The dude is 20 and made it rain on November 14 against the Warriors. How badly did the Bucks point guard make it rain? Somewhere to the tune of 55 points. Goddamn. Way to make all of us feel unaccomplished Brandon Jennings.
The dude’s had an interesting story. After killing it on his high school basketball team, he decided he wanted to play for Arizona State, but proceeded to fail the entrance exam. More than once. With the NBA not an option, he moved to Italy to play professional basketball for Lottomatica Roma, and a year later, was selected in the draft by the Bucks.
So a few days ago, he put up an amount of points that broke Kareem-Abdul Jabbar’s rookie franchise record AND Lebron James’ record of being the youngest player to score 55 points, by nailing shot after shot on the Warriors.
In addition to the records, however, Jennings is noted to have a bad attitude. He was passed over in the draft by the Knicks probably because of that fact, and even after he set the record, he had this to say:
“The Warriors, they kept going under the screens in the first half I was hesitating to take shots and in the second half they kept going under the screens and I was like ‘ok, don’t keep disrespecting me’ and I just started knocking down jump shots and we started getting a bigger lead and after that I just started thinking about getting the win.”
To be fair, if it were Jordan, all he would be thinking about would be getting the win. Dude might be disagreeable, but he was all-around.
Comments
Ed
November 15th, 2009 - 12:21:48 PM
Dude, your really twisting the meaning of his words. He's one of the best team players I have seen, that's why the Bucks are first place in their division under disciplinarian Scott Skiles. And unless it was impossible for the warriors to defend Jennings because of sheer athleticism, they did disrespect him. He's simply the man who his walking his talk.
gnh86
November 15th, 2009 - 12:32:40 PM
You do know that Jordan is considered an asshole with a terrible attitude by everyone in the basketball universe right? We let it go because he was a winner. Its early, but Jennings looks like a winner too.
Tanner
November 15th, 2009 - 12:32:47 PM
Is this dude seriously a real writer? "After killing it on his high-school team", "way to make us feel unaccomplished Brandon Jennings". He sounds like a 13 year old.
Mark Lorenz
November 15th, 2009 - 4:25:33 PM
Jordan is a super asshole with a terrible attitude problem. But he was insanely good all-around. Allen Iverson started the trend of PG's being all about scoring, and it'll be interesting to see which category Jennings eventually falls into.
sofa king
November 16th, 2009 - 12:00:34 PM
Brandon Jennings was going to play at the University of Arizona, not Arizona State. And if 55 points by Jennings make you feel unaccomplished, how does LeBron's 20, 5 and 5 for his entire rookie year make you feel? Do you know what they call a point guard that is all about scoring? A ball hog.