And I don't think you understand his value as well as you think. It is about more than summing up point totals. If you put the five best one-on-one players that you can find on the court at the same time you have five awesome scorers trying to play together, not one great team. Did you ever see Michael Adams play? In his prime, dude was a better scorer than Brooks will ever be. He averaged 28 ppg one year. And he had all the same faults that Brooks does. I remember watching him torch the Rockets regularly as a teenager and wondering why his teams were always so bad since he was such a great scorer. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf would be another big-time scorer in the same mold. Awesome, prolific volume scorers, who never won anything. Building around them is fools gold. Being able to 1-on-1 "light up" a team makes you a good playground player, not a good NBA player. Brooks' best role on a really good team would be as a change-of-pace 1st player of the bench so you could modulate your exposure defensively and with respect to offensive stagnation. There are lots of players in the NBA who would be able to light teams up if you gave them enough opportunities.
Being able to play one on one and being able to create your own shot can take you far in this league. You seem like one those Morey esq type Rocket fans who just focus on stats over substance. Brook can definitely win a ring given the right team
What I'm saying is that I think you are the one focusing on stats - specifically the ability to score one-on-one. That isn't team basketball, which doesn't show up in a stat sheet. I know there are some esoteric stats which measure quality of man-to-man defense and fluidity of team offensive flow, but I don't know what those are, and I'm going to guess you don't either. And that is what I'm talking about. If you put five awesome one-on-one scorers on the court at the same time, it doesn't follow that you have a good team. You are right that one-on-one play can take you far. The league is littered with guys lighting it up one-on-one on bad teams. Teams are drawn to scorers like moths to flames, in the same way that MLB teams are drawn to give bad contracts to power hitters who strike out and never walk. That's why I call it "fool's gold". That skill alone can make you a borderline star, and can get you noticed and on a team, but it doesn't make you a winner.
Dragic surprised but happy for something new [rquoter]HOUSTON - New Houston Rockets guard Goran Dragic acknowledged in an e-mail to FOX 26 Sports he is surprised he was traded by the Phoenix Suns, but is looking forward to "something new." Dragic was traded to Houston in the dealThursday that sent guard Aaron Brooks to the Suns. "Being traded was a surprise," said Dragic. "It's been great in Phoenix learning the NBA game from (guard) Steve Nash, who is one of the best, but I am happy for something new and I can use what I learned in Phoenix now in Houston." In three seasons with the Suns Dragic averaged 6.7 points and 2.7 assists in 183 games, with five starts. "I can play point guard or shooting guard, so the Rockets will be able to use me in two different positions," Dragic said. "I am good at creating shots and driving to the basket. "I hope to be able to control the floor and create opportunities for my teammates." During his Thursday news conference after the trades, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said he believed Dragic had a real future with Houston. "To me, that means the Rockets believe in me and know I can fit into their system hopefully, for a long time!," Dragic said. Dragic said he is always working to become a better guard in the NBA. "I can always get better at everything," Dragic said. "I'm still young in the NBA, so there is room for improvement everywere." Dragic, 24, is from Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. He was originally drafted in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs.[/rquoter]
During his Thursday news conference after the trades, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said he believed Dragic had a real future with Houston. wait until he finds out he's just another Asset
Being able to score efficiently with the number of shots Brooks took last year with no other go-to players on the team makes you a good NBA player. Brooks was on a good team two years ago, and he was a starter. He was actually one of the strengths of that team in fact. That team missed out on the 2-seed in the West by one win. Had McGrady not lost so many games for them that year, they would have had that spot locked up.
good riddance..good to see we finally have a backup point guard that wants to play and puts the team in-front of his ego..
Except its been more than well documented exactly how horribly inefficient he was. He's never, ever been an efficient scorer. He's a volume scorer. He was damn near the least efficient scorer in the league among people scoring that many points. This really shouldn't be news for anybody that pays attention. It was discussed ad nausium all year, but I guess denial isn't just a river in Egypt. And even then, it completely ignores the stagnating effect he has on the offense relative to a natural point guard. Oh, and BTW, two years ago he started less than half of the games he played. Again, I'm trashing the dude and that isn't really what I want to do. But I think you people are making him out to be something he isn't, so I'm kind of thrust in the position of highlighting his faults. He is a very fine player that I'd love to have on the team and was a good leader last year to boot. He is very strong as a volume scorer, and a solid range shooter. Because of issues out of his control, he was thrust into a role above his head and did an admirable job. He just has a couple of significant weaknesses. If he's on your team you will also need a guy who can defend the 1 and run a team/manage an offense that you can bring in when required. Depending on the game, that complimentary player will sometimes get more minutes than Brooks. As a result, you would also be best served by having him be no more than your third scoring option, IMO so that you don't have to depend on him nightly when the matchups don't favor playing time. But there are a bunch of players in the league who would be able to put up points if they were thrust into the offensive black hole he found himself in last year. He had a very gaudy statistical year in large part because there were no other scorers, not in spite of it.
have u watched him this season at all???..and if he was still playing like he did in the past 2 seasons..do u think he still would have gotten traded??
PPG, eFG% Brooks: 19.6, .511 D. Williams: 18.7, .515 Kaman: 18.5, .490 G. Wallace: 18.2, .511 D. West: 19.0, .508 B. Lopez: 18.8, .499 Billups: 19.5, .499 Gay: 19.6, .491 T. Evans: 20.1, .473 S. Jackson: 20.6, .469 D. Rose: 20.8, .495 Joe Johnson: 21.3, .505 Granger: 24.1, .498 Nowitzki: 25.0, .498 M. Ellis: 25.5, .476 Wade: 26.6, .500 Bryant: 27.0, .488 Anthony: 28.2, .478 Apparently there are a lot of 'horribly inefficient' players out there. Discussed ad nauseum? This took about 5 minutes to pull up. No discussion needed. More ignorant Brooks bashing on display, right here.
Look at ordinary FG% and volume of shots. Brooks misses a lot more shots compared to the players on that list.
Just saying that he was the backup until Brooks got hurt, I think he fit the bill pretty well for what you were saying earlier about a pg.
Probably nothing but... paulcoro Still haven't got final word on Brooks being cleared by the Suns. At the hour, the deal becomes official if they take no other action paulcoro There are questions about Brooks' ankle. He had a severe ankle sprain in November but had been playing 23 minutes/game this month.
noooo! kmon suns just take him.. he just needs to walk it off.. a couple of trips from the bench to the locker room in the middle of the game should do it..
