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It’s never a good idea to overreact to preseason outcomes. Wins and losses don’t matter until October 30, when the NBA’s regular season gets underway. The preseason gives executives a chance to evaluate the fringe players on their roster and decide who to cut while coaches teach their system and build their rotation. That’s the purpose of these exhibition games

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It seems like Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings has always marched to the beat of his own drum and while his style has produced a lot of ardent fans, it has also raised questions about his ability to effectively lead a NBA team. What Jennings did this summer may have answered some of those questions.

When Jennings graduated from Oak Hill Academy in 2008, the young man headed off to play professional basketball in Italy instead of attending a college in the United States. The move may have cost him several spots in the NBA Draft a year later, but it didn’t take long after being selected tenth overall by the Bucks in 2009 for Jennings to make a huge splash in the USA. Barely two weeks into his rookie season, Jennings hung 55 points on the Golden State Warriors and his reputation as a scoring point guard was cemented in stone.

Four Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month awards later and Jennings was on route to averaging 15.5 points per game as a rookie. The only issue? He was taking a team leading 14.8 shots per game to score those points. After three seasons, it seems little has changed. Jennings still leads his team in attempts per game and his career shooting percentage is still under 40 percent.

With that said, Jennings wants to improve and he has a reputation for working hard to expand his game.

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Dominant big men are a dying breed in today’s NBA game, but the league’s historical landscape is littered with elite centers leading their respective franchises to postseason berths and championships. This is one of the reasons why the Philadelphia 76ers, with four playoff appearances over the past five seasons, acquired All-Star center Andrew Bynum from the Los Angeles Lakers this past summer to become the face of the franchise.

Bynum, by most accounts, is the league’s second best center behind the Lakers’ Dwight Howard, but the eighth year pro also has an extensive injury history with his lower extremities since entering the league. Over the past few months, Bynum has received various knee treatments ranging from platelet therapy in Germany to injections of Synvisc-One, which treats osteoarthritis.

Bynum is expected to practice with his new teammates for the first time today and is eyeing a return to the court for the club’s regular season opener at home versus the Denver Nuggets on October 31.

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