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Nurkic first game as a Sun: 14/14/3 on 5-8 shooting (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by im____new____here@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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cant believe the rest of the league let PHX get this man

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[–] ripcity_pilgrim@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Basically as a Blazers fan who is a big Nurk guy I kind of saw this coming. He's perfect for this team, his play making and passing coupled with his monster screens are tailor made for a team like PHX with all of the shooters flying around him. Also, the scorers on PHX have such gravity that it frees up a bit of space for Nurk to finish better around the basket (his biggest glaring weakness, for me) I also saw enough of his eurobasket games to say his 3pt shooting is real and it wouldn't surprise me if he was something like league average.

A brief little bit of caution I'll say to Suns fans is this; his finishing around the rim can be horrendous at times, he has these weird little bad of flip shots that need to go ASAP. He suffers from "foul momentum" he'll get a soft one and then he'll just...spiral. Also, if you're thinking "ah, he's large he might be able to slow down Jokic" Nurk was played off the floor by the Joker last time we saw him in the play offs (but he does that to basically everyone!)

However, for how he's being used he's perfect for this version of the Suns. I'd love to keep track of the screen assists because he was absolutely battering people out there.

As a big Nurk guy, I really hope he stays healthy and kicks some ass.