Should the Blazers re-sign Jusuf Nurkic this summer?

I think Dzanan Musa will end up being somewhere between 11th and 15th pick, but not further than 18th pick for sure

I personally think theres good chance LAC draft him, they have two 1st round picks

 

let me give you all some insight about Dzanan Musa SF/SG

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dzanan-Musa-84736/

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/dzanan-musa

 

My friend are you Bosnian? i wanted to post same post about this kid but i thougth maybe will not be interested as you have similar kids in your schools..

This player is our most talented player. At this moment probably third best player in our national team ( Nurkic, Teletovic and goes him) but he is the youngest and pretend to be our best player in future. Interesting that he plays for the same club that Nurk played before nba - Cedevita from Zagreb /Croatia. He has his value. Our youth national team has won euro championship and he was MVP of the championship. That was amazing display trust me. His strenght: shooting, dribling very brave player with full of confidence, arrogance that all big players has, that positive arogance do not get me wrong. Weakness:
- he is not strong especially for nba monsters.
- Experience and mature play - but he is young.
- Making turnovers when want to pass to no one actually.

But he he improved a lot. Well we are small country and do not have many such talented players. Maybe for you this is normal in ncaa per example i do not know. But he is very talented for sure and has strong, very strong character. Could be a leader.

 

In our media newest news for the kid is that there are calculations that he might be taken as 25 pick by Greg Popovic

https://sportsport.ba/kosarka/dzanan-musa-igrac-po-mjeri-gregga-popovicha/268218

 

Thanks Amir. No I am not Bosnian, just another Blazer fan who is desperately looking for our SF of the future. For what ever reason we do not have an abundance of good ones in college. PG's, SG's, and PF's yes....but not what we consider SF's in the NBA.

Looking at some of the current mock drafts, 2 of the top 5 SF's ranked at the moment, and that will change by April, are from Europe. The other being Doncic from Slovenia. Others will probably pop up during our college tournament, but right now Music looks intriguing. No doubt he needs to add some strength , but that will come naturally as he matures.

 

Kid looks good my only worry is he is 6’9” and only 195. Meaning needs to gain like 25-30lbs of muscle if he wants to compete at a high level and that doesn’t just happen overnight. I mean aminu is not the biggest guy in the world and even he’s 220. So this kid would have to be a 3-5 year project at least. Idk if that is really what we need even though he’s at a position of need and looks talented enough.

 

Although he is the same height and weight as Brandon Ingram. True BI is freakishly longer, but this kid may be a better shooter. Either way, whoever we draft....... will not be NBA ready.

 

I am becoming more and more intrigued by Mikal Bridges. He seems like a perfect fit on this team. I think he looks fairly NBA ready too. Latest NBADraft.net mock draft has him going 11th. It's going to be hard to get up that high to get him without missing the playoffs though.

 

Honestly there is already nba product who can play immediatelly but it is not for now my above mentioned Bosnian talent. It is actually Luka Doncic Slovenian. I suppose that you maybe know how this guy play? My friends, i worked on venues last summer on Euro championship where Slovenia won and watched him a live. Remember my post - who take Doncic in draft, he will take jack pot from Europe. My God how he plays with his age. It is incredibile. You will see it in his rookie season. If i had magic in my hand, i will took Doncic and put him in Blazers team. Tell me something is there chance that Blazers can take him?

 

Very true

 

Nurkic didn't play in the end and Zach is coming on strong. Just saying.

 

Still think Nurkic is important to this team. Collins is beginning to overshadow him with his potential. But we re-sign Nurk and then use the Turner/Meyers money to re-sign Collins when the cap opens again.

 

1) Keep Nurk

2) Keep Collins at PF

It's that simple.

 

Zach was playing over Aminu at the end, not Nurk

 

Can we afford to sign Nurk?

 

So who was playing over Nurk?

 

Ed Davis.

 

Our back up center....

 

FTFY