Brandon Jennings vs. Jonny Flynn

We may need some things to go our way, then. The hope is that Rubio falls to the fourth pick and that the Timberwolves go with Evans or something since Curry will probably go fifth to the Wizards.

Please explain…

Brandon Jennings is more of a Tony Parker/Allen Iverson type of player where he uses his speed, handles and quickness to get by his opponent.

Jonny Flynn is somewhat of a Chauncey Billups/Baron Davis type of player where he utilizes his size and strength to keep running the offense like a fast rolling boulder. The problem here is that he’ll probably never be as good as those two since he’s way too short. I look at him more as another Will Bynum (with better passing).

Tony Parker or Devin Harris is probably a best case scenario for Brandon Jennings (maybe he’s more pass-orientated if you believe the talk, less so if you look at the stats). He could also very well end up being in that Aaron Brooks to Mike Conley level depending on how well he finishes inside like Parker or is able to fool refs with flopping like Harris. maybe closest to a Damon Stoudamire type if his jump shot improves.

Jonny Flynn is probably going to be more like Raymond Felton or Kyle Lowry. Though he’s physically built like a taller, but less athletic, slower version of Nate Robinson.

Jrue looks like Kirk Hinrich without a jump shot. he’s going to have to work to get his jump shot close to Hinrich’s & become an efficient post up PG to surpass Hinrich. Though his defense is questionable against PGs, if you believe what you hear out of the Toronto workout vs Flynn (though Flynn apparently couldn’t guard Holiday either & the Kings workout vs Jennings. He didn’t fare to well against Harden either – the worst is on the crucial position (about 5 minutes into the clip), Harden blows by Holiday for what amounts to a lay up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmk4I3WTDrc&feature=related

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/2009/06/so-who-won-the.html#more

As Franchise wrote yesterday, Flynn is uber-athletic and attacks the rim relentlessly. In 3-on-3 drills he got anywhere he wanted on the court and was extremely aggressive getting to the cup despite having the longer and bigger Holiday matched up against him. Flynn’s passing ability was also on display in the 3-on-3 drills where he constantly made the smart play and created some easy looks for his teammates.

http://www.hooplife.ca/raptorshq/viewHQArticle.php?id=717

I think I liked these prospects more when I knew less about them. out of the 3, I would probably take Holiday even though he’s at least a 2 year project player & his assist to TO ratio is suspect (playing out of position shouldn’t affect your ability to make good decisions) b/c of his size. or if Curry’s still available & you don’t mind that Mo Williams/Bibby style of PG – though he could be closer to Ridnour or Blake.

trading down for Lawson looks more appetizing even w/ the questions of his stubby arms resulting in his passes being deflected at the NBA level & that he might not be able to get his set shot like jump shot off as well as he was able to in college against NBA length – especially off the dribble & the questions of defending & finishing at the NBA level due to only having above avg athleticism. i prefer to have a guy at PG who makes good decisions and i’m not buying all the “product of the system” claims that pundits are pointing to.

Imagine this scenario:

3.) Oklahoma City Thunder — Ricky Rubio, PG/Spain
4.) Sacramento Kings — Brandon Jennings, PG/United States of America
5.) Washington Wizards — Stephen Curry, PG/Washington
6.) Minnesota Timberwolves — Tyreke Evans, PG/Memphis

lame.

the truth is we really don’t know.

apparently, Jennings actually thinks Rubio is pretty good by what he wrote in his blog after the actual game – he even gets the #’s from the game right & mentions Rubio is coming off a wrist injury.
http://blog.underarmour.com/wheninrome/2008/12/12/barcelona-spain-trip-euro-league-game/

he mentions a CP3 vs Deron type rivalry & admits on twitter that he was hyping things up as well. a
http://twitter.com/BJennings3/status/2148816857

From the highlights you can at least tell that Rubio is a pretty crafty player & definitely knows how to read situations, (unlike Lebron) he knows how to go off the pick and how to split the double. Again, they are highlights, but he looks Stockton-like running pick and roll. as long as he has any sort of jump shot to keep defenders honest, he’s probably going to be a pretty good pass 1st PG.

the other ? marks offensively are outside of shooting will be his ability to make good decisions, whether he can go 1 on 1, and whether he’ll find a way to finish inside (or at least trick refs a la Maggette).

the defensive side is the biggest unknown. will he be a Nash like liability? you can tell he has good anticipation in the passing lanes, but the highlights seem to indicate that he has a tendency to reach & go for steals. and he’ll probably be Marco like in his ability to block shots.

at least he’s shown he’s a willing rebounder fin Europe since over his career he’s been about 5-6 per 40 minutes (Marco was 2-3 rebounds per 40 in Europe (he’s been the same over here)) which is pretty good from the PG position.

i’d be pretty surprised if he turned into an outright Kwame or Darko level bust. i’d say the worst case scenario is “Nash w/o a jump shot” or “Jason Kidd minus the athleticism”. and let’s not forget that Rubio would have been a HS senior, not a college freshman.