In the midst of the Portland Trail Blazers trying to trade star point guard Damian Lillard, center Jusuf Nurkic’s name is surfacing in trade rumors as a likely candidate to also be dealt in the near future — whether as piece in the Lillard mega-trade or a subsequent move as the team looks to turn the page toward the future.
In the latest write-up of league-wide trade ideas from Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey, among a gauntlet of Lillard trade proposals for multiple teams, Bailey snuck a Nurkic trade into the mix. In the proposal, Bailey moves Nurkic to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Davis Bertans and a pair of future second-round picks, saying that’s the best the market has to offer for the 29-year-old, 6-foot-11 center.