240,000 Jakob Poeltl $8,750,000 $9,398,148 Maxi Kleber $8,750,000 $9,000,000 Mason Plumlee $8,137,500 $8,525,000 DeAndre Jordan $10,517,224 $7,827,907 Ivica Zubac $7,518,518 $7,518,518 Zach Collins $6,984,127 $7,333,333 Kevon Looney $5,178,572 JaVale McGee $5,000,000 Robin Lopez $5,000,000 Bobby Portis $4,347,600 $4,564,980 Gorgui Dieng $4,000,000 Boban Marjanović $3,500,000 $3,500,000 Dewayne Dedmon $2,866,667 $2,866,667 Dwight Howard $2,641,691 LaMarcus Aldridge $2,641,691 Enes Freedom $2,641,691 Ed Davis $2,641,691 Hassan Whiteside $2,401,537 Andre Drummond $2,401,537 Frank Kaminsky $2,089,448 Nemanja Bjelica $2,089,448 obviously, Nurk is better than most of those, although not as durable. But is he really worth 3 times as much as Robin Lopez and 5 times as much as Enes or Drummond? on the free market, would Nurkic really get much more than the MLE? Toronto won't have more than an MLE. If Detroit offers him 20M should the Blazer try and beat that
If Boucher was part of it and he wanted to play here for a couple years and it was reasonable Id sign him. He is a decent down low defender.
Yeah, that is a good list. Thanks. I was looking at this year's list of unrestricted center free agents and I was thinking because it was limited that it would drive his stock up.
you also have to look at scheduled guaranteed payrolls vs a projected 121M salary cap: * Toronto, who is rumored to like Nurkic, only has 9 players signed leaving them less than 9M in space. That doesn't count the cap-hold for Boucher, their 1st round pick, or roster charge(s) * Kings just traded for Sabonis - NO * Minnesota has KAT - NO * OKC is a threat, I guess; they don't really have a solid option at C - Maybe * Chicago has Vucevic' - NO * Memphis has Steven Adams - NO * Indiana has reportedly chosen Myles Turner over Sabonis - Likely NO * Spurs have Poeltl and Zach - Likely NO * Detroit has almost nobody at C and are supposedly interested - biggest threat * Orlando has Wendall Carter and Bamba (UFA) - Likely NO really, I only see Detroit as the threat here and I think it would be a terrible idea for Portland to get into a bidding war with a team that could have 25M in cap-space
I think he'd be a great fit for how Chauncey wants to play. Great character guy too. Maybe if the pairing of him and Sabas doesn't work out we could deal with the Kings this offseason.