Brandon Jennings' 55-Point Effort Last Season Proving to Be a Curse?

Filed under: Bucks

MILWAUKEE -- A year ago, Brandon Jennings wasn't just Milwaukee's best, he was the toast of the NBA.

The Bucks point guard scored 55 points Nov. 14, 2009 at home against Golden State in his seventh NBA game, the most put up by an NBA rookie in nearly 42 years. And at the close of games Nov. 21, 2009, Jennings was averaging 25.3 points in his first 11 games.

But what's happened since? Entering Friday, Jennings had played in 82 regular-season games since then, one entire season, and has averaged 14.4 points. Not bad for an upcoming player but hardly the numbers many began to expect after Jennings' electrifying first NBA month.

"We live, I think, to put it politely, in a pretty foolish world, where somebody does one thing and everybody jumps either on the bandwagon or off the bandwagon,'' said Bucks coach Scott Skiles. "A team can lose two games and everybody wants to know what's wrong with them. A guy has one great game. (Jennings) got off to a great start last year and kind of put himself on the map and everything, but I think it also created unrealistic expectations for a guy that's a very young player.''

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/11/19/brandon-jennings-55-point-effort-last-season-proving-to-be-a-cu/

Miami Heat Bradley Reed Sorenson Stanley Ford Robert La Caze Josh Howard Giovanni Lavaggi Michel Leclere