Jennings Impresses at Warriors Workout
We called for some action from Brandon Jennings and it sounds like the kid had some workout 
in Golden State. He wanted to show them, admittedly, that he was pass-first, and this effort could have serious ramifications as to who the Warriors take in the draft. A true PG is a huge need for them. Here is the report from the always-steady Tim Kawakami.
Finger point to Stevie G for the link…
“…Media members were not allowed in during the workout, but Jennings and Flynn both said that it was a good, tough session, mainly going at each other with several other players to help the Warriors get a full-court flow.
* Just judging by their descriptions, sounds like Jennings might’ve had the edge–Flynn graciously allowed that Jennings was very fast and very tough to guard.
Jennings said he just wanted to show the Warriors that he was a pass-first PG…”
Here’s a snippet from Jennings Q&A.
“… Are you ready to run an NBA team? Will that take some time?
-JENNINGS: No, I don’t think it’ll take any time. I have a year under my belt playing professional basketball. So I know what a team needs. And I know the type of situations that a team gets into.
-Q: What are you trying to show?
-JENNINGS: That I can run a team. That I’m a pure point guard. You know, everybody thinks I’m a shoot-first point guard. But I’m really just a pure pass-first point guard.
-Q: You think you fit next to Monta Ellis?
JENNINGS: Oh, heck yeah. Monta, he fits my game. He runs and I run. Put us two together, you might have greatness.
It’d be kind of scary for the opponent, because we’d just get after it. Then you’d have to try to guard both of us coming back down.
-Q: Did you guard any bigger guys when you were in Italy?
-JENNINGS: Yes, a little bit. At practice all the time. The three-man is about 6-5, 6-6, so those are the types of guys I had to go against sometimes.
-Q: How hard was it to guard Flynn today?
-JENNINGS: Challenging. It was a real challenge. But I held my own. I think I did pretty good today.
-Q: How much did you learn by going to Italy?
-JENNINGS: I had to mature real fast because, as you know, I was with grown men every day. So I had to take care of my responsibilities. It was a challenge at first. It was ups and downs. But I did what I had to do.
-Q: Feel it was the correct decision?
-JENNINGS: Oh yes, the experience was great on and off the court. I learned a lot about life. We don’t know how good we have it until you get out of your comfort zone and go to another place. The experience was great. I wouldn’t change it for anything.
Just playing with grown men every day. Fighting for my job. It’s a job now, so everybody wants to eat. It was the right decision.
-Q: Are you a better player now?
-JENNINGS: I’m more mature than I think the other guys because of the year that I had in Europe. Not even playing, going through that, ups and downs… I think have the upper hand on some of these guys…”
Also, check out the video of the Wizards workout. Interesting that the Wiz, who are rumored to be shopping the 5 pick, would disclose the workouts.
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