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Not saying Nurk is a bad center. But he is a bad center for what Mavs need. Portland had two weak defensive star guards, just like Dallas has. Portland always had bad defense. I really don't care about any advanced stats related to Nurk, because they don't tell what is obvious - Mavs will not have good defense with him. No chance of that. Luka needs a center that can switch PnR when opponents attack him, because Luka can't fight through screens. Iztok Franko had awesome analysis about that in Luka-KP days. 

Capella might have a down year. Perhaps he is declining already at 29. But prime Capella was a totally different kind of center than Nurk. The only thing they have in common is, that neither can really shoot.

Sorry but it´s impossible to have this discussion if you are simply dismissing the stats. Capela has the same short comings. He had his best defensive years next to legit wing defenders in Houston. Using your logic Capela can never work next to Luka or Kyrie because he didn´t work next to Trae. Hawks defense was terrible. Was that Capela´s fault? Makes no sense to blame him just like it makes no sense to blame Nurkic for Portland´s team defense.