Due to a gruesome leg injury suffered last season, the Trail Blazers have competed without Jusuf Nurkic in the lineup. Following months of rehabilitation, it appeared that Nurkic was poised to rejoin Portland’s lineup for the final run of games after the All-Star break. Despite a sequence of positive updates earlier in the season, Nurkic revealed that his path back to court this season is murky at best.
After a period of silence on the subject from the Blazers, The Athletic’s Jason Quick finally received an update directly from Nurkic following Portland’s loss to Indiana on Thursday.