Who do you want as starting PG next season: Lowry or Brooks?

Let's say No trades will be made for our PGs in the off-season, and Let's say these guys will both remain as a Houston Rocket, no Steve Nash nothing. Just Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry. Who would you want to start at PG?

Here are the benefits for each of them starting and coming off the bench.

Brooks Starting.
Benefits From Starting
-3 Point shooting - He benefits a lot with his ability to spread the floor with his 3 point shooting. It will be key for Yao Ming when he has the ball down in the low-post especially when he is doubled.
-Can score the ball. If we need scoring, we know what Aaron is clearly capable of, and that's scoring the basketball.
-His quickness will always be useful when there are PGs faster or just as fast as he is. Although he is a sub par defender, his speed can still be very useful defensively. Offensively, his quickness is very useful when he drives the lane.

Benefits from the Bench
-FREEDOM. Aaron will have the freedom to score the ball as many times as he wants, to have the freedom to pass the ball and work on his decision making with Carl Landry inc..... He will not be restricted to passing the ball to Yao Ming every single time and our hairs won't be gray when he fails to do so.
-Scorers from the bench, In my opinion whether or not Von Wafer comes back, I still think we need more scorers in the bench. Our starting lineup is loaded with scorers like Luis Scola, Yao Ming and Ron Artest. We need at least 2 scorers in the bench and Aaron Brooks and Von Wafer would be perfect at it.
-Learning from mistakes, He will get to play with 2 finishers by the name of Carl Landry and Von Wafer. He really cannot play much worse from the bench and even if he does our starting lineup can make it up. This will help his decision making and passing skills when he plays with 2 great finishers

Lowry Starting.
Benefits from Starting
-Ability to create for others - His ability to create for our other players will be extremely key especially for our shooters and finishers. Our shooters like Ron Artest and Shane Battier and our finishers like Luis Scola and Yao Ming.
-Defensive ability - Kyle has proven that he is actually a great defensive PG and that he is willing to fight picks and screens just to stay in front of his man. I think our defense will improve even more if Lowry starts.
-Can play in a restricted system - In the starting lineup, it seems very restricted and it seems like the only goal in the starting lineup is to pass the ball to Yao Ming. Kyle Lowry is one of our team's best passers. Lowry has done a good job when he has had the chance to play with Yao Ming to give him the entry pass. He will also be able to drive the lane and beat the fronting if he is given the chance to start or play with Yao.

Benefits from the Bench
-Needs to create for the finishers on the bench - We have 2 other players who are great finishers on the bench and that's Von Wafer and Carl Landry. Lowry is an excellent passer and he could benefit a lot and has been benefit a lot with playing with those two.
-Calms the 2nd unit - Our 2nd unit with Von Wafer can get out of control sometimes, and Lowry has the leadership to calm the 2nd unit from getting out of control and spinning crazy.
-Defensive ability - There is not too much defense in the 2nd unit compared to our starting lineup, We might need a guy like Kyle Lowry slowing players down from attacking the rim. He's one of our team's better defenders, not near Shane and Artest, but still an above average defender if not better.


In my opinion, I'd prefer Kyle Lowry starting. Simply because he would make our scorers lives a lot easier. Yao Ming wouldn't have to create his own shot every single time anymore and Yao won't have trouble getting the entry pass because Aaron is incapable of passing it to him. Aside from that, I think Kyle Lowry's ability to play in a restricted system is also very key for this team. Aaron seems to have played a lot better when he was playing in the 2nd unit earlier in the 08-09 regular season. Aaron and Yao do not mesh well and Lowry cannot mesh with Yao any worse than Aaron did. I highly suggest Lowry if both these guys end up staying.

 

You know...It would really really really help me a lot if you actually read the post instead of just voting right away

Here's what I said in the very beginning of the post.

 

I have. But I have a hard time letting a 6'0 Point guard who was a senior 2 years ago in College for the Oregon Ducks and still have such a low basketball IQ. Unless he got dumber because he didn't play in a year, I have a hard time giving him a chance.

I would still like to see him improve, just hard to imagine really. I would want him starting if T-Mac were starting but T-Mac ain't back until 2010.