Comments on: Improvement at the rim could be big for the Bucks

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:52:05 +0000

Rookies tend to be poor shooters. The encouraging thing about Jennings is that he’s got fantastic stats in rebounds, turnovers, steals, FT%, and 3PT%. Improving FG% at the rim and running a halfcourt set is the easiest thing for a second-year player to do. He had an almost identical rookie season to Derrick Rose, with the only differences being Jennings’ superior defense and 3PT shooting and Rose’s superior 2PT%.

Rose made huge steps last season (though he really should be playing as a small 2 more), and I fully expect Jennings to have a better season than Roses second in the league.

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By: Zeiram

Zeiram — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:13:14 +0000

Wonderful how this post lends itself perfectly to a question I wanted to ask for some time.

Regarding Jennings, how much will he improve his true-shooting and how will he do it (at rim, from 2p, from 3) and how should he do it (if how he should and how he probably will aren´t the same). And lastly how important will that improvement be for the success of the Bucks as a whole.

I think Jennings case is kind of unique in that he has all the small things down already (he isn´t turnover prone, defends well, finds his teammates) but his scoring needs work. Normally rookies with star potential can score but lack the other things.