Los Angeles Lakers: What each new free agent brings to the team
By Zane Harris
What Kendrick Nunn brings to the Los Angeles Lakers
The final day two addition to the Los Angeles Lakers was Kendrick Nunn.
Nunn has the potential to assume the Alex Caruso role on the team. He is a scrappy defender that knows how to play his role.
Whether he is capable of doing this as well as Caruso remains to be unseen, however, this would be incredible for the Lakers if he can accomplish this feat.
Nunn shot a very respectable 38.1% from three last season. Also, it must be brought up that he was almost perfect from the free-throw line. He finished the year shooting 93.3% at the charity stripe, but he only averaged 1.1 attempts per game.
Nunn’s defense is very inconsistent, however, when he is locked in on the defensive end, he can give opposing ball handlers fits.
Nunn will be one of the younger players on the Lakers veteran-dominated roster and as a result of this, the inconsistency is to be expected.
Despite this, with vets like Russell Westbrook and LeBron James around to mold him, he could reach his peak potential much quicker than expected.
Nunn will be a great backup point guard for the Lakers this season, however, the biggest area of his game he will have to work on is his playmaking. He only averaged a measly 2.6 assists in 29.5 minutes per game.
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With elite weapons around him, this is something that could aid him in helping this statistic.