By FAR his best game as a Laker. Yes the team had a big lead for most of the game and it was never THAT close, but Nunn was probably a big reason for that. He had so many timely shots that helped stave off Atlanta’s momentum. The thing is, this looked like the Kendrick Nunn I thought we were getting when we first signed him, and it’s been so bizarre the way he fell off. Hopefully this is a sign that he can get back to that level now that he’s had time to dust off the cobwebs from his injury and have a bigger opportunity with all our injuries. And yes we should still trade him, but hopefully a few more games like this will start making other teams think that his abysmal Laker tenure has been the exception rather than the rule, and start driving up his value. And in the event that we DON’T trade him, well if he can start playing like the Nunn we thought we signed, that would still be a huge boost for this team.
This is how he should play on a regular basis. OK, maybe not 23 points per game, but he should be doing what Lonnie is doing because the talent is there. Maybe this boosts his confidence a little, I don't know. It's time for him to step up these next two weeks, here is his chance.
Nunn played really well in preseason and looked like our third or fourth best player. And then he fell off to non NBA quality. Never really made any sense. I know people bring up Bazemore but he’s not the rule, he’s the exception.
Such a disaster of a roller coaster with this bum. Doesn't understand what a bad shot is. I know the coaching staff gave him a green light to try to get out of this funk, but he has to realize when to pull it back or not force the issue. Those two made 3s were the worst thing to happen to him tonight. It only encouraged him to drive to the basket like a blind drunk Derek Fisher.
I used to get so frustrated with Fish, especially his last few seasons with us. Those drives into the paint rarely turned into points. That being said, dude could nail that long ball!!!
weird game from him. he had a couple wide open misses from three, including just a horrific airball on an all-day-to-shoot corner three that i thought might make him actually shrivel up and die on the spot. then he comes down and hits two tougher threes in pretty quick succession...then he heat checks, then he shanks some layups. and he just doesn't bring it on defense, imo. to defend like he does, you have to be a consistent plus on offense. and he's not.
He is apparently generating some trade interest. In the 7 games since he got a minutes bump to 20 mins per game, he's averaging 12.2 pts on 9.7 attempts (less than 1 FT per game). 38% from three, 50% overall and 1/2 a steal. Nothing to scream about but showing signs of life.
Aside from not being much of any use on defense I’ve felt lately (this above mentioned period) that he’s actually been playing a lot better than the lingering very negative comments about him still from many. Like it’s not even been noticed. Hopefully other teams have.
i think both he and beverley look much better offensively than they did during the horrific start. i'm not sure if that affects the trade value much, though, as for most teams they're just expirings. i suppose it could help some three-team possibilities where a third playoff team is trying to dump dead weight and add somebody useful for a playoff run (e.g., would a third team eat mcgee from dallas for some seconds so dallas could get him off the books and pick up nunn or bev?).
Dumb as a rock in terms of basketball IQ. He had what two needless fouls while the Grizzlies were in the bonus even before they got into a set
Poor basketball IQ and defensive fundamentals. But he has been a nice scoring spark off the bench last few games.
Well, he and Bev are playing better lately, I am not going to deny that. Still, I'd trade them for a bigger shooter, but I'll take this for now.
