Nuggets nudge out non-essential Nurkic

The Denver Nuggets had high hopes of playing their two young centers side by side this season.

It was an experiment that never quite panned out, making Jusuf Nurkic expendable.

The Nuggets dealt the bruising big man known as the "Bosnian Beast" to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday for center Mason Plumlee, a source with knowledge of the situation told Associated Press. The source spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been announced.