We gotta get rid of Nurkic - ASAP! next comes RoCo these guys aren’t even “average” players! Let’s be real for a moment.
nurk is as good as gone, his cycle has run its course in portland if hes not traded by the trade deadline, hes gonna leave in free agency for sure sometimes, regardless of how we live our lives, change of scenario is needed and nurk needed to change his scenario last season and from what weve seen so far this season, nothing has changed for the better
I'll be honest, I do not care that much. Nurk can be so good sometimes and so frustrating others. It's hard to be attached to him after all this time. He is just so inconsistent. If he is still around I would continue to cheer for him and hope he becomes good consistently, if he is not, that's fine too.
There are bigs out there that defend the paint, defend the perimeter, can shoot the ball much better and finish inside virtually every time they get an opportunity. They aren't giant dinosaurs so they need help when being posted up from time to time but that's easy to give up for someone who can actually score efficiently, protect the rime, switch and move his feet. These aren't necessarily superstars either there's a guy who's on the block right now and I don't think the price tag is too high that despite some in here saying is a weak inside defender... isn't and can do all of the things I just mentioned. So if we can get Turner on this team we should say bye to Nurk. Fuck it, if Boucher plus other assets are available for Nurk, I would send him packing. Boucher, Achiuwa and Toronto's lottery protected first rounder for this year for Nurk. Make it happen Joe.
I am 60 / 40 on trading Nurk -- 60 keep / 40 trade BUT for the love of god IF the Blazers trade him -- send him to the East -- Do not keep him in the Western Conf and yeah i know he could sign with a West team in offseason but i am getting tired of making West teams better.
Looks like we're gonna keep Nurk. However, I have no idea why we couldn't have gotten Hartenstein in the clips trade.
