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Rudy Gobert vs Jusuf Nurkic

Which one would you rather have?

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The Blue Elephant

The Blue Elephant

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I was wondering which one you guys would rather have.

Rudy Gobert:
Born 06/26/1992 7'2" with 7'8.5" wingspan

Per 36 stats

FG= .631
FT= .635
RBS= 11.6
Asists= 1.6
Steels= 1.1
Blocks= 3.8
TO= 2.0
PF= 3.3
Pts= 11.0
Pts saved (factors opp fg% and contesting ): 4.94 pts per 36 (1st in league)

Jusuf Nurkic:
Born 08/23/1994 6'11" with 7'2" wingspan

Per 36 stats

FG= .486
FT= .673
RBS= 13.1
Asists= 1.7
Steels= 1.9
Blocks= 3.3
TO= 3.1
PF= 7.6
Pts= 17.6
Pts saved (factors opp fg% and contesting ): 1.23 pts per 36 (19th in league)
 
Jusuf Nurkic is slightly more than 2 years younger and is almost as good as blocking but better in rebounding, steals, assists, and scoring (stat wise)

He is also ranks very well at rim protection ranking higher than people like Omer Asik, Jonas Valanciunas, Andre Drummond, Steven Adams, and Tim Duncan.

He has high TO's and fouls like crazy but if he can fix that he might have the potential to be as good if not better than Marc Gasol who is currently the best center in the league (sorry for comparing white guys in NBA to other white guys)

Stats taken here
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/goberru01.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nurkiju01.html
https://nyloncalculus.com/stats/rim-protection/
 
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The nba could be crazy good with tall skinny guys in a couple of years.

Gobert, Nurkic, jonasV, Noel, AD, that other guy Philly drafted...it will be a lot of fun, unless Boogie C eats them all.
 
Jazz4ever said:
What's sad is Kanter has the same measurables as Nurkic but are night and day different defenders.
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Enes Kanter
Agility 11.30 Sprint 3.26 Max Vert 32.5 inch

Jusuf Nurtic
Agility 12.95 Sprint 3.51 Max Vert 23 inch

Enes Kanter also is considerably faster and a much better jumper than Jusuf (probably due to Jusuf being much heavier.) He probably also has bigger hands (Nurtic wasn't measured at combine but Kanters is one of largest ever).

I hope Enes Kanter takes a Andrew Bogut type jump one of these years on defense but it is very rare and easier said than done. I want Kanter to gain like 30 lbs of Muscle and become a bully more.
 
mellow said:
The nba could be crazy good with tall skinny guys in a couple of years.

Gobert, Nurkic, jonasV, Noel, AD, that other guy Philly drafted...it will be a lot of fun, unless Boogie C eats them all.
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This isn't even close. I'd way rather have Rudy. He's always going to be a better at blocks and forcing tough shots.


Also, wrong forum. Mods please move
 
mellow said:
The nba could be crazy good with tall skinny guys in a couple of years.

Gobert, Nurkic, jonasV, Noel, AD, that other guy Philly drafted...it will be a lot of fun, unless Boogie C eats them all.
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Nurkic is far from skinny. He's 280 pounds. One of my favorite players from this last draft, and I think I underrated him.

The Blue Elephant said:
Enes Kanter
Agility 11.30 Sprint 3.26 Max Vert 32.5 inch

Jusuf Nurtic
Agility 12.95 Sprint 3.51 Max Vert 23 inch

Enes Kanter also is considerably faster and a much better jumper than Jusuf (probably due to Jusuf being much heavier.) He probably also has bigger hands (Nurtic wasn't measured at combine but Kanters is one of largest ever).

I hope Enes Kanter takes a Andrew Bogut type jump one of these years on defense but it is very rare and easier said than done. I want Kanter to gain like 30 lbs of Muscle and become a bully more.
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Bogut was always good at defense. The chances of Enes being anywhere near Bogut on defense is literally zero.
 
Nurkic a PF/C in the sense that he seems less than ideal as a C and he's not really a PF.

At least Kanter can play PF pretty naturally.
 
Catchall said:
Nurkic a PF/C in the sense that he seems less than ideal as a C and he's not really a PF.

At least Kanter can play PF pretty naturally.
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He can? I think that's part of the problem. Kanter is a better scorer around the basket, but isn't a rim protector. And on defense he doesn't have the speed to guard decent 4's.
 
Catchall said:
Nurkic a PF/C in the sense that he seems less than ideal as a C and he's not really a PF.

At least Kanter can play PF pretty naturally.
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How is Nurkic not an ideal Center? Great shotblocker (3.3 per 36), great scorer, great rebounder, above average passer, above average steals. I think he is more of a center than Kanter is a PF. He is the best center at 20 years of age that I seen in a while.
 
https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/201...rookie-jusuf-nurkics-dad-is-a-7-400-pound-cop

"Jusuf Nurkic's dad is a policeman in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. One day a Bosnian sports agent Enes Trnovcevic was reading a newspaper where he read: "Bosnian policeman, Hariz Nurkic has beaten 14 people in a fight." He knew what to do instantly! Next day he went to Tuzla and met with Nurkic's father. The only thing he asked him was: "Do you have a son?" Jusuf Nurkic was at that time a 14 years old boy and never trained basketball. Enes Trnovcevic took him to Slovenia and gave him an opportunity he accepted and used."
 
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