OT: Jennings blames shoes for USA snub

[Y0DA]

Nobody's stupid enough to blame being left off a national team because of his shoe brand. He's either Forrest Gump stupid or creating buzz for his sponsor. I tend to think the latter.

[Fairview4Life]

Isn't he complaining about not being asked to tryout? Why are people saying he thinks he should have made the team? Team USA had a ton of young guys at camp this year didn't they?

[MEDIC]

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Jennings is a smart guy. Look at all the free media he is getting for his sponsor. There is no way I would have known he wears Under Armour shoes otherwise. I didn't even know Under Armour made basketball gear. I bet he will get a fat cheque for this.

Smart guy? You're just over analyzing. He's an idiot who's upset because he didn't have a spot. So now the he has the need to play the blame game.

People give these guys WAY too much credit. If there were more white guys playing for the states, I guarentee he would of pulled the race card

After that white guy statement, it's funny that you're telling someone else that THEY'RE over-analyzing...c'mon man that's just a straight attack, an assumptive prejudice statement that keeps racism alive in a society that has been trying to rid it for centuries.

The guy is asked a question, and makes an observation..he's an idiot for that?

["...take a look at the 2010-2012 Men’s National Team roster. Of the 35 players listed, only six (Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, Eric Gordon, Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez and Kendrick Perkins) players on the list aren’t sporting Nike’s on NBA courts. And with the dearth of talented big men in the league, Team USA can’t exactly afford to be as picky with the bigs as they can at the guard spot."]
(http://www.bucksketball.com/2010/09/bra ... -usa-snub/)

That stat along with the fact that Nike has run a "World Basketball Festival" (http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikebasketball/en_US/,
http://play.converse.com/play/blog/?p=2932) campaign along with Jordan and Converse (consequently subsidary companies owned by Nike) for the FIBA tournament strongly indicate that Nike quite possibly could have had a significant say on the final roster.

With all that being said, I'd actually like to take this opportunity to commend Brandon Jennings on being throughful on the subject and putting some pretty bold commentary out there on it.

Also, you might be the idiot? I donno, I'm just sayin a little research goes a long way..

[Spawn]

I love how everyone here has a masters in psychology and can predict the pattern of his career from his attitude alone. Sure players with bad attitudes may end up with bad careers but for every one of those players you could name a player with a good attitude that ended up with a bad career. The reason you don't remember those good attitude players was exactly because they weren't flashy and controversial; attitude in the sense of being flashy and attention-craving has little correlation with basketball skill.

However if you're talking about attitude in isolated cases like JR Smith where his ENTIRE game is based off his ego then a bad attitude could translate to a bad game.

Lebron James and young Kobe Bryant were just as flashy and self-centered but noone says anything about that because they're successful.

[Ripp]

Jennings is a smart guy. Look at all the free media he is getting for his sponsor. There is no way I would have known he wears Under Armour shoes otherwise. I didn't even know Under Armour made basketball gear. I bet he will get a fat cheque for this.

Smart guy? You're just over analyzing. He's an idiot who's upset because he didn't have a spot. So now the he has the need to play the blame game.

People give these guys WAY too much credit. If there were more white guys playing for the states, I guarentee he would of pulled the race card

[Duke3D]

What a ****.

I guess Tiger Woods had a **** golf year because Nike equipment isn't as popular as Titleist or Taylormade.

Oh wait, I know. Xeno the scientologist shorted UA stock last week, so this had to be done.

Do all these young guys not have anything remotely resembling a clue?

[Vorticity]

Brandon Jennings is the antithesis of Mike Krzyzewski. He'd rather have him shot than let him play on his USA team.

[SDM]

As far as I'm concerned, Jennings struggled for 81 games last season.

[underdog33]

Blame Li Ning for calderon's poor defense

[ontnut]

The guy is asked a question, and makes an observation..he's an idiot for that?

Uhhh. yeah, because not only does he make an observation, but he draws a conclusion from left field. It's not the observation that makes him an idiot, it's his perspective on it, ie, that somehow he wasn't on the team because the majority of players on the team wear Nike. That's ludicrous. It'd be the equivalent of some crappy PGA player complaining he got left off the US Ryder Cup team, noting that 80% of the players who did make it use Taylormade clubs, or wear FootJoy shoes, while he represents Callaway and Etonic for example. Even just putting that out there means he's thinking about it as a potential reason for him being left out, which is idiotic imo.

["...take a look at the 2010-2012 Men’s National Team roster. Of the 35 players listed, only six (Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, Eric Gordon, Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez and Kendrick Perkins) players on the list aren’t sporting Nike’s on NBA courts. And with the dearth of talented big men in the league, Team USA can’t exactly afford to be as picky with the bigs as they can at the guard spot."]

Uh...so? Nike = basketball right now. So does that mean if Jarrett Jack wore Nike's he could play on Team USA? No. If you're good enough, you get invited, if you're still good enough, you stay. Period. I bet 70% of the league wears Nike's anyways, it's not like it's a big difference from the norm...now if EVERYONE except Derrick Rose wore Nikes, then maybe you make the case...but there were three players on the list who got significant playing time who didn't wear Nikes.

That stat along with the fact that Nike has run a "World Basketball Festival" campaign along with Jordan and Converse (consequently subsidary companies owned by Nike) for the FIBA tournament strongly indicate that Nike quite possibly could have had a significant say on the final roster.

uh...so Nike has sponsored/run a basketball festival, that means they have a controlling interest in who gets to play for the USA? Why don't you say the same thing about other international teams? Nike is a global brand and they surely have athletes playing in different countries who wear their shoes - why aren't they picking every single roster? I don't know allegiances, but say KD wore Adidas, would Nike say hey, he's not wearing Nike, so keep him off the roster? Bottom line is Jennings is a scrub comparatively, which is why he wasn't invited. He's a chucker - nobody in TEAM USA wants that kind of player.

With all that being said, I'd actually like to take this opportunity to commend Brandon Jennings on being throughful on the subject and putting some pretty bold commentary out there on it.

Jennings being thoughtful? What part of his b*tching was thoughtful? Where did he put in the research and try to figure out alternatives? From what I read, he was being stuck up and arrogant with the attitude that "I should have been on this team, even a walk-on, but because I rep a different shoe company, the bullies at Nike didn't want me on the team." Whine whine whine.

You want to know why he was left off the time? This:

To have a guy like myself on the USA team that's flashy and really outgoing...

Do you think it was their MO to bring on somebody who's flashy and really outgoing, or someone who will bite their tongue, listen to the coach and play within the system? Gee I wonder...
Nevermind the fact that Tyreke and Steph are both WAAAAY above Jennings in terms of performance and skill.

[orbesnet]

Did he only come out and say this after team usa won the 'ship? ....lame.

[clw85]

Jennings is a smart guy. Look at all the free media he is getting for his sponsor. There is no way I would have known he wears Under Armour shoes otherwise. I didn't even know Under Armour made basketball gear. I bet he will get a fat cheque for this.

Smart guy? You're just over analyzing. He's an idiot who's upset because he didn't have a spot. So now the he has the need to play the blame game.

People give these guys WAY too much credit. If there were more white guys playing for the states, I guarentee he would of pulled the race card

After that white guy statement, it's funny that you're telling someone else that THEY'RE over-analyzing...c'mon man that's just a straight attack, an assumptive prejudice statement that keeps racism alive in a society that has been trying to rid it for centuries.

The guy is asked a question, and makes an observation..he's an idiot for that?

["...take a look at the 2010-2012 Men’s National Team roster. Of the 35 players listed, only six (Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, Eric Gordon, Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez and Kendrick Perkins) players on the list aren’t sporting Nike’s on NBA courts. And with the dearth of talented big men in the league, Team USA can’t exactly afford to be as picky with the bigs as they can at the guard spot."]
(http://www.bucksketball.com/2010/09/bra ... -usa-snub/)

That stat along with the fact that Nike has run a "World Basketball Festival" (http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikebasketball/en_US/,
http://play.converse.com/play/blog/?p=2932) campaign along with Jordan and Converse (consequently subsidary companies owned by Nike) for the FIBA tournament strongly indicate that Nike quite possibly could have had a significant say on the final roster.

With all that being said, I'd actually like to take this opportunity to commend Brandon Jennings on being throughful on the subject and putting some pretty bold commentary out there on it.

Also, you might be the idiot? I donno, I'm just sayin a little research goes a long way..

I COMPLETELY misread one specific point within your post...

Anyway, Nike is one of the most worn brands in the NBA: http://www.lakersuniverse.com/store/nba ... _nike.html

Take a look at that list and then ask yourself why those 29 members of the team were invited. It just so happens that the best of the league sport the Nike brand.

Jenning's has always ran his mouth, and he'll continue to do it when he doesn't get his own way.

[FirstInkTDot]

Bargnani should say his underwear was the reason he didn't play as good.

[Veggamattic]

Although I think THIS is a sour grapes type of reaction...I don't discredit his theory. Corporate control in society is probably the number one problem we face today as humans. I think that many people would be astounded if they understood how many decisions in life that affect us everyday have nothing to do with direct government policy and are influenced heavily by corporate pressure.

[J Dilla]

Nike guys, lol I never thought of it this way.

[ontnut]

For the record: BJ stats started strong...
Nov: 22 pts, 5.5 ast, 3.8 reb 1.1 steal, .420, .493!!! .785
Then...a steady decline month by month in terms of scoring, efficiency until February:
Feb: 10.7 pts, 5.5ast, 3.6 reb 1.5 steal, .307!!! .311 .791 with games of 1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-13, 2-10, 5-16 twice, 4-11 twice, 6-18...that's some HORRIBLE shooting, and yet, he still continued to shoot. What's more, the bucks still won most of those games, showing that they'd probably be better off without him playing at all. He (nearly) shot them out of at least 10 games last year, if not more.
In the last 2.5 months of the season he had 17 single-digit-point scoring games. 17!!!! for someone who's supposed to be a clear invite for team USA? LoL....What's worse, he didn't have a single month shooting above .385 averaged, after the first month of the season (incl the 2 games in oct.) in which he shot .493.

Knowing this, do you still feel he got snubbed for not wearing Nike? If you do...congratulations, you have defied the odds.

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Although I think THIS is a sour grapes type of reaction...I don't discredit his theory. Corporate control in society is probably the number one problem we face today as humans. I think that many people would be astounded if they understood how many decisions in life that affect us everyday have nothing to do with direct government policy and are influenced heavily by corporate pressure.

For sure it's an issue, but I think you go WAYYYYYY too far in saying it's the number one problem we face as humans lol...AIDS? Cancer? Homelessness, famine, poverty, discrimination, war, pollution...the list goes on for paragraphs before I start worrying about Nike. Sure Wal-Mart is killing the American economy, but is that really the biggest issue in the world? lol.

Anyhow, corporate control is just not applicable to him; because he thinks he's a superstar, when in reality he's a borderline scrub, no joke. If he shoots under 40% again this year I will safely write him off as nothing more than Ray Felton with a bigass mouth/ego. I just can't get over the fact that he took 15 shots to score 15 points...

[dawn_wan]

don't you kids know...?

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IT'S GOTTA BE THE SHOES!

[Hendrix]

He was left out because

He's not as good as the other guys

He has sucked in International ball

His attitude is anti-team first, anti- Coach-K.

I really don't know why this guy has developed such a sense of entitlement. He really hasn't dlone much