Should the Blazers re-sign Jusuf Nurkic this summer?

I guess it's personal preference. Not a Russell fan at all. I live in LA and I think Laker fans were glad to get rid of him. Zach on the other hand has no locker room issues and shows a lot of potential.

 

Well he has been pretty good when healthy this year. I think the issue is that they used a #2 pick on him and that he was traded two years later. Can you imagine in 2008 having to trade Aldridge to get rid of a bad contract that was just signed in 2007?

 

Definitely not. We should keep all of the cap space he won’t free up to use on a free agent center who won’t sign here.

 

I think Collins, Davis and Nurkic are our front court rotation for the next 4+ years. We match anything for Nurk and try to get Ed on the cheap. Starting Collins next to Nurk beginning next season could be great for our defense and still give us versatility offensively.

 

Curious to see if our MLE that we gained by getting under the threshold is enough to resign Ed.

 

Fan bases and lynch mobs are not the same thing FYI.

Just pointing that out for thosse who are unaware.

 

Since we didn't try to trade him at the deadline (or couldn't get value for him); then we now have more time to evaluate his consistency and find out if there are any lifestyle factors affecting his stamina. Then a decision can be made.

 

Re-signing Davis would occur after the new league starts. The tax for this year doesn't change what MLE will be available this summer. The only thing it did was not start the repeater tax clock.

We can sign Davis to any contract regardless of the MLE.

 

Don't need the MLE to resign Ed. Portland has his bird rights

 

we do not have a great record of coaching big men to become better. if anything we are experts in taking big men skills and destroying them beyond all recognition.

 

I thought Nurk's future was decided in this forum amongst the majority of the fan base.

 

NO!

I want him to sign with LAL and win championship there

Ball - Ingram - PG13 - LeBron - Nurk

whats not to love

 

As was mentioned we don't need the MLE to re-sign Ed, and it is a good thing because it would not be enough. No need to break the bank for him but he will need to be making more than Meyers. I am thinking 11-12 per.

As for Nurk I would pay him about 14-16 per year.

 

This. From your mouth to God’s....or NO’s ears............

 

for me it is a matter of cost, I and others ad nauseum have talked about much less capspace being available this summer and a lot of C's available and the fact that the importance of "traditional C's" has diminished considerably in this small ball era, so I would not overpay Nurk at all, I said months ago and I see no reason to change - somewhere in the 12-15 mil per range IMO is reasonable as he has been pretty inconsistent this yr

 

We have to match whatever Nurk is offered. The amount doesn’t matter.

 

Maybe you are right. But it still needs to be above the MLE just in case. Too many teams can offer that. I think he wants to stay, but that will change if we insult him by low balling him. And paying Meyers more is an insult. So at least move Leonard first and argue temporary insanity.

 

Nurkic has 3 choices.

Sign the qualifying offer and become an unrestricted free agent the following year

Sign with the Blazers

Sign a qualifying offer in which the Blazers can match

So in essence, Nurkic isn't going anywhere unless the Blazers choose to let him go.