Kendrick Nunn Shines Bright in Debut EuroLeague Season

By Maya Rodriguez March 30, 2024231 views

While the highly skilled play of Kendrick Nunn during his EuroLeague League’s rookie season with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens helped him average 14.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game, at the moment his future career is being debated.

Considering Another Season

Nunn, approached by Amerikanos24 reporters, admitted that he was open to the idea of staying another season on the Old Continent, contrary to his initial intentions to come back to the NBA. He admits that he gained pleasant impressions from staying in Panathinaikos and considers the possibility of prolonging the cooperation with the team.

Comparison to Kostas Sloukas

Nunn continues by making a comparison between Sloukas (a Greek basketball star) and Goran Dragic (a Lithuanian international player), who was once his colleague at the Miami Heat. He treats Sloukas as a European version of Dragic, giving the other man credit for a number of their game-changing plays.

Defensive Challenges in EuroLeague

Although it may sound like Kendrick Nunn has no issues with the individual defensive approach to offensive guards in the EuroLeague, confronting Europe’s colossal players with sizes of Edy Tavares and Moustapha Fall, who are 2.21 and 2.18 meters tall, poses a lot of challenges. They create their own blind spots,on the other hand, and require different battling approaches from Nunn and his group.

Strategic Adjustments

In the situation in which he faces up taller defenders, the player still feels at ease, especially when playing with ball screens that help to create scoring chances. Two practical skills introduced during the EuroLeague competitions are changing. He says that the cooperation of people and the ability to change the strategy in the course of the game are the most required.