Hooped Up

My favorite rookie of the ‘09-10 NBA Draft class hands down is Brandon Jennings. He has moves like a cat, jumps like a Gazelle, rocks all of my old hairstyles and he’ll most likely be in the playoffs while Stephen Curry and Tyreke Evans sit comfortably in their multi-million dollar homes eating peeled grapes and watching.

To help sell his signature shoes, Under Armor does a pretty good job of chronicling the odd journey of “Young Money” to the NBA and if you’re a security guard at the Bradley Center, you can take a break. Cause, Brandon Jennings will protect the house now and I assume he’s quick enough to protect an entire arena as well.

Check out the Under Armour team version of this commercial with Dez Bryant, Michael Phelps and face-puncher Georges St. Pierre after the jump.

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Bucks hold off Pacers at the end to sweep home stand
After beating three powerful teams – Cleveland, Boston and Utah – the Bucks tried hard not to peek ahead to their three-game western trip this week. They almost did.

But a more-than-solid showing by the bench helped rescue a sluggish performance by the starters as the Bucks were able to improve their record to 36-29 with their sixth straight victory 12th in their last 13.

Forward Jerry Stackhouse was hot early and he led the way with 20 points in 24 minutes off the bench, and four Bucks reserves combined to score 46 points, almost matching the starters’ total of 52. Read More »

The Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose will defend his title in the 2010 Taco Bell Skills Challenge against Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks, Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns and Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night on Feb. 13, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The 2010 field features three of the event’s six previous winners.

The Taco Bell Skills Challenge was introduced at NBA All-Star 2003 in Atlanta and features four players competing in a two-round timed “obstacle course” consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. All players must observe basic NBA ball-handling rules while completing the course. The two players with the fastest times from the first round advance to the finals with the order of competition determined by inverse order of the first round times. At the discretion of the referee, television instant replay may be consulted for clarification of rules compliance.

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Sure, the current state of the economy is still in shambles globally, but I really hate it when folks blame everything wrong in their life on the economy because they refuse to take responsibility to better their current plight. So naturally, when I read that Knicks GM Donnie Walsh was blaming his scouts hired by former GM Isiah Thomas for selecting Jordan Hill instead of Brandon Jennings, I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Read More »

Ever since I saw Brandon Jennings in Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot, I’ve been a fan of his game. So to see him go off on the NBA history books against the Golden State Warriors was all kinds of nice. When your name is in the books beside LeBron James, Elgin Baylor, Chamberlain, Rick Barry and Earl Monroe. You have officially arrived.

Listen to what Jennings had to say about his historical night, after the jump.

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Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

Last season Micheal Redd and Andrew Bogut missed a lot of games due to injury, but now they’re both healthy. However, second leading scorer Richard Jefferson, third leading scorer Charlie Villanueva and fourth leading scorer Ramon Sessions are all gone.

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As the only guy in the league sponsored by Under Armour, it’s important that Brandon Jennings has a tight signature shoe to keep up with his flashy game. With the creation of the Under Armour BB Proto 3 “Young Buck”, it’s mission accomplished.

So far these kicks only come in a Milwaukee Bucks colorway for both home and away, but that should be enough reason to add them to your trainer collection.

Check them out in black after the jump.

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This year Under Armour and Brandon Jennings take their pact to the NBA and if Jennings can play like I know he can. Under Armour is going to sell a lot of shoes in the U.S. and Doo-Be-Doo will be in the Rookie of the Year discussion.

No matter how many times Joe Budden tries to sabotage his movements.

The Milwaukee Bucks signed first-round draft pick Brandon Jennings to a two-year contract worth almost $4.5 million on Tuesday. Compared to the $1 million deal Jennings had with Virtus Roma of the Italian League, that’s a whole lotta Young Money!.

“I’m excited to sign my contract and make my NBA career official,” Jennings said. “I look forward to working with Coach (Scott) Skiles and learning everything I can from him, as well as my teammates. I can’t wait to get the season started and contribute to the success of our team.”

Now that Brandon Jennings has officially signed with the Bucks, do the T-Wolves officially look loco for drafting Ricky Rubio who will probably stay in Spain, ahead of Jennings?

The answer is yes Vato!

Via Journal Sentinel

I haven’t been interested in anything Joe Budden has said since his hit song “Pump It Up” came out in 1312 B.C. and after this “leaked” phone conversation of Budden talking to his buddy Brandon Jennings who ends up dissing players and organizations, my interest level hasn’t changed.

Of course all the fuss is about what Jennings said about the Knicks, Ricky Rubio and Chris Duhon. But come on! Were we meant to hear this conversation in the first place? No. So why are people trippin’ that dude was speaking real talk with his supposed boy, who sold him out? This conversation was never meant for the public so, of course we’re going to hear all types of stuff Jennings would never say to the media and everybody should relax.

Let me break it down for you why. If we had a wire tap on Michael Jordan or Reggie Miller’s phone back in the day they would be saying f*ck the Knicks to somebody before each game too. Especially Miller! As a matter of fact, I bet  before and after Kobe Bryant dropped 61 on the Knicks, he said the same thing to Vanessa too.

Anyway, the transcribed conversation is after the jump and if you want to listen to the video it’s NSFW, unless you work at Def Jam and you want to see and hear Joe Budden make an @ss out of himself. BTW, Good call Hova.

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