Is Aaron Brooks good or bad? Does he actually contribute to winning??

Well yeah, if you mean Vince Young starting and Kerry Collins as the backup QB.

 

His 14 points (prior to last 30 sec) is some of the most quite 14 points I see in playoffs.

 

Definitely we would have won game 1 without AB. Mark my words.

 

Unfortunately RA doesn't agree with you.

I start to believe the rumor that Yao will not stay in Rockets after the term.

 

i didnt read the whole thread but don't get fooled by brooks high scoring totals. most of his points came when the two games were already decided.

12 pts in game 1 after we built a 82-58 lead

11 pts in game 2 after in the final 27 seconds

when AB came back in for lowry at the five minute mark in the second game, the score was 89-87 HOU. this is what brooks did after that

4:20 steve blake blows by him for a layup 91-89 POR
3:39 misses 1st FT 91-89 POR
3:39 makes 2nd FT 91-90 POR
3:09 misses 3 pt jumper (miss is an understatement, it was a straight brick) 93-90 POR
2:12 Turnover 96-90 POR
1:05 Turnover that leads to a breakaway dunk 98-90 POR

so for the first 43 minutes of the game he played average, then in the most important 4:30 he completely tanked it, then in the last 27 seconds when the game was all but decided he scored 11 pts....

so in my eyes, despite his great stats, he contributed alot more to losing this game then to winning it.

interesting stat - kyle drew 5 fouls alone in the 2nd quarter. more then brooks will probably draw all series....

 

3rd is better than 5th, but man why not 2nd?

 

I suspect Brooks has a conflict of interest. He wishes to play more games in his hometown. He may have also caused Rockets' loss to the Mavericks.

 

if yao would have had a DECENT game, we would have had another blowout victory, ab played phenomenal, but we got torched by LA and BR, we couldn't cancel that out with Yao and Brooks...solution: get yao the ball, seems easy enough, o and yao...score when you get it, don't pass

 

He got us back in the game at the end of the 3rd quarter. That wasn't quiet.

 

He did make some shots. But yeah, I remember, prior to his "got us back", he had: a pass to Ron late clock for 3, clank, a pass to Chuck last clock, clank, a pass to Landry for jumper, miss. So, it's a wash.

 

Dangit Aaron! How dare someone miss a shot and blow your assist!

Come on Miche, I expected more of you. Who knows, if Landry makes that bucket, maybe they go back to it and he misses it twice more instead of Brooks' scoring. You can't point to play A and assume that what happened in play B would be the same if what happened in play A was different.

 

There is assist. Then there is made shots by a pass. I don't think dribbling out clock before passing to someone not in best scoring position a "assist attempt but missed". Do you?

Come on, this is guarded Chuck Hayes we are talking about. If you can't figure that out, you prob shouldn't play PG or in control of the ball.

 

So you are now complaining about errors a rookie starting PG made in his 2nd play-off start, and using that to belittle a couple of great plays he made later in the same quarter??? Which is probably the point I wanted to make in the first place, but you mentioned that Landry missed a J.


BTW, didnt see the jumper Landry missed, but a Landry jumper from 12-18 feet out is a high percentage play. He shoots about 45% from there, which is just as good as Scola(also 45%).


Perspective people. Aaron Brooks isnt a 6th year Jake Plummer throwing 3 picks in the first half only to have his 2nd half come back attempt fall 20 yards short.

 

Well, if you had watched the game, you'd have most of your questions answered.

does it solve the problem of winning a series or global warming ? no.

but at least when you talk to the other posters who had watched the game, they feel more confident in your opinion and its easier for you to understand what they are talking about.

 

Some logic consistency please. I don't think he can develop his passing game much, but that's beyond the point. The point is, you can't excuse him with 2nd year thing on one hand, and then say he is great and contribute so much on the other hand. FYI, we all know and agree he can shoot. Unfortunately for him, and maybe the team, he has to play PG.

 

if our PG played like aaron brooks in 04-05, 06-07, or 07-08 playoffs, HELL YEA WE WOULD HAVE WON.

so yes, he does contribute to winning. you guys just expect him to be derrick rose or rondo, which he's not. he's a scorer. and he has done that.

 

That has averaged 6 assists per game this series.

 

exactly. it's like they expect perfection. people know i criticized brooks in the past.

but if you see how he plays, HE'S A SCORER. that's it. and with his 6 dimes, hell yea i'm not complaining.

after years of offensive ineptitude at that position in the playoffs, i'm thankful for brooks right now.