Brandon Jennings ready to leave Milwaukee

"I am going to keep my options open, knowing that the time is coming up,'' Jennings said in an email interview. "I'm doing my homework on big-market teams.''

Jennings, 22, is in his third NBA season and will be eligible to sign a long-term contract extension with Milwaukee this summer. Jennings can become an unrestricted free agent in 2014 if he signs a qualifying offer after next season.

Jennings' exciting style of play has invigorated the Bucks' fan base, and Milwaukee's management views him as a building block. But the point guard is not ready to commit to the franchise long-term.

"It has nothing to do with the city of Milwaukee or anything like that because that's where I started my career,'' Jennings said. "They've been nothing but good to me. (Coach) Scott Skiles and (general manager) John Hammond have been good to me. It's just that I'm understanding the business of basketball now.''

'I'm just understanding the business of basketball.' Read: If I ever want to win a championship or make bank on major endorsements I've got to get the hell out of Milwaukee at the first opportunity. I mean to say I'm not shocked by this would be a massive understatement. This article may as well have been titled 'water found to be wet' or 'sun rises in the east' or 'Jon Henseler hides John Mayer in his Work Out playlist.' Pretty obvious stuff. And I know a lot of Bucks fans were upset about this on Friday but can anyone honestly blame him? I am a DIE HARD Bucks fan through and through but even I'm willing to accept that I'm just as likely to see a a parade of unicorns on hoverboards as I am of seeing a Bucks championship parade down 4th Street. So if winning a championship is the ultimate goal, and you're a talented player, why would you stay in Milwaukee? It'd be like asking Brooklyn Decker to model in Sears catalogs her whole life. It doesn't do her any good and it doesn't do the rest of us any good. Even if Bogut ever has a full healthy season it still won't be enough to get this team into the top tier of the East. And with all of these super teams forming in LA and Miami and Chicago the only real answer is to just contract the NBA down to about 20 teams so every roster is choke full of all stars and the league becomes competitive again. Otherwise teams like Milwaukee, Charlotte, Toronto, Sacramento and New Orleans will always just wallow in mediocrity. Doesn't help that we traded the ONE superstar that actually wanted to be here more than 10 years ago. #jesusshuttlesworth

PS: The other reason I post this is because Chris Broussard should be fined for irresponsible journalism. 'Invigorated the Bucks fan base'? Bro there's more energy at retirement center canasta game than there is at the Bradley Center. Hell when the Bulls were in town a few Saturday's ago I was shocked they didn't just put a Bulls logo at mid-court and play their player intro music.

Double PS: Is it possible the NBA has declined in popularity because of one theme song? I was on a bus trip with a college team I call games for the other day (they've asked to remain anonymous) and one of the players put in a DVD of the Bulls/Lakers NBA Finals with the old NBA on NBC theme. Thing just put me in a better mood. How ABC didn't buy the rights to that when they bought the rights to the NBA is a case for Unsolved Mysteries.