Brandon Jennings has confidence for days.  And he’s not afraid to express it.

Jennings has already put his foot in his mouth - twice.

The Milwaukee Bucks drafted the blue-chip prospect with the 10th selection in the NBA Draft.  But Jennings’ story is a bit different than most American draft prospects.  He was touted as a guy that may have tried to jump from high school to the NBA if the draft rules hadn’t been changed. 

So, for his mandatory year wait he decided to get paid for his play by joining the Euroleague.  He was not particularly impressive from a statistical point of view, and it remains to be seen as to whether there will be any fruit from his overseas labor…but one thing is for certain – he is going to be a reporter’s dream.  Just check out some of the comments he’s made in his first week in the mainstream media:

• On a YouTube clip (which has since been removed from the site), Jennings said that the Bucks would resign free agent forward Charlie Villanueva, but that they would not resign point guard Ramon Sessions.  And that he would win the remaining battle for starting point guard against Luke Ridnour.  And this clip has many words that were unfit for network television.

So, what happens??  Milwaukee announces that they just resigned Sessions, and let Villanueva walk.  Now it is unclear as to whether Jennings comments had any effect on the organization’s decisions – but they certainly couldn’t make it look like Jennings was playing them.

But this one was the best…check out his quote about fellow draftee, the Spanish import Ricky Rubio:

“Yes. Because he played in the Olympics, he’s been playing pro ball since he was like 14. So there it is right there. I can’t wait to play him, though, in summer league. I’m just letting you know that now. I can’t wait.”

“Yeah, I think I’m a better player than he is. I just shoot the ball better than he can. The only thing I’ve seen him do sometimes is when he has a home run pass or something like that. I think the dude is just all hype. I can’t even front. I’m just going to be real with you guys.”

“Well, put it like this: If he was in a workout with me [and fellow point guard prospects] Jonny Flynn, Jrue Holiday, Tywon Lawson, Stephen Curry, he wouldn’t probably be at the top.”

 When asked about their head-to-head matchup in the Euroleague last year, Jennings quipped,

“Well, when I played him, he had zero points, two assists and two turnovers. So you tell me how that went.”

I think I like this guy already.  You have to like a guy who talks smack about players before he’s even drafted.  But I just know that Milwaukee isn’t feeling the young guy’s swagger.