Rookie Brandon Jennings was named the Eastern Conference NBA player of the week for the week of November 15th after leading the Bucks to 2-0 record for the week, averaging 43.5 points, 7 assists, 4.5 rebounds, while shooting over 60% of his shots (32-53), and 9-10 three point attempts.

Brandon Jennings and the Bucks have played so well that their game this Friday nightat Oklahoma City will be a national telecast on ESPN. The Bucks and Thunder will replace the previously listed matchup of Phoenix at Minnesota.

The Milwaukee Bucks may have lost their season opener to the Sixers, 99-86, but if the first game of the season is any indication, they have a very bright future to look forward to with Brandon Jennings at the point. Jennings, in his first official NBA game, had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists in 34 minutes.

Rookie Brandon Jennings will be the Milwaukee Bucks’ starting point guard on opening night Friday in Philadelphia.

Check out the shoes Brandon Jennings will be wearing his rookie season with the Milwaukee Bucks – the BB Proto 3 “Young Buck.”

The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel has a great article about Brandon Jennings – Getting Ready for the Big Test.

Among the highlights:

• Assistant coach Kelvin Sampson says Jennings’ upside is scary and Bucks’ fans are going to get to where they can’t wait to see the ball in his hands on the break.
• Jennings has been a regular in the informal workouts held by Bucks players this month at the Cousins Center training facility
• Jennings has also been returning at night to work with Sampson, sometimes putting up 1,500 shots during a session.
• Sampson says Jennings’ jumpshot is better than he thought

By not matching the contract to point guard Ramon Sessions, the Bucks have made it clear that 10th overall first round pick, Brandon Jennings will have a big role in his rookie season. Jennings will compete with veteran Luke Ridnour and newly acquired Roko Ukic for the starting point guard position.

The Milwaukee Bucks signed first-round draft pick Brandon Jennings to a two-year contract worth almost $4.5 million on Tuesday.

Jennings was picked 10th overall in June and signed the rookie-scale deal that includes team options for 2011-12 and 2012-13.

The slot for the 10th pick pays at least $3.75 million over two years, but teams can sign players for slightly than the scale. Jennings will make a just over $2.16 million this season and $2.33 million in 2010-11.

“I’m excited to sign my contract and make my NBA career official,” Jennings said. “I look forward to working with Coach (Scott) Skiles and learning everything I can from him, as well as my teammates. I can’t wait to get the season started and contribute to the success of our team.”

Jennings, 19, is expected to be the point guard of the future for the Bucks and general manager John Hammond has repeatedly praised Jennings’ unselfishness. Milwaukee’s other top point guards include Ramon Sessions, who is a restricted free agent and has a qualifying offer from the Bucks, and Luke Ridnour, who has one year left on his contract.

Playing in the summer league in Las Vegas, Jennings led all players in assists (8.2) and steals (3.6) while scoring 14.6 points in the five games.

He chose to play in Italy last season instead of going to college after being the 2008 Naismith Player of the Year as a senior at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. He had committed to play at Arizona, but elected to turn pro and joined Lottomatica Virtus Roma of the Italian League, averaging 5.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 27 games last season.

Jennings learned one lesson shortly after he was drafted when he drew unwanted attention for a profanity-laced and provocative telephone conversation on YouTube that incorrectly discussed his new team’s personnel moves.

He said he didn’t know he was being recorded and shouldn’t have been talking about team business that he didn’t know anything about.

Credit: Associated Press

Bucks 2009 draft pick Brandon Jennings (10th overall) will get a chance to showcase his skills as he joins second year players Joe Alexander and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas. Milwaukee will play five games between July 9 and July 16.

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