Nick Richards

[KdoubleDees23]

Is Nick Richards better than Nurkic and Deandre Ayton? This is the question.

We should wait and see in regards to Nurk who was looking great for half a season last year. Nick is not better than Ayton, but much cheaper.

Ayton giving 80% effort is better than both combined.

[Fo-Real]

Is Nick Richards better than Nurkic and Deandre Ayton? This is the question.

We should wait and see in regards to Nurk who was looking great for half a season last year. Nick is not better than Ayton, but much cheaper.

Ayton giving 80% effort is better than both combined.

Too bad he must have only given a constant 20%

[KdoubleDees23]

We should wait and see in regards to Nurk who was looking great for half a season last year. Nick is not better than Ayton, but much cheaper.

Ayton giving 80% effort is better than both combined.

Too bad he must have only given a constant 20%

And he still puts up better than both our Centers lol. Sad

Its also crazy without Ayton we wouldn't have won a WCF. Fans are crying all the time about Ayton. Move on

[dremill24]

Damn it you guys should know better than to speak of He Who Must Not Be Named by now! Look what you started...

[Fo-Real]

Ayton giving 80% effort is better than both combined.

Too bad he must have only given a constant 20%

And he still puts up better than both our Centers lol. Sad

Its also crazy without Ayton we wouldn't have won a WCF. Fans are crying all the time about Ayton. Move on

You should tell the blazers and thier fans, those uninformed crazy bastard hate him and want him gone. How crazy are all of two teams and two fan bases?!?! In his prim lo less?!?! You right!!

[SunsRback4Good]

He’s back to being average. We were fooled by one excellent game guys while tonight he laid down a stinker. Never will I be fooled again. NEVER!!!

[lilfishi22]

He’s back to being average. We were fooled by one excellent game guys while tonight he laid down a stinker. Never will I be fooled again. NEVER!!!

[KdoubleDees23]

Too bad he must have only given a constant 20%

And he still puts up better than both our Centers lol. Sad

Its also crazy without Ayton we wouldn't have won a WCF. Fans are crying all the time about Ayton. Move on

You should tell the blazers and thier fans, those uninformed crazy bastard hate him and want him gone. How crazy are all of two teams and two fan bases?!?! In his prim lo less?!?! You right!!

Dude I wouldnt be motivated in Portland either. That city and town will drain you. Homeless people everywhere, robberies, trash, etc.

Ayton don't want to be there. I hope he gets traded as well. I would love to see him on a good team with some motivation.

Blazers have about 100 fans.

[KdoubleDees23]

He’s back to being average. We were fooled by one excellent game guys while tonight he laid down a stinker. Never will I be fooled again. NEVER!!!

Haha . Maybe he can give us every other game he can do well. I say keep him off the bench.

I think we somehow need to get Nurkic and 2031 first (top 15 protected) for Vucevic

[Mulhollanddrive]

Hes Walmart Ayton

[Calvin Klein]

He’s back to being average. We were fooled by one excellent game guys while tonight he laid down a stinker. Never will I be fooled again. NEVER!!!

People get too high on one game samples. Remember Miles Plumlee's first game? he was awesome.

[sunsbum]

And he still puts up better than both our Centers lol. Sad

Its also crazy without Ayton we wouldn't have won a WCF. Fans are crying all the time about Ayton. Move on

You should tell the blazers and thier fans, those uninformed crazy bastard hate him and want him gone. How crazy are all of two teams and two fan bases?!?! In his prim lo less?!?! You right!!

Dude I wouldnt be motivated in Portland either. That city and town will drain you. Homeless people everywhere, robberies, trash, etc.

Ayton don't want to be there. I hope he gets traded as well. I would love to see him on a good team with some motivation.

Blazers have about 100 fans.

as always you don’t know what you’re talking about. Blazers have really great fans, 10x better than Phoenix that’s for sure. Not much of a bar though.

[bwgood77]

You should tell the blazers and thier fans, those uninformed crazy bastard hate him and want him gone. How crazy are all of two teams and two fan bases?!?! In his prim lo less?!?! You right!!

Dude I wouldnt be motivated in Portland either. That city and town will drain you. Homeless people everywhere, robberies, trash, etc.

Ayton don't want to be there. I hope he gets traded as well. I would love to see him on a good team with some motivation.

Blazers have about 100 fans.

as always you don’t know what you’re talking about. Blazers have really great fans, 10x better than Phoenix that’s for sure. Not much of a bar though.

Tons and tons of awesome soccer moms. Like really awesome.

[SunsRback4Good]

Dude I wouldnt be motivated in Portland either. That city and town will drain you. Homeless people everywhere, robberies, trash, etc.

Ayton don't want to be there. I hope he gets traded as well. I would love to see him on a good team with some motivation.

Blazers have about 100 fans.

as always you don’t know what you’re talking about. Blazers have really great fans, 10x better than Phoenix that’s for sure. Not much of a bar though.

Tons and tons of awesome soccer moms. Like really awesome.

Dang! You were a player in the day or still one today? Teach me you ways young Jedi.

[Saberestar]

So far so good.

In 4 games he averages 13.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. His rebounding was much needed for this team.

Watch on YouTube

[sashaturiaf]

Pleasantly happy with this pickup. I don't think he's a world beater and ideally he's your backup 5 but there is no doubt he is an NBA player, that's not something we had at the 5 this season prior to this pickup.

[Mulhollanddrive]

Thought Javale McGee would be his best case scenario and is doing it.

I calculated if our rebounding was at the NBA average percentage wed get 3 extra posessions.

[lilfishi22]

The guy is a solid 5 which is exactly what you're hoping to get for moving a 2nd rounder. I think he's been nothing short of as advertised and then some. I don't know if it'll hold up but he's come in and basically been a Nurk level rebounder which should help our rebounding woes but looking at the stats over the last 4 games (small sample), we've made in-roads in our total rebounding deficits however offensive rebounding (for us and for the opponents) are still a real weak spot for us.

This is not an issue a singular player can solve. This is roster composition issue.

[dremill24]

The guy is a solid 5 which is exactly what you're hoping to get for moving a 2nd rounder. I think he's been nothing short of as advertised and then some. I don't know if it'll hold up but he's come in and basically been a Nurk level rebounder which should help our rebounding woes but looking at the stats over the last 4 games (small sample), we've made in-roads in our total rebounding deficits however offensive rebounding (for us and for the opponents) are still a real weak spot for us.

This is not an issue a singular player can solve. This is roster composition issue.

They're 12th in opponent OREB% since the trade, as opposed to the dead last they were from the Nurk suspension to the trade, so that bodes well. Can they keep it up against real teams?