[Yahoo] Lowry is younger, better, cheaper than Alston.

Lowry is for future
not for now

 

I don't think it will be that much of a problem. Lowry is a very good midrange shooter. Adelman intends to make use of that, I bet. Morey went out of his way to say Lowry will "do exactly what Coach Adelman says." If so, Yao should be happy. We have other weapons from behind the arc.

 

One thing I can say about Alston is that if he's a bad post entry passer, Aaron Brooks is simply atrocious.

The Alston to Yao entry pass often goes awry, but that's often as much Yao's fault as it is Alston's. Yao is 7'6, he's huge, but he's just not an easy guy to get the ball to. We're out our best when one of our wings (McGrady or Battier, in particular) are feeding him the ball. I think if Brent Barry is playing the PG, he can be a great post entry passer for us at that position. Those guys got size, and that gives them better angles to deliver the ball.

Rafer will look for Yao, and I think he's better at delivering the ball to guys in the paint now than he used to be. Or maybe I'm just saying that because the last game he was doing a superb job of finding Yao and Scola down there. It will be interesting to see what playing with a more athletic big man who can catch the ball outside his immediate zone will do for him. At the least, he'll be throwing up a lot more alley oops.