As far as Aaron Brooks' PT is concerned, I'm guessing that he'll get 5-10 minutes at best for now. If he really makes the most out of his opportunity to play when he is put in the game unlike V-Span, he'll see more time than that. If the team seems to play better with him in the game than without him like what we saw during summer league play, the RA might end up playing him at least 30 minutes. All I'm saying here is that it depends on how much his presence on the floor makes an impact for the team when he is in the game. You can never really tell how rookies will do when it comes to making the transition from the college game to the NBA.
I'm just wondering that if we do send Novak, Landry and maybe Brooks to D-league do they still get paid the amount of the NBA-contract or are they getting a new deal from the D-league team?
It all depends if Alston is here. If we have Skip, SF3 and MJ then it will limit his pt, undoubtedly. I do forsee Adelman finding minutes for him to prove himself, he must seize those precious minutes, much like Luther did in his rookie campaign.
Right now we have the following PG on Roster: Alston, James, Francis, Lucas James and Francis might get minutes at SG, but we currently have: McGrady, Bonzi, Head, Snyder McGrady will play some SF, but I expect Bonzi to pick up most of the other minutes at SG. In normal game situations, I can really only see Brooks playing when McGrady is at SF(or resting), and one of James/Francis is on the bench with the other getting spot minutes at SG. And that's only assuming that Rafer gets moved.
Exactly. Adelman knows how to use depth and has a good understanding of conditioning and player fatigue being a former player at this level. It is useless to have a deep bench and talented players when you have a narrow-minded coach. Adelman had a primary unit in Sacramento of Bibby, Christie , Peja, Webber , and Divac. He would then make a five man substitution with the second unit called the " mob squad" with the likes of bobby jackson , funderburke, john barry, gerald wallace, scott pollard. More often than not, the second unit would even outplay the first five. Our depth will only make it difficult for opposing teams to keep up with our bench. First they have to deal with catching up with Francis and James on the fast break, then off the bench the team maintains the quick pace with Brooks running on the break. Teams that don't have the depth to match us or those playing on the second game of a back-to-back will have trouble matching our conditioning and speed and vice versa if we are on the second game of a back to back.
Their contract is always with the Rockets. The D-League isn't like MLB Minors, though it would be cool if it were. I personally like the set up of MLB minor leagues. Develop your players. Of course, NBA minor league is unlikely because of the power of college basketball (just look at the recent age floor), but that doesn't stop me from dreaming. Kind of like a college football playoff. Only in my dreams...
coach a didnt play wallace consistently. never consistently played a 10 man rotation (thank god) and allowed players to play in a rhythm. billy never proved anything other than he had a penchant for turning the ball over, complaining that cd lied to him about pt, and eating at nico nicos
To say he didn't prove anything is hyperbole. He did prove to be effective at penetrating which caused him to get to the FT line a lot. 3pt shooting and turnovers were his problem and these are the two reasons he didn't play much. No coach will be able to play a player meaningful pt if he turns the ball over consistently.
I think Coach Adelman's stint in Sacramento showed that a 10-man rotation , under the right circumstances, can work and is feasible with enough creativity and imagination from the coach. There are rarely any absolute rules in basketball, as in business we can innovate to have a competitive edge against opponents. Especially in the course of an 82 game regular season with some games scheduled back to back , the lack of rigidity in this area will certainly help the team win more games and allow them to rest the star players. With a deep bench, Fatigue will be a critical factor playing against opposing teams while on a deeper team it will work in our favor especially considering the "high-energy " guys like Battier and Hayes, and with sprinters like brooks , james and francis.
Brooks is our best PG. the only thing he lacks is experience. plus Adelman LOVES Brooks he will give him minutes.
If there is any chance that V-Span ever changes his mind and decides to give it a try with the Spurs rather than formally ask them to release him from his contract, which is something he has yet to do, then perhaps he may have a vandetta against the Rockets. I believe that when CD told him that he might get 20 minutes of PT, CD was counting on him to really contribute for the team and make an impact, and perhaps supplant Rafer Alston, which was something that didn't happen. I really think that the difference was that CD really wanted him with the team, but JVG didn't want him. Another element that I want to point out as to why last season went the way it did for V-Span is that he joined the team a season too late. If he joined the team in 2005-06, he would have likely seen a lot more PT that season (just like Luther Head) than what he saw last season due to all the injuries. I still will say that V-Span did not make the most of the opportunities he had when he was given the chance to play largely because I feel that he thought that he was going to be guaranteed PT, although JVG may have had something to do with that as well for not using him to his strenghs. If V-Span decides to play for Gregg Popovich, and is given the chance to play, and then doesn't make the most out of his opportunity, then he'll just have the same problem there like he had with JVG. Aaron Brooks, on the other hand, knows that he's going to have to earn PT. These guesses about how much PT he will get are just wild guesses if anything. As I said earlier, we can never tell how well a rookie will do when it comes to making the transition from the college game to the NBA.
im surprised people cant just say billy wasnt good enough and leave it at that. always trying to make excuses for him. no one is ever making excuses for hayes, head, jl, skip etc....always making excuses for billy and bonzi
10min/game at best. Unless he proves himself early don't expect more. At least people here aren't expecting him to start and play 30min for whatever stupid reason like Vspan last year.
I hope Adelman doesn't play him just because he played well in the summer league. I hope he'll earn it. Aren't you glad JVG is gone? I think I'm one of the few in here who still isn't sold on Brooks. I would have to see him in a couple of games against some real PG's during the regular season.
denniscd- With all due respect- if Brooks gets much time at all we are probably in trouble-as I am assuming Rafer and Mike James will play more effectively at the NBA level
Hopefully Rafer will be a goner come start of the season and some other guys too. We need to clear up this logjam of players we have.
