What does coach RA see in Brooks?? What does he see in him over Lowry??

I agree

 

You said it, not me.

And you still haven't explained to me why you're moaning about Brooks so much when we're 16-4 with him as the starter.

 

Uh, yeah. I'm 100% on board with that idea. But the thread is about the merits of playing Brooks over Lowry, and/or what separates Brooks from Mike James.

 

Uhhhhhh...

YOU STARTED THIS THREAD BASED ON THAT SAME SMALL SAMPLE SIZE.

Dear god man...

 

Pretty pointless stat.
We are 27-1 when Yao scores 20+ and Brooks doesn't know how to pass the ball to Yao.

 

I just hope people stop making these Lowry should start of Brooks threads. It is just too late in the season to change your starting point guard again. Stability in the starting lineup is a positive thing. Just recall that one of the main reasons that the Rockets struggled so much in the first half of the season was the constantly changing lineup. I don't think Lowry has shown himself to be so much better than Brooks to warrant a change, and relegating Brooks to the bench might shaken his confidence and degrade his performance further. The team's record with Brooks starting is very good, so why make a change? Adleman should just adjust their minutes, giving more minutes to the player that is performing considerably better than the other in that particular game.

 

We could try giving the ball to Scola, for one. Brooks takes a lot of those shots with players open on the wings. I've seen this, like in the Chicago game. He barrels down the floor and has battier and scola open but decides to drive it into 3 defenders only to get rejected. Plenty of time left on the clock. He does this a lot. But you're telling me his abysmal 40% field goal shooting is on everyone else and not because Brooks has tunnel vision? Or Brooks' "pick and rolls" where he *never* kicks the ball out? And that 16-4 record was because we had a long stretch of home games and played a bunch of creampuffs to boot. Brooks is a ballstopper who can't even make an entry pass that doesn't end up around Yao's ankles. Since he's been the starter, this 40 percenter has averaged more FGA per game then Yao. Even tonight when Yao clearly should have gotten the ball more, Brooks decided to heat check his way to a 2-12er. No, he should definitely shoot *less* and play *less* in favor of Lowry playing more.

 

Overrated by whom? Brooks was a late 1st rounder, Wafer was acquired as a free agent, both guys are good additons to the team and should get better over the coming years. Nobody expects them to take us to the championship this year, they are complimentary players with reasonable upside potential. If the Rox go far in the playoffs it will be because of Yao, Artest and Scola.

 

To clarify, I'm not arguing that Brooks should definitely start. I'm arguing that he's a far, far more positive force than Mike freakin' James.

 

Yao scored more than 20 points for 28 times out of 64 games played,
Yao score more than 20 in 9 games when Brooks starts.

Does that mean Brooks is a better Yao passer than Rafer?

 

And I agree with that. In fact, those paying attention might remember I started this thread, endlessly praising the trade for Lowry as soon as I got home from work the day it happened:

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=163074

Lowry SHOULD get more minutes. But Brooks is still a net positive on this team. Comparing him to Mike James is out of line.

 

OK, that I agree with. But that only means Brooks is far, far more positive than a dog turd.

 

Overrate by fans on this board. did you see when they had a hot streak, all those "Brooks vs. Chris Pau"l, "Wafer is better than Tmac" threads?

They are vastly overrated by making shots in some games. Fans don't notice they were not playing the right way for team to succeed consistently in playoffs. Their career shoting percentage and season average don't indicate they shoot taking stupid shots like that.

 

He makes mistakes, but he is a net positive for this team. He helps more than he hurts.