Damn flute, Kendrick Nunn’s knee is still not operational. A tense situation for the player, but also for the Lakers who simply have an unusable guy in their workforce. We debrief.
Do you remember Kendrick Nunn’s last game for the Lakers? No, and that’s completely normal since he didn’t play any. The current situation around the back is complicated to manage for LA since Frank Vogel intended to make him an important member of the rotation. During his first two seasons, Kendrick has indeed shown that he can be a heavy player in a workforce that does not play anything. In Miami, he averaged 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 46/36/88, even allowing himself to finish second in the ROY 2020 ranking. The former University of Illinois player perfectly helped the Floridians to climb to the 2020 NBA Finals against the Lakers. Brilliant beginnings therefore, since even if the sophomore exercise of Kendrick Nunn did not live up to expectations, the first two seasons of an undrafted only too rarely resemble his. Arrived at the Lakers in the summer of 2021, he has still not played a single meeting because of physical glitches. On the verge of retiring to a convent and renaming himself Kendrick Nun. Especially since the uncertainties around his knee are still hovering, and according to coach Frank Vogel, it is still early to discuss a return date.
“Kendrick is currently in pain due to recurring pain. It’s not necessarily a setback, but his knee responded poorly to the increased intensity of the activity. We have no fixed dates for his return. The bone bruises are delicate and his return is staggered. He is resting until the pain subsides. »
Too bad, he would have been great as a back-up for a Russel Westbrook who is starting to drop tomars again. From now on, the question that trots on Hollywood Boulevard is the following: how (good) to get rid of Kendrick Nunn? Because yes, we are not going to delude ourselves, the Angelinos cannot afford to have a guy who scratches a spot in the workforce but who does not play, especially when we know their – utopian – ambition for the title. Nunn still has a year left on his contract, with a $5 million player option. Given the uncertainties about his state of health, it would be very surprising if he did not play it safe by activating it. But in the event of a trade, who would want him in their workforce? He’s not likely to come back before the deadline, so possibly no team with performance obligations before the end of this season. The solution would thus be to cut Nunn to try to recover a player useful to the workforce in his quest for bagouze. Yes, Gary Trent Jr., we see you.
Kendrick Nunn for 40 games: pic.twitter.com/dh16khh5Rq
— The Pettiest Laker Fan ???? (@ThePettiestLA) January 15, 2022
Kendrick Nunn’s knee looks like it’s in bad shape. Still no return date for the former Heat, which should speed things up on the side of the Lakers, no doubt anxious to get rid of him. It smells scorched for Kendrick.
Text source: SB Nation
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