That's the number one thing I thought about after the game. Nurkic will make Harkless better by attracting defensive attention and passing to Hark when he cuts or gets open in the corner; Nurk will make Vonleh better by again, drawing attention, passing, boxing out, and maybe it seems by example and tutelage; Nurk will make our guards better by...obvious reasons. With all the debate about our guards perhaps not making teammates better, having Nurkic in the middle will make life easier for the other players, and create a synergistic improvement of the team. Good-bye lottery.
I finally got one right! was hoping we traded for him for quite a while, got him way cheaper than I thought we could even with trading Plums, probably the bright spot of a very disappointing season
I have been down on Vonleh past several weeks, I really wold like to be proven wrong about him and see him blossom with Nurk, we see.
Hello mudda, hello fadda, we will now be playoff fodder. We really need to, improve the rosta. Need a forward, like rosta monster. Guys who defend, rebound even guard. Instead all that we have, are guys like Meyers Leonard
Swept at home, we're playoff fodder Swept at home, not in the lotto Don't want to be in the playoffs where We'll show we do not belong there Swept at home by Golden State We won't make noise. Why can't we tank? We have a choice This winning is so lame. We've picked up one whole game.
I'm cautiously curious to see how he handles adversity. He failed miserably at it in Denver. It will certainly be different adversity, but adversity nonetheless
All glass half-empty guys. Which has normally been the way to be to start but when it is wrong (not as often) it is really wrong.
Yes I could not help wonder that myself while watching him interviewed after the game. His success in Portland has been so fast and so electric. Everything has gone right......so far. That can't last. It's only Portland but he is a mini rockstar right now. He needs to stay grounded and keep working his ass off. I think Dame and CJ will help in this area. We do not want to see a Billy Ray Bates scenario.
Man. Sometimes I don't know how to feel going forward after reading some of the posts in here. We just had one of the best performances by a Blazer in recent memory. I thought we'd be anxious to see future wins going forward?
I really liked Plumlee because many nights he was the only one out there who acted like he gave a fuck. He played hard. BUT OH MY FUCKING GOD NURK HAS BEEN AMAZING!
More fun :http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/trading-for-a-center.307355/#post-4030268 Glad I was on the Nurk bandwagon early. No egg on my face (today anyway). Can I apply for Neil's job?
For the most part. It was a little concerning that he couldn't get the quadruple double last night, but he's still young so hopefully he'll improve. That's not true at all. I was one of the few defending CJ after his rough first couple of years while everyone else criticized him. So there.
