skywalker33 wrote:Now take a trip to the not too distant future and imagine what Jokic and Nurkic may look like on the court at the same time
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1.) What hesitations would he have to use the two together?
“The first hesitation is that the league is going so small,” said Malone. “There is very few true centers in the NBA anymore. A lot of teams are playing small-ball, you look at teams’ reliance on the 3-point shot. Obviously Memphis is a team that stands out that has played, when healthy, with Zach (Randolph) and Marc Gasol; a big lineup, a traditional lineup. But most teams have gone away from that. Can they do it in stretches? I’m sure they can and that’s something we may look at in these last 17 games in the right situation.”
He has remained pretty steadfast in his hesitation as his answer above mirrored the the one he gave to Harrison Wind back in January.
2.) What would work with Jokic and Nurkic?
“The positives, the pros to that, you have two very skilled young bigs,” said Malone. “Nikola’s proven he can play away from the basket offensively. Nurkic can be a beast down low with his back to the basket, and they can play off of each other because they’re both very very skilled young players.
“We’ll give that a look. That’s something that we’ve talked about as a staff and with the front office, but we’ll wait for the right time to see when that might be applicable for us.”
