St. Francis - It was great when it happened, the night rookie point guard Brandon Jennings scored 55 points against the Golden State Warriors. But the expectations it brought have the Bucks' 20-year-old rookie wondering whether it was worth it to get 55 so early in his career, in just his seventh NBA game. "I feel like it's a curse because of the 55," Jennings said after the Bucks' practice session Sunday. "It's almost a curse. "Now that I've scored 55, everybody expects me to go out there and score big numbers every night. I'm just trying to find my way. Not every night is going to be easy. A lot of teams are changing their defense. So it's not as easy as everyone thinks it is." http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/80175692.html
Clearly that helped him mature as a player and a professional. He would not have been this good had he went to a US college. Right Sam? DD
I thought the 55 points gave people the wrong impression that he is a scoring PG. I have heard many people compare him to Allen Iverson. If you followed him through high school and heard him talk about his game he is actually a passing PG who can score the ball when he has to.
True but I don't think there should even be a comparison between them. They are two completely different players. Not even sure Evans will be a PG for his whole career.
If he went to college he would have spent most his time partying and getting into trouble. In Europe, he had to grow up and become a man. Responsibility will do that to you.
Wasn't Sam's biggest point was if Jennings went to College he may have been drafted higher? I'm not sure what is wrong with him saying that. I agree with that notion.
If by him scoring 55 it attracts more defensive attention towards him...he should have an easier time playing "his style" because he is a good distributor?
Clearly. http://www.nowpublic.com/sports/brandon-jennings-joe-budden-video-pg-blasts-knicks-ricky-rubio So I guess now you're down to maturing as a player. Who knows what kind of player he would've been coming out of college, you can't just automatically assume he wouldn't be as well prepared. Further, Sam was right - he would've been drafted higher if he would have gotten more exposure and playing time to showcase his ability. Nobody knew what he could do playing 2009 McGrady minutes in Europe.
Up until he actually started playing with the Bucks everyone including me thought he was still immature and Europe had no impact on him. He was calling out Rubio, he was complaining about being drafted 10th overall, and he had that video with whoever talking like he's on a street corner.
IMHO the reason he could call out Rubio was because he played against him already. A lot of guys were taken before Jennings-Evans, Harden and Curry just to name a few and yet he only talked against Rubio. IMHO it was just frustration, he probably saw Rubio wasn't ready at all and couldn't understand why everone would go gaga over Rubio while he slipped all the way to the 9th.
