{"id":128662,"date":"2025-03-14T17:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=128662"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:52:27","slug":"brandon-jennings-jrue-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/14\/brandon-jennings-jrue-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Jennings Says He is Better than Jrue Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jennibr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Jennings<\/a> was one of the more electric players in the early 2010s. Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th overall pick, Jennings had a short career due to injuries. Here is a fun fact: he was drafted in the same class as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steph Curry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holidjr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jrue Holiday<\/a>. Speaking on a podcast recently, he had thoughts about how he fares against his draft class.<\/p>\n<h2>Brandon Jennings Says He is Better than Jrue Holiday<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arenagi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gilbert Arenas<\/a>&#8216; podcast, the former Milwaukee Bucks guard talked about the best players of his draft class. When the name Jrue Holiday was mentioned, Brandon Jennings had to jump in. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1900369079187259677\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJrue Holiday was NEVER better than in the game of basketball. He has a better career than me. But he is not better than me\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJrue Holiday was NEVER better than me in the game of basketball.\u201d \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Brandon Jennings <\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchPlayback?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WatchPlayback<\/a> \/ h\/t <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/big_business_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@big_business_<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4gtNlEJ6Qw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4gtNlEJ6Qw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1900369079187259677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most people remember Jrue Holiday of the last five to six years when he won two championships, one with the Bucks, and one with the Boston Celtics. But he was not the player he is nowadays early in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings, on the other hand, played only nine seasons for five teams. His career was derailed after he tore his Achilles in January 2015. While slowly developing into one of the NBA\u2019s better guards, he suffered an injury that slowed him and shortened his NBA career. Jrue is now in his 16th season, playing for his fourth team.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Brandon Jennings Right?<\/h3>\n<p>If we look at their first three years in the league, Brandon Jennings might have a point. During their rookie campaign, Jennings averaged 15.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 1.3 steals on 37% shooting. Holiday, on the other hand, averaged eight points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.1 steals on 44% shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon peaked in his third year, averaging 19.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.6 steals on 41.8% shooting. Jrue averaged 13.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.6 steals on 43% shooting.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that as a rookie, Jennings scored 55 points on Curry and the Warriors. No rookie <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nba\/ask\/most-points-scored-in-a-single-game-ever-by-a-rookie\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has scored more<\/a> since the ABA\/NBA merger.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Jennings Drops 55 Points On Steph Curry | Sets Rookie Scoring Record | 11.14.09\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xgIt4GLyb9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Brandon Jennings \u2013 The Most Confident Former Player<\/h3>\n<p>Jennings can easily be the most confident, or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/16\/former-50-point-scorer-brandon-jennings-reveals-his-pick-for-nba-goat-kobe-bryant\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">overconfident former NBA player<\/a>. Even though he spent nine seasons playing for five teams, he believes he was much, much better. Jennings never made the All-Star, but still has confidence over the roof. In the same podcast, he talked about playing one-on-one against anyone. The topic was who would win in a one-on-one game between him and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willilo02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lou Williams<\/a>, or any other currently retired player. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WatchPlayback\/status\/1900371196681630054\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf me and Lou Will play 1 on 1, I\u2019m winning\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/teaguje01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Teague<\/a> whoever. If anyone wants to play 1v1, let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arenas joked that he is too old and out of shape. But who knows, maybe Jennings still has it in him. At the very least, he has the confidence that he can play and beat any player. That was the mentality he had when he was playing in the NBA. But that was also the mentality that got him out of the league.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Jennings, Jrue Holiday learned that winning takes a team. He became one of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/26\/stephon-castle-jrue-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">team players<\/a> in the league and made the All-Star Game two times.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Jennings was one of the more electric players in the early 2010s. Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th overall pick, Jennings had a short career due to injuries. Here is a fun fact: he was drafted in the same class as Steph Curry, James Harden, and Jrue Holiday. 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