Jusuf Nurkic has declared he will return for the Trail Blazers around the all-star break in February. This is a boon for a team that is depleted because of injuries and are in desperate need of reinforcements in the front court.
Though Nurkic will start slow and likely be on a minutes restriction when he returns, within a month or so he will be up to capacity and playing full minutes. Can both him and Hassan Whiteside co-exist in this rotation?
Neither player has played the four in their careers to date, and even if they wanted to they would be too slow to guard the four and are unable to score enough to play there in the modern NBA.