Brandon Jennings’s Late Arrival to the Draft
On a night when no major trades went down, no one wore a memorably hideous outfit, and when the majority of folks were still reeling from the sudden death of Michael Jackson, this was far and away my favorite moment of the 2009 NBA Draft.
Brandon Jennings casually strolled into MSG last night, long after his name had been called, and shook a confused and slightly amused David Stern’s hand.
It was awesome in every way, as the kid who bolted for Europe immediately after his high school career continued to do things in his own, inimitable way.
The Draft was apparently not the only thing Jennings was late for last night, as CNBC’s Darren Rovell revealed on his Twitter page:
Brandon Jennings hasn’t showed for his own Under Armour party yet.
Jennings is nothing if not consistent in his tardiness. And, well, you just gotta respect that.
Z: Rubio stayed infront of him. A lot. With a broken hand. But you can blame European zone defense for that.
2- Charlie V scores 11 pts a game and plays barely 20 minutes. How much of a ball hog can he be?
3- They have a big guy down low that can’t wait to be fed.
4- He’ll start from day 1. I don’t expect Sessions to be re-signed. Or else, drafting him doesn’t make sense.
5- I’m willing to take that bet. He’ll average more than 3 assists. I have a feeling that you don’t like those types of athletic pg. You were on the record saying that Rondo would always suck.
1) Redd loves to catch and shoot corner threes, but most of his shots come from horrible drives or shooting threes at the top of the key. Don’t you remember in the Olympics what a TERRIBLE three point shooter he was when he was running away from the ball?
2) I know you didn’t watch the Bucks when Redd and Bogut were injured, and I don’t blame you. But Charlie V was on my fantasy team (awesome pick by me, btw) so I watched him play. That dude loves shooting those same contested threes and running with the ball with a chicken without his head. In fairness to Charlie, I haven’t seen him PLAY with a guy who can toss it to him, but when Vilanoava was the main man, he made SURE he was the main man
3- This is a joke
4- Yes. Good point.
5- If Jennings went to the Warriors or New York, he’d average seven assists off the bat. To me, the draft was Rubio > Jennings > (lots of space between first two and rest) > Flynn > Lawson > (lots of space) > Curry. Jennings is a GREAT UNDERRATED PASSER. I just think he’s going to be playign 25 minutes a game and the ball wont be in his hands as much as it SHOULD be. Skiles doesn’t depend on point guards, despite PLAYING that position in the NBA. Redd and Charlie V like to get their own shots. Bogut is a garbage bucket dude. No one else really makes shots.
IN FAIRNESS the Bucks never have had a pass-first point guard, so they (outside of Redd) may accept this with OPEN arms. I’m guessing not though.
And to close, I have admitted I was more than 100% wrong about Rubio. That dude just owns the league.
Sternbot: “Thank you all for coming, and once again heeeeeeere’s Brandon!”
SLAM. Sessions article next season please. In your face 1 pager was nice but you know he’s on the brink of blowin up like you thought he would (but not same number - same hood).
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