Share this: Jusuf Nurkic had something to get off his chest. And boy, did he ever. The Trail Blazers center played his first game against the Nuggets on Monday since he was shipped from Denver to Portland at the NBA trade deadline. Nurkic gave the Nuggets a full dose of what they were missing, going off for a career-high 33 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks in a 122-113 Blazers win. 30 points and 15 rebounds in first game vs former team: Jusuf NurkicCharles BarkleyKareem Abdul-Jabbar via @EliasSports — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 29, 2017 Classic revenge game, right? It turns out Nurkic was just getting started. In his postgame interview on Portland TV, the Bosnian big man dropped the mic with a wicked burn of
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Nuggets fire Shaw, name Hunt interim coach
Updated: March 3, 2015, 2:01 PM ET ESPN.com news services The Denver Nuggets have fired coach Brian Shaw, general manager Brian Connelly announced Tuesday. "I want to sincerely thank Brian for his time with our organization," Connelly said in a team release. "You won't find a better guy than Brian and he is one of the brightest basketball minds I've ever been around. Unfortunately things didn't go as we hoped, but we know with his basketball acumen tha...