B Jennings 55 point game

Brandon Jennings going off for 55 was incredible. If you
haven't seen it, you should watch it here, there's three parts: (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUa7wf3cavg ). As the Bucks announcers
rightly point out, He played the two man game with Bogut to
perfection. Bogut was hitting tough screens, Jennings doesn't need
much space, good combo. Towards the end of the game he was taking
tougher shots when Bogut got into foul trouble, but it didn't matter
because he was still draining 3 pointers with a hand in his face (7/8
on the night).

I think Brandon Jennings is proof that college is not that
great for preparing players to be professionals. Playing in a real pro
league with a coach who would not let him have the keys to the offense
has helped his maturity. A college coach would have let him play his
game more, but he wouldn't have learned as much about how to play as
part of a team.

Despite that, his relationship with Scott Skiles will certainly
be strained as a scoring point guard. I do think his defense looked
pretty good at times, especially with the way he was playing the zone,
which will certainly help his cause with a defense coach like Scott
Skiles. You watch his footwork in the zone, at the 1:57 mark of the
second part of the you tube replay, and he played the ball well,
forced Ellis into a tough shot and picks up the defensive rebound; I'm
sure Scott Skiles was proud. Defensive rebounding is an indicator of
good defense and he is averaging 4.3 rebounds a game with 3.5 of
those on the defensive end. I don't think he would be doing that
without a coach like Scott Skiles to harp on him and he may not have
been as prepared to receive that without his experience with
Lottomatica Roma.

At first I thought Jennings looked like the next Iverson, but
his shooting percentage as a rookie is higher (though 12 games is a
small sample compared to the 76 on record for Iverson's rookie year).
Looking at his game, he's got some Rondo-like qualities. His
rebounding is very good for a point guard, much like Rondo. Rondo is
really efficient with his turnovers always being low, but Jennings is
more of a scorer, which will always lead to higher turnovers. I think
it bodes well for Jennings that there is no easy comparison, he will
make his own name.