After 8 bubble games Nurkic averaged 17.6 point a game 10.3 rebound 4 assist 2 block 1.4 steal On 49.5% shooting. 52.5% from 2 point field goal. 88.6% free throw shooting on 4.4 attempt a game So far I’ve been very impressed with Nurkic with that fact that he has, for the most part, returned to his old self. It seem like he has never left. His impact on the team is huge. His biggest flaw so far has been missing too many bunnies. If he can connect them at higher percentage then he would easily be averaging at least 20 point a game. What are your guys thought?
About that. But missing bunnies really dampers his play latley. It’s very frustrating. He needs to dunk a lot of those easy ones. Other than that he’s great
Yeah, Nurk's always had problems with bunnies. He's had some real nice power dunks though so he just needs to expand on that mentality.
Somebody (@HCP?) needs to make a compilation video of Nurk's missed bunnies and he should be forced to watch it on a loop so that he dunks them. Normally people do that when they're afraid of being fouled, but he's got an excellent FT% so if he can't dunk it, he should just do pump fakes until he's mugged.
I have had 2 concerns. 1) As mentioned, he hassed too many bunnies. 2) The offensive rebounding by the opposition. I can't decide if it is physical or mental. Is he being timid, or does he just get fatigued (not quite in game shape yet) ? Most of the time he looks close to his old self.
they are tied together i think. Right under the rim he still seems timid. 5 ft and out he seems like his old self.
I think, like OB said, it's both. But he's definitely looked winded. But he usually averaged about 29 minutes a game, and I think he's been above that in the bubble. Practicing all you want helps, but it only goes so far. His body was still 15 months away from game shape.
