Free Agent Nurk 4/$70m

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    Townes, dude from phili. Etc.
    There are a few that would play with him like a toy.
     
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    Exactly.... a few. And again we are only talking about the last few seconds of a game.
    Except for Towns who is going to be a match-up problem all game at PF
     
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    Situationally i can see it. Not regularly though.
     
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    Of course Minny isn't typical, but their frontline is going to DESTROY us. When Nurk picks up his 2nd foul 2 minutes in...YIKES.
     
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    It will be interesting to see which coaches figure out the best game plan against them. I don't think they will be very good defensively. Not in today's game with most teams shooting about 30-40 threes a game. (Which now bores me)

    When Nurk gets in foul trouble I think we will be fine with a little French on French. Gobert is a great dunker off of lobs and putbacks, but it is not like he creates for himself. He is not a big-time scorer. You just need someone tall enough to knock the lobs away.

    Towns will be a problem for sure. But will they play him even more on the perimeter because of Gobert? Grant has the length to guard him out there. I think Eubanks can guard him as well on the perimeter. (Towns only weighs in at 248.) Not that he will stop him but he can do ok ....on the perimeter against him.

    Who knows maybe Towns will have more problems against smaller players than the slower centers who have tried guarding him. Much like LaMarcus did.
     
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