Nurkic is the new Crabbe/Leonard

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  1. GDiama

    GDiama Well-Known Member

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    Not the new Crabbe/Leonard, but also not as good as we need him to be. His % is fucking embarrassing for a guy his size. And not only this season, but his career fg%. We didn't need him to shoot 3s or long jumpers before he makes the ones close to the basket without turning the ball over as well. He should be shooting 55+% and cut his tos and fouls down. At least he started hitting some fts/ He should get his shit together because last year he found a fanbase really disappointed which saw some hope thanks to him and probably overestimated him as well, but in the future noone will be happy with him if he keeps this kind of play. He is just ok right now, but we need a difference maker down there.

    Yes I know it's a small sample and Dame has been disappointing as well, but at least he has 5 years behind him where he has proven what he is. Nurkic has 20 games, so I won't be easy on him until he proves he deserves the hype going on in here. 39.4% a guy that is 8 feet tall and 400 pounds. fuck me.


    Cmon guys, talking about missing Vonleh offensively is crazy talk. Ye we miss that 6 pt threat from the post and that's why Nurkic is not good.
     
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    he was a difference maker in the second half
     
  3. GDiama

    GDiama Well-Known Member

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    We need more. We are dead last at points in the paint and we were talking about all these bigs we have. Don't get me wrong, if he stays like this he is still better than Plumlee but that doesn't change the fact that this team will go nowhere.
     
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    Mr. Robot Well-Known Member

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    I know, Im just saying he had some very good 2nd halfs this season and thats what we need from him, so Nurk "old" is still there, just needs to work on his head a little bit and hell do that through the whole game
     
  5. Portland2014

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    You can't teach good hands/touch, he just doesn't have it, he's a inefficient offensive player just like Lillard, a volume shooter.

    You guys act like last year he had a DeAndre Jordan FG% stretch but the reality is that even last year you could see how inefficient he was, it comes to mind his game at the Staples Center vs the Lakers where he missed a ton of EASY buckets around the rim where you could clearly see his lack of touch, he finished 4/15 which is atrocious for a center.

    If you extend Nurkic you are capped out with a mediocre team that could only aspire to basketball purgatory, a sort of Atlanta Hawks of the past decade in a tougher conference.
     
  6. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    It's not a lack of touch, it's a lack of balance due to bad footwork, which can be corrected.

    But you can good into your ignorant opinion, based in saltiness which I can tell is your basic disposition.
     
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    Thanks oracle of the truth but it's not footwork when you miss easy shots at the rim.

    And by the way even if it was bad footwork you can't teach that either, you can improve a little bit but basically you remain the same player.
     
  8. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Your posts are a douchebag hiding in mixum clothing. Not a good look.
     
  9. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    You can't teach footwork ? :biglaugh:
     
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    Nurk literally didnt know how to run unitl he started train basketball
     
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    Lmao at you calling someone out as a know it all.
    Your posts are riddled with your all knowing opinion.
    With that said, yes it can be foot work a the rim. When you are off balance shots go up off balanced. Really is black and white. I just think you have too many shades of doom installed over your glasses.

    Footwork and mechanics are some of the easiest things to fix.
    What cant be fixed is heart and effort.

    You have alot of heart and give a ton of effort in trying to demean, derail, and defecate on our team.

    Your posts read like you were personally scorned.
    Could it be true that maybe Dame is gay and broke your heart?
    There has to be something on the inside we are missing with you and your views of the Blazers.

    And rewmember, I know who you are. ;)
     
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    I think Shaq would disagree with him. Pretty sure Hakeem would as well.
     
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    Got to say Nurk looks much less sure of himself out there. I'm sure he'll settle down over the course of the season, and at least he's not hurting us defensively.

    (Probably helps that Meyers got injured because otherwise Stotts might be tempted to give some of Nurk's minutes to Meyers, who has honestly outplayed him numbers-wise.)
     
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    Everybody keep talking about Nurkic being "himself", what make you so sure Nurkic is the one we saw in the last 20 games of the season instead of the one of the previous 2 years in Denver and the start of this season?

    Nothing, if not the never ending optimism of Blazers fans that become a bad thing when they overreact and overhype every single player that plays here.
     
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    One thing Nurk does rush thing at times but that could be he to hype up at the beginning of games. Because in the 2nd half he been pretty strong in games and seems to me someone's in that locker room is telling him to slow down and relax.
     
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    So why they don't tell him before games?
    C'mon, these are only excuses, once again Blazers fans overreacted with Nurk Fever like they saw a franchise changer like Embiid or Towns...
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Who is in 1st place in the Northwest Division?
     
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    In the playoffs you ain't facing Suns, Pacers or Pelicans without Davis...
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    So?
     

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