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Miami Heat guard Kendrick Nunn has crash landed on the scene during his rookie season and while he has made his name primarily on the offensive side of the court, during the second quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Houston Rockets, it was a defensive play that he made against Rockets guard Russell Westbrook that […]

Kendrick Nunn is not your ordinary NBA rookie. The 24-year-old played four years of college basketball (a rarity these days) and even sat out one more due to transferring from Illinois after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge. He played the role of sixth man for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the G League […]

Kendrick Nunn has been among the biggest surprises in the NBA landscape this 2019-20 season. Nunn earned a spot in the Miami Heat’s starting lineup and has so far been thriving as part of a new nucleus in South Beach. So, how did the Heat land an undrafted rookie with such high upside and untapped […]

A pair of Miami Heat rookies, Tyler Herro and Kendrick Nunn, have started their professional careers and the 2019-20 season red hot. In fact, they are responsible for the Heat’s fast 4-1 start in the Eastern Conference. According to SportsCenter, the two first-year guards have combined to score 194 points so far — the highest […]

Kendrick Nunn has found himself joining an elite company in just the first five games of his NBA career. The undrafted Miami Heat rookie has already put up 112 points – making him the first player to reach 100+ PTS in his first five career games since Kevin Durant (113) during the 2007-08 season.  Jerry […]

Rookie guard Kendrick Nunn of the Miami Heat has set the NBA record for most points by an undrafted player through his first five games. Per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: … And as Kevin Harlan notes, Nunn's 108 points in first 5 games is most by any undrafted player in NBA history. And […]

By the way Kendrick Nunn is playing his first three NBA games, you’d think the Miami Heat guard was a lottery pick in the 2019 draft. The 24-year-old undrafted shooting guard has been a revelation for the Heat so far, introducing himself big time when he scored 40 points in the team’s preseason finale. He […]

The NBA might just have to wait until December to see No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson make his debut, but several members of the 2019 rookie class had themselves a strong debut with their respective teams. From high-octane scorers to surprisingly poised outings, here are a few performances that caught our eye: PJ Washington […]

The Miami Heat decided to award forward Derrick Jones Jr. a fully guaranteed contract instead of waiving the three-year veteran. Per Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, the UNLV product will make $1.6 million next season, and all of it became guaranteed as of Thursday. Jones was a key piece of the Heat rotation last […]

On the outside looking in, the majority of players participating in Summer League are fighting to find their way on an NBA roster. And every year, a small group win the fight. It’s an uphill battle that takes a unique amount of perseverance, but it can be done, and is done every July. Here are […]