Comments on: Rookie Report: Brandon Jennings Is This Draft’s Paul Pierce

By: fan

fan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:50:07 +0000

The gap in the league between young & old is similar to rich & poor. It won’t work & has to be corrected. The game is evolving.

By: Ghostdog

Ghostdog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:50:27 +0000

I hope more players take a cue from Jennings.
If your goal is to be a pro basketball player; go over to Europe or Israel.
Go learn what Professional Basketball is about (the travel, tough coaches, higher expectation, planning your own life and day, making dinner reservations,playing the game with and against adults….).
There is a lot of growing up that is associated with going from playing a sport for fun versus pay.

I am very unsettled by the use of educational institutions for holding tanks for 18 and 19 year olds who have no interest in classes about Dylan Thomas and linear algebra.
For the players that are college is where they should be but for the players who are not go overseas make some money, learn something about another culture (isn’t that the a greater educational experience then a disinterested year in a place like Tucson, East Lansing or Madison)?

By: sh!tfaced

sh!tfaced — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:28 +0000

^^^^^ Naw, man. Haha. Just feeling some of Larry Bird’s “eye for talent” right here… LOL

By: kevin k

kevin k — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:25:25 +0000

@shi1tfaced
only an idiot like you would bring RACE into this convo…

The main reason Blair went into the 2nd Round was the GM’s fear of his knee problems.

Ty Lawson has been the most impressive for me when given minutes.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:12:09 +0000

When I first heard of Brandon Jennings and heard he was skipping college to go to Europe for a year, I thought it was a selfish act. I thought he was taking an easy way out instead of putting in work in college. I may have over reacted. That year overseas has done wonders for his game. Getting a head start on playing against and with other professionals has put him slightly ahead of the game among other rookies.

I apologize BJ. It wouldn’t be bad for other HS grads to do the same in the future.

By: sh!tfaced

sh!tfaced — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:55:02 +0000

If DeJuan Blair were white, for sure, he would have gone to Indiana in the first round.

Glad to see Chase Budinger getting his due. Dude got his face stepped on TWICE, once by Aubrey Coleman and once again by the GM’s who passed on him in the draft. Sweet payback.

For Jennings, Lawson and Chase, not going to school and staying in school looks like a great decision for them.

By: hansosword

hansosword — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:49:30 +0000

Brandon Jennings? NO.. Demar Derozan? NO… Jordan Hill? I hate the knicks…I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks..I hate the knicks…

By: Why all da hatn'?

Why all da hatn'? — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:47:50 +0000

Casspi is also doing pretty well, and Tyreke…before he went down ;/

By: Pet Society Help

Pet Society Help — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:30:35 +0000

Everyone was putting jennings down before the draft, no playing time in europe, 6 point 3 assist avg a game, now he’s avg 20 in the nba? If he keeps this up everyone high school kid should play a year in europe.

By: QQ

QQ — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:23 +0000

Watched Budinger, was very impressed. This is what I envisioned Redick in his rookie year, making J’s and hustling. Sad thing is JJ spent his first year in Orlando being nervous as hell, like he never played a game before.