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Interesting piece from Rob Mahoney on how the '96 Mavericks were the Warriors before the Warriors (and without the success). If he ends up around 14 or 15 points per game and his shooting percentages continue to tick up, I will retract my verdict. Of course, Dario Saric went and scored 28 on Thursday.

I made the case that no one deserves the Rookie of the Year award this year. Now that these kids have experienced the Bosnian Beast at peak form, we need to raise money to buy 2,000 Nurkic jerseys.) That's where members of Blazer's Edge buy gobs of tickets for disadvantaged youth. Thursday marked Blazer's Edge Night at Moda Center. And best of all, the trade looks like it will help the Blazers steal their trade partner's playoff spot. Portland got the best player, best contract, and best pick in this trade. Nurkic is averaging 16-9-4-2 for Portland and has another year left on his rookie deal.

Blazer vs nuggets free#

Meanwhile, Plumlee is averaging nine and seven for Denver and will be a restricted free agent in July. That pick belongs to Memphis, so it will end up around No. The real kicker here is that Denver also agreed to send a first-round pick to the Blazers because it so badly wanted Plumlee. The Blazers have been in desperate need of a strong center all season - Plumlee's triple-double threats weren't exactly fear inducing - and they found it in Nurkic. Nurkic wasn't thriving in the Mile High City as Nikola Jokic took the reins for the offense. The wrinkle, of course, is that Denver traded Nurkic to the Blazers for Mason Plumlee. Portland is even with Denver in the loss column for the No. Most importantly, the Blazers won in overtime. ( No one had gone for 25-20-5-5 since Kevin Garnett in 2003.) Jusuf Nurkic, the Bosnian behemoth who arrived in Portland just a month ago, put up crazy numbers against the Sixers on Thursday: 28 points, 20 rebounds, eight assists and six blocks.