Jennings blames shoe sponsors for not being on Team USA

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Jennings miffed at Team USA slight
By Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports

Brandon Jennings(notes) established himself as one of the NBA’s top young guards last season, but that wasn’t enough for him to get invited to try out for the U.S. world championship team like fellow rookies Tyreke Evans(notes) and Stephen Curry(notes).

Jennings thinks he knows one of the factors why. Evans and Curry both wear Nike, Team USA’s big sponsor. Jennings wears Under Armour shoes.

“It’s not my call. That’s on them,” Jennings told Yahoo! Sports. “But if you want to get technical about it and you really want to look at it, half of the guys there are Nike guys. I’m not saying it’s a Nike thing, but Nike is kind of running a lot of things right now. To have a guy like myself on the USA team that’s flashy and really outgoing, you don’t want Under Armour to get all that [publicity].

“I’m just telling you how it is.”

Of the 12 members of Team USA’s roster, only Chauncey Billups(notes), Derrick Rose(notes) and Eric Gordon wore shoes other than Nike. Evans tried out for Team USA, but was not selected after spraining his ankle in training camp. Curry played in eight of Team USA’s nine games in the world championships.

Jennings averaged 15.5 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds as an NBA rookie last season. He finished third behind Evans and Curry in Rookie of the Year balloting.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoqiYHCtWMqF5sLKbNzTaHO8vLYF?slug=ys-jenningsnike091310

[lefty]

What a fucking loser

[JMarkJohns]

Love the kid, but his FG% prolly has more to do with it than anything. He gets that shot together, he'll be on the team in four years or so.

[Phillip]

brandon jennings = overrated

[Trainwreck2100]

brandon jennings = overrated

waylan jennings=underrated

[redzero]

brandon jennings = overrated

Hey, he played life an all star... for the first two months of last season.

[Darthkiller]

Hey, he played life an all star... for the first two months of last season.

he scored like 35 points in his playoff debut

[8FOR!3]

waylan jennings=underrated

Waylon? Like the country singer?

[lefty]

He has a point. He could have at least been invited.
Maybe

But Jordan didnt bitch when he didnt make his high school basketball team.
Instead, he worked harder, and the rest is history

(or maybe he whined, what do I know :lol )

[sefant77]

Yes, because Team USA was in desperatly need for better and more pointguards in their roster.

[DPG21920]

Love the kid, but his FG% prolly has more to do with it than anything. He gets that shot together, he'll be on the team in four years or so.

Westbrook only shot 41% from the field last year.

[gospursgojas]

His claim doesnt sound to outlandish.

[4>0rings]

That 50+ point game went straight to his head.

[4>0rings]

waylan jennings=underrated
:tu

[Phillip]

Westbrook only shot 41% from the field last year.

Westbrook >>> Jennings

[DPG21920]

Westbrook >>> Jennings

Not the point, Phil.

[SomeCallMeTim]

waylan jennings=underrated

Waylon > Peter > Brandon

[MavDynasty]

Volume shooter with a shit FG percentage and jacks up 3's. Nothing to see here imho

[picc84]

^Sounds like Billups.

Although it would have been hard for us to win without his pull up heat checks from 30 feet.

[Smooth Criminal]

Maybe

But Jordan didnt bitch when he didnt make his high school basketball team.
Instead, he worked harder, and the rest is history

(or maybe he whined, what do I know :lol )

Hahaha cocky as he was, of course he bitched. and he worked harder. They aren't mutually exclusive

[Koolaid_Man]

Jennings miffed at Team USA slight
By Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports

Brandon Jennings(notes) established himself as one of the NBA’s top young guards last season, but that wasn’t enough for him to get invited to try out for the U.S. world championship team like fellow rookies Tyreke Evans(notes) and Stephen Curry(notes).

Jennings thinks he knows one of the factors why. Evans and Curry both wear Nike, Team USA’s big sponsor. Jennings wears Under Armour shoes.

“It’s not my call. That’s on them,” Jennings told Yahoo! Sports. “But if you want to get technical about it and you really want to look at it, half of the guys there are Nike guys. I’m not saying it’s a Nike thing, but Nike is kind of running a lot of things right now. To have a guy like myself on the USA team that’s flashy and really outgoing, you don’t want Under Armour to get all that [publicity].

“I’m just telling you how it is.”

Of the 12 members of Team USA’s roster, only Chauncey Billups(notes), Derrick Rose(notes) and Eric Gordon wore shoes other than Nike. Evans tried out for Team USA, but was not selected after spraining his ankle in training camp. Curry played in eight of Team USA’s nine games in the world championships.

Jennings averaged 15.5 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds as an NBA rookie last season. He finished third behind Evans and Curry in Rookie of the Year balloting.



Perhaps he needs a new sponsor:

cPnRFkPWyDM

DO IT MITCH!!!:lmao

[Gutter92]

Koolaid, you want Jennings on the Lakers?

[Gutter92]

smh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVhs4jACVbA