Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic has gone from being an established NBA starting center for essentially nine seasons to losing his starting job and not playing, all in a matter of days.

The Charlotte Hornets fell 128-92 on Tuesday night against the Golden State Warriors, capping off statistically the worst four game stretch in NBA history, losi ...

What are you going to try and instill in the young guys as a veteran? Jusuf Nurkic: I’m still young. I just turned 30 this past summer. I feel like I’m in my prime, and I can do a lot of things.

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The night before the NBA trade deadline ... the team dealt Cody Martin and Vasa Micic to the Phoenix Suns for Jusuf Nurkic. So, the team was set to have a center rotation of Nurkic, Moussa ...

Nurkic also said he hadn’t spoken to coach ... Budenholzer responded to those comments by telling reporters the NBA is never easy. “He hasn’t played. I’m sure he’s frustrated ...

In his 11th NBA season, Nurkic was the 16th overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. He has played 564 games (481 starts) with the Denver Nuggets (2014-17), Blazers (2017-23) and Suns. He has career ...

Averaging 8.6 points and 9.2 rebounds in 25 games in his second season with the Suns, Nurkic had last come off the bench in his third NBA season in 2016-17 while with the Denver Nuggets.

Jusuf Nurkic made his debut for the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday against the Orlando Magic. It was his first game since Jan. 7 when the Phoenix Suns benched him amid their slump back then.

“It’s nothing like coming to the place that’s like a second home, felt wanted as an NBA player,” Nurkic said following the Hornets’ 141-88 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center.

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