Brandon Jennings vs. Stephen Curry

Joana · Post #21 » by **Joana** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:21 am

I'm not sure if I like the Jennings/Marbury comparison - Jennings always seemed to me someone more focused on passing the ball and not exactly on looking for his shot. Jennings has a big problem (well, among others, like the shooting ability, defence, etc.): he only plays at a furious pace. He's incapable of dealing with the more structured half-court sets. Anyway, it's easier to teach how to play slower than to teach how to play faster...

Rasho Brezec · Post #22 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:11 pm

Wow, thanks for this. I really hope Walsh won't be pushing hard for Jennings if he's still there: he's undoubtedly one of the top 5 talents in this draft, but his personality and his style of play just doesn't fit well with D'Antoni - he's had enough problems with Nate Robinson this year and I think he's done with players who are difficult to coach.

dennis00 · Post #23 » by **dennis00** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:48 pm

Curry and Evans are better than Jennings. Jennings is a player that is not going to improve much compared to his current abilities and he's not that great a player.

Post #24 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:05 pm

dennis00 wrote:Curry and Evans are better than Jennings. Jennings is a player that is not going to improve much compared to his current abilities and he's not that great a player.

That's absurd. Jennings has a very high ceiling and will very likely improve quite a bit over the years. A lot of people are very high on Curry, but I see him as an excellent 3rd guard on a winning team. He's doing a nice job at the point for someone who's not naturally a 1, but I don't think you win with him as your starter there.

Sid the Squid · Post #25 » by **Sid the Squid** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:39 pm

Ruzious wrote:
dennis00 wrote:Curry and Evans are better than Jennings. Jennings is a player that is not going to improve much compared to his current abilities and he's not that great a player.

He's doing a nice job at the point for someone who's not naturally a 1

I can't believe there's somebody out there who still doenst believe Steph's a PG

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Post #26 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:50 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
dennis00 wrote:Curry and Evans are better than Jennings. Jennings is a player that is not going to improve much compared to his current abilities and he's not that great a player.

He's doing a nice job at the point for someone who's not naturally a 1
I can't believe there's somebody out there who still doenst believe Steph's a PG

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Sid, like most of us, I'm constantly amazed by your opinions.

dennis00 · Post #27 » by **dennis00** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:43 pm

Well, what is a true PG? Jennings and Evans are not more point guard like than Curry. Darren Collison might be the only true PG then.

Jimmy76 · Post #28 » by **Jimmy76** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:32 pm

dennis00 wrote:Well, what is a true PG? Jennings and Evans are not more point guard like than Curry. Darren Collison might be the only true PG then.

jennings has been pretty true pointy

gswhoopsman · Post #29 » by **gswhoopsman** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:18 pm

Curry is absolutely a pure point guard and you absolutely can win with him as the starting 1.

Post #30 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:27 pm

gswhoopsman wrote:Curry is absolutely a pure point guard and you absolutely can win with him as the starting 1.

He has to prove it, imo. Right now, he's 2nd worst (behind Flynn - who also has to prove it) in assist/to ratio among PGs in the top 30 in assists. He's on a team with no discipline (not his fault - that's the way they roll) that just fires up shots and gives up 4 more points a game than any other team in the NBA. Getting 5.5 assists per game for a team like that is not impressive - granted, he's a rookie. Thing is - I didn't think he was a legit PG in college last year - after a great start there, he reverted to being what he's used to - a scorer - not a real PG.

_BBIB_ · Post #31 » by **_BBIB_** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:34 pm

Curry- Shooting
Jennings- Everything else

Imagine if Jennings could shoot like Curry, he'd be elite already. And it's not farfetched that his jumper can improve, after all it can't get much worse can it? Not to mention it seems the kid has a pretty good work ethic.

His ceiling is far greater than Curry's

And wasn't it Curry that Jennings dropped the double nickle on?

gswhoopsman · Post #32 » by **gswhoopsman** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:58 pm

_BBIB_ wrote:Jennings- "swag"
Curry- Everything else

Imagine if Curry could play in the east like Jennings, he'd be elite already. And it's not farfetched that he can be traded, after all the warriors can't get much worse can they? Not to mention it seems the kid has an excellent work ethic.

His ceiling is far greater than Jennings's

And wasn't it Jennings that Curry has outplayed for the entire season minus the first month?

Jimmy76 · Post #33 » by **Jimmy76** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:07 am

i dont think Curry has done much to look like a true point guard but i take him over jennings

Sid the Squid · Post #34 » by **Sid the Squid** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:50 am

Jimmy76 wrote:i dont think Curry has done much to look like a true point guard but i take him over jennings

lol at you guys...He's averaging 7 assists over the last 3 months and that will get up over 8 next year..He can get to any spot on the floor and he's constantly making plays for teammates. All the opposing coaches have raved about his PG skills..JVG called him a Nash clone last week..This is really a dumb thread.

Watch the games lol

Post #35 » by **KF10** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:46 am

I kinda see the Steve Nash comparisons but I don't think Curry will ever have the court awareness of Nash. Nash's overall playmaking, court awareness and etc are ALL TIME great-level. I mean, Curry is a pretty damn good passer for a rookie but drawing comparisons of Steve Nash is a bit pre-mature this early into his career.

KevinMcreynolds · Post #36 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:10 am

Sid the Squid wrote:
Jimmy76 wrote:i dont think Curry has done much to look like a true point guard but i take him over jennings
lol at you guys...He's averaging 7 assists over the last 3 months and that will get up over 8 next year..He can get to any spot on the floor and he's constantly making plays for teammates. All the opposing coaches have raved about his PG skills..JVG called him a Nash clone last week..This is really a dumb thread.

Watch the games lol

This ^

It's so obvious they're making opinions without even watching a W's game. Curry is running the pick and roll perfectly already, he has great court vision, great handles, and threads the needle on amazing pass after amazing pass.

His high turnovers is just due to playing with D-league callups in an undisciplined system and he still makes terrible one handed cross court passes a couple times a game...which he'll correct in time.

And the title of this thread isn't even relevant anymore...
Curry>Jennings
Collison>Jennings
Holiday>Jennings
Lawson>Jennings

lakerhater · Post #37 » by **lakerhater** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:34 am

Jimmy76 wrote:i dont think Curry has done much to look like a true point guard but i take him over jennings

If you had one more eye you'd be a cyclops.

Post #38 » by **FNQ** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:35 am

KevinMcreynolds wrote:
It's so obvious they're making opinions without even watching a W's game.

Welcome to the draft board... first time? The same few posters have opinions on every single college player, be it from Duke or Lower Southern Alabama Tech St. Community College... they see all + know all.

Curry's def. a PG... ask the Lakers.

mattg · Post #39 » by **mattg** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:57 am

KevinMcreynolds wrote:
Sid the Squid wrote:
Jimmy76 wrote:i dont think Curry has done much to look like a true point guard but i take him over jennings
lol at you guys...He's averaging 7 assists over the last 3 months and that will get up over 8 next year..He can get to any spot on the floor and he's constantly making plays for teammates. All the opposing coaches have raved about his PG skills..JVG called him a Nash clone last week..This is really a dumb thread.

Watch the games lol

This ^

It's so obvious they're making opinions without even watching a W's game. Curry is running the pick and roll perfectly already, he has great court vision, great handles, and threads the needle on amazing pass after amazing pass.

His high turnovers is just due to playing with D-league callups in an undisciplined system and he still makes terrible one handed cross court passes a couple times a game...which he'll correct in time.

And the title of this thread isn't even relevant anymore...
Curry>Jennings
Collison>Jennings
Holiday>Jennings
Lawson>Jennings

it's so obvious you haven't even watched a bucks game either otherwise there is no way you'd say that Lawson, Holiday or Collison>Jennings.

KevinMcreynolds · Post #40 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:48 am

mattg wrote:it's so obvious you haven't even watched a bucks game either otherwise there is no way you'd say that Lawson, Holiday or Collison>Jennings.

Sorry, but it seems like the Bucks are on every time I turn on NBATV so I've seen plenty of them. I don't think Jennings is trash like some do on this board, but I don't like what I see from him. He can't finish around the rim for **** and he's a turnstyle on D is what I'm seeing. His jumper is terrible right now, but he'll improve on that.

To me its a no brainer that Collison and Lawson are better point guards. Holiday is debatable, I'll maybe give you that.