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Jul 03, 2008 5:56 a.m.

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Do Lute Olson and Brandon Jennings Deserve Each Other?

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It’s been a lousy 12 month period for Lute Olson. By any definition. The health issues that kept him from coaching for the year (that were called "personal reasons"); the nasty divorce from his wife (finally settled); the overhauling of his coaching staff last year (that blew up badly); players declaring for the NBA Draft (though, Budinger surprised many by returning); and then the widely heralded recruiting class seemed in jeopardy.

Then it seemed things might be turning around. The coaching staff was drastically overhauled once more, but it paid immediate dividends with regards to getting Chase Budinger to come back for one more season.
When hired on May 15, [Mike] Dunlap said he asked UA head coach Lute Olson if he could work on convincing Budinger to return to Arizona for his junior season. After all, spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the NBA Denver Nuggets, Dunlap has an eye for NBA-caliber players.

"Chase has a lot of holes in his game that he needs to fill before he’s ready for that next level," said Dunlap, speaking from a podium in the restaurant. "And I just came from that level and I would say to you clearly, he was not a top-25 pick. No way. He wasn’t.

"But has he got top-25 talent? Definitely," Dunlap added. "But talent and experience are two things that have to be melted together. He made a wise move to come back."
Brandon Jennings seemed likely to get cleared by the NCAA after the discrepancies between his first and second SAT scores were clarified, and Negedu was released from his scholarship. Things started looking better.

Well...

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