Dr.Krapinsky wrote:john2jer wrote:revprodeji wrote:In dec, even with his injury, he was able to beat Brandon Jennings off the dribble. Hardly average athlete. He is considered to be extremely effective as a fullcourt defender. Hardly something a non-athlete could do.
He can work on the jumper, but it is more than above average right now.
I think that says more about how poor of a defender jennings is, though. He's got great court vision for the flashy alley oops, but he comes across as a low IQ ball player. Everyone in the gym knew that Rubio could only go left in that game, except for Jennings. Jennings wouldn't bring anything to the Wolves that we don't already get in Telfair.
Holiday is a MUCH better PG prospect for the Wolves than Jennings is.
Rubio I've read is a fine athlete, just not very strong, and would get abused by the Deron Williams type of PGs.
You're basically plagiarizing from Draftexpress here, so I got to call you out on that.
Rubio is better than Jennings, no argument there. However, w/ Holiday I think a good argument can be made that Jennings is better. (1) Coming out of highschool every scouting service had Jennings over Holiday and Jennings was the consensus #1 recruit. (2) Holiday is not a pure point. He's a combo guard, and projecting him to become a starting PG in the NBA is pretty far off at this point. (3) Holiday is not a great shooter. He only shoots 60+ % from the stripe. (4) Holiday is not as athletic as Westbrook, the player who is most responsible for people wanting Holiday. (5) Jennings #1 problem on offense and defense is he just needs to get stronger and that will come sooner rather than later.
That's fine, the anecdote of Jennings getting worked by Rubio I originally read off draftexpress awhile ago, sure, read it a couple other places as well. I haven't been in the gym with either of those guys, so all I have to go off of our draft sites, video clips, and highlights on espn and whatnot.
When you have an off-guard like Foye, I think a combo guard like Holiday who has a bball IQ, passes very well, and is mature for his age, you're more than fine. I've watched a a few Holiday games and have been very impressed with his size, maturity, passing, and ability to run the team when Collison is sitting, which isn't often, but still.
Everything I've seen and read of Jennings screams Seabass Telfair and bust. Forget exactly where I read the quote, and it fits the little bit I've seen, but "Jennings is the only player who makes the least selfish stat in the game, an assist, selfish.
We're under-sized as it is, why would we want a scrawny point guard to match with Foye?
But like I mentioned, a lot of it depends on the team drafting. For the Wolves I take them in this order Holiday>Rubio>Jennings. That's considering fit only. Obviously if Rubio comes out, we could probably draft him and trade him for Holiday and other assets as well, but I like Holiday better than Rubio for the Wolves on head to head comparison alone.
