Notice Jusuf Nurkic says Trail Blazers have to fix their 'trash' defense, become 'bad boys'

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  1. Denny Crane

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    https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...rs-have-to-fix-trash-defense-become-bad-boys/

    The Portland Trail Blazers were not a very good defensive team last season. Their defensive rating of 107.8, which put them 21st in the league, was a big reason they finished just .500 and barely snuck into the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

    Jusuf Nurkic does not want that to happen again. The Bosnia big man, who was acquired by Portland ahead of the trade deadline last season in exchange for Mason Plumlee, did not mince his words, calling the Blazers' defense last season "trash" and noting that if the team wants to win, they need to improve on that side of the ball. He also suggested they take a few notes from the old Detroit Pistons teams and become "bad boys." Via the Associated Press:

    "All we can do is put all we can together and be Bad Boys," the 7-footer known as the Bosnian Beast said. "I mean, we are Bad Boys. When you come to Portland you know you're not going to have wins easy."

    "Our defense was trash, to be honest, before," he said. "We're going to be better. When I came it was better and we're going to keep improving that. It's simple: If you want to win, you need to play defense."​

    During the six weeks or so that Nurkic was healthy and playing with the Trail Blazers at the end of last season, their defensive rating was 105.4, a marked improvement over their 109 mark in the 50-plus games before he arrived. A defensive rating of 105.4 over the course of the entire season would have seen the Blazers finish with the 12th best defense last season instead of the 21st.
     
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    This is old news. You're a little late to the party Denny.
     
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    tlongll beat me to it. Very old news.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Posted 20 hours ago on CBS.
     
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    But originally said in his media day interview.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Proof that Denny is actually @BigGameDamian .
    This explains a lot actually.
     
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    CBS is WAAAYYYY behind.

    But hey, at least they mentioned us. That's something ;)
     
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    Maybe the Swanigan v. Len scuffle triggered them to post that.

    Our bad boy reputation grows ;)
     
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    Then Nurkic needs to be and act like another Bill Laimbeer/Dennis Rodman.
     
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    Hasn't he?
     
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    I love that he asks the reporter if he does not know who the bad boys are - and then continues to talk about Sheed and Billups which really are not the Bad Boys Pistons.

    Great goal. Needs better research, Nurk.
     
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    Haven't seen Nurk clothesline someone on a layup yet. But there's time.

    (I actually saw Laimbeer do that IN PORTLAND, and no foul was called. I was sitting behind the basket when it happened. In fact, he didn't even have a single foul called on him until the fourth quarter. Amazing.)
     
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    I haven't seen it yet. If he wants this team to get bad boyish then he should be the anchor for the bad boyish team attitude. Frankly I'm all for it.
     
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    Reeeeeeeeeeeeeepost!
     
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    Nurk should watch this!

     
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    I like how Nurk kind of slipped in a little 'fuck you' to the star players who won't come here, saying something along the lines of 'even if they don't wanna play here they have to come play against us, and it's not gonna be fun for them' (paraphrasing). Don't remember the exact words but you could tell his intent.
     
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    Mo Luke was an enforcer. Was he dirty?

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