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PresIke
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no doubt. i admit knicksbabyyeah posted it elsewhere, which is where i first saw it, but i always check draftexpress since it is a good site anyway, and they mentioned that they were with jennings and would have a report.
to me, kenny anderson seems like a pretty good comparison right now in many ways. relatively thin, hyper-quick with excellent court vision and passing abilty, and not the best jump shot. hello, i'd take kenny anderson as the pg on our team right now any day. plus, his willingness to learn and improve bodes very well for overcoming his deficiencies.
i also don't think even if he doesn't become a superstar, that he is going to become a telfair after his experience in europe because he seems like a much better team player and passer.
this story seems to support (at least in their observations and interview with him) exactly why i was very much a proponent of jenning's decision to go to europe. perhaps, as he said, players who look to play there might want to put themselves on a team where he can get big minutes, but the european approach to developing young players in b-ball seems much more similar to the way big soccer clubs do it.
for example, the american soccer player, jozy altidore, was bought by a fairly big club in spain for the most money ever paid for an american, last year. but he was then transfered on loan to a smaller team so he could get minutes, because they aren't so cool with experimenting with an 19 year old american when they are competing for being a top team in la liga. RARELY do you see very young players (unless they are absoultely amazing) get big minutes on top teams. the team jennings is on is also a top team, so they weren't going to mess around with a 19 year old who has never played at that level.
however, by not getting the big minutes it may have been a bit humbling, and at his age, and limited experience, you can accept that a lot easier than when you are always treated like a super-duper-star wherever you go, which happens for most american top players here.
to me, the nba NEEDS to change it's system of developing players big time. i happen to think ncaa hoops is not the best system and may actually be harmful.
anyway, it will be interesting to see how jennings does when he comes into the nba.
i'm not so sure if he will last until our pick, though.
[Edited by - PresIke on 05-14-2009 10:57 AM]
Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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5/14/2009 9:34 AM
