Who needs a pf when we have novak What's so odd is that they could have traded down to the second round and got this guy for nothing.
OK we are keeping him then why the hell didn't we trade down to mid 2nd with maybe like Portland who has 3 second round picks? Trade the 26th pick for a future pick and take Brooks with a 2nd round pick. Just amazes me what the hell Rockets were thinking?
i like this pick. aaron can play the point...hes extremely fast and can score at will. hes better than rafer and luther head. we'll be getting rid of those two for someone no doubt.
My guess: Morey was had and Adelman is putting a spin on it. Like a GM initiation rite or something. Some team made a fake agreement with him to trade x for Aaron Brooks and it seemed too good to be true. Then the Rockets go through with it and Morey gets a call back saying "you dumb POS hahaha you've been punked!". So now we have to keep Brooks and Adelman is forced to make up stuff to cover Morey's back.
Brooks is actually under 6 feet. He measured at 5'10 (w/o shoes) prior to the draft. Brooks was a really good and exciting college player but being quick doesn't mean you can automatically run an up and down NBA offense.
In all honesty im pretty neutral on this pick because i dont know enough about Brooks to make a judgement. However i am amazed that we didnt trade down the trade and get him because im sure he wouldve been there in the high 30's low 40's. Just not sure exactly what management were trying to do??
so what if he's fast..its no good if he's got noone that will run with him..and plus anyone at that size is a defensive liability...if we do keep him..i hope we trade off one of our other guards..hopefully for a rebounder.
Its funny, I was watching a 3 pt shootout of college players yesterday which must been taped from earlier in the year and Aaron Brooks was in it. The guy was by far the best shooter; he had a score of 24 in the first round and 23 in the second round. They talked about how he made several key shots down the stretch for Oregon and showed some highlights. Essentially, he appeared to be a taller Earl Boykins with a MUCH better outside shot. The guy sounded like an Adelman player and the type of PG you would need to get this team playing more up tempo. I thought it was completely unlikely though that the Rockets take him considering the needs at the PF spot. The only way I thought this would be possible, though, is if V-Span and Rafer were both on their way out which at this stage I would guess is likely.
As much as I'm not too happy about this pick, I don't think Aaron Brooks would have been available in the second round. Both Detroit (#27) and Phoenix (#29) were very interested in Brooks around this area. Again, I'm not thrilled. But the Rockets would NOT have been able to trade down and still get Brooks.
Um Why does speed keep popping up?? I don't know if Adelman knows this but we have a guy name Yao Ming? and Yao makes Tim Duncan look like Kevin Durant... Yao = Slow, SLOWER, SLOWEST on the team. I'm up for trading Yao though
I still don't get it. Out of all the players mentioned over the past few months, never once did I hear anything about Aaron Brooks. Maybe I missed it but I spend lots of time on here. Only way this makes any sense is if one of our point guards are on the move.
hoho.. Does Morey and Adeleman want to treat Yao as a donkey? His stamina can only make him play 35 minutes. If he injured again rox would difinitely become grizzles this year.
i wont be so disappointed if we don't have that big hole at the PF position i won't be much more disappointed if we don't already have 4 PGs look like VSpan is staying in Greece Alston or Lucas is on their way out this is for future he needs develop better PG skill
