Getting Nuri back on track

Nuri was not good at defense...he had skills to be a good defensive player but he was not a good defensive player.

Lets be honest, his jump shots weren't even close. I never thought it was going in. I don't thnik he did either.

Can he get to the basket? Of course, but when he got the ball on the break, he's got his head down and is thinking only about himself. If a guy has the ball as much as him, he needs to make others better. I saw him make 1 or 2 good passes and smart decisions with the ball. Not nearly enough.

Never really got the idea he understood how to play the game. Playing well in the summer leagues in Philly doesn't translate to structured D1 basketball.

Quote from: Celtics11 on December 08, 2011, 11:09:10 PM

There is can't shoot meaning a poor shooter and Nuri's don't even take the shot because I don't have a snowball's chance in h$ll of making it. Guess we don't have to worry about getting Nuri back on track anymore as he has become someone else's problem.

Honestly he didn't even take enough shots for anyone to say he couldn't shoot. The only thing anyone is basing anything off of is FTs

He made all of 5 threes in over 30 games last year in juco was 0 for 17 from 3 this year and hit maybe 3 short jumpers in 11 games this year (including exhibitions). How much more of a sample do you need. You sound like the guy from Monty Python who after getting all his limbs cut off stated "it is merely a flesh wound".

Disappointing!

We all read about Nuri's sad family history and his struggle to overcome some pretty big hurdles.

Some of the posters were convinced that Nuri would be a "one and done" player.  I guess you can say they were half right as Nuri was a "7 game and done" player.

I was not too concerned about his questionable play to date.  I believed that the coaching staff would work with him throughout the season.

This is all very strange, but seems to fit into our very strange season so far.

By the way, does the title of this thread mean that Nuri is getting back on the Amtrak to Philly?  Sorry!

Im upset that nuri left cause we really need him this year.
However I dont think he was the best fit for us for the long term.