When the Los Angeles Lakers signed guard Kendrick Nunn last summer using their taxpayer mid-level exception, many expected him to help them significantly while giving great value relative to his $5 million contract.
But because of a bone bruise, he didn’t appear in a single regular season game.
Nunn opted into the second and final year of his contract, which will keep him in L.A. this coming season, but naturally, there are questions about whether he will return to form.
However, in a recent interview with Chris McGee of Los Angeles-based Spectrum SportsNet, Nunn says he’s now fully healthy.
"I feel great. I feel 100%" @geeter3 sits down with @nunnbetter_ to talk about his road to recovery and expectations for the upcoming season. pic.twitter.com/9LsWY6GkDy
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) July 27, 2022
“It’s been a while. It’s been a while since I’ve felt this good. Maybe since I was playing back in the last season I was playing.”
It may be easy to forget how much of an excellent player Nunn was prior to his injury.
During the 2020-21 season, he averaged 14.6 points in 29.5 minutes a game for the Miami Heat while shooting 48.5 percent overall and 38.1 percent from 3-point range.
Nunn is a very efficient scorer from all three levels, and he is also an adept ball-handler, both in the halfcourt and in transition.
If he’s the same player he was back then, he could help improve the Lakers’ fortunes this coming season.
