General manager John Hammond was looking at a number of point guards as he approached the draft process, but from the outset, he kept one eye fixed on Jennings, whom he thinks has the potential to be a "special" player.

"You don't want to get to cliché from the get-go," Hammonds said. "But when you talk about upside in the game of basketball, I think the sky's the limit for a guy like this."

In Jennings, the Bucks think they have found a true point guard, capable of running the offense and setting up the main scoring threats, notably Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut.

To get to that point, though, Jennings has some work cut out for him. At 195 pounds, he's still got small frame, much like former Bucks point guard T.J. Ford, but not nearly as fragile. He'll have to hit the weight room and has some work to do with his jumper.

And, having played in the very physical Euroleague, Jennings admits he has to work on adjust his defense to the NBA standard.

"I picked up a lot of bad habits overseas on defense," Jennings said. "We could hand-check, we could push... we could choke a guy, everything. Over here, you can't do that. I have to learn how to ease up on the defensive end."

Some have called Jennings arrogant. Skiles says he's got "flair." Hammond calls it self-confidence. Jennings knows the reputation but insists the only the he's concerned with now is helping the Bucks win.

"Overseas, I learned it's not about money or one player, it's more of a team game," Jennings said. "It's life-or-death over there. If you're winning, everybody's happy. If you're losing, you might have a riot out there. You're going to have some angry people.

"I'm just competitive. I like to compete. If somebody's better than me, I want to go against that person. At the end of the day, we all have to play each other and everybody's going to see who's the best."

Hammond and the Bucks were expected to use the 10th pick to select a point guard and on Monday, a number of guards -- including Jennings -- were in town for a workout. Syracuse's Johnny Flynn and UCLA's Jrue Holiday (still available when the Bucks picked), were among the players thought to be coveted by the Bucks, but Hammond made it clear Friday that the franchise was hoping to grab Jennings when their turn came.

"The last couple weeks, we've been stewing over this," Hammonds said. "(The coaching staff) can verify this. We had a real fear on this guy and the fear was that we don't take him. We really thought in watching him, he had the chance to maybe be the most special of all of them.

"It just scared us to death, every time we mentioned his name and the thought of not taking him. We can't pass something this special. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Why he's sitting right here, I can't say for sure, but I know this is the right place for him and I know he's the right player for us."