knicks1248 wrote:I don't see how Walsh can possible be blame for a player he knew very little about, and recieved minamal playing time. On top of that, you can't even look at a stat sheet and judge a Euro player since they play such a team game over there.
The bucks were about to lose sessions, weren't going to aquire any other high price PG, and essential took GJ as a safe pick. He's not that much better then TD
Umm... Walsh, D'Antoni and Wilson all went to Italy to watch Jennings but he was still in the playoffs in Rome which all gms and scouts knew about ahead of time. So instead of traveling a extra couple of hours to Rome, they enjoyed the sites basically. The Bucks made the trip to Rome, to watch the playoffs and speak with his coaches and him.
The Bucks, however, knew they would grab him if he was still on the board, and when the New York Knicks went for Jordan Hill with the eighth pick and Toronto took DeMar DeRozan ninth, Jennings was their man.
Milwaukee scouts Billy McKinney and Jeff Weltman had each traveled to Rome to watch Jennings play against Euroleague competition, and they let their eyes and instincts do the judging rather than focusing on his rather pedestrian statistics.
"The thing that stood out for me with him was just his quickness -- and his quickness in playing in a slower-tempo game," McKinney said. "And when you watch the Euro game, they play a slower tempo there, and you would think that would be an advantage for the bigger players defending him, yet he was able to handle the pressure and pretty much do what he wanted to do.
-ESPN Magazine November 2009
