I believe his contract is fully guaranteed. They wouldn't have done that if they didn't believe he will be on the roster, no?
Stop making stuff up,u don't know the conversation nor the depth chart at pg. Let me ask a basketball question, harden and howard in a pnr on the left side of court. The defense blitzes the pnr,the center stays with howard and on the backside its jones on the flank,the pg at tok,and parsons inthe corner. Harden is forced to pass cuz he can't get it to howard. That pass goes to the t.o.k. to the pg. Which pg would u feel comfortable with shooting the ball in that situation? The obvious answer is the answer we will see in situational basketball close in games. The thing brooks has on all the pgs on this roster is his ability to take and make big shots under pressure. Now some may discount it or believe good teams don't play close games,they avoid them. That's not true especially come playoff time. We've seen brooks make game winners,buzzer beaters,and in general a lot of big plays in the playoffs on some undermanned teams. With a ball dominant sg like harden and a needy big like howard,he is to me the best fit with this makeup. Why? He can shoot the 3,he's still quicker than most every player in the league and he's done it. That matter when your trying to win a title. I don't have to speak of the 20pg season,I can look at his play with and without yao in the playoffs. That matter and when camp opens that will matter again.
Brooks, but I think will take that role by the end of the year if he can think at NBA speed. Canaan is a sick shooter in the same way as Stephen Curry.
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Yao was slow, Opponents also made a strong effort to deny entry pass. I remember in some of the games, 5 opponents surrounded Yao under the basket to dare other Rockets shoot. It made passes to Yao even more difficult. But Yao was also big and strong. in JVG's later years, Yao got the ball plenty of times because everybody looked for Yao and they repost Yao after first attempt failed, that's how he averaged 25ppg, had multiple 35+ points games in a short span before he got injured. Yao's slowness was part of the problem but far from the entire problem. And ironically, Rafer Alston was the best PG entry passer for Yao in Yao's entire career. Both AB and Francis don't have a clue at how to make entry passes.
To be fair, the PG generally shouldn't be making the entry pass to a posting center. It should be someone taller. Robert Horry made a career out of making great entry passes to dominant big men and making clutch shots when left wide open.
the high level of play on offense you're referencing was several seasons ago, and since then, to put it kindly, his shot has been streaky.. but the problem i have with brooks is throughout his career he has been a terrible man defender. even at the top of his game with us, i remember opposing pg's torching us night after night getting their career highs. and it's not just because of his lack length on the perimeter or getting overpowered by stronger pg's......he really has very poor defensive skills mated with a disinterest in closing out on perimeter shooters -- and this makes for an abominable combination at the point..
i mean canaan was going to d league any way lol rookies always do here. heck we got a tittle we got to keep getting in RGV
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