Just two games into the Pistons season it looks Stan Van Gundy has more issues that he would like. In the Pistons opener in Denver Van Gundy subbed out Jennings for a more productive and active D.J. Augistin. Post game quotes from Jennings reveal a “baffled” and somewhat upset Jennings who didn’t know why he played only 20 minutes.
“A little surprising, it never happened before in my career. But hey, it is what it is. We’ve just got to keep pushing through it. It’s not my decision, I’m not the coach. He makes the decisions, and we just have to roll with it and live with it.” Via The Detroit Free Press
Despite Van Gundy not singling any Pistons starter out after they seemingly gave up in the third quarter, Jennings post game quotes sound like we now have an issue. When reporter in the locker room spoke to Jennings and let him know that Van Gundy said Augustin had been a better point guard in the first two games we got this quote.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t see Jennings as the time to take this lightly. One would hope he does a 180, plays his ass off, and shows Stan that he’s a team player. However with Jennings past, I don’t see this ending well if he keeps playing like this or pouting about the situation.
A great player does whatever he can to win. He comes off the bench to get wins even though he’s been a starter all his career.
Remember Antonio McDyess or Mark Aguirre? Two All-Stars that decided they wanted to win! Despite each player starting all their career they took a bench position to try to win Championships.
We’ll see what happens after the Pistons home opener at the Palace tonight. If his starter minutes are diminished again, or Van Gundy is bold enough to start Augustin, this could get ugly fast.
DIce! I feel bad there was no Deeetroit Ice for Dice!
I still miss Dyess. I still picture him sitting on the bench after that playoff loss and going home in his uniform. So sad
That’s why I’m not as down on Smith as some of ya’ll. Jennings has issues & I can see him turning into a locker room cancer real quick.
Cara, do you see Jennings as more of a problem than Smith? If so do you think Smith’s attitude is better than Jennings? I personally could see the same thing happening in Josh’s case if he was benched.
tjey re both shit just different sized package sorry for language it would be a shame to loose moose over that wanker and for jennings id like to see that song that goes like “so long ,farewell,lalalalalalallalala…”
Miss you Markov!
:))))))))))))) cant watch lot of games cose of work but i l try to be as more colorfull as i can as ususal
we let go of hard working players and keep the ones with the attitude problems. As a die hard piston fan, idk how much more of this i can take. we can let go of a negative nancy (brandon jennings) and start DJ and resign Bynum. point guards that are actually willing to leave it all out on the court and great work ethic. This guy is a street baller u cant win with him. Josh Smith does so much but if he doesnt stop shooting im gonna have to pray he gets injured lol
difference between jennings & smith is that jennings is coachable. SVG will be able to make him a better player this year. Josh Smith on the other hand. He’s too old and set in his ways.
Jennings is the 2nd best player on this team and a player many other teams in the NBA would love to have.