My original post was calling you out for having no knowledge of Nurks impact on Portland. Didn't say **** about contending for championships.Cy's original point was that getting Collins and Nurkic back puts Portland back in contender status. I said, no, Nurkic doesn't do that for them and he went ballistic. In perfect Cy fashion he has morphed his argument to something else. Harkless/Aminu has nothing to do with it.
The Blazer's two best players are just as good, if not better than they were last year. Whiteside is filling in for Nurkic. The rest of the West just got a lot better, leaving the Blazers in the dust. Getting Nurkic, an average NBA starting center, back isn't going to be a league game changer.
And again, if you think Whiteside offers anything close to Nurk on either end you are a casual NBA fan who doesn't know how to evaluate basketball in the slightest.