I'm sorry, I had to post this.

[BenDavis503]

Brandon Jennings, a rookie, for MVP voting?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?

Let's just say. He keeps it up. Hypothetically. Brandon fucking Jennings wins the MVP. He keeps this up. He is a rookie, averaging 30 a game and takes his team to the ECF. What then, do we say of Brandon Jennings?

Wow!!!!!!!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/awards?page=awards-091117

I am a little tipsy right now, but just seeing his name on the MVP top 10 blows my mind!!!

Thoughts?

 

[Buzz Killington]

Jennings or Durant!?!?!

 

[Deebag]

Oden's in the top 5 for DPOY.

BJ that good? I believe it. LeBron may be the greatest player now, but he's not really a Jordan/Kobe-type player so all those comparisons are void. Jennings, however...

 

[julius]

I'm more blown away that Brandon is in the top 10 of this list right now. His PER is down a chunk from last year (iirc) and he is not playing @ even 2nd team All-NBA level yet, let alone be thought of in the (bloated) MVP race.

 

[cdub503]

wonder what jennings will do to steve blake when we play..... hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[BenDavis503]

I'm more blown away that Brandon is in the top 10 of this list right now. His PER is down a chunk from last year (iirc) and he is not playing @ even 2nd team All-NBA level yet, let alone be thought of in the (bloated) MVP race.

Down from last year?!??!? Huh?! You confuse me so much sometimes lol

 

[julius]

Down from last year?!??!? Huh?! You confuse me so much sometimes lol

I believe Brandons PER last year was 24 or something, and this year he's 19.9. I can't find a link to last years PER, but I swear he was behind only Kobe and Wade for SG's (LeBron if you count him too).

Of course, it's early in the season and he's playing out of position.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I believe Brandons PER last year was 24 or something, and this year he's 19.9. I can't find a link to last years PER, but I swear he was behind only Kobe and Wade for SG's (LeBron if you count him too).

Of course, it's early in the season and he's playing out of position.

You're right. Brandon finished a few hundreths behind Kobe's PER, but Wade and Lebron were otherworldly with PERs at or near 30

 

[Rodolfo]

Europe over a year in college is about to get a lot more popular.

 

[Mediocre Man]

wonder what jennings will do to steve blake when we play..... hmmmmmmmmmmm

He'll foul Oden out in 3 minutes

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

wonder what jennings will do to steve blake when we play..... hmmmmmmmmmmm

I think we put Playless on him, shadow him like a second skin, allow Playless to get his 6 fouls - (so be it) and shut Jennings down.

Spell Playless with Miller, when needed.

Have Blake manage the water bottle for the guys (Jerryd and Andre) and waive a pom-pom every now and then!

 

[mook]

A little depressing that with our vaunted depth, no Blazer candidates for 6th man of the year right now. I'd take Przybilla over a couple of the guys mentioned. But then they never really go with defensive rebounders/shot blockers in this category.

I'd love to see more kids go overseas like Jennings did instead of wasting a year in college. It's probably a lot better for the psychology of the young player to not be "the man" and instead being forced to find a way to fit in. And I like to see players actually paid for their work, instead of being used by the NCAA. I guess I'd feel different if I followed college hoops, but oh well.

Oden might have been better served going to Europe for a year. Get him out of the hype and the pressure and let him focus on developing his game against mature men.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

He'll foul Oden out in 3 minutes

Deploy the old "Box & One" defense!

Bayless chases Jennings around like a dog - and the four corners are defended by Roy / Miller at the top and LMA / Oden down low.

 

[RR7]

I'm gonna echo Mook here, I know it's not the flashy 6th man, and usually the winner is just whoever has the most points off the bench. But Joel definitely deserves some recognition for that award. He's got 7.6 rebounds a game, and 1.5 blocks a game right now. He's just slightly above more rebounds per game than garnett is, and he's doing that in 19 minutes a night.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Deploy the old "Box & One" defense!

Bayless chases Jennings around like a dog - and the four corners are defended by Roy / Miller at the top and LMA / Oden down low.

That might be a little advanced for our coach.

 

[BenDavis503]

I believe Brandons PER last year was 24 or something, and this year he's 19.9. I can't find a link to last years PER, but I swear he was behind only Kobe and Wade for SG's (LeBron if you count him too).

Of course, it's early in the season and he's playing out of position.

You're right. Brandon finished a few hundreths behind Kobe's PER, but Wade and Lebron were otherworldly with PERs at or near 30

Huh?!??! You guys know Brandon Jennings is a rookie, right? So, he cannot have a PER for last year.

lmfao

 

[RR7]

They are talking about Roy.

 

[BenDavis503]

They are talking about Roy.

What is the thread about?

 

[julius]

Huh?!??! You guys know Brandon Jennings is a rookie, right? So, he cannot have a PER for last year.

lmfao

I see the confusion. Sorry, I meant Brandon Roy. I didn't think of the fact that the player you were originally talking about was also named Brandon.

 

[julius]

What is the thread about?

I was going off on how Brandon Roy is included in the list, but I didn't think he deserved it.

I had hoped that the "2nd team all NBA" would've been enough information to let people realize I had changed to Brandon Roy.