Damian Lillard and CJ McCollums are the engines running the Portland Trail Blazers playoffs train, but Jusuf Nurkic may be critical in determining how far that train will go in 2018. That’s the message of writers Haley O’Shaughnessy and Paolo Uggetti of The Ringer in their article detailing the Most Important Players of the NBA’s Final Month.
The pair say this of Portland’s starting center:
Nurkic averaged nearly 30 minutes a game in the month of November and averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game.