Bucks vs Cavaliers (12.06.09)

[LarBrd33]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

[Kiorrik]

West with 20 points and going to the line for 2 more. Williams has 11, LeBron 10, and 10 assists. 94.7% from the FT line, 55.6% from the 3. They're looking good (doh, it's the bucks) and I'm loving Delonte. Can't we get him (back?) he's awesome.

[Kiorrik]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Season aint over yet. He's up at 22 points in this game, on 9 of 22 shooting (meh.)

[Fafnir]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

[LarBrd33]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

[Kiorrik]

Btw, it's games like this one here that make me absolutely and unconditionally love my Celtics. They are the absolute and utter bomb. They are the alpha, the omega and whatever came out of those two. They are the ultimate uncontested awesomest squad in the whole world.

I, love, the Celtics. Nearly as much as I love my gal

[LarBrd33]

Hopefully on Tuesday Jennings is still sucking it up so we can easily walk over the Bucks.

[Kiorrik]

Wouldn't mind winning *while* he was having a good game.

[Fafnir]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

They have about the same ratio, but Westbrook turns it over a good deal more. TOV% 12.7 TOV% 17.8

Considering their teams offensive talent, and how many more shot attempts Jennings is taking I think that he's a notch lower than Westbrook on the "killing your teams with turnovers" ranking.

He'll kill them with bad shots, but we already knew that he couldn't stay so hot forever.

[LarBrd33]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

They have about the same ratio, but Westbrook turns it over a good deal more. TOV% 12.7 TOV% 17.8

Considering their teams offensive talent, and how many more shot attempts Jennings is taking I think that he's a notch lower than Westbrook on the "killing your teams with turnovers" ranking.

He'll kill them with bad shots, but we already knew that he couldn't stay so hot forever.

Has anyone noticed that Tyreke Evans is actually outperforming Jennings this season?   At some point during Jenning's dismal play, Evans actually leapfrogged him statistically.  His team has a better record, too.   Methinks it's time to end the Jennings hype and start talking about Evans.

[Fafnir]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

They have about the same ratio, but Westbrook turns it over a good deal more. TOV% 12.7 TOV% 17.8

Considering their teams offensive talent, and how many more shot attempts Jennings is taking I think that he's a notch lower than Westbrook on the "killing your teams with turnovers" ranking.

He'll kill them with bad shots, but we already knew that he couldn't stay so hot forever.

Has anyone noticed that Tyreke Evans is actually outperforming Jennings this season?   At some point during Jenning's dismal play, Evans actually leapfrogged him statistically.  His team has a better record, too.   Methinks it's time to end the Jennings hype and start talking about Evans.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=TnSMG

Pretty close overall, though if Jennings doesn't come out of his slump Evans will pull ahead in overall production.

[Bahku]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

They have about the same ratio, but Westbrook turns it over a good deal more. TOV% 12.7 TOV% 17.8

Considering their teams offensive talent, and how many more shot attempts Jennings is taking I think that he's a notch lower than Westbrook on the "killing your teams with turnovers" ranking.

He'll kill them with bad shots, but we already knew that he couldn't stay so hot forever.

Has anyone noticed that Tyreke Evans is actually outperforming Jennings this season?   At some point during Jenning's dismal play, Evans actually leapfrogged him statistically.  His team has a better record, too.   Methinks it's time to end the Jennings hype and start talking about Evans.

I agree ... I love Evans, but was never very crazy about Jennings and all the hype ... I hope he stays on the right track and starts getting a little more of the recognition that he deserves. (TP)

[LarBrd33]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

Jennings still doesn't turn it over quite like Westbrook thus far at least, that's how Westbrook consistently kills the thunder. Turns it over like he wants to be Monta Ellis...

They have about the same assist/turnover ratio. 

Jennings is actually having a nice bounce-back game right now.  9-22 is pretty solid.  41% shooting looks awfully nice after shooting 30% over the last 7 games.

They have about the same ratio, but Westbrook turns it over a good deal more. TOV% 12.7 TOV% 17.8

Considering their teams offensive talent, and how many more shot attempts Jennings is taking I think that he's a notch lower than Westbrook on the "killing your teams with turnovers" ranking.

He'll kill them with bad shots, but we already knew that he couldn't stay so hot forever.

Has anyone noticed that Tyreke Evans is actually outperforming Jennings this season?   At some point during Jenning's dismal play, Evans actually leapfrogged him statistically.  His team has a better record, too.   Methinks it's time to end the Jennings hype and start talking about Evans.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=TnSMG

Pretty close overall, though if Jennings doesn't come out of his slump Evans will pull ahead in overall production.

http://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Efficiency.jsp?league=00&season=22009&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=9&splitScope=GAME&qualified=N&yearsExp=0&splitDD=All%20Teams

Well the teams have the same record, basically... I'm assuming the Kings will lose to the Heat tonight.  

Evans is just slightly ahead of Jennings in efficiency.   We'll see how he does tonight.  I'm gonna say Evans is the frontrunner for ROY (Jennings numbers are going to sink once his coach tells him to stop jacking up shots... I'm expected a few 8-12 point games soon) ...  

...Until Blake Griffin shows up, at least.

[Fafnir]

Meh I'm not a fan of the NBA's "efficiency" stat. I do agree that it'll predict hype.

[scoop]

i'll reiterate what I said in the other Jennings thread.

I really feel bad for Bucks fans.  They were on top of the world.  They were all convinced they had the next great NBA superstar.   

Then they go and drop 7 of 8... fall under .500... and Jennings turns out to be a shorter version of Russell Westbrook.   Still a nice player, but I bet there are a lot of people who want to return those season tickets.

You shouldn't. They used the 10th pick to draft a 19 years old PG who's having one of the best rookie seasons for a PG in the last decade and has a great work ethic. Feel bad for the Knicks fans or for the Grizzlies fans or whatever.