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i hope this guy gets ROY instead of Powder Griffin.
Would be hilarious and prove once again that OU products of every sport suck taint.
The scary thing is that Rubio won't be worse than Jennings. I was down on Rubio last season, because I wasn't seeing enough improvement on his game, but he's been proving me wrong this season. He's playing like a freak and as the best PG in Europe by far right now and doing it with a game that will translate very well to the NBA.
i hope this guy gets ROY instead of Powder Griffin.
Would be hilarious and prove once again that OU products of every sport suck taint.
Very good timing. Wait for VY to win.....then BAM.
I can't wait for this to turn into an OU/UT pissing contest. Both your schools suck. There, now we can move on.
let the pissing begin
ford lamarcus and durant beg to differ
Peterson is better in his sport then all of them. Just saying. I am a neutral as well.
Ford, Aldridge, Durant All-Star Selections - 0
This thread is about Jennings not your ty school.
Uh yeah and I was saying good thing he's kicking ass so he can get ROY instead of powder
breh
The 55 point game was great but the game before against a decent team in Denver he had 32 pts (on 11-18 shooting), 9 assists, and 4 boards. Obviously not as impressive as the 55 points but pretty damn good as well. He's really only had one mediocre game so far at Minny.
Jennings also has great killer instinct. He knows when to take over.I remember the game against Detroit when the game was tied at 55. He took over and scored 7 straight or something and blew the game wide open to win. Jennings is slowly making the Bucks my second favorite team.
A night after 55, Bucks’ Jennings moves on
By Colin Fly
So much for a day off.
The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t practice Sunday, but rookie point guard Brandon Jennings was back in the suburban training facility working on his shot a night after scoring 55 points in his seventh career game, the most by a rookie in the NBA in 41 years.
Jennings’ phenomenal performance in a 129-125 victory over Golden State elevated him into lofty company.
He broke Milwaukee’s franchise rookie scoring mark held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, joined LeBron James as the only two players to score at least 55 points in a game before turning 21 and fell three points shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA rookie record set in 1960.
“Last night, that’s the past,” Jennings told The Associated Press by phone after his Sunday session.
The 20-year-old from Los Angeles was back at work, just as he did last season as a pro overseas.
“I try to get 600, 700 shots up just to keep my rhythm going, to stay fresh like in Europe,” he said. “I never had a day off, so that’s something I’m kind of used to right now, is always playing and playing and playing.”
The prep star decided to skip college when he had trouble qualifying and moved to Europe, where he mostly sat the bench but said he learned a lot with twice daily practices. He also had little outside life beyond the gym, but his lack of playing time and questions about his jump shot had him dropping on the draft board until Milwaukee selected him 10th.
Against the Warriors, he missed his first three shots and went 4 of 13 from the field in the first half.
“I came back in the locker room and just said, ‘Start making shots,”’ Jennings said. “I just had it in my head the whole time. Once I got out there (in the third quarter), the first couple of shots went in, then the third one went in, then the fourth one, then the fifth one went in.
“After a while, the rim kept looking like it got bigger and bigger and I couldn’t miss.”
Indeed.
Jennings hit his first 12 shots in a 29-point spree and only missed his final shot of the quarter, a 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds left. The performance effectively put any questions of his shaky jump shot to rest.
“My confidence is way sky high right now,” said Jennings, who has scored in double figures in six of his first seven games (he had nine points in the other).
It also has helped his teammates and coach Scott Skiles believe in him. Skiles said he had a similar feeling remembering Michael Jordan score at will one night.
“I was in a game when Michael had over 60 once. I don’t know exactly what to say,” Skiles said immediately after the victory. “(Jennings) felt we needed to be picked up and we went to our pick-and-roll game and spread the floor and he got hot again.”
Center Andrew Bogut wasn’t so sure.
“I don’t think we were working the roll game, I think we were just working the pick game,” Bogut said. “He was doing a of a job shooting the ball.”
Jennings, averaging 25.6 points, said Skiles’ belief in him is helping him not to worry about being pulled for an early mistake.
“For him to give me the opportunity to go out there and showcase my talent, I think that’s real big of him, especially because I’m just a rookie,” Jennings said. “A lot of coaches don’t give rookies a lot of chances.”
Jennings deferred the magnitude of his performance, only saying that being in the same sentence as James is “awesome.” He’s more interested in matching up with the Dallas Mavericks and Jason Kidd on Monday night, and he didn’t hesitate to say what his favorite moment of the season is so far.
“My first game of the season, playing down in Philly,” he said.
Why?
“I was real nervous. I think I play better when I’m nervous and I almost had a triple-double,” said Jennings, who finished with 17 points, nine assists and nine rebounds that night. “That was pretty impressive.”
No need to rub it in I admitted you won.
LOL, I didn't mean it that way, I thought it was an interesting issue to expand a little further. Sorry if it sounded that way.
I was kidding
you then.
Damn...very impressive. I had a feeling that he would be solid in the NBA after his European experience, but didn't expect him to score like bangbusters so quickly.
@Xylus's new sig and avatar! You're a good sport, mate.
Well said. Yeah, he is a very smart player, and his skills are improving every year. You know why no-one talks about him? Because, like most Aussies, he's a straight shooter, and he honestly answered a question about the habits of NBA players: "The public's got it right, a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that." Ever since he called it like it is no-one talks about him.
Totally.
won't a statement like that bring back KBP?Reversing the logic, BJ couldn't make it Italy, but is an All-Star in NBA. NBA must suck.
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