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Meet The Wizards: Kendrick Nunn

The newest Washington Wizard, Kendrick Nunn, is already making an impact on the team.

Candi Waller

Meet The Wizards: Kendrick Nunn
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The Wizards made moves in advance of the February 9 trade deadline. Last week, the team acquired Kendrick Nunn and three second round picks in exchange for Rui Hachimura.

Related Article: Full Details Of Hachimura/Nunn Trade

Here’s some quick facts on Nunn:

Nunn is a 6’3 guard in his third NBA season

The Chiacgo native has career averages of 13.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in 162 games with the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.

He has appeared in 39 games (two starts) this season in Los Angeles, averaging 6.7 points per game.

Nunn had appeared in every game for the Lakers during the month of January, scoring a season-high 23 points in a win over Atlanta on January 6 and averaging 10.5 points on .474 shooting from the field in 18.3 minutes per game.

Nunn missed the 2021-2022 campaign with a right knee bone bruise.

From the Wizards win against the Houston Rockets:

Accolades:

Nunn was selected as a member of the 2019-20 All-Rookie First Team

He averaged 15.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, helping Miami to a NBA Finals appearance in the NBA Bubble.

Since Nunn has joined the Wizards, it’s safe to say, he’s already making an impact on the team.

Here’s what Wizards All-Star Guard Bradley Beal had to say about Kendrick:

While it remains to be seen the long term impacts of the Nunn/Hachimura trade, currently it appears so far, so good with Kendrick Nunn as a Washington Wizard. In last night's Wizards win against the New Orleans Pelicans, Nunn scored 12 points and added two rebounds.

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Candi Waller
CANDI WALLER

Candi Waller also known as "CWall" is the Founder and CEO of CWall® Sports & Entertainment, President of the CWall Foundation, Inc, the Managing Publisher of the Fan Nation Inside the Wizards site, and President of Bowie Television. A native of Gorgeous Prince George's County, Maryland, Candi has been an authentic lover of all sports since her childhood. She was such a sports fan at an early age that she notes one of her favorite childhood shows as the legendary "George Michael Sports Machine". Candi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Hampton University, Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University and a certificate in Sports Industry Essentials from Columbia University.  Prior to and during her work in the sports industry, Candi has established her identity as a results-driven, relationship building advocate and professional with extensive years of experience leading and implementing successful strategic change, communications, and stakeholder engagement programs across geographically dispersed organizations. She’s worked across Big Four and Government Trusted Advisor consulting firms such as IBM, Deloitte, and the MITRE Corporation. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Women in Sports & Events (WISE), the National Press Club (NPC), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce and is an ambassador for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In terms of what she likes to do for fun, that’s just it…anything that is considered fun, she’s all for it! She’s very close to her parents, brother, and sister, and has a host of nieces, nephews, and godchildren. 

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