He scored 55 points in the 7th game of his career, but he once beat Curry, but completely faded out of the NBA at the age of 28!

Although he has been in the NBA for 16 years, when recalling now, the 2009 rookies are indeed a group of newcomers of good quality. Even though most of them have retired, Stephen Curry, James Harden and Demar DeRozan are still active in the NBA and are indispensable core figures in each team. In fact, one of these people had a very impressive performance just after entering the NBA. He even scored 55 points in the seventh game of his career. Until now, his rookie record is still an insurmountable existence. He is Brandon Jennings. However, unlike Harden and Curry, who are now still stronger, he completely faded out of the NBA at the age of 28. So why did Jennings fall so quickly? What happened to him at that time? Let's find out below!

1. A genius in high school, known as the successor of AI.

Time went back to 2009, Jennings, who had not yet entered the NBA, is still a well-known guard in the United States. During his time at the famous Oak Hill High School, he led the school team to an impressive record of 125 wins and 17 losses. He himself had top output of 33.5 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in a single season, and created a school history record of 63 points in a single game, 13 three-pointers, and 1,312 points in a single season. In addition, before graduating from high school, he also received honors such as the Naismith Award and Virginia Best Player. Unfortunately, because his cultural courses are too poor and he cannot meet the basic line required by the NCAA, he chose to play for Roma in the Italian League for one year in order to compete in the NBA. Since then, he has become the first top high school student in NBA history to not participate in college but join the European League. Unfortunately, Roma averaged only 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, which to a certain extent affected his later draft market.

However, even so, after participating in the NBA draft in 2009, he entered the lottery zone and was selected by the Bucks in the 10th pick in the first round. Moreover, in his debut, the young boy scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and soon in the 7th game of his career, he ushered in a crazy outbreak, scoring 29 points in the third quarter, scoring 55 points in the whole game, and finally successfully helped the team defeat the Warriors where Stephen Curry was. After this game, Jennings suddenly became the focus of attention across the United States. He was also a small defender, and he was extremely fast and had a certain shooting. He was also known as the successor of Allen Iverson. And what's even more amazing is that with his help, the Bucks returned to the playoff stage this season. Although he failed to win the Best Rookie Trophy, his average of 15.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game is enough to prove that he is not a parallel player.

2. I was regretfully abandoned by the Bucks, but I was injured during the transition period.

After seeing Jennings' outstanding performance, the Bucks also clarified their thinking, which is to build the team with him as the core. But what is embarrassing is that many players in the same class are improving, but he is always standing still. In fact, Jennings has the ability, but the problem is that he is very self-centered. On the offensive end, he finishes the end by himself most of the time and rarely organizes and drives the team. But even if he was given enough ball rights, it would be difficult for him to convert it into scoring. The most obvious thing was that in the 11-12 season, in order to support Jennings this year, the team did not hesitate to trade Monta Ellis from the Warriors to help him share a certain amount of scoring and defensive pressure. Jennings' data rose, reaching 19.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists, but his shooting and three-point shooting percentages were still only 41.9% and 33.5%. Although he made the playoffs the following year, facing the Heat led by the Big Three, he had no strength to fight back. While being swept, he averaged only 13.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4 assists per game. In the end, the Bucks did not renew his contract and allowed him to leave Milwaukee.

And the subsequent results also proved that the team's choice was correct. After all, Jennings' ability to lead the team is indeed limited. Fortunately, his personal ability is not bad. Soon the Pistons signed him a three-year, $24 million contract with him. And it seems that this time the Bucks gave up, Jennings realized his problem, so after coming to the Pistons, he began to change his playing style and devote more energy to the organization. It has to be said that he is indeed a genius, and his transformation is actually quite successful. He has output 15.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 7.6 assists in the first season, and has famous scenes such as 24 points, 21 assists in a single game, winning the Spurs, 35 points, and 12 assists. But just as Jennings got used to transformation and began to show certain effects, fate played a joke with him. In the 14-15 season, due to accidental injury from a torn Achilles tendon on the left, he not only missed the remaining 41 games, but also his proud explosive power also declined significantly, which laid the foreshadowing for him later being eliminated by the NBA.

3. He has been involved in many teams but has no choice but to be eliminated by the NBA.

After returning in the 15-16 season, Jennings' position in the Pistons was already in danger, averaging only 6.8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and there was still no improvement in shooting, so Jennings failed to escape the fate of being traded and was sent to the Magic before the trade deadline. After the Magic played the remaining 25 games, he was not able to renew his contract. Fortunately, the Knicks gave him an olive branch and gave him a one-year, $5 million low-priced contract. But he only played 58 games. Due to his average of only 8.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists, the team's senior management was dissatisfied, so he was laid off before the season was finished.. Although he was signed by the Wizards later, he had become the marginal person of the team. Even though he was signed by the Bucks again, Jennings was no longer the magical boy of the year due to injury. After the 17-18 season, he completely left the NBA. Since then, Jennings has been traveling to basketball leagues around the world, including the CBA, the Russian Super League, etc., and he has been left with him. Now, Jennings has long retired. If the transformation period of that year could be perfectly transitioned and ensured a certain degree of health, Jennings might have achieved a higher level now.