Reliable Playmaker
Brandon Jennings is incredibly talented. On his best night, he could take on anyone in the NBA, and completely turn a game on its head. At the same time, there will be plenty of occasions where the quickest way for Detroit to play themselves out of a game is by leaving the ball in Jennings’ hands. It’s not necessarily that the Los Angeles native is bad, it just seems like he might be a bad fit for this current Detroit Pistons squad.
Jennings is the sort of mercurial creator that could work wonders on a team with more limited bigs, but that’s not Detroit at the moment. For the Pistons to get the best out of their players, they really need a steady calming influence, who can thrive in the pick-and-roll, and will approach play with a pass-first mentality. That player doesn’t seem to be Jennings. In fact, overall the 24-year-old may be better suited to playing off the ball.