Thursday, November 5, 2009

Brandon Jennings, are you for real?

Here's his Points-Rebounds-Assists line for the first three games of his young (and hopefully lengthy) NBA career.


October 30 @ 76ers: 17-9-9

October 31 vs Pistons: 24-2-3

November 3 @ Bulls: 25-1-4



Looks like his playing days in Europe have paid off after the first three games of the season. He has oozed with so much confidence, and is looking to get his teammates involved. The first three/four guys he was matched up against were Lou Williams, Rodney Stuckey/Ben Gordon, and Derrick Rose. Derrick f***ing Rose. To be able to play at such a high caliber against one of the elite point guards in the league, albeit with a bum ankle, is very telling of how his game will continue to develop.


There are two main concerns with his performance so far. First would probably be his overeagerness to get to the ball. He was whistled with 5 fouls in each of his first two games, but even as he gets caught with those hand checks, it's a good sign that he's being aggressive in taking the opposing point guard out of his rhythm. Second has to be the rookie wall. Rookies have the tendency to come out with a string of above-average games, games that could push a fantasy neophyte to pull the plug on one of his struggling role players and do the add-drop process.


Now would be too soon to do that. Jennings will hit the rookie wall, and we can expect his marks to level off a bit, especially after going against middle-tiered teams who will allow two or three guys from the Bucks to go off for big numbers. Nevertheless, if you have Jennings on your roster right now, he's one for keeps, unless someone makes a hell of a deal to get him from your team.


Trevor Ariza, anyone?

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