This was a great performance by Brandon Jennings. One could even say it was “vintage” Brandon Jennings. 32 points and 7 assists, it’s no 55, but it’s damn good. Tons of his swaggy midrange jumpers that usually don’t go in but did tonight. Add some swaggy threes and some drives to the basket after which he complains about not getting a foul call and you have what the Milwaukee faithful got to enjoy for his four years in the league.
Only one problem.
Jennings went over, as soon as final buzzer sounded, to James Harden to give him a congratulatory hug, after Harden demolished the Knicks with an insane 53-16-17 triple double. NO. NOT ACCEPTABLE. James Harden was the ENEMY COMBATANT. Do soldiers go over and hug the dude who just shot them in the heat of battle? HELL NO. What happened to NBA players on opposing teams hating each other’s guts?
Even worse, after Jennings was done with his love sesh with that ugly beard, Justin Holiday tried to get in on the action (not shown in the video). Um, excuse me. At least Jennings has the excuse of “that was a good battle we had, good game man”-type grudging respect. Holiday has no such excuse. He sucks. He doesn’t even get to TOUCH Harden. Ever. He doesn’t even get to look in his direction.