yes, please, save nurk, get him out of portland as soon as possible that man deserves better than this chaos in portland, even detroit & orlando are better solutions right now
I hope it is not needed to let GM's know that CJ is available; they know he has been available for months!
It's not like having a 30 million player as the 6th man makes any difference vs him starting. It still counts the same. The only thing that matters is wins.
nurk not happy with Mike Malone Nurk not happy at the end of stotts Nurk not happy with Billups. I’m noticing a pattern
there is not a single evidence that nurk is unhappy with chauncey billups jason quick wrote an article a few weeks ago and said there is one player who hasnt bought in and he specifically mentioned it isnt nurk and nurk & chauncey have relationship from denver and nurk was always happy that chauncey was our new head coach, so im not really sure why people think its nurk who doesnt like chauncey, even more so given nurk is having a career year, which is not something youd expect to see from a player who is not happy with his head coach actually, i know why people think that, nurk has become scapegoat for our fans and nothing he does is ever good enough, hes always the one to blame etc
Nurk Deserves better - WTF Nurk is proving he is a whiney little bitch ( if we believe the rumors of desent in the Blazer locker room ) but his past is making me think more likely then not it COULD be true Nurk can go pound sand and RoCo not sure the issue with him is maybe just a bad fit for Billups system and that is a shame I really do like RoCo but this team needs change and ASAP so open to these two being dealt
yeah, and CJ's really contributed at a high rate to wins. His average winshares/48 over his career is .105. That would rank 94th this season and 92nd last season (48th). The highest he's ever ranked is 48th. Yet, he ranks 13th in FGA/game this season, and 14th last season. And 28th in salary this season. The problem isn't CJ as a starter or as a 6th man. The problem is CJ and CJ's salary as option 1b on the same team as Dame. Moving him to 6th man isn't going to solve the problem
CJ is not going to get you an all star caliber player to help Dame. There is only player that could be attainable as that team need's another guard to share the ball with their ball hog pg. Yep Dallas. CJ for Porzingis straight across works. Neither fits their current teams real well but would if this trade would happen. Nurks going to be gone and we need a big that can score down low and play both 4/5.
If trading for Prozingis need to upgrade to a dominant defensive big to play along side him because he is a turnstile on defense.
If the problem is money...but the problem now is losing...making that roster shift could make us a better balanced team with length at the 3 in the starting unit...we might not dig the early holes we've been digging all season so far....it's an option but not going to save you any money sure....that's a given...teams will be more likely to trade for CJs contract when he only has a year left on it in my view
I'm beginning to come around on this one, cuz I think you might be right; not a whole lot of other teams that fit. How about CJ and Nurk for Porzingis and Kleber? That's two bigs who have averaged about .360 on threes over their careers.
don't get me wrong...I've said for quite a while that CJ would be better as a 6th man. But he should have a contract about like Norm's....about 15M less a year than it is moving CJ to the bench doesn't increase roster length an inch. Doesn't add a spec of flexibility. If the Blazers give up, stupidly, on trying to trade CJ till he has an expiring contract they should just give up across the board and tear it all down now
Here is a note on Kleber from a couple years ago: "Kleber is a shot-blocking menace and has proven he can step out and switch on to every position down to point guard. He was the third-most “versatile” defender on the Mavericks in 2018-19, according to stats wiz Krishna Narsu, based on a metric that gauges how often a player defends a position other than his own." https://www.mavs.com/maxi-klebers-standout-second-season-proved-hes-a-dynamic-defender/
