By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
A 28-year-old rookie? Yes, indeed. As in life, age is just a number in basketball as well. More numbers? Out of the 25 Eurohoops editors voting, 18 selected Kendrick Nunn as the Rookie of the Year in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
The American shooting guard officially joined Panathinaikos Aktor on October 31, 2023. He landed in Greece on November 5, 2023. Debuting on November 10, he tallied six points with 2/2 two-pointers and 0/5 threes over 7:45 in a win, 99-85, against ALBA Berlin in Uber Arena, in Round 7 of the Regular Season.
Quickly adjusting to the style of basketball in Europe, his next outings related to his experience in the NBA with 12.0 per contest over 193 appearances with the Miami Heat from 2019 to 2021, the Los Angeles Lakers from 2021 to 2023 and the Washington Wizards in 2023.
He finished the Regular Season with…
- POINTS: 15,4
- TWO-POINTERS: 46,1%
- THREE-POINTERS: 38,5%
- FREE THROWS: 98,2%
- REBOUNDS: 2,5
- ASSISTS: 3,1
- STEALS: 0,9
- BLOCKS: 0,1
- TURNOVERS: 3,1
- MINUTES: 26:51
- PIR: 10,9
… and was the key player for the Greens ranking second, returning to the Playoffs for the first time since 2019, and also securing homecourt advantage.
In Game 1 and Game 2 of a best-of-five series versus Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, he averaged 9 points (66.7% 2PTS, 33.3% 3PTS), 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.3 turnovers in 23:22 per contest.
Codi Miller-McIntyre of Baskonia, author of fourth triple-double in league history and of an all-time record in assists, followed second with five votes. Jabari Parker of FC Barcelona and Moses Wright of Olympiacos shared the remaining two votes.
EUROLEAGUE 2023-24 – ROY by EUROHOOPS
1. Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos Aktor) – 72%
2. Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) – 20%
3. Jabari Parker (FC Barcelona) – 4%
-. Moses Wright (Olympiacos) – 4%
| EUROLEAGUE 2023-24 – ROOKIE OF THE YEAR by Eurohoops | |
| EDITOR | PLAYER |
| Aris Barkas | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Lefteris Moutis | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Stavros Barbaroussis | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Vangelis Ioannou | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Mihalis Stefanou | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Dimitris Minaretzis | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Giannis Rammas | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Vangelis Papadimitriou | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Giorgos Adamopoulos | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Nikos Mastrogiannopoulos | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Manos Fyrogenis | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Antonis Stroggylakis | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Giannis Askounis | Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) |
| Cesare Milanti | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Nikola Miloradovic | Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) |
| Semih Tuna | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Bugra Uzar | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Toprak Kagnici | Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) |
| Bilal Baran Yardimci | Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) |
| Meliksah Bayrav | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Alex Molina | Jabari Parker (Barcelona) |
| Adrian Garitaonaindia | Codi Miller-McIntyre (Baskonia) |
| Kostas Ioakimidis | Moses Wright (Olympiacos) |
| Giorgos “Amerikanos” | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |
| Giorgos Papageorgiou | Kendrick Nunn (Panathinaikos) |