shane was +30 on nights Yao was -10. You'd be surprised when you looked at the box score and watched the game.
Once upon a time, this board was comparing Rafer to Rondo and Fisher. "Rafer is enough" was this BBS's mojo. Rafer got enough loves because of his talk on defense. Rafer was not hated when he was doing well such as in 22 win streaks. Rafer was criticized only because he missed tear drops like an amateur. Comparing to what Rafer had achieved as a Rocket, never passed 1st round, atrocious offense, long and overpaid contract, the criticizes toward Rafer were far from hatred. The funny thing is, if AB is being paid by $5M, has no game at all, never been a starter, never averaged 20 points, never played in 2nd round playoffs, never won MIP, he might get far less hatred from this BBS.
the disparity in what a sophmore accomplished compared to 4 yrs of a vet is funny. Rafer got the hate because he would jack up shot after shot despite not...having a shot.
Who knows where I ever stated it here but I always felt that Lowry would be better starting and Brooks coming off of the bench as 6th man. Unfortunately, Brooks' built up a bit of an ego and couldn't handle it ... I still think he'll be a solid player once he gets over that ankle injury though. I don't think anybody predicted that Lowry would be THIS good. He has had an unbelievable transformation in his shooting ability. It may just be because he never used to shoot many threes, and instead took it to the basket constantly. But the guy is a pure point guard and a leader on the court. Chauncey Billups lite as of now. If we trade him or Chuck, I think I might cry. It's been a long time since I've been attached to Rockets players as I have this past couple of years .... Landry was a tough loss, but I knew he had a ceiling. I want Lowry and Hayes to be staples in the rotation for many more years.
Yawn, all you've proven is that you need a large sample size to take a stat seriously. Luckily we have large sample sizes.
i guess you have been absent in terms of the way the rocket's offensive system works? HE NEEDS TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE SHOT. Why the hell would we be praising him otherwise? Stop being a loser, hes better for becoming a better shooter, to think otherwise is r****ded.
BTW, the irony of saying "watch the game and not the box score" when talking about Brooks vs Lowry. I'd say that's a 9/10 on the irony meter.
Are you kidding? AB got 10 times more props than players who can contribute in different ways other than shooting like Rafer and Ariza etc. When AB got his MIP, we were happy for him but it didn't hide the factor that Lowry had a bigger impact toward winning than AB in that season. A lot of "hating" were caused by AB nut hangers when they consistently insulting fans who have a different opinion on AB. Trust me, there will be a "Lowry should be benched" thread if a better PG is sitting on the bench. And if that happens, I won't call it hating.
then trying to negate what aaron did for 2 seasons over what lowry is doing for 1/2 of a season should be an area of concern. cut it out fan boy. You don't have to hate one person to like another. that was the problem with the lowry fan boys. Nobody hated lowry, but when he was clearly outmatched at one point, it turned into a bitter feud.
He was never outmatched, he was a better player than Brooks last year as well. Just because AB made highlight reels doesn't mean he was a better player.
There were some interesting interchanges in this thread on the Brooks situation in the summer and whether the front office would retain him and for how much. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=192235 A number of people made the point that if Brooks was in for a significant salary upgrade in 2011, the Rockets would likely part with him banking on Lowry being a suitable replacement. That's how it turned out.
which season is this oh so glorious irony being attributed to? If its this season, then yea. If its the seasons before, then you are mistaken. It wouldn't even take much to realize why lowry was given mostly open shots before this season and teams dared him to beat us the way with rafer. Brooks did have a couple of big scoring games this year, but a bunch were inefficient probably due to his injury and lack of speed, so if you are referring to that then yes, you are correct.
Good job. Come out to post more. You have style, that's more important to a fan site than right or wrong.
a player being left wide open for open shots and missing most of them anyways speaks volumes. When a team disprespects you to the point of daring you to beat them by not even defending you, i think its pretty clear.
lowry started this year because he was better. Aaron Started previously because he was better. Rafer started over Aaron his rookie year because aaron had the confidence of a 5 yr old kid and was clueless on the court. To say lowry has always been better is an extremely incorrect statement.
Uhh, more like Lowry started this year because AB was injured and AB started last year because starters don't magically lose their starting roles unless some move/injury happens...
