MIAMI — Heat rookies Kendrick Nunn and Tyler Herro are the poster boys on why tanking doesn’t always pay.
The undrafted Nunn, in particular, is having a better rookie season than Knicks’ No. 3 pick RJ Barrett — as promising as the Duke forward has looked at times.
Leave it to Heat president Pat Riley.
Barrett was schmoozing with a KIA sponsor after the morning shootaround at Miami’s American Airlines Arena on Friday. KIA is a Knicks sponsor and also of the Rookie of the Year Award and rookie-ladder rankings posted on the league’s website.
Barrett just put up his career-high 27 points in the Hawks rout Tuesday, which got him into the top five of KIA’s rookie-of-the-year rankings Thursday.