Denver Nuggets: 5 Things We Learned From Their Preseason Victory

Lesson #4: The Effective Bosnian Beast

Jusuf Nurkic has had inefficiency both him throughout the majority of career whether it be in Denver or with his national team.

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But, yesterday was different. Jurkic, the combination of him and Jokic played well, and Nurkic as whole seemed healthy and dominate.

Throughout last season, he averaged 44.6% on his field goals, which were generally around the rim, and he averaged 63.6% from the free throw line.

Throughout last night, Nurkic, who is general a solid defensive player, was abused throughout the entire game by Jonas Valanciunas. Big Val ended with 20 points and 9 rebounds.

But, the same can be said about Nurk. He was 4-9 from the field and an unexpected 7-7 from the free throw line.

He was able to show off his nice passing touch also. Throughout much of last night Nurkic battle to get position down low, and he did successfully which is in part for his seven three throws.

This was just the first preseason game, and I hope we can see this much more throughout the season.