There was little doubt regarding this extension, but it is now official. Jusuf Nurkic has affixed his signature at the bottom right of the small paper stipulating that he is continuing the adventure with the Blazers… and it’s all of Oregon happy to see his Bosnian Beast stay around.
Admittedly, Nurkic often squats in the Moda Center infirmary and the Blazers have just given us a very dirty regular season in the absence of many executives, but the pivot does not have much to blame himself for individually speaking. If the physical glitches are legion in the old back up from Nikola Jokic to the Nuggets, it’s also a double-double almost guaranteed every night as soon as he hits the floor. So assured that the coast might sometimes even be less than 1 wish. To continue to benefit from the services of the Balkan mover, Portland offered 70 million over 4 years to Jusuf Nurkic, who of course accepted this small salary increase. As a reminder, he received until now twelve million per season. The price is very reasonable for a big man on the current market and there is no doubt that at 27, there are still some left in the man’s engine before approaching the switch.
Free agent C Jusuf Nurkic has agreed on a new four-year, $70 million deal to stay with the Portland Trail Blazers, @KlutchSports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN. pic.twitter.com/6vmHrdOZI3
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2022
It was Rich Paul – the famous Klutch Sports agent in charge of the Bosnian – who broke the news to ESPN. And yes, there is no need to be called LeBron James to benefit from the services of Paulo in person. At the same time, with 15 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game this season, Nurkic deserved the boss to make the call himself. If the numerical contributions are consistent with the tarot, the real unknown is and remains Jusuf’s sugar body. With only 101 games over the last 3 regular seasons, the risk of seeing him sporadically removed from the field once more cannot be ignored. Fortunately, he can count on his understudy who will not change either since Drew Eubanks has also reached an agreement to re-enlist with the Blazeurz. The latter has also taken advantage of the absence of the Nurk ‘very well with 14.5 points at 64.6% on shots and 8.5 rebounds in 22 games in Portland. Once all that said, we insist on the fact that in the management offices, it must still pray hard so that the number 27 remains in good health and can regularly put glitter in the lives of the fans.
The priority for the Blazers was to re-sign Anfernee Simons and Jusuf Nurkic. The front office got busy and pulled out the checkbook for these two players who will cost $170 million over the next 4 seasons, but it’s clearly worth a try. The Blazers solidify their framework in this way with a clever mix of youth and experience to find the Playoffs as soon as possible.
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