Brandon Jennings has spent the 2017/18 season in China, but with the CBA regular season over, the veteran guard hopes to get an opportunity to return to the NBA. Speaking to Alberto De Roa of HoopsHype, Jennings says he’s currently working out in Los Angeles to stay in shape in case a team calls.
As recently as the 2015/16 season, Jennings was earning more than $8MM in the NBA, but after this year’s stint in China, he recognizes that he can’t afford to be too selective when it comes to NBA contract offers. Jennings told De Roa that he’d be fine with signing a 10-day deal this season.
“That’s something I will probably have to take anyways with the circumstances that I’m in,” Jennings admitted. “That definitely would be something that I would be down for, of course. I’m 28, I want to play until I’m 35. I’m fully healthy from my Achilles injury and things like that. So I just want the opportunity.”
Prior to going down with a torn Achilles in January 2015, Jennings had averaged 16.6 PPG in over 400 career regular season games. However, he didn’t look like the same player after the injury, recording just 7.0 PPG in part-time roles for the Pistons, Magic, Knicks, and Wizards.
During his time in China, Jennings posted 27.8 PPG, 6.8 APG, and 5.1 RPG for the Shanxi Brave Dragons. Despite a roster that featured fellow NBA veteran Luis Scola in China though, Jennings’ Shanxi squad failed to qualify for the CBA playoffs, finishing with a 16-22 record. It remains to be seen if Jennings’ play overseas will earn him a spot on an NBA roster in 2017/18, or whether he’ll have to wait until the offseason to renew his efforts to sign a new contract.
I would take him back in MILLWAUKEE on a 10 day deal
I disagree. Glad the Bucks shipped him out when they did. Career 38% shooter who needs the ball in his hands isn’t what they need. They could use more of a quality catch and shoot type.
In Jennings defense, the teams he has been on have required him to be a score first guard. Not sure if he could adapt his game to fit another style or not, but he hasn’t had to in the past.
If I were the T-Wolves I would take him on this year and hope to parlay his time this year into a cheap multi year deal. With so much money heading Towards Wiggins and Towns (and needing to soon make a decision on Butler), they have to fill the roster around them with cheap options. Jennings could fit the mold as a low risk/middling reward signing.
I agree. Probly can get him signed dirt cheap
You’re dead on with the 38% shooting. If you looked up INEFFICIENT BASKETBALL Jennings picture should be there.
I mean good God, I could shoot 38% in the NBA. Not to mention I don’t recall him ever being known as a winner of any sorts. He doesn’t bring any Dellavadova, Marcus Smart intangibles to the table.
I mean geez, he couldn’t even take his China team to the playoffs.
I wonder if he could help my YMCA team win our league championship. Probably not.
Nature Boy, you would not shoot 38% in the NBA, so let’s just put that to rest. Brandon Jennings is just so much better at basketball than you are, and I have a sneaking suspicion that he would probably make a sizeable difference on your Y squad…maybe even luck into a starting spot. I hope if you are a player coach on your Y squad, and that you can successfully recruit Brandon to play for you, that you kindly take a seat on the pine or even if you can’t recruit Brandon, that you take a seat on the pine. Good talk son.
I hope he lands a job