Brew Hoop: Rookie Mistake By Jennings

As great as Brandon Jennings has been at times this year, sometimes we forget that he’s just a 20-year old rookie. As SB Nation’s Bucks blog Brew Hoop notes, the end to last night’s Wizards-Bucks game was yet another example of him showing his inexperience.

You don’t need to jump very high to block Earl Boykins.

I am typing to you, not some giant NBA’er.

And so another rookie lesson learned. Brandon Jennings was caught with his feet off the ground, caught with his defensive judgment just off with a second to go in a tied game.

Whether a preseason-pessimest or offseason-optimist, we all figured it would be an up-and-down adventure on this Jennings ride, and it was just that in the final ten seconds of regulation: After all, the rook’ had just nailed a clutch three to tie the game prior to his foul.

Still, on a night when he was outplayed by his backup (about him…), Jennings wanted the ball, the shot on his team’s final possession. And he made it count.

But while much of the pregame focus centered on Washington’s Big Three, Bogut, and Jennings, everyone looked right past and right over old friend Earl Boykins. So Boykins worked the fourth quarter pick-n-roll with Brendan Haywood into a win.

And just like that, one of the East’s most pleasant surprises (9-8 Milwaukee) stand just a couple in front of one of the disappointments (7-10 Washington).

The rookie mistakes keep happening for Jennings, and the Bucks’ record is sliding back to where we all thought it would be. He’ll grow through them, but it’s important to keep perspective and not go crazy over the kid just yet.