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The Bucks' relationship with Brandon Jennings has become pretty complicated. After a huge rookie season, Jennings looked like the point guard of the future for Milwaukee. But Jennings never really took a step forward with his jumper or shot selection. Then Jennings told ESPN that he was "doing his homework" on the big markets for free agency. Jennings was reportedly on the block at the trade deadline, but was yanked off for whatever reason.
On Friday, Bucks General Manager John Hammond told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that there's not going to be any big push to re-sign the speedy gunner this summer when he hits restricted free agency.
John Hammond on a possible contract ext. for Brandon Jennings: "it's not something we have to do."
— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) May 4, 2012
Well, then. When the Bucks traded for Monta Ellis, there were questions about how there would be enough shots to go around. With Jennings making it clear he's interested in a market upgrade, bringing in a better, more traditional point guard (or even rolling with Beno Udrih for a year) might not be the best course of action.
The Bucks will likely wait on Jennings to see if he makes a significant jump in the final year of his rookie contract and then decide at the trade deadline whether to dump him for assets or commit to him by signing or matching his offers in restricted free agency in 2013.
But the Bucks are trying to find a new identity, and it's not clear whether that identity involves Jennings or not.
