Brandon Jennings arrives to the NBA Draft from Oak Hill Academy via Virtus Roma.  It is a unique path that could become a trend in the coming years due to the age limit rule the NBA implemented with the high school class of 2006, but some of that depends on where Jennings is selected and how successful he is during his first few seasons.

If LeBron James or Greg Oden went to Europe for what would be their freshman season in college, they would still go number one overall, but Jennings is a different case.  He was a top recruit that has been on scouts radars for years, but was on the same level as Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Demar DeRozan, who took the one and done course with major programs.

The experience of playing and living abroad has already seemed to influence his personality and maturity (despite some questionable comments during some pre-draft interviews), but evaluating his game is more difficult than he would have spent his freshman season with Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger in Tucson.

Immediately in the NBA, Jennings will have one of the best and most explosive crossover dribbles.  Whereas James Harden and Tyreke Evans use their size to get into the paint, Jennings uses his quickness.  If he can?t beat his man with his deadly first step, he will use a change of pace dribble.  

He is extremely slippery with the dribble and can get into just about any seam imaginable.  Jennings? dribble moves are almost excessively east/west, which hurts him in certain instances and helps him in others.  

He is a good finisher, with very good in-air body control and can score in traffic.  Jennings can finish well at the rim, but he can also be crafty with the way he uses the glass.

Jennings doesn?t always have the best feel for the second defender, but that is still a trial and error thing that will come naturally when he gets more minutes against non-high school players.

As a perimeter shooter, there is a lot to like even though he unquestionably struggled with his shot in Europe.  He has very good form and has good lift in his jumper.  He will be a really good jump shooter, especially off the dribble and he will be more than competent as a spot-up shooter from distance.

Defensively, Jennings has extremely quick hands and is clearly a disruptive force when motivated.  He is quick and athletic enough to guard the Tony Parkers and Rajon Rondos and he also has enough length to stymie the bigger points.  Jennings sometimes overplays his man and he still needs to find the balance of how much space he can comfortably give.

His quick speed will help him sag down to give help in the post and close back out on kick outs.

He doesn?t appear to have that killer defensive instinct, but if he ends up in a situation where a high level of intensity is demanded, he has enough physical gifts to be highly effective.

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