One NBA executive claims to know exactly why Brandon Jennings dropped all the way to the 10th pick in this past June's draft.

Jennings, who was drafted by Milwaukee, played sparingly for a year overseas before entering the NBA Draft.

"People don't want to talk about it because they don't want to hurt any relationships over there, but the Italians really badmouthed the (heck) out of him," a personnel man told the Boston Herald.

"You should have heard the litany of criticisms from over there. He's overrated. He's too flashy. He's careless with the ball. He can't defend. It was unbelievable. I'm thinking, 'Are they talking about the same kid?'

"We weren't in a position to draft him, but when we talked about him, our European scout started repeating all these things. I couldn't believe it."

Jennings created some concerns of his own with what many teams saw as a flawed shot.

"The main concern we had was his shooting," said an executive from a team that had a lottery pick. "When he came in and worked out, he had a different kind of shot. He always seemed to be off-balance. I thought his shot was broken.

"We could see he had off-the-charts athleticism, but we had some concerns."

Jennings is averaging 21.3 points, 5.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game on 41.4% shooting this season.