NBA Free Agency 2017 Player Profile: Brandon Jennings
By Ti Windisch
Salary
Given all of the weaknesses and troubling trends detailed in the last slide, it’s really tough to see Brandon Jennings getting any more than the $4.8 million the Knicks signed him for last season. And to think that at the time that seemed like a great deal for New York.
Maybe his next deal will be more in line with his most recent one, when the Wizards gave him veteran minimum. At a time when just about every team has a good point guard on the roster, Jennings just isn’t worth that much.
It’s not because he’s awful, but signing Brandon Jennings is betting he can return to the form he once held. Teams would pay for 2012-13 Jennings, who averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 37.5 percent from deep and nearly 40 percent from the field.
Unfortunately that player hasn’t been seen since Jennings was with the Pistons. It might make sense for a bad team to give Jennings a shot and hope for the best, although the Brooklyn Nets already have quite a few guards on the roster, and some teams without talented guards will doubtlessly draft some this summer.