I watched all of Reddish’s short stint on the blazers. It was clear that he has an NBA frame and has an nba skill set - however, he just seemed totally brain dead, made the wrong decisions time and time again.
Honestly if he’s fixed that then his ceiling is a good starter on a good team. I always like when these “reclamation projects” turn it around, but there was no way he was turning it around in a blazers uniform. Being in Bron’s orbit clearly having an effect on him.
I just watched this game.
You get Scoot 3rd over all, you get Deandre Ayton as a reclamation project type from PHX.
Maybe try running a fucking pick and roll with them?
There’s no half court sets at all. The offence is stagnant and unimaginative.
Scoot obviously hasn’t played well, but all the buzz in pre season about playing fast and moving the ball to maximise his strengths but there’s been nothing of the sort.
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.
No takebacks, I’m afraid.
Thought he was a throw in but the guy is going to be a quality starting level player within a few years. Swiss army knife.
Eubanks isn’t actually bad on the perimiter either. Surprisingly switchy. Thing about Drew I loved on the blazers was he plays hard as hell. If there’s a pile of bodies, the Shaq of Troutdale is in it
Eubanks is one of the most fun players to watch in the league in my opinion. He’s a maniac.