Kendrick Nunn at Media Week: ‘I’ve been putting in nonstop work’

Tuesday marked the first day NBA players could start individual workouts at team facilities in advance of the Dec. 22 start of the regular season. And on a Zoom call, Kendrick Nunn discussed how he hopes to build off of his All-Rookie First Team year.

Nunn said that he worked on his catch-and-shoot and off-ball game, as well as his defense. The following is an excerpt from the Anthony Chiang article.

“The offseason obviously has been a bit different, a little shorter,” Nunn said. “But I’ve been putting in nonstop work. So I took a little time off after the Finals, just to get my body recovered and things like that. But I was right back to work. It was a short offseason. The season starts next week, in a week or two, so definitely got to be ready for that.”

The Heat guard enters his second season with a lot of uncertainty about his role. Nunn tested positive for COVID-19 before the season restarted and he never got on track. When Goran Dragic went down in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Nunn didn’t get his starting job back. That went to Tyler Herro.

And the Heat added the defensive-minded guard Avery Bradley in free agency. Can Nunn keep his rotation spot in a crowded guard rotation with Herro, Dragic and Bradley?