I'm not ready to send him to the HOF either. I don't see the kid going 1-9 though. I guess we'll see but when someone turns in a performance like he did in his first NBA game you have him do a little more the next game. Just see how far you can take it with the young guy. If he does have an off game, I'm sure not going to jump off of his bandwagon.
We really do need a big body to go against Jokic, Embiid and Giannis. You just have to have size for these special occasions. It's kind of like how Shaq kept dozens of 7 foot stiffs employed just because you had to have some size out there or you'd get wrecked. But we don't need that guy night-in-night-out for most teams. That kind of size starts to be a disadvantage when you have to do all the switching it takes to contain modern three point shooting. Nurkic is actually paid like the specialist he's become in the modern NBA. The problem is it's hard to bring him off the bench most nights because it's not what he's used to. There's no way he handles that kind of demotion gracefully. He probably needs to be shipped to another team, and we need to find another Nurkic-type (on a Nurkic-type-contract) to fill that role.
Yep. This is the way i see it. There will be times he needs to be a huge factor. Other times he will have to sit.
20 pts, 17 rbs from Nurkic tonight. And before you say he is inconsistent (yes he is but) all players are. You should see some of Dame and Ant's splits from highs to lows (games).
if he had a game like tonight for every game like the Kings game, it would be fine. But that hasn't been his M.O. And of course, it doesn't help that he has averaged playing 52 games a season. That's too many nights in street clothes
All players aren't as inconsistent as Nurk. In fact, I think very few are. He was great in the 2nd half tonight. We should be thankful when we get good Nurk.
Also, personally, he can be having a good “box score game” then commit some of the dumbest fouls ever that make him virtually unplayable or foul him out. 16/10 … then commits 6th foul 40 feet away from the basket with 5 minutes left in the 4th type of junk.
Is Nurk the best center we've had since Arvydas? Kanter Whiteside Plumlee Lopez Camby Oden Pryzbilla Sabonis *Aldridge/Sheed played PF
that's not changing the picture much there were 18 fewer games those 2 seasons and if you assume Nurkic would have played them all without getting injured, his total games would have climbed from 411 to 429. His seasonal average of games played would have gone from 51 to 53. That's still somewhere in the range of 230 missed games. That's essentially missing 3 seasons out of 8
Give the team a chance to gel....Nurk is awesome...he's a double double machine. He and Dame had subpar opening games and came back strong at home...the team is only going to get tighter and better the more time they share a court together. We scrambled together two early wins without having everyone play well....imagine when it's all clicking! I think we're building a winner in Portland
If the Jazz keep winning games, he might have to start giving up players for less than they’re worth. Makes you wonder if we can eventually get Vanderbilt for the two 2nds like we previously hoped. I think that as long as you have a consistent backup, Nurk’s inconsistencies are quite bearable. The problem is we are relying on Eubanks to be that backup. He’s played admirably on defense through 2 games, much better than last year or even preseason, but how long can he keep this up? I loved seeing Chauncey pull Nurk out early in the 3rd because he wasn’t playing well, Nurk responded well the next game. With Vanderbilt and Watford to spell for Nurk’s bad nights, I don’t think we talk about Nurk as often when he’s not playing well. Nurk/Vanderbilt/Watford would also be likely the best C rotation we’ve had since Nurk/Kanter with the potential to be much better defensively.
