arent you a nurks hater or have i mistaken you for someone any chance you and @wizenheimer are related
What he deserves? Nurk has averaged 51 games per season in his career. In those games, he seems engaged 1/2 the time. When he is engaged, he is good. But when he is not, it is very frustrating. Also, he has always been a below average efficiency center for his career. There is a reason bigs aren't getting large amounts of money except for the elite bigs. Nurk is a long way from elite. If he was so valuable, there would have been teams lining up to bid on his services. I appreciate your love for the Beast, but reality has to kick in at some point.
back on topic... here's what the numbers look like now: So we have to fit Walker and Nurk into about 16.49 mil to be under the apron. That also allows us to sign a backup C for the BAE, which we might as well do since we're already hard-capped.
I agree somewhat on Nurk, and you can see some of the same low points with Ayton. Both are pouters when the chips are down. That has to change. I think Nurk is a better value at what he's gonna get paid. Everyone says Phoenix is doing it right, but all of a sudden, their wrong on Ayton. There's a reason they don't want to give him max money, and i don't want the Blazers to either. Re-sign Nurk.
If teams have centers they're happy with, or prefer a different type of center, or prefer to invest in other positions, then clearly Nurk is not "worth" a max contract to them. That's how labor for hire works. Nurk is "worth" whatever is is able to garner from those to whom he desires to sell his services.
I see the Blazers remaining patient on this. I just don't see him being offered that money. I think he gets around 17 per on the high side.
I love Nurk, but Ayton is better in everything besides passing. And he doesn't have the injury history and is younger.
makes you wonder why contending phoenix suns dont want to give him max contract they obviously think they can contend without ayton and with some other center how will earn much less
Perfectly reasonable. Ayton does have some concerning 'traits' and I would be very wary of giving him a max or close to it.
Who says the Suns are doing it right? They're notoriously cheap and didn't want to give the qualifying offer to their other lottery pick, Jalen Smith. They don't have more than a handful of scouts because they're cheap. I'm not one to want to put your resources in a center, but when they're as good as Ayton, at his age and potential, you do it. All day long.
We have a better chance of Durant being acquired, than overpaying Ayton in a S & T. Plus he pouts too.
