SkilesTheLimit wrote:The problem I have most with Jennings is I see his potential. For whatever reason, he doesn't want to fully realize his full potential. He picks and chooses when he plays "the right way" (ie. smart and full effort) and doesn't seem like a leader that others want to follow.
He cares more about being a celebrity (or liked by them) over being the best basketball player he can be.
He has the tools to be a top 10 PG if he really committed to playing 82 games of pass first basketball, involving teammates and making them better.
He's just not right upstairs and I can't in good faith hand the keys to my franchise to a dude like that.
I disagree because he's a huge pansy that is allergic to the paint and to any type of contact. It is almost impossible to be a high impact offensive PG when you can't do anything within 10 feet of the rim (including both scoring and creating for others) and you rely almost completely on your jumper to score for yourself. Also, almost all of his assists come from swinging the ball on the perimeter rather than from penetration leading to very high percentage shots.
His upside is minimal because it is completely reliant on his jumper becoming elite. He's never going to be even an acceptable finisher in the paint or the type of guy that can up his value by drawing fouls. He is useless finishing with his left and he doesn't even attempt to finish with his right. Because he's such a pansy within 10 feet, he's never going to be the type that can attack the rim and create for others.
He's also never going to become a top notch defender because of his build and the fact that he is a pussy. He's also not a big threat on the break because he can't finish over anyone (or with either hand) or draw a foul so the best case scenario on the break in terms of him scoring is, guess what, a jumper.
The reason he's only marginally improved at best since his rookie year is the fact that the only part of the game he can really improve upon is his jumper, and he actually already shoots it at a solid level given how often he shoots off the dribble.
In short, Baddy has almost no upside. At his current level of play he's only marginally useful since he doesn't create easy looks for others and he is poor at creating offense for himself.
He's like a smaller, pussified Derek Fisher. His best role would be a Derek Fisher type role when Fisher was younger, but Baddy thinks he's a billion times better than that.