Post by Donny - Bucks on May 25, 2021 22:00:19 GMT
One of the most dominant offensive players from the original creation draft, Kendrick Nunn spent many years absolutely dominating the scoreboard. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?
PLAYER PAGE - nothinbutnetleague.altervista.org/NothinButNet/Archive/2031/html/players/player358.htm
CAREER STATS
Games: 806
MPG: 31.8
PPG: 22.0
RPG: 4.4
APG: 2.1
SPG: 1.7
BPG: 0.2
TOPG: 2.1
FG%: .471
FT%: .831
3P%: .416
Best Season (2025 Nets)
Games: 77
MPG: 35.0
PPG: 29.9
RPG: 5.1
APG: 2.8
SPG: 2.3
BPG: 0.3
TOPG: 2.4
FG%: .512
FT%: .879
3P%: .468
Career Highs
Points: 55
Rebounds: 12
Assists: 9
Steals: 9
Blocks: 2
Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 57
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 14
Triple Doubles: 0
Awards
2019 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2019 - All-Rookie Team
2025 - All-Star Game Participant
2025 - All-League Second Team
Arguments For Induction
- So, before we get into anything, acknowledging the lack of awards/achievements will be the first step towards having this be a transparent process. If you can look past the lack of awards (likely due to a lack of rebounds, assists), Nunn was the definition of a dominant offensive player for quite a long stretch of his career. Coming into the league at 23/24 with the Grizz, his development into a star started right away, where he came into the league averaging 26.1, which is amazing for a young player in his first year in the league. He'd continue to score at that pace or even better for the majority of his career, fairly easily too.
- Considering the absolute fire power at SG, I'd go out of my way to say that he held his own against some of the league's best players. With dominant players like Harden, Klay, Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield, Devin Booker, and Anthony Edwards, just to name a few, the All-League teams were going to be scarce regardless, yet Nunn absolutely held his own with all of these guys.
- Nunn wasn't an overly flawed player. While he was never an ELITE defender, he averaged 2 stocks per game while passing pretty efficiently, usually counterbalancing his turnovers without any crazy numbers there. His efficiency knew no bounds as well, considering he shot 47% for his career even factoring in the final three years of his career where he didn't play a whole lot.
Arguments Against Induction
- As mentioned before, Nunn held his own quite well against other SG's in the league, but it's very hard to argue a player like that getting in considering how stacked the position is and how there are other players like Josiah James who likely have a better, more realistic chance at the Hall within the coming years.
- How special was Nunn? While offensive production is the name of the game and he did everything else well enough to where he wasn't a detriment to his team, his development with the Grizz later in the tenure and eventually the years rotting away with the Nets really killed his shot at doing anything big.
- The end of his career really distorted his statistical outputs, making this a bit more difficult. Had he not played the final three years of his career, he'd be well over 24 PPG average and considering he played until he was 36, that would be much better to argue rather than the 22 average he's at. While we'll have a few pure scorers make the Hall, is Nunn going to get the respect he deserves?
Vote carefully, and remember to throw out arguments regardless of which side you're on. This should be a discussion that eventually gets the league to the proper decision on him. Your vote can also be retracted after it's been cast if you feel like switching to the other side based on the arguments that have been made. To be inducted, a player needs 70% and to be considered in a later class they need 50%. Vote carefully.
***BONUS - Don't forget that everyone who votes gets $100 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $100***
PLAYER PAGE - nothinbutnetleague.altervista.org/NothinButNet/Archive/2031/html/players/player358.htm
CAREER STATS
Games: 806
MPG: 31.8
PPG: 22.0
RPG: 4.4
APG: 2.1
SPG: 1.7
BPG: 0.2
TOPG: 2.1
FG%: .471
FT%: .831
3P%: .416
Best Season (2025 Nets)
Games: 77
MPG: 35.0
PPG: 29.9
RPG: 5.1
APG: 2.8
SPG: 2.3
BPG: 0.3
TOPG: 2.4
FG%: .512
FT%: .879
3P%: .468
Career Highs
Points: 55
Rebounds: 12
Assists: 9
Steals: 9
Blocks: 2
Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 57
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 14
Triple Doubles: 0
Awards
2019 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2019 - All-Rookie Team
2025 - All-Star Game Participant
2025 - All-League Second Team
Arguments For Induction
- So, before we get into anything, acknowledging the lack of awards/achievements will be the first step towards having this be a transparent process. If you can look past the lack of awards (likely due to a lack of rebounds, assists), Nunn was the definition of a dominant offensive player for quite a long stretch of his career. Coming into the league at 23/24 with the Grizz, his development into a star started right away, where he came into the league averaging 26.1, which is amazing for a young player in his first year in the league. He'd continue to score at that pace or even better for the majority of his career, fairly easily too.
- Considering the absolute fire power at SG, I'd go out of my way to say that he held his own against some of the league's best players. With dominant players like Harden, Klay, Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield, Devin Booker, and Anthony Edwards, just to name a few, the All-League teams were going to be scarce regardless, yet Nunn absolutely held his own with all of these guys.
- Nunn wasn't an overly flawed player. While he was never an ELITE defender, he averaged 2 stocks per game while passing pretty efficiently, usually counterbalancing his turnovers without any crazy numbers there. His efficiency knew no bounds as well, considering he shot 47% for his career even factoring in the final three years of his career where he didn't play a whole lot.
Arguments Against Induction
- As mentioned before, Nunn held his own quite well against other SG's in the league, but it's very hard to argue a player like that getting in considering how stacked the position is and how there are other players like Josiah James who likely have a better, more realistic chance at the Hall within the coming years.
- How special was Nunn? While offensive production is the name of the game and he did everything else well enough to where he wasn't a detriment to his team, his development with the Grizz later in the tenure and eventually the years rotting away with the Nets really killed his shot at doing anything big.
- The end of his career really distorted his statistical outputs, making this a bit more difficult. Had he not played the final three years of his career, he'd be well over 24 PPG average and considering he played until he was 36, that would be much better to argue rather than the 22 average he's at. While we'll have a few pure scorers make the Hall, is Nunn going to get the respect he deserves?
Vote carefully, and remember to throw out arguments regardless of which side you're on. This should be a discussion that eventually gets the league to the proper decision on him. Your vote can also be retracted after it's been cast if you feel like switching to the other side based on the arguments that have been made. To be inducted, a player needs 70% and to be considered in a later class they need 50%. Vote carefully.
***BONUS - Don't forget that everyone who votes gets $100 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $100***
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