What Happened to Kendrick Nunn?

[mosby]

I mean, out of the league. He was a decent rotation role player, but dime a dozen.


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This is somewhat accurate.

Nunn showed a lot of promise in Miami and then he kind of tailed off. He got a great offer from the Lakers that Miami wouldn't and couldn't match. Riley has a pretty long history of letting role players walk. Duncan Robinson is one of the few exceptions to that.

That said, the talent level in the NBA is absolutely insane. Nunn can put the ball in the bucket, but that's about where his NBA skills end. The thing is, you have guys like Kevin Porter Jr or Michael Beasley who are even better scorers and are out of the league. Nunn doesn't defend, shoot, or run a team at a level that would let him stay on a roster getting consistent minutes.

Kevin Porter is a different story...but clearly a much better player, no comparison with Nunn
Ended up in Europe for different reasons.

But Nunn will not be a star player in the NBA, but a solid rotation piece.

[mosby]

I really don't know what is Nunn doing in Europe....

He deserves a solid NBA contract

Absolutely phenomenal game yesterday, tho he is small, lacks strength and explosiveness, and as we have seen, excells as number one option. Some guys can play 5 minute stretches and be great, some can't do that as well. Even beggining of the year, Nunn was adapting and learning, but we have seen he struggles when is limited in scheme and in minutes, he needs freedom. Ataman trully is a master of unlocking the confidence and ability of these type players, he could be his next Larkin.

Going back to that role thing and finding rythm, we have seen with his teamate Grigonis. Grigonis is not a creator for them in any way, but he usually plays for long stretches. Yesterday, in elimination game he only got spot minutes and he struggled, prime example of player who needs time and knowledge he will stay on the court, to get his heater going, and he just couldn't do it in different way.

Nunn has great handle and phenomenal shot making ability off the dribble, and that was enough to be number one option in these Series, but in the NBA, nearly all guards have that, and most of them will also have size and athletic advantages over Nunn. So Nunn would be casted in a different role, and he is lead man, not a character actor.

I have mentioned it in Sabonis vs Jokic thread, but Kalaitzakis bamboozelled me a bit. Great example of a guy who can be subbed and will play his game no matter it is 10 minute or 1 minute stretch. I am not even sure if Kalaitzakis scored a single point yesterday, where Nunn had 6 threes, but from NBA perspective, Kalaizakis intrigued me, maybe the most.

Kalaitzakis is very bad offensively to find an NBA role.. think like a slightly better version of Thanasis

[UcanUwill]

I really don't know what is Nunn doing in Europe....

He deserves a solid NBA contract

Absolutely phenomenal game yesterday, tho he is small, lacks strength and explosiveness, and as we have seen, excells as number one option. Some guys can play 5 minute stretches and be great, some can't do that as well. Even beggining of the year, Nunn was adapting and learning, but we have seen he struggles when is limited in scheme and in minutes, he needs freedom. Ataman trully is a master of unlocking the confidence and ability of these type players, he could be his next Larkin.

Going back to that role thing and finding rythm, we have seen with his teamate Grigonis. Grigonis is not a creator for them in any way, but he usually plays for long stretches. Yesterday, in elimination game he only got spot minutes and he struggled, prime example of player who needs time and knowledge he will stay on the court, to get his heater going, and he just couldn't do it in different way.

Nunn has great handle and phenomenal shot making ability off the dribble, and that was enough to be number one option in these Series, but in the NBA, nearly all guards have that, and most of them will also have size and athletic advantages over Nunn. So Nunn would be casted in a different role, and he is lead man, not a character actor.

I have mentioned it in Sabonis vs Jokic thread, but Kalaitzakis bamboozelled me a bit. Great example of a guy who can be subbed and will play his game no matter it is 10 minute or 1 minute stretch. I am not even sure if Kalaitzakis scored a single point yesterday, where Nunn had 6 threes, but from NBA perspective, Kalaizakis intrigued me, maybe the most.

Kalaitzakis is very bad offensively to find an NBA role.. think like a slightly better version of Thanasis

Yes, I agree, but he is younger and taller, he would need to learn to shoot after catch and there is something there. Sefolosha played in the NBA, its doable.

[Mirotic12]

Kalaitzakis is very bad offensively to find an NBA role.. think like a slightly better version of Thanasis

P. Kalaitzakis is a defensive specialist with a decent jump shot. So he's much better than Thanasis is. Thanasis wouldn't have even bene on Panathinaikos, if he had a different last name. P. Kalaitzakis actually can provide some help as a defensive role player for Panathinaikos.

Thanasis' entire contribution to Panathinaikos was just blatantly fouling people, and seeing how much the refs would let him get away with. That was it. They would put him on someone like Spanoulis, Brian Roberts, Strelnieks, etc. and just see how many fouls he could get away with in 5 minutes, before he had to be benched, after the refs called some on him. He contributed nothing at all, from a basketball standpoint.

P. Kalaitzakis is a role player defensive specialist that can knock down open 3s, which is way more value than Thanasis provides a team.

[Mirotic12]

As for Mike James, I have always liked watching him play. But he once again failed to lead a team to anything. He's pretty much an empty stats player that stat pads his whole career.

Earlier this season, some very big European basketball media were pushing the narrative that Mike James is the best player to ever play in Europe, and that he's the EuroLeague GOAT. When in reality, he's basically the newer version of Keith Langford so far in his career.

He must have an ever better PR firm than LeBron does.

He's still a fun and exciting player to watch though.

[tamaraw08]

He went to the Lakers and his career died

Monk, Caruso, Ingram, Josh Hart, Zubac beg to differ.

[tamaraw08]

What happened to this dude? In his first two years, he averaged 15/3/3 for good Heat teams. I know he got hurt, but was his injury that bad? I thought he should've been given more of a chance.

Dude's out of the league already?

Call me crazy but tanking teams have something to do with it. Spurs, Detroit, Wizards could have acquired him and play more mins than their crappy guards but they chose to lose on purpose for a higher draft seeding.

[Godymas]

i can't believe he started 67 games for the 2019-2020 Miami Heat

I mean he was putting up #s but it wasn't really eye popping

Then he got paid by the Lakers, had injuries, then they stuck him into the trade for Rui and obviously Washington is usually dead end for journeymen

[Frank Dux]

Undersized gunners who can’t defend don’t have a long shelf life in the NBA.