Phoenix needs a C. Other teams where he'd start or get a lot of PT: Charlotte Indy Chicago Milwaukee San Antonio Houston L*kers Dallas 9 of 30 teams. Sacramento might use him at C and move Boogie to PF, too.
Phoenix has Len and the last time I checked they still have Chandler as well, who they would get rid of to open up more time for Len,so no, they don't need a center. Charlotte ok Indy has Myles Turner and Al Jefferson, and Thaddeus Young at PF Chicago has Robin Lopez Milwaukee has Henson and Monroe, nevermind Plumlee who they're paying a nice amount of money to San Antonio would never trade for Nurkic, they already have one post player that requires the ball in Aldridge. Plus they have nothing to trade anyway. Houston's style doesn't fit Nurkic either, plus they're set with Capela who fits perfect. Lakers ok, but they're paying Mozgov 70m Dallas ok
define "cheap", I don't know what your thoughts are on cheap in this case, I am guessing Denver would want and likely get a mid rd first (13-17?). I think we could offer that and Ed Davis or Vonleh and that might work
$70M for Mozgov + ~$2M for Nurkic means they're paying $72M for a much better player nstead of $70M for meh.
Nurkic might be cheap salary wise, but that's also why Denver could ask for more than he's really worth because in reality his play is not worth Vonleh and a first.
To be fair, it is a risk by Denver, landing a player in the last year of his contract who could easily walk.
That would be best case scenario. He walks all the way over to the East. Maybe comes off the bench and gets a ring with Lebron.. no, they don't have money. But yeah. What I DON'T want to see is Him and Thrill mesh and become a Blazer Blockade. At this time, though. NO rocked this deal. No two ways about it.
Honestly, I don't understand this deal from Denver's POV. Plums naturally sees himself as a starting center, so do I and others. Why would he sign an extension that makes him a backup when he could probably get similar $$$ to start?
Athletic undersized bigs who we can overpay for - Denver's Pov. Hickson/Faried/Plumlee.. Heck can even go to Birdman too. They have a couple here or there that aren't such as Nene, Jokic. But generally they like undersized bigs. Betting that teams won't put a huge offer on the table with his limitations. It's a bet they'll lose but I guess they deemed it worth the gamble.
Plumlee is 6'11'' and 245. He's not the biggest man in the NBA, but he's hardly "undersized." Plumlee would have fit fine as a center in any era. Hickson was 6'9'' and Faried was 6'8''. Not particularly comparable.
Point stands ~ Oh come on... I've seen you post, you know better than this. Plumlee might be 6"11, but he doesn't play like it. Plays just as big as Hickson, Faried, Birdman. Theres a reason why people want to move him to PF instead of Center, when 6"11 is plenty big enough to play Center in the league. Yet he Plumlee has shown over 2 years in Portland he's undersized if asked to play Center. When a player behind you in the Depth chart and gets a ton of DNPCDs, is a better post defender than you are and is listed at Listed height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg) I'd say your undersized. Edit - or at the very least I'd say you're playing smaller than you really are.
What you're saying is that he's "soft" not that he's undersized. I don't really agree with him being soft--he's a decent rebounder and I think he sticks his nose in to defend, he's just not that great of a defender.
