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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues
ANALYSIS: If you remember what happened last season, which I'd understand you don't because it's a weird world we lived in, the Heat opted to run Nunn as their starting point guard leading up to the postseason while keeping Goran Dragic on the bench using him as a powerful off-the-bench-player. It wasn't clear if that was going to be the case early this season, with Nunn hitting the pine more often than not, but that changed by the start of February and since then Nunn has started every game he's played...
...and it's been 32 in a row and counting. Nunn is Miami's no. 1 point these days with Dragic once more the leading man of the second unit. And it is not that Kendrick is bad at this thing called basketball. You might get scared if you look at his efficiency marks (average-ish 0.91 FP/min in April) but thanks to his high playing time (30 MPG this month in 8 GP) that is not really concerning as Nunn keeps racking up numbers if only because of his large runs.
Just this week, in three games from Monday to Friday, Nunn has played 39, 34, and 34 minutes starting at the point and averaging 20-5-4 while shooting 51% from the floor. Not only has he done that, but he's also hitting treys with gusto, having scored a triple or more in all of his last 19 games played while averaging 2.2 3PG (from Mar. 4 on). He's raised that average to a tasty 4.2 (!!!) 3PG in his last four, and in the span of games getting back to Mar. 23 (11 GP) he's scored 15+ points seven times and topped 20 four times. The shooting percentages are impressive, the true shooting is at an incredibly high 65% in the past 12 games, and even as part of Miami's starting group he's still commanding a 20% usage rate. Must-have player ROS if you can still find him in your WW no matter your league depth or format.
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