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He's legit.
Damn!
He's legit.
When you have got a player like Jennings and he has to play against zone defenses over in Europe then it's highly possible he starts shredding the man to man coverage when he comes over to the NBA. Wow. I will have to watch this game on International League Pass Broadband.
What a beast.
last time i remember a rookie scoring big was villanueva when he scored something like 48 points. i think iverson had a massive game as a rookie... anybody know if jennings topped him?
highest rookie scoring was Wilt with 58, jennings had 55 and yes he topped Jordan and AI. (could had surpassed it if the bucks passed to jennings instead of ridnour and bell when the warriors are using fouls).
I thought that Wilt might have been the only one that topped that. Also, did any of those guys do it in under 10 games?
That was so sick. I was told he just broke Lebron's record for the youngest to reach 50 point.
holy crap i wished i have seen the game instead of the....ah... fcuk
2 points away from franchise record. Dayum, hope having Redd back doesn't take too much away from the kid's development.
I wouldn't doubt if they tried to trade redd if he stops the devolpment of Jennings... HE's a beast worth trading an injury prone guy for if it means he gets more experience, after all he is going to be their franchise player after this game...
I'm not in awe yet...
I'm still at the point of...wtf are you seriously ting me????
Brandon Jennings, who i was so sure would be a bust?
When It Comes To Brandon Jennings, The Hype Meter Just Got Cranked Up To 11
SportingNews
So it’s not a fluke. This Brandon Jennings fella can play. Let’s get ready to go overboard here. You couldn’t possibly have been in the Bradley Center here on Saturday and not felt that you were seeing something utterly different.
Jennings is not just working on becoming a very good player, a solid rookie in a very solid rookie class. He is rising above all that. He’s becoming a star. Rookie of the Year? Pshaw. We may soon be thinking of him as a possible All-Star.
If his numbers through the first six games of the season weren’t evidence enough—he averaged 20.7 points, 5.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds—what he did to the Warriors on Saturday night should pretty much solidify the kid’s status. He shook off a 4-for-13 first half (10 points) to light up Golden State for 29 points in the third quarter, the most points a player has ever scored against the Warriors in a quarter.
He finished with 55 points, using that 12-for-13 third quarter to vault the Bucks to a come-from-behind win. The 55 are a rookie franchise record, beating the old mark of 51 held by Lew Alcindor. They also are the most points scored by an NBA rookie since Earl Monroe in 1968.
"I was standing there in perfect offensive rebounding position every time," center Andrew Bogut said. "But they kept going through the net."
Jennings, of course, sent a minor shockwave through basketball by skipping out on a commitment to Arizona and instead playing pro ball in Italy last year, then joining the draft in 2009. He put up pedestrian numbers in Italy, struggling to earn playing time among the Euro pros, and in doing so managed to slip to No. 10 in the draft. He wasn’t even sure he was going to go that high—remember, he declined to go to the green room at Madison Square Garden on draft night because he wasn’t sure where he’d land and he did not want to wind up on camera as teams passed over him.
There will be much made of Jennings’ path to the NBA, and whether other players can thrive the way he has by going overseas. But that’s not really the point. Fact is, Jennings is unique, his game is uniquely styled to thrive in the NBA. "I learned a lot by playing overseas," Jennings said. "But here, there is a little more one-on-one, I can do the things I do better."
And it’s clear that the Bucks will reap the rewards of the things Jennings can do, for a long time. He has proven to be a much better shooter than scouts thought, and his ability to run a team is comparable to that of a 10-year veteran. The Bucks are 5-2 now, currently holding the No. 4 slot in the East. Jennings still considers himself a point guard before a scorer, and coach Scott Skiles was quick to point out that, even in Jennings’ unconscious third quarter, Jennings was still just doing his job. "He wasn’t forcing anything, even considering he is a rookie," Skiles said. "It’s hard to say this when he has 29 points in a quarter, but it’s not him being greedy. He was just playing basketball out there."
Jennings is still a rookie, and it’s pretty clear that he has seized the lead—with emphasis—in the Rookie of the Year race. Sure, it is early, and Jennings seems more aware of that than the giddy media and teammates who have been covering him. When I brought up to him after the game that he had passed Lew Alcindor, that his 55 points put him in the rookie company of the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan, he quickly shook his head and said, "I am not trying to get any individual accomplishments here. I am just trying to help the Bucks win games."
Still, Jennings said something else after the game that has to make you think this guy is going to be different. When he was talking about the roll he has been on, not just in Saturday’s game but in the first three weeks of the season in general, Jennings brought up high school. "Sometimes it feels like Oak Hill (Academy) out there," he said.
For Jennings, the NBA is already akin to high school. Rookie dominance seems assured. S om is the next stop.
That's it he is on my All-Star ballot
Got him Mitch.
With Jennings, it was always Bust or Star. He had the highest natural scoring talent ceiling of all the rookies but he had a shooting guard's skill in a PG body.
Looks to me like Iverson 2.0 with a much better at ude.
in following AI's tradition, do we call this kid blowjob now?
Impressive. And they got the win too.
I just watched the game on ILP Broadband and I gotta say Skiles is right. He was just playing out there. He wasn't looking to score all the time, he was just playing basketball. Great game from Jennings.
Holy cow!
Impressive performance!
what a ing freak
but warriors with typical non defensive strats
Holy ! I just watched it, and he is lightning quick with a sweet stroke. Amazing performance. When he was swaggering around pretending he owned the world during summer league I thought he might be over-rating himself, but he's proving me and every other doubter totally wrong. Also, he's not the trash-talking little wanker I thought he'd be - when he's on the court it's all about playing basketball. Here's to you, Brandon Jennings!
PS Our man Bogut, who I've seen play about 4 times this year, has become a legit NBA centre. That lefty hook of his is money, he's getting on the boards and his defense has improved vastly. Go Drew!
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 11-15-2009 at 06:22 AM.
LOL I know you get on Tim all the time for not using his left hand and then when I watched this game Bogut was hitting some amazing hooks with the left.Holy ! I just watched it, and he is lightning quick with a sweet stroke. Amazing performance. When he was swaggering around pretending he owned the world during summer league I thought he might be over-rating himself, but he's proving me and every other doubter totally wrong. Also, he's not the trash-talking little wanker I thought he'd be - when he's on the court it's all about playing basketball. Here's to you, Brandon Jennings!
PS Our man Bogut, who I've seen play about 4 times this year, has become a legit NBA centre. That lefty hook of his is money, he's getting on the boards and his defense has improved vastly. Go Drew!
Yeah I expected Jennings to be trash talking, but he didn't even look too pleased with his own performance out there. He didn't trash talk at all. He didn't even get that excited with his own game until the end when his teammates tried to pump him up a little bit.
They said he can't shoot, but to me it looked like he had a pretty good shot.
Last edited by Ice009; 11-15-2009 at 09:48 AM.
Jennings cannot shoot when he is on the move, he has stated he needed to get a good stop and solidify himself on the ground or something before he shoots. The Golden State Warriors allowed him to shoot 7/8 from three point range. Jennings has proven to be a stud. Only 3 rookies in league history have surpassed 55 points. Wilt did it twice.
58 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia vs. Detroit, at Bethlehem, Pa., January 25, 1960
58 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia at New York, February 21, 1960
57 - Rick Barry, San Francisco at New York, December 14, 1965
56 - Earl Monroe, Baltimore at Los Angeles, February 13, 1968 (OT)
If the Bucks got the ball to Jennings instead of Charlie Bell or Luke Ridnour, Jennings might have had a shot to break Wilt's record.
He is in rare company. For your information, Chris Paul's career high is 43 and Deron Williams' carrer high is 41, to compare point guards. Jennings is the complete package. , he might even be the best point guard in the East already.
Amazing! :O
the bucks are looking strong .. defensive team with scorers.. i'm really intereseted in how this season will play out for them
Crazy. I had this guy labeled as a bust before even seeing him play for all the talking he was doing. Making me look stupid.
Milwaukee for a steal.
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