Exclusive Nurk has to go too

He is a good or even great backup center.

 

Nurk is not a huge asset in the modern NBA, if you can move him for something, even cap space, it's the right thing to do, but frankly, it was more important to do that if the team tried to win with Dame, if we are rebuilding, just whenever it works, move him

 

Claxton would be nice, but hardly necessary. If the choice is between Claxton and another future 1st round pick I'd probably go for the pick

 

I don’t have a lot of faith, but I hope you’re right

 

I think it might be both? And I’ve survived worse

 

I think you’d be asking for too much. At this point, if the best offer having an extra job to extract a 1st out of Herro + Lowry’s salary + 2-3 1sts is his preferred destination’s best offer? Getting back Simmons, a Nurk TPE, DFS, and 5-6 1sts including the PHX ones is more than we can even imagine.

If you tell Dame “we’re sending you to Brooklyn and you can keep Mikal, Cam Johnson, Royce, Claxton, and you’re getting Nurk instead of Simmons”, he might actually be willing to go there.

 

Just an FYI:

If Nurk does go, I have a home jersey of his will sell for 30 bucks, shipping included, 2xl. Does have a chocolate stain on the bottom back but not really that noticeable, cheers.

 

Kicking a competent team down the road for what grand purpose? Tanking is fun!!! Said the fucking r-slur.

edit: No personal insult intended.

 

lol...yeah, Claxton is the key to a playoff spot. He'll be UFA in a year as well.

 

Yeah I don't see him being a good influence at all with Dame gone. We don't want him here.

 

He's 24, like Ant. The idea that they are outside of a playoff window with Sharpe and Scoot is absurdity. You want perpetual dogshit, go ahead.

 

calm down....I said I was fine with Claxton. I also said he wasn't a make-or-break addition to the deal. If the choice was Claxton or the 2027 Phoenix 1st, I'd probably take the first

 

Cronin's wife posted an update on IG from Croatia. She and presumably Joe are either there for a vacation with Nurk and his fiance. Or perhaps Jusuf is getting married there shortly and the Cronins are in town.

Wonder if Dame will be there too?

 

I can see both sides of the argument. At first glance, I would much rather take the proven defender in Claxton over the unknown draft pick in 4 years. But he is unrestricted in 1 year.....and can go anywhere he wants. Tough choice

 

Post is almost a month old... But this has changed and is no longer accurate. Minimum team salary is different in the new CBA. All NBA teams have hit the floor for the upcoming year already though.

With the new rules we won't ever see a team start the year below the floor. They will either sign players or take on salary in a trade.

 

I know and I've 'amended' that notion

the only time teams can use cap-space (under the floor) for taking contracts in trade + incentive assets is the off-season. Teams will only be able have a max of 10% of the salary cap in cap-space during the season. There are penalties now for being under the floor when the season starts. I think we will occasionally see teams giving one year deals to scrubs during training camp

 

Nurkic & a 2nd to Atlanta for Capela?

 

Not fair to Scoot to give him a team without a center. If we can get Capela or Ayton, great. Otherwise, we need to keep Nurk in my opinion.

 

You need a big guy who can bang with Jokic, Embiid or Wemby. You can't beat any of those teams with tweener centers like Watford or Eubanks. I don't think Nurk is going anywhere

 

The blazers are not contending anytime soon, it's best to get a mobile big that works in billups defensive scheme and not worry about jokic, embiid et al