Brandon Jennings has not been shy about blazing his own way. After starting at Compton Dominguez High School (which has its own problems recently), he transferred to basketball powerhouse Oak Hill Academy for graduation. He took the Tim Floyd college path, signing up with USC and then Arizona for college before failing the entrance exam and heading to Europe for his forced sabbatical before the 2009 NBA Draft.
(No, it was a different word…)
Therefore, no one should show a bit of shock that Jennings has shown a penchant for holding strong opinions and then sharing them through the Interwebs. That’s why the newest Buck’s latest words about his “n****” Scott Skiles, those “n*****” Knicks fans, and the “bum-a** n****” Like Ridnour. (Hey, he wasn’t going to learn more English in Greece during his winter abroad.)
The exchange happened on Webcam between Jennings and alleged rapper Joe Budden with Jennings on speakerphone. (THE SPORTING NEWS is clear that we can’t be sure it’s Jennings, but Jennings posted on his suddenly-defunct Twitter page that he would be doing something online with Budden online at the time this was recorded.)
That’s right; the formerly expressive Jennings has disappeared from the Internet, probably to be micromanaged and kept on message for the next three years. Let’s hope this is merely temporary while a thesaurus is shipped to his new Milwaukee home.
5:32 pm on June 28th, 2009
I just the read the transcript at Sporting News. According to that transcript it was BUDDEN who made the comments about Ridnour. Your post implies Jennings was talking bad about his teammate, but this is not the case.
All Jennings said was that Ridnour was the other guard and going to be his backup. Budden was the one who called him the bum and that "they aint got no other guards."
In fact Budden was the one saying most of the "N" words in response to Jennings's responses.
Great post
5:51 pm on June 28th, 2009
I felt it was enough of a give and take to combine them, but I respect your point of view. Thanks for taking the time to make your point here so others can come to their own conclusions as well.