The NCAA basketball season kicks off this week and while that has very little to do with the NBA itself apart from the prospect watch – Georgia’s Anthony Edwards and James Wiseman from Memphis are a of couple big names to watch, by the way – this seems like as good a reason to rank teams with some college-hoops-themed tiers.
Currently owners of the best net rating in the NBA at plus-10.3 points per 100 possessions, the Heat thus far have shown a devastating mix of lockdown defence and top-end, but-not-yet elite offence. Even cooler about Miami’s hot – sorry, not sorry for the pun – start is that the team’s jumped out to it, not on the strength of their new superstar Jimmy Butler nor established solid guys like Justise Winslow and Goran Dragic. Rather, it’s been a rookie carrying the load.
Undrafted rookie Kendrick Nunn is averaging 19.5 points to lead Miami, while shooting a scorching 44.4 per cent from three. He played last season for the Santa Cruz Warriors in the G League and signed as a free agent with the Heat in the off-season. It’s still quite early, but he already looks like a rising star for what has thus far has been a very good Heat team.Stream 200+ marquee NBA matchups from around the league, including over 40 Raptors games.
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