The Lakers acquired the services of Kendrick Nunn this offseason with the hopes that he would add the dynamic three-level scoring element and a hard-nosed toughness developed from his time with the Miami Heat while making defensive strides under Lakers head coach Frank Vogel (as we’ve seen recently from two other defensively challenged but talented scoring threats in Malik Monk and Wayne Ellington).
However, those hopes haven’t been given an opportunity to come to fruition, as Nunn first missed the tail end of preseason with an ankle sprain injury and then was diagnosed with a “bone bruise” of the knee — an injury I detailed at the time — with a two-to-three-week reevaluation period.