Ball Don't Lie KD ranks PGs, this is #30 to #21. Can't really evaluate without seeing the rest of the rankings, but the Rockets PGs are the endcaps for this article : he's put Lowry at 30, and Brooks at 21.
I know more about basketball than he does, clearly. :grin: Funny how your post was not about the topic but about me....I PWN you. DD
KD is saying that brooks is a below average starting point guard. I can't think of 20 other point guards better than Brooks. I can't even come up with 10 off the top of my head.
Hmm, a Rocket gets underrated, how strange. I'm disappointed that this will no doubt be used against Brooks as people continue to rip him up undeservedly through the season, as if it's some kind of true fact.
Yep, by folks that can't think for themselves and take a sportwriters word as some sort of eductated opinion. I like Kelly, but his opinion is no better than anyone else's on this very board. He just has a job writing about it...doesn't mean he knows what he is talking about, look at Jerome Solomon, he gets paid to write too. DD
Brooks' speed, ability to break down a defense and sending phil jaxxxxon to have a meltdown at a press conference, should place Brooks at least on the top 12. Give him some f'n credit.
I think people here may overrate Brooks a little because this is a Rockets message board, but this ranking seems a bit low. It appears he's rating point guard skill sets as opposed to the all around impact of players who just so happen to be point guards. I mean Sessions one spot below Brooks?
if he thinks brooks is 20 and u think he is top 10 .. ur clearly more knowledgable than him ... there is no way there are 19 pgs better than brooks..
There is no ranking below: 1. Rondo 2. John Wall 3. Derrick Rose 4. Nelson 5. Brandon Jennings 6. Deron Williams 7. CP3 8. Tony Parker 9. Billups 10.Devin Harris 11.Stephen Curry 12.Steve Nash 13.Baron Davis 14.Andre Miller 15.Russell Westbrook 16.Tyrek Evens As good: Darren Collison Unrated: Rubio - This kid is going to be a bona fide super star.
Thinking of the starting point guard's for all other teams, I conclude with this list that is better then Brooks. 1) Rondo 2) Rose 3) Williams 4) Paul 5) Nash 6) Westbrook 7) Billups Debatable: 8) Collison 9) Kidd 10) Curry 11) Evans 12) Parker 13) Harris 14) Stuckey 15) Jennings 16) Miller 17) Davis So I think definetly top 15 standard.. Nelson
Too many point guards in the league...I think KD is stretching it, but- Definitely better then Brooks Chris Paul Deron Williams Billups Rondo Rose Westbrook Nash A Slight Tier Above Parker Harris Kidd Curry More or Less the Same Jameer Nelson Baron Davis Andre Miller Mo Williams And that's not including combo guards like Tyreke or incoming rookies like Wall. 20 is stretching it a bit, but I can see where KD is coming from.
AB is average, good but not all-star level PG. AB is one of the fasteds PG in NBA and his outside shooting is elite. But besides that he's below average in almost every other categories. Even his scoring ability is overrated as he scores 19ppg on 16 shots. When healthy, you can pretty much put SP3,DW,Nash,Rose,Billups,Rondo,Westbrook, Parker, Evens ahead of him, and you can argue guys like Kidd, Curry,Collison, Ellis, Davis,Jennings, Felton etc all have a case to be on the same level or even better. And John Wall is likely to be better than AB in his rookie season.
Brooks is definitely a top 15 PG in this league, but I would hardly put him in the top 10 like how a lot of ppl here would. My top 15 list would be: 1. Chris Paul 2. Deron Williams 3. Steve Nash 4. Chauncy Billups 5. Rojon Rondo 6. Derrick Rose 7. Tony Parker 8. Gilbert Arenas 9. Russell Westbrook 10. Devin Harris 11. Stephen Curry 12. Brandon Jennings 13. Aaron Brooks 14. Baron Davis 15. Jason Kidd
I would give you Parker, Kidd, and Curry from the second list which would come to 10 better. 20 is definitely too many.
I trust KD on his rankings because he actually watches Rockets game. Also he's ranking Point Guards and AB clearly isn't one the same way Monte Ellis isn't one. He's an undersized Shooting guard that turns over the ball and sucks at creating.Ariza avg. Close the same assit numbers.
