Mountain of a man.
Big 6-foot-10, 230-pound Terrence Jennings, probably the best blocker in college basketball today, with 24 on his stat sheet after nine games. No one is more impressive it comes to blocking shots.
He also happens to be a good at dunking the ball. Â But only when he’s not challenged.
Next to non-existent in other key phases of the game. Anyone seen a worse hook shot in all their years of watching University of Louisville basketball? When’s the last time you saw him really battle for an offensive rebound? Where do those unorthodox moves come from, the ones that resembles your mom’s shots? Any basket Jennings hits outside of five feet from the backboard is always a surprise, a huge bonus.
Two points, two rebounds in his most recent outing.
How does one practice day after day after day under one of the best coaches in the game for three years and not get better? Apparently what Rick Pitino says goes in one ear and out the other. Former assistant Walty McCarty obviously wasn’t able to get through to him either.
Here’s a player with all the physical attributes of which most of us can only imagine. Not being used, rusting away. Not making the effort necessary to improve, to get better, to become a factor.
Why no improvement you ask? Think back to Pitino’s comments the last two years when he criticized Jenning’s work and practice efforts.
Not natural, someone who doesn’t want to get better. He may as well be a spectator, except for his blocking abilities, which came in pretty handy against Notre Dame a couple of seasons ago.