[Old General Record] Destiny Abandoned Son: The Bucks’ Light and Regret!

Looking back at the Bucks in their early years, although their performance was not outstanding, they were still a qualified team. From Jabbar and Oscar Robertson in the 1970s, to Nelson's Green Legion in the 1980s, to the Three Musketeers era in the late 1990s, the Bucks have many highlights in history and have won a championship during this period.

However, after the three musketeers broke up in 2002-03 and Ray Allen left the team, the Bucks began to fall into a long reconstruction. During this period, Michael Red took the lead alone, and the rest were either old-fashioned veterans and a bunch of young players trying to transition their careers here.

, once the three-time forward of the Bulls, Starkhouse, who was once known as Jordan's successor, and Stephen Jackson, who won the championship with the Spurs, almost played for the Bucks in the late career. But the embarrassing thing is that these veterans did not completely degenerate when joining, but their combat power advantage was not obvious, which led to the Bucks not being up or down, and it was difficult to get high picks in the draft.

Even though they finally got a high pick, the high-level draft vision was a mess again. In 2007, Yi Jianlian was selected as the sixth pick and Joe Alexander was selected as the eighth pick in 2008. These people became mistakes in the end. When the Bucks selected Brandon Jennings in the 10th pick in 2009, they once gave Milwaukee, who had been dark for a long time, had hope. After all, with the 10th pick at that time, it was impossible for them to choose the No. 1 high school student in the United States.

Jennings, born in Compton, showed his talent early on, but early fans didn't know much about him. It was not until he transferred to Oakhill College, a famous basketball school in high school, that the talent potential of this young man began to be noticed. No one could have thought that he could set a school history record that has not been broken in his senior year: 1,312 points in a single season, 63 points in a single game, and 35.5 points per game.

You should know that this is a famous basketball school that has cultivated NBA stars such as Anthony, Durant, and Starkhouse.

However, when this future star ended his high school career and almost every NCAA team wanted to recruit him, Jennings suddenly announced that he would skip the NCAA and go to the Italian league, waiting for his age to meet the rules before entering the NBA draft. He also became the first NBA player in history to choose to skip college and directly join a European team.

For this trip to Italy, Jennings has basically not made much progress. He averaged 17 minutes per game, and his personal data was only 5.5 points, 2.2 assists, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals, and there was basically nothing outstanding. The above resumes also cast a gloom in this strongest high school student in the United States.

Without the data performance not much reference value, no one dares to bet on him, especially considering that there are excellent defenders such as Curry and Rubio to choose from in the same echelon. But for the Bucks, which have been silent for a long time, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and for Jennings, the same is true.

17 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, this is Jennings's first career debut. Although the team lost, it was a good start for him. In his second career game when he returned to the Bucks' home court, Jennings scored 24 points successfully with a shooting percentage of 60%. Judging from the first 10 games of Jennings' career, he performed quite hotly, averaging 25.2 points, 5.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game, with shooting percentages in the three events being 48.2%, 51.9%, and 74.5%, respectively.

And the best among them is the seventh game against the Warriors. Standing opposite Jennings is the defender in the same echelon: Stephen Curry.

Jennings was not in good shape in the first half, scoring 10 points, and even not scored a single point in the first quarter; Curry, who started from the substitute, played only 8 minutes and scored 7 points; at first glance, it seemed like an ordinary game, until the third quarter...

seemed like a cheat, Jennings was completely different in the third quarter, with 12 of 13 shots and 29 points, leading the team to score 43-26 in the third quarter, turning the gap between the two sides from 8 points behind to 9 points ahead; Jennings, who entered the fourth quarter, still felt hot, and scored another 16 points in the single quarter.

Especially in the last three minutes of the game, the two sides entered a tug-of-warriors Ellis overtook the score in the middle distance, and Jennings immediately returned the score; Warriors forward Magette scored five points in a row and narrowed the gap, and Jennings hit a three-pointer again to expand the score. The above scene continued to be staged. No matter how hard the Warriors tried to get closer, Jennings could always return the opponent. The Bucks defeated the Warriors with 4 points in the end and took away the victory.

Jennings also wrote his name in history with this game, reaching the youngest 50-pointer in history at the age of 20 and 52 days. He is also the highest score in a single game (55 points) for rookies in team history and the highest score in a single quarter (29 points) for rookies in history. After this epic performance, many doubts about him began to gradually disappear.

However, after December, Jennings gradually cooled down, and the flaws that rookies often had gradually emerged. In addition, the main player was limited in attendance, no one in the team shared the offensive pressure, and his personal performance dropped sharply. There were often embarrassing situations where he scored high scores in the previous game and only had single digits in the next game.

Despite this, the Bucks still made it stubbornly to the playoffs, losing after seven games against the Hawks. Although Jennings is remarkable in the playoffs, averaging 18.7 points, 3.6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game in seven games. He was selected for the first team of the Best Rookie in the season and ranked third in the Best Rookie Voting, second only to Evans and Curry.

The following year, Jennings' performance was not much different from the rookie year. His shooting percentage and score were slightly better, but his three-point efficiency and assists declined. With his ups and downs after returning from injury, the Bucks missed the playoffs again, and his lack of stability, poor shooting choices and excessive stickiness began to be exposed.source:7m en