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Template:Infobox Euroleague Player Brandon Jennings (born September 23, 1989 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1] tall point guard. As of April 2009, he is with the Italian League club Lottomatica Roma. Jennings is also the first pro basketball player to be sponsored by Under Armour.

He is the cousin of Marcus Williams, former point guard of the Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, and formerly of the University of Connecticut.

High school

Jennings began playing at Dominguez High School in Compton, California. Before his junior year, Jennings transferred to basketball powerhouse Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.

In his senior year of high school, Jennings averaged 32.7 points, 7.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 13.7 steals per game and set the school record for points in a season. This performance earned him some of high school basketball’s most prestigious awards: the 2008 Naismith High School Basketball Player of the Year, 2007-08 Gatorade Player of the Year (Virginia), 2008 Parade Magazine Player of the Year and 2008 EA Sports Player of the Year.

He led his 2006-2007 team to a 41-1 record and the top ranking in the USA Today Super 25 list of high school teams.[2]

College plans

In August 2006, Jennings said he would join the USC Trojans.

On April 24, 2007, he decided instead to join the Arizona Wildcats, citing Arizona's quality academic faculty and his desire to play with Jerryd Bayless. (Bayless left after one season to enter the 2008 NBA Draft.) [3]

In November 2007, SLAM Magazine’s third edition of PUNKS featured Jennings on the cover along with three other top-rated high school guards (Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Lance Stephenson). [4][5]

In June 2008, Jennings announced that he was considering becoming the first American to skip college to play professionally in Europe. The NBA requires players to be at least 19 years old and one year removed from high school before entering the league, meaning that Jennings could not enter the 2008 NBA draft. Jennings has declared that his goal is to play in the NBA and that playing overseas instead of at an American college may be his best route to gain experience and make money until he is eligible to join the NBA. [6].

At the time, Jennings was ranked as the No. 1 prospective college freshman by Scout.com [7], No. 1 by ESPN.com[8] and No. 4 by Rivals.com [9].

Pro career

On July 16, 2008, Jenings signed with Lottomatica Roma of the Italian Lega A. [10] The contract he signed with Roma was for $1.65 million net pay guaranteed [11] and after earning the contract with Lotomatica, Under Armour gave Jennings a $2 million contract[12] to showcase their products in the Euroleague. Jennings is the first player to play for a European team rather than play for a college team since the NBA's age restriction was implemented.

In the team's first 25 games of the Italian Lega A 2008-09 season, Jennings is averaging 5.8 points and 2.3 assists per game in 18.1 minutes per game.[13] In 16 Euroleague games, Jennings averaged 7.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.2 steals in 19.6 minutes per game. He shot 38.7 percent from the field and 26.8% from 3 point range.[14]

Awards and accomplishments

  • 2005 Press Telegram Freshmen Player of the Year
  • Named the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Les Schwab Invitational Tournament
  • Co-MVP of the 2006 Elite 24 Hoops Classic
  • Co-MVP of the 2007 Elite 24 Hoops Classic (with Tyreke Evans)
  • 2007 Las Vegas Easter Classic Most Valuable Player
  • 2007 NBAPS Top 100 High School Camp Best Playmaker
  • 2007 The Goazcats.com Showdown Most Valuable Player
  • 2008 Naismith Male Player of the year
  • 2007-08 Gatorade Player of the year Virginia
  • 2008 Parade Magazine Player of the Year
  • 2008 EA SPORTS National Player of the Year
  • 2007-08 MaxPreps National Player of the Year
  • 2008 Jordan Brand Classic Most Valuable Player for the East
  • No. 1 rated senior by ESPN (2008)
  • No. 1 rated senior by Van Coleman Hoopmaster (2008)
  • No. 1 rated senior by Clark Franics Hoopscoop (2007 and 2008)
  • No. 1 rated senior by Dave Telep Scout.com 2008

References

  1. ^ Virtus Roma player profile 185 cm (6'1" in) in height.
  2. ^ Halley, Jim. "Super 25: Oak Hill Academy starts season on top". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-12-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Pascoe, Bruce (2007-04-24). "Jennings took long route to Arizona. But he hit a bump in the road when Jeff Betscher beat him 21-10 in 1 v 1". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2007-12-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Zagoria, Adam (2007-11-09). "The best high school guards in America". SLAM Magazine. Retrieved 2007-12-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Brandon Jennings Signs With Under Armour
  6. ^ Rhoden, William (2008-06-23). "Old World Lesson for the New N.B.A." The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting". Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  8. ^ Watson, Jason. "ESPN - No. 1 prospect Jennings won't rest after successful summer". Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  9. ^ "Rivals.com Prospect Rankings". Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  10. ^ Jennings goes pro, signs with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma.
  11. ^ ESPN article $1.65 million.
  12. ^ Jennings signed a $2 million contract with Under Armour.
  13. ^ Brandon Jennings Italian League profile and stats.
  14. ^ Euroleague.net Brandon Jennings Official Player Profile.


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