AI the 2nd Still Has Much To Learn

A lot of people have jumped on the Jennings bandwagon lately, me not being one of those people. Probably because he reminds me too much of Allen Iverson. I don’t hate either player, they’re exciting to watch, and their passion is evident, but basketball is a team game.

Jennings is playing phenomenal, something that any casual NBA fan probably would have heard by now, but tonight’s game against Nowitzki and the Mavericks showed us exactly why he’s not ready to step into the next level. Don’t get me wrong, AI is a HOFer, and at the pace Jennings is going, he probably will be too, but he needs to build some trust with his team. He needs to quit acting like he’s the only reason the Bucks are winning, seemingly undermining the fact that there are four other guys with the same jersey on the floor. You’re looking great now, Jennings, but are you seeing how AI’s career is concluding? Don’t want that do you? Star players need to be selfish to an extent because they need it in them to drive that fire to win games when they’re on the line, but Jennings really forced the action tonight. He hit some big shots, Nowitzki hit a real huge one at the end of the game, but Jennings just tried too hard, chucked up really dumb 3s, completely ignored open teammates, and that’s what really cost the Bucks the game. Remember Kobe and the selfish tags put on him? He used to play the exact same way, and while he was seen as a very talented player, he was yet to be considered to arguably be one of the best to ever play the game outside of the Lakers huddle. Changed that, and now look at the guy’s status.

Granted, Redd is injured, and Jennings' only other real reliable offensive option is Andrew “Bogans” (Jennings doesn’t even know his own teammates names lol), so we have yet to see how he would play around an adequate supporting cast. The problem though is we’re not just seeing this on the court. Jennings bitched about needing to go to college before the NBA and decided to go overseas instead of reading a couple of books (Doesn’t matter though because he’s a basketball star and that’s his life, right?— Such a sad society, isnt it?—). The kid has “it”, the problem is the attitude and approach to the game. He needs to check himself to see if he’s either going to go down the path of AI, or to step into the next level and get into the conversation of the truly elite guards like Kobe, Magic, MJ, Kidd, etc. etc.

What’s your opinion on B.J. ? Wow, that is a rather unappealing nickname, especially in today's society.