I'd prefer Brooks to stay in the starting lineup since Yao isn't here. At the very least, it will keep his trade value high.
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The whole Lowry should start over Brooks argument is one of the funniest I have seen in years. You don't weaken the team because you get another player, Brooks won the job in training camp, he has increased his scoring averages, and lowered his turnovers, and is setting up his teamates decently enough. He is the starter, and will remain the starter...... Rick Adelman's read and react system does not require, nor has it ever required a pass first PG, it requires 5 offensive threats all moving off the ball. Lowry is great where he is, as a spark plug off the bench, but last nights game, where Kmart and Brooks were throwing one and two haymakers, proves that the team is better that way. I hope people will open their minds to where this team is going, because Brooks is a big part of that...whether some people like it or not. DD
This ^ Agreed, by letting Brooks Inflate his numbers this year, Toronto is gonna think their receiving an All-Star in return for Bosh , so we won't have to give up as much as we would with Brooks having lower stats.... :grin: --RB
if they play together like they did last nite then i c no reason to play Martin and Brooks together but unfortunately i have a gut feeling that it was more of an aberration than wat will be the norm, i hope that im wrong tho, for the rox success sake
Brooks is 100 times for versatile than Lowry. KL is great for coming into the game breaking down defenses by running the break while playing tough D, but thats about it. That blitzcreig style doesnt work when defenses ramp up and the game slows down in the playoffs. Also when the refs arent calling fouls, Lowry's effectiveness goes wayyyy down. He is perfect off the bench.
Brooks struggles making the right pass on numurous occassions, hell he has a hard time making entry passes to yao and whomever else is in the post and in conjunction with that he gets careless and sloppy with his passes where this is the strengths of Lowry.. Brooks strengths is Kyles weakness and vice versa but ultimately u dont want ur PG being the go-to scorer a la Steve Francis its pretty on the court but not condusive to winnin necessarily I like Brooks as much as the next but ball movement and fluidity is the MO in RA's offense and players tend to stand and watch Brooks and his vision isnt all that great to see something b4 it happens like Lowry bottom line is Brooks is a SG in a PG body and while hes great a more pass first PG would be great to have in the starting lineup, mainly for next year when Yao returns and Martin Ariza Scola etc thats alota hands to feed meant for a pass PG
100% wrong. You need to surround Yao with scorers, Lowry is not one.... Unless you get someone like Bosh, Brooks will be here a long long time. Lowry is just not an NBA starter, here or in Memphis. This is the backup QB syndrome but in the NBA.... It is lunacy. DD
Lunacy is the 180 that you have made in the last decade or so. Do you want me to dig up some of your old Steve Francis posts? Cause let me tell you - as far as PG development, your standards appear to have been altered dramatically.
We should have Brooks in the starting lineup. He is a scoring threat on a team that struggles to score against good defenses. His outside shot is far superior to Lowry. Kyle's defense,driving and passing is valuable. He should continue to come off the bench. Both he and Aaron need to be in there together at times,when we need to bench Martin.
Brooks just needs to do a few things differently. Just drive a little more than the norm. We don't get to see him drive and kick as much as one would want their PG to do.
we need outside shooting threats period.... we were 30/30/30 and we didn't even shoot well from the 3-pt line... Once that comes around it will be amazing to watch... Until Lowry can shoot well from the 3-pt land count me out... Brooks spaces the floor well and he is a great shooter....
Regardless of whether Lowry would fit better as a starter at this point, now is the time to experiment with Brooks and Martin together to see if they can develop some chemistry and let Brooks develop as a PG (remember he's only been running the show for a year now). As others have said, it will also increase his trade value should a sweet deal come along this summer.
Agreed. Lowry is a very good player. But, with Martin in the starting lineup now, we've got the foul drawing ability and the shooting to go along with it. Lowry has the foul drawing ability, but not the shooting. He will still be valuable off the bench racing down the court with the second unit. You can still run him and Brooks together for some minutes. You can still plug him in if we need more perimeter defense. We have the ability to mix and match better with him. However, because Martin draws so many fouls, we need his shooting and creating on the floor. And in the halfcourt sets, we are going to be much more effective with him and Brooks than him and Lowry. I still think Lowry is trade bait after he is re-signed. I still think Will Conroy will give similiar production to Lowry and we can have Conroy for the next 2 years at a fraction of what Lowry is going to cost us. Conroy is starting to put up insane numbers at D-league again. He has nothing left to prove down there. I still think he can be a very inexpensive backup and will allow us to move Lowry for talent/picks in a sign and trade, probably to Philly.
Aaron Brooks is a lot different than Steve Francis, while they could both get to the rim, they are not the same. Let's not move the goal posts for the sake of arguing, mmmkay? DD
