Jusuf Nurkic is shooting threes now. You were probably already aware of that fact, but in case you’re still stuck in five years ago where not every big in the NBA shoots the long ball, I thought I’d make it clear. He was shooting them in preseason, and that’s carried over into about 1 attempt per game.
I’m not even mad anymore. This is just how it’s going to be from now on.
Watching these highlights, you won’t know that anything is amiss. These are the typical Nurkic scoring plays: dunks set up by Lillard, putbacks, and bullyball post-ups. He doesn’t make any jumpers, so you can have confidence that your grandpa who still believes the myth of the down-low bigman won’t have a heart attack while watching this.
Also, tell your grandpa to get with the times and stop calling every African-American player a “thug”. They’re not all thugs. Just Rajon Rondo.