Nurkic is the new Crabbe/Leonard

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  1. Stevenson

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    He seems like a different player than last year.

    Last year, can we say he was in "beast mode"? Slamming, pounding, setting hard picks. This year, it's so many soft jumps hooks and layups. Don't get why is isn't attacking more/harder.

    That's the big difference I see, and I am a Nurk believer, or at least want to be.
     
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    Probably those 30 pounds made a huge dif.
     
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    there are slight shades of Meyer's 'evolution' in Nurk.

    Big men get here, and somehow seem to adopt the belief (or are conditioned to believe, or are coached to be) they deft SGs trapped in a 7 foot frame.

    if this happens to Nurk, as it did with meyers, imma cry as Nurk actually has a strong skill base and can impact games in the paint and with D. if we/he goes away from that, well fuck...
     
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    Last year he had the body of Marc Gasol.
    This year he has the body of Pau Gasol.
     
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    As long as Nurk has Dame around in his ear, he will keep working to get better. Watching him I always get the feeling he thinks he is better than he actually is. As long as he understands that he is not there yet, and keeps working hard to improve his game....he will be fine.
     
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    Nurk is so overrated

    Please trade him for Deandre Jordan
     
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    Nurkic will improve this year and break out next year. Dame will save him.
     
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    I will say this, with Boogie on the team, Dams and CJ could continue, maintain/sustain their stellar defensive efforts they have shown so far this year.....
     
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    He's been playing out of his mind this season.
    He would've been chased by 15 GMs If he had a different name.
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    Nurk is great. Easily a top 10 center in the league.
     
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    Maybe i
    No he isn't. 1 good game against the nets doesn't change that. Every center this year looked like a all Star against the nets. They have the worst Centers in the league. I like to see these Performances from Nurkic against Embiid, gobert, whiteside, Marc Gasol, Porzingis, towns, drummond, Cousins, Davis, Deandre Jordan, Capela, Dwight Howard or Miles Turner, and not against shitty tyler Zeller.
     
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    Yes he is. Easily.
     
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    It's too bad he's reached his ceiling and is on the downside of his career age wise..
     
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    Once again, Nurkic isn't a max player, not even close. He is one the same Level as Cody Zeller for example. Good but not great. He look's lost against All Star Centers. 60/4 is he worth, but not more
     
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    Because he wasn’t that good in the first place

    There’s a reason why Denver just dumped him and added a 1st round pick to him

    It’s time we blow it up and do the rebuild much better this time
     
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    Lmao. He's better than Cody Zeller. That was a ridiculous statement.
     
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    WTF is this stupid thread? guy is avg close to what he did during Nurk Fever, 15/7.5 vs 15/10. Rebounds down but IMO some of that is other guys gettin more boards, his D is good and he is likely one of the big reasons our D is ranked much better so far this yr. He is young, 23, and C's take a while. He's one of the few bright lights on this team, he he a max guy - no way IMO and I have stated that in related threads for weeks. As I have said ad nauseum C's are and will be abundant in this summers free agency and there is quite a bit less money out there as the cap goes sideways, it also has become a less important position in the new NBA, so a max no, 13-17 mil per I think is reasonable depending on how his yr goes.
     
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    After players are around for a year, idiotic Portland fans like to start shitting on them. If we had Lebron they would find a way to talk shit about them. It's just negative pessimistic people who obviously don't have the right attitude in life. These posters never seem to look deep at context like you just did, they just say "He's not a MAX! He's Cody Zeller! Wahhhh!"
     
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    Craziness! He is fine. The team is a bad mix, that's it. Clean up the roster and see what happens. I bet even Turner plays better with an NBA team around him.
     
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    Man are u flip flop on Nurk every other game, Man can not play every game great , problem is them three ate bit out of sink, When Nurk is doing well Dame and CJ spend billions balls for 16 to 25 points . and really I watch time and time again how much influence Nurk bring in defense and how tunnel vision CJ has . Man could have every game 5 assist easy. Hes playing almost the same season like he come here by numbers , only difference Mo is nothing now , bench contribution is almost none and Turner , My God. Ans one more thing m for Nurk who is 23 year old big , that Nurk fever shit did him no good like we see this season. People expect some crazy things from him , he will get better do I have no doubt about that , hes so well rounded not to be better.
     
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