Every young player has areas of concern. This isn't a question of likeability, your seriously undervaluing Brooks contribution to our team. Unless your getting Chris Paul, Brandon Jennings, or Deron Williams, we'd be downgrading by moving him. Not to mention he's our biggest chance at beating the Lakers. No way logical reason why we shouldn't eventually offer him a contract
His PPG will probably drop to 15-17 because he will not have to score as much as before, and his assists will go up to probably 8-9 because there are more scorers on the floor than before, and his FG% will be near 50% because Yao and Martin will be the focus of the defense and Brooks will be open more often than he was last season. I just hope to see some improvement in his defense.
That is because Fisher is too old to guard Brooks. Now they have Steve Blake, I think it will be much tougher for Brooks to destroy the Lakers....
So your saying Morey should learn his lesson based on the opinions of members on ClutchFans... Les said spend whatever money to get the job done and Morey got the job done. Everyone acts like these contracts are terrible when they are still assets that are easily tradeable if needed when the time comes.
The only thing I said was that he's not as valuable as he's made out to be ON HERE. That does not mean that he is not valuable to the Rockets. He has decent trade value, but it is limited to what he can do. He's not all of a sudden going to play great D on bigger PG's and he's not all of a sudden going to average 10 assists a game either. He is what he is. The question of if he should be signed or traded is another story, if it was me I would sign him, but if a team loves him more than he's worth then I'd trade him in a second as scoring point guards are not impossible to find.
What? that's a good contract to give Brooks...Morey would jump at matching that...It won't get tricky unless he gets closer to 9 mill and up
AI lite role for AB? I suppose anything's possible but what we really could use is a distributor/play maker. We have decent passing centers and under RA's system and we would swing the ball around alot but that doesn't mean that we won't need a playmaker. AB has the speed in spades and if he can match that up with being a premier facilitator for the rest of the team, he'll get his. Like i said, with the current lineup as it is, there's more of a need for a distributor than another scorer. It's one of the sticking points against AB when being compared to KL and the only way those people you mentioned will get their pt totals helped is with a facilitator. If AB does get 20+ pts as you think he would, who'd run the primary point duties especally with the starting 5? He got to do what he did because of Yao, TMac, Battier, and Ariza either being injured or just not being able to carry the load offensively, or Martin still not acclimatized to the team at the time. None of those apply anymore. He had to help pick up the slack. Off the top of my head, i can already see at least 5 double digit scorers within the team: Yao, Scola, Martin, Chase, Lee, and a fringe double digit scorer in Battier. Given those options, why would we need a 6th-7th scoring option in AB? If he can get those players going, he'd be just that much more deadly for the team. We can really use a true point skillset now more than 5-7 scoring options. This is not to say AB won't get his share of points. In fact, I think he can get to about 20 pts if that's what he was after and there will be times he will have the proper opportunity for those types of games. It's just that he would help his cause a lot more by showcasing a broader skillset beyond the scoring and accepting that his role has changed relative to last season.
i agree with cyntil8ing. i don't think AB can score more than average 16 this season. as for Lakers' games he made an important contribution, it was a coincident than he had huge advantage over old Fisher because of his speed. but for most teams, he doesn't. i expected 800 to 900 million a year is a reasonable contract for him
Yao dominated Pryzbilla and Oden so get off Brooks jock. Since you want to nitpick playoff games in the past, Brooks was the one who cost us game 5 with his stupid pick and pop move.
And who would be DUMB ENOUGH to trade him if he is putting up those numbers? Stop with the STUPID Threads...
Lets change that to: 16ppg/5apg/2rpg on 43/38/75 His value will decline not due to his numbers primarily, but due to the fact that his rookie contract will be half used up. His value is the highest it can be NOW. I perceive lower numbers from him due to other off-season changes made, and those changes including more shots for other players.
So much emotional attachment to Brooks. The guy is damn fast and a hot shooter, and I love the guy and all, but put that love on the backfoot and look at the team as a whole. Brooks is worth trading if the right package comes along. His value is inflated right now and we could get a lot for him, as long as what we are getting is worth while. The OP never suggested he wanted to see Brooks traded just for the sake of trading him. He was refering to Brooks inflated value, and the possibility of getting something back for him that we need more than Brooks. Just remember how much we're paying for our backup PG, who just happens to be good enough to start.
Who knows? Brooks is our player so if they want him? Kind makes no sense for us to sell when we are most likely in the playoff picture unless they are selling high and we are buying a superstar type player. Kind of pointless discussion as we most likely will be playoff bound and setting the terms of searching for a upgrade as Brooks would be our asset offered from a playoff team we dont have to deal with anyone one way or the other.
I doubt it. His APG will remain the same as last year. He's a scoring point guard. His role is to score. It's what Adelman wants anyway. Aaron Brooks is goner when the Feb trade deadline comes. Morey is not going to pay 6+Million for two point guards. Morey had the chance to let Kyle Lowry go but he overpaid to keep him. Meanwhile, Brooks has not been given an extension. Actions speak louder than words. Aaron Brooks is going to get traded this season.
