AB is a poor man's Steve Francis, a shooting guard in a poing guard body.He is too small to play SG.Brooks can be a 6th man.He is quick but stupid at times.
Whether or not his Ball IQ is low, his limiting factor will be his size. He's been blocked countless times on the drive, partly because he does that scoop shot, but mainly because he's undersized. Seeing him actually adjust his penetration, and dribble speed is a good sign that he's learning. Being lightning quick is twice as deadly if he can stop on a dime.
That is indeed the key, the midrange game......if he can do that, he will be a very good player in the league. Calvin Murphy lived in the mid range area...AB needs to as well. DD
simple answer..the truth is the critics who say ab has low bball IQ are the ones who have low bball IQ. he made derek fisher look like he should retire even though fisher has always been a clutch playoff player
You sir are 100% correct, if you don't understand what AB is doing out there, or rather is being asked to do, it is YOU that has the low BBall IQ, not Brooks. You have earned yourself some green. DD
Brooks is a fantastic Jason Terry-type guard who is less than ideal for playing with Yao. If he improves his consistency though, he should start due to his Tony Parker-like potential. If he does not, being the 6th man off the bench like Terry himself is my hope for him.
I think the Rockets, now more than ever, are going to have to live and die with AB doing his thing. JVG always used to say that he couldn't take away a T-Mac's creativity and vision by calling too many set plays. He had to trust Mac to make the right plays because he sees things and has a feel for the game that a coach just can't replace from the sidelines. I think with Yao in the game, AB defers too much to running the offense through Yao. When AB is aggressive and looking to create offense for himself (and consequently for his teammates when the defense collapses), the Rockets are much more dangerous than when they pound the ball into the court trying to feed the post. Movement, whether it's via ball movement or player movement, is what is going to keep the Rockets in this series. For that to happen, AB has to play like he did in Oregon and how he did in Games 1 and 2 in the Portland series and Game 4 of this series.
thanks...no matter what happens in this series, with this undermanned team ab was a huge part in every win..heck..i guarantee game 4 wouldn't have been won if rafer alston was still a rocket starter. alston would have guaranteed 3 turnovers which is 3 huge ball possessions and derek fisher and farmar would still be fresh and be able to be a factor on offense. Fisher got so tired because he had to chase ab around..
Who said Brooks has a low Bball IQ? I think his IQ is just fine. He needs just dribble less, shoot the ball when he is left for open, and attack, attack, and attack, those are his strength, using his strength is still a key for him to learn. It sounds like that he plays better without Yao, but this is just one game, we will find it out sooner.
My only problem with him (two really) is that he doesn't know how to make a post entry pass to Yao and second, he dribbles into traps or bigs too much. His dribble penetration is good, so that's what he needs to do to setup his teammates. His handles are well above average, but he also has a tendency to dribble into too much traffic or will simply lose the ball because he's so fast. His stop and pop ability is amazing and he can drain 3's with the best of em. He's a SG in a PG's body, but that's okay. We need his scoring for now.
The more I read this thread title the more it makes my brain hurt. Usually I'm a thread killer by being the last poster. Nobody bump after me so we can get this god awful thread to go away!
Sorry but when you have more turn overs than assists for a series that gives pretty good reason to question basketball IQ, with my definition of basketball IQ being the ability to make see and make the right play in a given situation.
I do not think AB has a low IQ. First, he completed his college education. Second, he can get a starting pg job in a pretty good team. Third, he knows his strength is his score ability, and that is the reason is why he gets a starting job. Thus, he didn't try to pass too much. That's not his thing. Forth, he knows Adelman will bench him if he has too many TOs. So, he doesn't look for passing the ball to our bigs. Anyways, he knows Adelman will let him on the court if he keeps scoring.
I, and apparently many others, are probably annoyed that AB as a PG just doesn't get ASSISTS. 3.5 in 33min is really terrible for a starting PG!!!
Basketball is a team sport. The individual success doesn't always just team success. When a major player's personal success doesn't lead to team success, his BB IQ is usually low.
I think his BBIQ is fine. I think a lot of folks are confusing his court vision with BB IQ. His court vision could be better, especially for someone playing the point. But his BB IQ is fine.
