brandon jennings

Brandon Jennings: NBA Draft Profile

Jeff Fox — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:35:01 -0800

Brandon Jennings

Team: Lottomatica Roma

Birth Year: 1989

Position: PG

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 170lbs

Accolades: Naismith High School Player of the Year (08), Gatorade Player of the Year - Virginia - high school (08), Parade Magazine Player of the Year - high school (08), McDonald’s All-American - high school (08), First Team Parade All-American - high school (08), Third Team Parade All-American - high school (07).

Scouting Report: The Compton-Virginia-Rome trailblazing point guard.

Strengths: Blazing speed, both with the ball and without. Great ball handler. Able to score or create for teammates. Left handed. Three-point range on his jumper. Played in the toughest league outside of the NBA - the Euroleague. Great leaping ability. Familiar with the American and European styles of play.

Weaknesses: Very thin - needs to get bigger and stronger. Will be undersized for the NBA. Has to become a more consistent shooter. Played a lot of shooting guard in Rome - will be too small to do so in the NBA. Still needs more experience running a team as a point guard. Needs work on the defensive end.

Projected 2009 Draft Range: Top five pick.

Consensus: Jennings should be used to the spotlight since his decision to skip college and head to Europe garnered him so much attention. The year spent in Italy should do wonders for his game (mentally and physically) but he probably is still a few years away from being a big-time NBA point guard.

Stats:

http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=001219 - Euroleague

http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=Jen-Bra-89 – Italian League

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= Consistent NBA Starter - Brook Lopez

= 6th Man/Fringe Starter - Russell Westbrook

= Career Reserve - Roy Hibbert

= Fringe NBA Player/12th Man - JR Giddens

0 stars = Life in the Minor Leagues - Drew Neitzel

Rubio vs Jennings: Showdown in Spain

Jeff Fox — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:14:53 -0800

Further proof of the globalization of basketball was on display at the Palau Oli'mpic de Badalona in Badalona, Spain on Thursday night. Rather than at a college gym somewhere in the U.S., like in the past, Badalona was the sight of the showdown between the top two point guard prospects in the 2009 NBA draft class.

The game in question was the second Euroleague match up between home team DKV Joventut and the Italian league's Lottomatica Roma. And the players in question, of course, are teenage point guard prodigies Ricky Rubio from Spain and America's Brandon Jennings. The team's first clash - a Roma win on Oct 30th - was missed by Rubio as he was still healing from surgery on a wrist he injured in the gold medal game in Beijing. So the much-anticipated match up between these two point guard studs had to wait until the game in Badalona. There was plenty of intrigue heading into the game - Roma's coach resigned earlier this week, Rubio barely played in his first two games back last week and Jennings recently missed a game due to the flu.

With Jennings playing a lot of shooting guard (former Penn star Ibrahim Jaaber got the bulk of the point guard minutes) and Rubio playing less than nine minutes in the game, the showdown turned out to be pretty anticlimactic. However, Rubio did show his amazing speed, handle and passing ability in the first half, blowing by Jennings a couple of times for nice dishes to teammates. He also showed what a disruption he can be on defense, forcing a turnover the second he got into the game. Jennings, meanwhile, played a season high of almost 23 minutes, hitting for 12 points and two assists. Rubio was held scoreless but did contribute three assists to his team's 97-93 victory. Chances are the next time these two square off will be in Jennings' homeland - on an NBA court.

Clip of the Day: Brandon Jennings

Shawn Siegel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:44:41 -0800

Clip of the Day

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Brandon Jennings

You know the story by now of how Jennings spurned college to earn a few bucks in Rome. Here's a clips of his recent game against Montepaschi. Jennings is playing less than 20 mpg, and scoring about 7-8 ppg in combined European and Italian play.

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Clip of the Day: Brandon Jennings Roma Scrimmage

Shawn Siegel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:22:33 -0700

Clip of the Day

Thanks to the genius of YouTube, the world has access to thousands of great college basketball videos to watch every second. Every day (or so) we'll feature a new movie to whet your college basketball appetite. Even if you've seen them before, some clips are just too good not to watch again and again.

Brandon Jennings: When in Rome

The trailblazing trend-setter (or is he just a simple test-failer) shows his stuff in a preseason game with his new Italian team.

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