Talking about Nurkic, what impresses us most is that he is the starting center of the Blazers, of course, there are countless injuries that accompany him, but few people mention that he and Jokic were also the Center Players of the Nuggets, for the starting position, and finally Nurkic left the Nuggets, under the arrangement of Coach Malone, Jokic has been improving, and finally became the MVP, and Nurkic is still working hard for his next big contract.
The Blazers' record this season is disappointing, especially the first half of The season led by Lillard, it has played a very poor performance, and the Blazers' record has improved slightly in recent times, and under the leadership of Simmons, McCollum and Powell, the situation has gradually stabilized, which is also good news for Nurkic, who is about to renew his contract.
In the 2017-19 season, Nurkic played two near-full seasons, and it was because of this performance that the Blazers signed him to a four-year, $48 million contract in the summer of 2018, and then Nurkic's injury has always accompanied him, playing only 8 games in the 2019-20 season and only 37 games the following year, until this season, Nurkic finally got healthy, playing 46 games, averaging 14.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, shooting 54.4%. Whether it's efficiency or scoring, Nurkic has shown us that they have their best time, just don't know if the Blazers will renew Nurkic.
Since entering the league, Nurkic has been selected for the best rookie second team with an average of 6.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and the most happy thing for him is that the Nuggets sent McGee and Mozgov in succession in order to cultivate him, and this also made Nurkic's development smooth, unfortunately, Nurkic's career seems to have been accompanied by injuries, from the beginning of the new season until the final departure from the Nuggets. It was in this process that the inner balance of The Marlon head coach began to tilt towards The Teacher, and in order to take care of Nurkic's feelings, Coach Malone once let Jokic and Nurkic start together, but in the end it ended in failure. Finally, in early 2017, Nurkic was traded to the Blazers, thus completing the history of Mr. Jo's growth.
Although in the Blazers he tasted the taste of the playoffs for the first time, but no matter how the Blazers change the lineup has not been able to impact the higher stage, the record is plummeting, and now the Blazers not only Lillard fell into the storm of public opinion, even many of the main players began to be dissatisfied, can not come up with results, the team seems to be facing a disintegration situation, and as far as Nurkic is concerned, he is a typical European interior line, it is difficult to adapt to the trend of the small ball era.
The current trend is doomed to Nurkic's upper limit, mediocre athleticism, slow movement, limited range, although there is a tonnage, can protect the frame, but in the fast pace, Nurkic is destined to be eliminated by the times, otherwise the Blazers will not choose to renew the contract in the offseason. Some people will say that it is injuries that destroyed Nurkic, Xiao Feng does not deny such a view, but compared with Mr. Joo, he really does not have much cultivation value, whether it is passing vision or outside projection, he and Jokic are not a level player at all.
Nurkic's contract expires this summer, and with an average of 14.6+10.7 per game, it may be a signing contract, but it is destined not to be too big, after all, no team is willing to risk signing a big contract with a player who has been battling injuries for many years. So for him personally, the next most important thing is to stay healthy, which is the premise of signing a contract, after all, he is only 27 years old.
Well, today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.