How the Portland Trail Blazers can maximize Jusuf Nurkic and Get the Most Out of the Bosnian Beast

Jusuf Nurkic had a highlight dunk cramming all over France's Vincent Poirier en route to leading Bosnia and Herzegovina to a double overtime win over France at FIBA World Cup. The dunk is the highlight and one worth celebrating, but Nurk's performance with his national team brings up the question. How can the Portland Trail Blazers get the most out of Jusuf Nurkic when he's a key role player in the NBA and not an offensive focal point.

After a local at Nurk's play with Bosnia and Herzegovina, we dive into the numbers behind Nurk's 2021-22 campaign and what the best version of Nurk looked like. Then we talk about the key words for Nurkic in 2022-23: Balance, consistency and patience. To maximize Nurk the Blazers have to find a balance to coax out consistency and patience play from their big man.

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