TUALTIN -- It’s been almost a month since the Trail Blazers have had consecutive days off at home (and if you don’t count Christmas Eve and Christmas Day — a day in which the Blazers boarded a flight in the afternoon for Salt Lake City — it’s nearly two months) but a break in the schedule allowed for a full practice at their facility in Tualatin Thursday afternoon, and it ended up being rather eventful.
First and foremost, Thursday practice was the first time Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkiu0107 has participated in a full-contact workout with the team since from breaking his left fibula and tibia in a four overtime victory versus the Nets on March 25, 2019.