Jusuf Nurkic will be a restricted free agent this offseason, which will be the most critical order of business for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Nurkic has played the best basketball of his career with the Blazers since his trade from the Nuggets during the 16-17 season.

"Everybody knows I want to be here," Nurkic said. "I found my home here. But I can't control those things. It needs to be both sides. I did my part on the court. My agent and (Portland management) need to do the rest."

The market for a center of Nurkic's ability is unclear as fewer teams have cap space than they had in the two first offseasons after the cap spike.