Jennings "Rubio is all hype"

[STOMP]

Draft Express currently has him going at 11 (as does NBADRAFT.net). They also have him rated 6th among PGs.

By all accounts he does have great speed/quickness. So does Telfair. His size is suspect (probably why he skipped the combine) and he has yet to prove he can actually QB a team against high level competition.

draftexpress isn't an NBA club. They are a free website in the business of generating hits so they vary their ratings of players regularly (just like all the draft sites do) so their users keep coming back to see the latest. I recall one of those sites had him at #3 overall less then 2 weeks ago. At the end of the day their ratings of player's draft position factors nada into actual draft position, but at least the day of the draft their ratings are their best guesses and not done purely to excite draftniks.

I've seen Jennings play and he sure didn't strike me as sub 6' alla Telfair. Dude appears to have a wide wingspan as well. I don't think his size will limit him like Sebastian's did/does... but like ST his jumper is a legit concern.

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[Rastapopoulos]

My impression of Jennings is that he's unbelievably quick, looks to score but has good to very good floor vision. He's VERY slight, though. My comparison would be a young Rafer Alston with better coaching at an early age. Total ballhog, but very talented.

 

[TehChad]

I'll be the first to admit that I haven't seen Ricky play that much, but I do remember watching him in the gold medal game vs. the US. The kid played great, and I believe he was only 17 at the time. I think CP3 even gave high praise to Rubio after the game.

If you ask me, Rubio has a great chance to be an all-star in this league within a short period of time.

 

[SnakeOiler]

If you ask me, Rubio has a great chance to be an all-star in this league within a short period of time.

No way, never gonna happen. Rubio is not an all star. Never will be. He is a young Sergio with less skill. There are many many players in the NBA that have far more skill and never get to be an All-Star. No way Rubio does it.

 

[SteelBlaze1]

No way, never gonna happen. Rubio is not an all star. Never will be. He is a young Sergio with less skill. There are many many players in the NBA that have far more skill and never get to be an All-Star. No way Rubio does it.

I know very little about Rubio, but the kid is 18 years old...How long before you expect him to be an All-Star? How long did it take Kobe (who cam in the NBA at 18)...I don't remember, but I think it was 3-4 years.

If Rubio can't shoot (as they say) and gets drafted by a bad team...he probably will not make the All-Star team anytime soon.

That doesn't mean I am against drafting him, but I think you are way over-valuing him.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

No way, never gonna happen. Rubio is not an all star. Never will be. He is a young Sergio with less skill. There are many many players in the NBA that have far more skill and never get to be an All-Star. No way Rubio does it.

Wow. You must have been able to see Ricky Rubio play a ton to make that assertion. Which games did you watch? Can you give us more details of what all you've seen? I'm really interested in hearing your POV and expertise!

Anxiously waiting,

The Cat

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I know very little about Rubio, but the kid is 18 years old...How long before you expect him to be an All-Star? How long did it take Kobe (who cam in the NBA at 18)...I don't remember, but I think it was 3-4 years.

It was less, I'm pretty sure. But he came in on a good team, and moreover one that, at the time, was pretty stacked with guards (with Eddie Jones starting ahead of him). Unless, as seems less and less likely, we trade up for him, he'll end up on a very sucky team (probably Sacramento) with as many minutes as he can handle.

If Rubio can't shoot (as they say) and gets drafted by a bad team...he probably will not make the All-Star team anytime soon.

1. His non-shooting is overrated. He shoots fine from 3 and FTs
2. How long did it take Jason Kidd?

 

[RickyRubio]

yeah spanish league starter in the playoffs....vs bench warmer in the italian league playoffs.....yeah.

Rubio has been on the Spanish team for years. Of course they are going to start him. Jennings is a 1st year player who is leaving the team after he uses them to skip college.

Read the sig please.

 

[Uther TheGardener]

which proves my point that Rubio has done more than jenning ever has,,,,

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Only thing is I wish we had the chance like some of the euro players have. They go pro at 16. We can't do that. They have he upper hand.

With my comment bout Rubio, im just tryin hype the draft up a lil, make the summer league something everybody wanna see.

I think its gon be a good for both of us this summer too see were we both at. I mean I can't wait. Too play everyone

One more thing, I went overboard about the Rubio thing, I was wrong for saying he's all hype that's not fair. I was wrong, I guess I just wanna compete against the best. But off the court the kid is a great guy. I will never disrespect him, I just like too go against the best

All the lotterys PG's should say there the best PG in the draft. If somebody ask ricky if he's the best PG I hope he says he is.

http://twitter.com/bjennings3

I don't see any of our Blazers ever acting like this. Do you? He's now backtracking. I think it's safe to say that he won't be a Blazer. These actions just don't fit the personalities on the team.

 

[Ed O]

No way, never gonna happen. Rubio is not an all star. Never will be. He is a young Sergio with less skill. There are many many players in the NBA that have far more skill and never get to be an All-Star. No way Rubio does it.

Seriously... what Rubio have you been watching?

Less skill than Sergio?

Haha.

Ed O.

 

[STOMP]

http://twitter.com/bjennings3

I don't see any of our Blazers ever acting like this. Do you? He's now backtracking. I think it's safe to say that he won't be a Blazer. These actions just don't fit the personalities on the team.

I doubt he'll be a Blazer for a few reasons (yet another rookie PG/questionable J/dominates the ball/projected much higher then Portland is selecting)...but I don't really know enough about his personality to hazard a guess if it's a positive or negative.

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[hasoos]

First of all I don't understand why folks are shocked that Brandon Jennings is a confident person. I haven't met an NBA player yet who isn't confident. Some of them are a little more cocky, some of them are a little bit more humble. But every single one of them feels they can go out and play better than the next guy. So what is the big deal?

Considering none of the players mentioned in this talk will be in a Blazer uniform, I see it matters little.