Game Thread GAME# 41: KNICKS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 7, 2019 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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What do you feel are Nurkic's chances of making an All-Star game in his career?

Poll closed Jan 12, 2019.

  1. 0%

    10 vote(s)
    17.9%

  2. Between 0 and 25 %

    17 vote(s)
    30.4%

  3. Between 25 and 50 %

    8 vote(s)
    14.3%

  4. Between 50 and 75 %

    11 vote(s)
    19.6%

  5. Between 75 and 100 %

    6 vote(s)
    10.7%

  6. 100%

    2 vote(s)
    3.6%

  7. 100% for multiple All-Star games

    2 vote(s)
    3.6%
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  1. riverman

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    Casey just tweeted our 24-17 is the best halfway point record since 2014-15
     
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    No but he averages 14 minutes and 5 points a game. So there are a lot of 0 and 2 point games in there also. If you actually look at stats he averages more minutes, but fewer points, rebounds, assists a game then Meyers, and a majority hate Meyers for not producing, but he outproduces Jake.
     
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    Nice!
     
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    I watched Jake's rookie season G League games with the Idaho Stampede and every game the announcers kept saying.."He looks like the only NBA player on the court" He's going to be a solid two way player.
     
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    Not saying much haha
     
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    I still believe Jake is one of our top 6 players. He does so many different things on the court. Everything looks easy for him.
     
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    They have plenty of other young players that have either a higher upside or that they are more invested in.

    If he plays better he'll get another opportunity, but he's been awful for almost a month now.
     
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    I think it is. People like to say we haven’t improved last couple years but we have!
     
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    So scoring is all that matters? And what a botched way to look at scoring rate.

    Hes getting more than 13ppg per 36. That's not bad for someone who doesnt get many plays ran for him and has never been in a consistent role.
     
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    When Jake plays 12+ minutes, he is shooting .545 from the field. Take out his one outlier brick-fest on Dec 8 and that goes up to .582 from the field. In the same minutes, he is shooting .375 from 3-pt range and again, remove the outlier game and that jumps to .423 from '3'. (That went up after the Knicks game)
     
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    When you've followed this team as many decades as I have, you temper your expectations and celebrate small victories
     
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    Kind of reminds me of what Luke Jackson would have been. Tall gangly guy with good off the ball movement and a good outside shot. Jackson had a much higher ceiling though. Shame his back gave out like that.
     
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    Based off what? Weve been a good regular season team, bad playoff team. How does being 24-17 prove anything different...?
     
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    The best thing about Jake playing is that Nik isn't.

    But he's looked good lately for sure.
     
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    That still bums me out. He was a great player. Could have flourished playing with LeBron (Cleveland drafted him).
     
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    Yet on the season, he still averages fewer points, rebounds and assists then Meyers with the same average minutes per game played.
     
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    He had a great life though playing all over the NBA...G league..Italy...Israel...I think he scored over 30 pts for the Miami Heat once...now he coaches NW Christian College hoops in Eugene and still lives in Creswell where he grew up. My son golfs with his brother...their wives are friends.
     
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    He played everywhere though in a short time and ended coaching
     
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