Nurk Fever - second wave?

He couldn't play for two of those season....I think he's in game shape for the first time since he broke his leg

 

If you trade Nurk you need to bring back a center that can beat him....that's the bottom line....a guy like Jonas Valanciunas seems to get the best of Nurk often but there aren't many of those guys out there. Nurk is playing the way a championship 5 would play over the last stretch of games...we'll see.....he might not want to stay here either for all we know....he just bought a house in Miami...not Portland recently. Not sure if he has one here or not.

 

Well, Miami does have one of the few centers I would trade him for.
My guess though is he probably wants to retire there.

 

https://www.amlu.com/2019/01/22/trailblazers-jusuf-nurkic-buys-portland-manse-for-3-1m/

nurk has a 3 mil mansion in portland or wherever west linn is

 

Cool! Honestly I love the guy's game and think he's actually got low miles on himself since he spent so much time recovering....he looks in game shape and if he wants to be here and Chauncey and Dame want to keep him and make a run...I'm all in. Nurk should get a hefty raise next contract. I'm upgrading from Zeller if anything...that guy is a glass with cracks.

 

It was a good try, I accomplished what I wanted. Bye.

 

nurk never had this big of a role, so we cant really know if he can keep producing on a consistent basis, time will tell if his role remains the same

he was consistent this season as a role player, now lets see if he can do the same thing with bigger role

 

I don’t understand what all the guys that want Nurk but also want Ben are talking about. I really don’t see a Nurk/Ben/Little frontcourt working offensively very well.

 

Defense wins Championships. Ben would find Nurk and Nas better than anyone we have now.

 

So we are gonna start 2 guys that can’t make a shot outside of 10 feet and another one who is a career 30% shooter from 3? Sounds like we will get blown out a lot.

 

Are you talking about Little when you say career 30% shooter from 3? Seems like a small sample size, similar to what happened earlier in the season when a few dumb asses said he basically sucked. It's not like he has a bad shooting stroke that can't be fixed. I have no doubt he will eventually be a decent 3 pt shooter.
I would definitely take Ben as our PF. You could always find another 3 pt shooter if Little did not improve in that area.

 

I just don’t like the Nurk/Ben combo. I’d take Ben but I’d move Nurk.

 

Sounds like you want a center that can spread the floor. I can get behind that, but it seems like most of the bigs that can shoot do not excel on D.
Hard to find one that can do both, or at least hard to find one that is available.

 

When Nurk scored his 28 and 29th pts in the Jan 21 Celtics win, scoring the winning shot in the final seconds with a precision hook shot over 4 battling Celtics in the paint after an excellent offensive rebound, he proved his value is at the all-star contender level to the Blazers. Re-sign him!

There is no Blazer historically except Bill Walton who achieved 29 pts, 17 reb, 6 assts, a steal and a block in one game, and that shows Nurk is the center for a championship Blazer team. That Celtics win was a terrific performance that the Blazers should acknowledge and celebrate. Nurk along with Dame and developing Nas and Simons can lead to the championship next year! It is time to cheer the Nurk role in the win over the Celtics!

 

But can he stay healthy all year?

 

I caught Nurk Fever the first time, but I think I must've development immunity because I'm not feeling any symptoms this time.

 

That is the big question. I'm always a bit wary of someone who light it up in their contract year and that is a departure from the majority of what they have done for the rest of their contract. Injuries, inconsistencies, poutiness, had all been part of Nurk before this. Now he is in the stretch run to get paid, and we get the 'Fever' version of Nurk.

Love it when he plays that way and he certainly has the capability, but that has been shown to be inconsistent at best. That said, there are only a few team that will have the cap room he is looking for this summer. If we could retain him for around $15/16 a year, that would be a healthy increase for him, and reasonable on our end to keep. But there were too many nights when a Vet-Min guy like Drummond would have his lunch.