Jusuf Nurkic

Jusuf Nurkic is done for the season. The Trail Blazers center went up for a rebound in the second overtime of his team’s matchup against Brooklyn before suffering a gruesome leg injury. Nurkic left the court on a stretcher and did not return. The Blazers big man was attempting to tip in a teammate’s missed [...]

After Monday nights win, Sacramento Kings’ Iman Shumpert was stopped by security from entering the visiting Portland Trail Blazers’ locker room in an attempt to confront Jusuf Nurkic. [tweet https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1085152820486119424] According to Shumpert, he wasn’t looking for a fight, just a discussion about a few plays that took place during the game. The two exchanged [...]

Jusuf Nurkic has found new life as a member of the Portland Trailblazers. Nurkic had a very impressive rookie season for the Denver Nuggets in 2014-15 before dealing with injuries in his sophomore season and struggling to re-establish a role before being traded during the 2016-17 season. Since joining the Blazers last season, Nurkic has [...]

The Denver Nuggets could be done dealing after swapping Jusuf Nurkic and a first-round pick for Mason Plumlee and a second-round choice. Or they could be gearing up to trade Danilo Gallinari. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Now that the Jusuf Nurkic trade we’ve been anticipating for weeks has materialized at last, league sources say Danilo [...]

People, we have a trade. On the first Sunday of no football, The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski proved the NBA would do its best to replace the void left by the NFL, reporting that the Denver Nuggets would be sending Jusuf Nurkic and a first-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Mason Plumlee [...]

ESPN’s Marc Stein reported Monday afternoon that the Nuggets are actively trying to move 22-year-old bruising center Jusuf Nurkic. [tweet https://twitter.com/RealGM/status/822488034809524224] Nurkic has flashed some real potential as a big man who can patrol the paint and bang down low with his energy and his ability to score with an old-school back down post-up game [...]

The Denver Nuggets tried to play Jusuf Nurkic and Nikola Jokic together. They really did. Through November, the two logged 104 minutes of court time together. But the Nuggets were outscored by more than 15.4 points per 100 possessions during those situations, according to NBA.com. The two, as a result, have seen just one minute [...]

The Denver Nuggets have a frontcourt logjam and they know it. Rookie Nikola Jokic’s breakout, along with Joffrey Lauvergne’s continued development and Danilo Gallinari’s need to see spot minutes at the 4, has put the team in a bit of a (pleasant) pickle. Throw in Jusuf Nurkic, Kenneth Faried and J.J. Hickson, and it becomes [...]

Danilo Gallinari is ever the optimist. Even though he’s spent the last two seasons battling injuries, missing the 2013-14 campaign entirely, Gallinari isn’t down. Not that he should be. He played well during FIBA Eurobasket, and the Denver Nuggets signed him to a two-year extension worth around $34 million over the offseason. Tack on his [...]