You are right I am bored. I got a ton of my reading for school out of the way last night(amazing what can be done when you don't sleep), did my inventory and placed my PO's and did my A.P. And the phones are quiet so I am bored.
Second, it's rather strange the credit you give Jennings for "helping lead" the Bucks into the playoffs. Let's take a look at some before and after stats for the date Feb 1st 2010:
(Nick put lots of stats here)
So....you want us to believe that the Milwaukee late season surge that got them into the playoffs and a 5th seed was led by Jennings who coincidentally had a sizable reduction of minutes, shot worse, scored substantially less points, and was generally on a per minute basis much more ineffective? Yet the guy you don't believe in on the Atlanta team, Luke Ridnour, who happened to be jennings backup on the real Bucks had the following stats pre and post Feb 1st:
{Nick put some more stats here)
So the guy, Ridnour, who during the period where the Bucks surged into the playoffs, on a per minute basis, shot the ball better than Jennings, passed the ball better than Jennings, scored more than Jennings and overall played much, much better than Jennings and was the steadying influence on the team during their surge is the guy you DON't believe in as a PG and Jennings is a player you trust?
Dang good thing you have LeBron to play point forward because I'm not sure your trust in PGs can be trusted.
Wow. You cherry picking, stat skewing, fact distorting, son-of-a-biscuit. Not since the first annual 'Canadian International Dweebs Day" has there been more pure concentrated hosery in one place.
1) If Jennings was soooo terrible, then tell me, why did he start? Why didn't Ridnour's minutes increase? Its because Jennings was THE BETTER PLAYER. He's a better defender, he's a better scorer, and he's just better.
2) I said he HELPED lead. As in, he was PART of the effort that got them to the playoffs. Honestly most of the load goes to Bogut, which I have never disputed. But, if you think Jennings is not the vocal leader of that team, you're nuts. I don't care what stats you have, you're just flat wrong.
By the way the stat that shows over and over again that LeBron playing point forward on the perimeter is a losing formula are all those losses in the playoffs which netted exactly zero championships. If he wants to lead his club to a championship he might want to stop being the ultimate creator for others and his own shot. We'll see this year if that statement is correct but one thing we do know is that him being the point forward is a losing formula when it comes to championships.
Oh come on...by that logic, Dwight Howard as the best player on a team cannot win a championship. By that logic Raymond Felton as a starting point guard can't win a playoff series. Luis Scola as a starting power forward cannot be a champion. It is a ridiculous statement.
Lastly, regarding Milwaukee's stunningly forcing a game seven to a heavily favored 4th seed:
1. Atlanta should not have been heavily favored as Milwaukee was playing some of the best ball in the NBA over the last 2 1/2 months of the season
2. 4th and 5th seeds tend to be closely matched and play close series. It's the nature of being a 4th and 5th seed in an 8 team playoff format
4th and 5th seeds might tend to be closely matched, but you're neglecting something: Andrew Bogut went down with six games to go in the regular season! The Bucks faced a team in the playoffs that had racked up 53 wins during the regular season, good for third in the conference. Even WITH Andrew Bogut, they were only a 46 win team. Without him, there were presumably shot.
Jennings got on his horse in the playoffs and rattled off 18.7 ppg on 41% shooting, and was the leading scorer in 2 of the Bucks' 3 wins.
You keep throwing your stats out, but Jennings body of work speaks for himself.
EDIT: 3rd and sixth than. Even better.
My team is better than yours.
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