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19.3 and 19.5 points Terrell averaged in the 95-97 his best 2 years overall with 6.3 and 6.5 assist. In 00-01 season Brandon shot over 40% from downtown. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/terrell_brandon/ I think this is what we will get from Aaron Brooks hopefully a bit better. Found this and i quote: "Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970, in Portland, Oregon) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He attended the University of Oregon and was selected 11th overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brandon spent the first six years of his career in Cleveland, and was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game in 1996 and 1997. After playing for the Cavaliers, Brandon played two years for the Milwaukee Bucks before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. By this point, Brandon was considered one of the best point guards in the game. However, he was often plagued by injuries and on February 13, 2002, he was placed on the injury list by the Timberwolves, from which he did not return. On July 23, 2003 Brandon was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for salary cap purposes. He was waived by the Hawks on February 17, 2004, two years after his last game, and on March 9 he announced his retirement. Brandon finished his career averaging 13.8 points, three rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.58 steals per game, and came within six points of scoring 10,000 in his career. His career-high for assists registered in a game was 16, which he accomplished five times. Terrell was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2006."
The smart ones who understand the game do.....hopefully that includes you. Yep, or in my case, the opposite, I occasionally get one wrong. DD
Took long enough to see a Terrell Brandon mention in here. Some big time prolific college guards at that time. Brandon, Gary Payton, Chris Jackson, Kenny Anderson (only guy listed over 6 ft is Payton) Terrell Brandon was the definition of solid NBA point guard. Would have no problem whatsoever with Brooks being equal to Brandon.
I've wondered why teams don't use more dual point guard lineups. There's no rule saying there only has to be 1 point guard directing 4 others on the floor, and the 2 guard has to be some gunner or bigger athletic guy. Sometimes ball control and smart decision making is whats needed rather than size and athleticism. Some teams in college use an exclusive 3 guard offense. The Suns in the 90's used 3 guards. Not saying it should be a full time thing, but 2 point guards can be used depending on situation.
It is not really about 2 point guards but rather 2 penetrating players with PG passing skills. The Suns... Nash and Barbossa The Spurs...Parker and Ginobli The Mavs....Harris and Terry The Celts....Rondo and Pierce Just two players who can attack defenses and score or set up teamates to score.... The Rockets have Alston and Brooks, but honestly, when TMac gets back...they could have 3 on the court at once, and that would be a nightmare for defenses. I can not wait to see it. DD
Yeah, I dunno how you can abondon the small guard lineup. But when McGrady is back, assuming they stick with the small backcourt, somebody is gonna be SOL to close games at the 4. Shane? Scola? My guess is that it'll vary from game to game.
This works against lesser teams, however the following combinations would kill the Rockets in the 4th Qtr as they do everyone else. parker/ginboli jason terry/stackhouse (Avery plays him at the 2 against small guards) Fisher/Kobe Roy/jack (Roy can post up either one with ease)
Not if you add Tmac, Yao and Scola with Alston and Brooks.........and you could even substitute Bonzi for Scola to compensate for teams going small. DD
I think it will be rare that Adelman finishes a game without either Shane or Chuck on the floor. We're just a very poor defensive team without at least one of those guys in the game. If Alston and Brooks are going to be in the game, then I expect Battier or Chuck will see a lot of minutes at PF down the stretch.
Nightmare for opponents as they try to isolate Brooks and his quickness negates the strategy and causes turnover after turnover. Kinda like when teams iso and post up Hayes. That always plays into our hands. The man Hayes is defending may wind up with 25, but he always does with a truckload of shots and turnovers.
I would agree but Brooks has been improving defensively. He's not putting opposing players on the line with careless fouls. Rafer and Brooks are both fast players that tend to steal the ball or come up with the loose ball and then they both put pressure on the other team on the break. This has been a good combination and has given Yao the scoring support he needs with Brooks being a good shooter and still giving you the solid ball handling skills of Rafer. Brooks can handle the ball better than Head and his passes are better at finding Yao. Rafer is a decent defender even against bigger guards so you can try to switch him onto bigger twos to keep Brooks in the game. Rafer has been shooting the ball better and attacking the basket much better also. Has to give skip some credit because he's stepped up his game with Mac out.
