Prior to missing time due to plantar fasciitis, Portland Trail Blazers’ center was coming up clutch among centers around the league according to Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report. Hughes notes that Nurkic was third behind Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers and Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
Nurkic has played only 71 clutch minutes, and his plantar fasciitis means he’s unlikely to close the volume gap between himself and the two big men ahead of him.
Remarkably, though, Nurkic is plus-37 in those minutes.