Jennings to debut vs Knicks 12/29, possibly Tuesday

Todd3 · Post #1 » by **Todd3** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:47 pm

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Todd3 · Post #2 » by **Todd3** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:01 pm

If he gets a D-League run in on Saturday and it goes well, Jennings could be back in uniform as early as Tuesday when the Pistons play at Miami.

http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/jennings-targets-saturday-d-league-return-i-just-want-play

tmorgan · Post #3 » by **tmorgan** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:10 pm

I've never been a huge Jennings fan, but he's been really professional about his rehab and seems to really care about this Pistons team.

Also, I didn't think our bench would be this horrid.

I'm excited about his return.

Spider156 · Post #4 » by **Spider156** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:13 pm

tmorgan wrote:I've never been a huge Jennings fan, but he's been really professional about his rehab and seems to really care about this Pistons team.

Also, I didn't think our bench would be this horrid.

I'm excited about his return.

Because you didn't expect Meeks to get injured. Meeks is our best three point shooter. When he plays, he's capable of lighting it up.

pistontr · Post #5 » by **pistontr** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:32 pm

he will able to be huge for us. lou williams v2.0 for example.

DBC10 · Post #6 » by **DBC10** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:37 pm

^If he can be anywhere near 6moty Lou WIlliams last year, then it really will be huge.

He will singlehandedly carry us to the playoffs with the bench production. Then again, it's an Achilles injury which has killed more careers than revived, so I'm keeping hopes low until otherwise.

Arp590 · Post #7 » by **Arp590** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:59 pm

In addition to this, I didn't know that Meek's timetable was shortened. Wow this team is going to be dangerous. Brandon Jennings and Jodie Meeks off our bench, this team can do some damage. Combine that with less of a workload for KCP, he might actually start making more 3 pointers with his legs under him.

ElectricMayhem · Post #8 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:18 am

DBC10 wrote:Then again, it's an Achilles injury which has killed more careers than revived, so I'm keeping hopes low until otherwise.

Good point. You rarely hear of a player's career being revived by an achilles injury.

Bakuto · Post #9 » by **Bakuto** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:15 am

Arp590 wrote:In addition to this, I didn't know that Meek's timetable was shortened. Wow this team is going to be dangerous. Brandon Jennings and Jodie Meeks off our bench, this team can do some damage. Combine that with less of a workload for KCP, he might actually start making more 3 pointers with his legs under him.

What's Meek's timetable? I think I read January but have no clue.

Arp590 · Post #10 » by **Arp590** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:18 am

Catalysm wrote:
Arp590 wrote:In addition to this, I didn't know that Meek's timetable was shortened. Wow this team is going to be dangerous. Brandon Jennings and Jodie Meeks off our bench, this team can do some damage. Combine that with less of a workload for KCP, he might actually start making more 3 pointers with his legs under him.

What's Meek's timetable? I think I read January but have no clue.

I think early January, I read that he could possibly play in the D-League shortly after Jennings.

DBC10 · Post #11 » by **DBC10** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:52 am

ElectricMayhem wrote:
DBC10 wrote:Then again, it's an Achilles injury which has killed more careers than revived, so I'm keeping hopes low until otherwise.

Good point. You rarely hear of a player's career being revived by an achilles injury.

Lol, you know what I meant. Killed more than being back to normal? English is hard...

DetroitPistons · Post #12 » by **DetroitPistons** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:43 am

Our bench has been better lately. Adding Jennings could take the bench to an even higher level. Lately, our bench has been good enough to keep us in games but with Jennings our bench may actually be able to extend leads against teams. If so, that will be HUGE for us.

Spider156 · Post #13 » by **Spider156** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:11 am

I can't wait. We'd have 3 legit guards that can score the ball. I'm kind of glad he's been out so far. We've been doing well without him and as of late KCP has found iso ball to be good for him. Would he benefit from Jennings returning? I know everyone else will. Should be fun to see what happens.

Maker_84 · Post #14 » by **Maker_84** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:11 am

Jennings just need to be able to give Reggie extended rest minutes because you can tell reggie is extremely tired at the end of games and trying to do everything for the team

mattao313 · Post #15 » by **mattao313** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:13 am

Maker_84 wrote:Jennings just need to be able to give Reggie extended rest minutes because you can tell reggie is extremely tired at the end of games and trying to do everything for the team

Reggie plays like 30 min how can he be extremely tired?

Arp590 · Post #16 » by **Arp590** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:45 am

mattao313 wrote:
Maker_84 wrote:Jennings just need to be able to give Reggie extended rest minutes because you can tell reggie is extremely tired at the end of games and trying to do everything for the team

Reggie plays like 30 min how can he be extremely tired?

He leads the league in drives to the basket last time I checked, that's going to tire you out fast.

mattao313 · Post #17 » by **mattao313** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:10 am

Arp590 wrote:
mattao313 wrote:
Maker_84 wrote:Jennings just need to be able to give Reggie extended rest minutes because you can tell reggie is extremely tired at the end of games and trying to do everything for the team

Reggie plays like 30 min how can he be extremely tired?

He leads the league in drives to the basket last time I checked, that's going to tire you out fast.

Eh it's not like we play a fast pace with him, he walks the ball up the court half the time.

srt4b · Post #18 » by **srt4b** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:52 am

I don't think he is tired, he just has that sweaty look to him. His 4th quarters have been phenomenal.

zeebneeb · Post #19 » by **zeebneeb** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:17 am

Man this is great news. With both Jennings and Meeks back this team is going to be really damn good as our starters are amongst the best in the league.

It may take 5-7 games for everyone to get into a flow and for jennings to shake off the mountain of rust he has (that d-league game is a brilliant idea) but after that watch the **** out league.

Jennings is going to make everyone on the bench so much better.

Please come back to at least 80% jennings. Jennings was torturing starting guards right before he got injured. What is he going to do coming off the bench?

Get ready for a huge win streak somewhere around mid January people. It's gonna be awesome.

DetroitSho · Post #20 » by **DetroitSho** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:17 pm

srt4b wrote:I don't think he is tired, he just has that sweaty look to him. His 4th quarters have been phenomenal.

Yeah good point. I've thought of Reggie for awhile now as the Patrick Ewing of point guards. He just sweats more than most.