Brandon Jennings Acting Up Again?

If his late appearance at the NBA Draft wasn't enough, freshly minted Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings continued his personal attack of Ricky Rubio and then added the New York Knicks to his hit list. Perhaps it's time for Jennings to keep quiet until he achieves something in the NBA.

Apparently talking with rapper Joe Budden on a blog cam following the draft, a recorded Jennings ripped the Knicks for passing him up in the draft, predicted the Bucks would not re-sign Ramon Sessions, instead spending their money on Charlie Villanueva, and finally that Luke Ridnour would eventually be his backup.

The video was posted on YouTube but quickly taken off when Budden requested on his Web site that it be removed. Jennings, 19, has drawn controversy because he skipped college to play a year in Europe and then entered the draft following an uneven year for Lottomatica Virtus Roma, averaging 6.3 points in 43 games. Jennings then criticized the hoopla over Spanish point guard Rubio, claiming he was the best point guard in the draft.

The video conversation continued with Jennings explaining why he wasn't in the green room when the draft pick was announced. Jennings did not have a lottery guarantee and wasn't going to show up and then become the second coming of Rashard Lewis. According to SportingNews.com, this is what he told Budden: "No, I was at the hotel. This is what happened right. My agent is like 'Well, we ain't hear nothing. We ain't have no guarantee.' So we makin' phone calls and (expletive) and (expletive) is saying like 'The workouts is great and everything and he's the best point guard but we don't know yet, we just don't know.' "

He continued: "No, (expletive), I came out there and made my appearance (expletive) and I had the best appearance out of all them (expletives). And I was the best dressed, they said, by the way. I was the best dressed."

And finally, when asked about the Knicks passing on him to take Arizona's Jordan Hill, he said, "(Expletive) the Knicks, them (expletives) skipped out on me. (Expletive) the Knicks, them (expletives) is always going to be weak."

Jennings is expected to make his NBA debut July 10 in the NBA Summer League against the Dallas Mavericks, and perhaps the youngster would do himself justice by remaining silent for the next few weeks. It is uncertain whether Jennings knew he was being recorded, but it sounded like a personal conversation that became
very public.