##STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON##
If Compton, CA, bred Brandon Jennings in terms
of his game could be compared to a rap
song I’d have to compare it to the Dogg Pound’ s classic , “Sooo Much Style!”
This guy has incredible talent but he hasn’t been able to harness it and be
consistent. Brandon Jennings is the type of player where when you check the box
score one night and he has 34 points and 8 assists then the next night he goes
3-for-17 and finishes the game with 10 points and 5 dimes. In high school he
was basically christened as a left handed version of Allen Iverson. They both
are of similar size and quiet as kept Jennings probably has a 40+ inch vertical
leap like Iverson but you would never know unless you watched him in high
school because he doesn't use it to his advantage.
So that goes to say he doesn’t maximize his
talent. I remember when he scored 55 points during his rookie season against
the Golden State Warriors and the Bucks won the game. After his incredible performance
he had publicly stated that he wasn’t going to score like that anymore because
he wants to be known as a guy who can distribute the ball and get his team involved.
Now I can understand if the Bucks had lost the game but they won. And why in
the world would you want to “dumb down” your game if you are not then going to
at least average 10+ assists per game which is a feat he hasn’t even come close
to! After he said that to me it
presented e red flag and he’s proved me true since then by his “burst and burn”
type of pay! For example during this game he outplayed reigning ROY Damian
Lillard another very promising PG but the reality is that Damian Lillard will
probably end up having a better season and this is the case with Brandon and
most of the guards he faces on a nightly basis.
Even this article presents a problem with his identity
as a player. To quote, “That's one thing me and Joe talked about," Jennings said.
"That was my first problem in the beginning, when I came back, trying to
please everybody, trying to make sure I was being a pass-first point guard
instead of just playing basketball!”- Brandon Jennings. I imagined that after
leaving the Bucks and coming to Detroit and playing with the likes of Monroe,
Smith, Stuckey, Billups and Andre the “Giant” Drummond which is a better
supporting cast he would really blossom but after three straight loses he is
tampering with is style of play again! I wish for his sake he would just make
up his mind and stick with a consistent style of play because he has too much
talent because their aren’t 10 point guards in the NBA that were born with more
natural talent than Jennings and it’s about time he shows that in the NBA and
not just during the summer street ball tournaments where his “true” talent is
always on display.
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