Jusuf Nurkic is playing well for Portland, which has caught up with the Nuggets in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. That was a bad trade. What was coach Mike Malone thinking?
– William, checking the rear-view mirror
Kiz: Yes, hindsight is 20/20. But, on any given night, when Nurkic turns into 20/10 guy for the Blazers as a scoring and rebounding machine, this trade certainly appears to be a deal Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly will regret. It’s true the twin-tower starting lineup of Nikola Jokic at forward and Nurkic at center did not work during its brief experiment in Denver.