This Portland Trail Blazers team is so close to the bottom of the western conference standings, and the fans are understandably mad. They might look at this team and blame the failed trade for Hassan Whiteside, or the same for Kent Bazemore.
But the one person they are missing the most, is Jusuf Nurkic.
Nurkic is the glue that holds this team together. Last year was a tour de force for the seven-foot Bosnian. On both ends of the court he was key to everything this team did, and was a massive part of the reason this team had such a great regular season.