Who do you want as starting PG next season: Lowry or Brooks?

Brooks imo, dude made huge strides in the post season and will do nothing but improve. Lowry is a more than solid backup pg, and will also improve greatly. they both bring differnt demtions that is needed in a nba pg.

brooks is quicker than quick, nice midrange shooter and really nice from long distance, his dribble penetration is awesome he needs to work on his passing ability and defense but that will come.

Lowry is tough as nails and fearless in attacking the rim, he is also a smothering defender for his size and has great strength. he passes well off the dribble and i think he and Carl Landry are a nice 1 2 combo off the bench. he can work on his jumper tho.

either way i dont think we NEED Nash at all, we need a SG that can create off the dribble. i think we are set at the pg spot for at least the next 3 years or so if not much longer.

 

It depends on who the starting 2 guard is going to be.

If its Tracy, Lowry fits in fine with the starting group as we don't need much offensive production from the PG. Brooks can come in, change the speed of the game and bring offense as well.

If it isn't Tracy, then it has to be evaluated based on who it will be.

 

dang, gw is winning fl. w/o the recount.

 

So, how many screen names did you register last night DD?

 

Wrong, you need 2 penetrating players, and scoring the ball and being a threat is the most important thing you can do....to help Yao....

Be a weapon...it stops teams from easily double teaming Yao because they will pay for it by giving up the long ball.

AB is light years ahead of Lowry as a scoring threat, and at the end of the day, it is about putting the biscuit in the basket.

DD

 

I don't care who starts. I just want to know who is going to finish the game. Guys who mostly start don't end up finishing the game.

 

You can't have that much penetration when you have a 7'6" guy anchored in the paint. With a team centered around Yao, you need a more traditional PG to run the show and get him the ball. Lowry has showed he is able and more willing to get Yao the ball in the half court sets.

Allow Brooks to come in with a small lineup in the second unit and he can be more effective that way because those will be the players that suit his style. It is more about putting Brooks into a position where he can maximize his strengths and not pidgenhole him into a role where he can't be himself.

 

I think both are great players with potential to be even better.

 

exactly

the starting lineup needs the scoring and Lowry simply does not have the range to start right now. both can drive to the hoop but aaron can knock down the 3, that is why he has to stay in the starting lineup.

 

You move Yao out to the high post more often...Yao in the low post is great but easily shut down due to his slowness of foot.

Got to mix it up some...having 2 players that can shoot and penetrate and pass...a triple threat makes the team VERY hard to guard.

DD

 

The starting PG has to be Brooks. He did good job in the playoff, how can he lost his job during the summer with playing the ball? As much as I like Lowry, he do not any right to take over the job from Brooks.

 

I'd vote, but I am more interested to see what changes either of them makes. Lowry as a shooter is similar to Tony Parker, just not quite as adept at finishing at the basket. His only shooting issue is range and you can teach range. It's tough to break a guy of bad shooting habits, and fortunately for Lowry he is pretty good. Sure the low release point is a factor, but it wouldn not be in what is considered his weakness(catch n shoot 3 balls from ball rotation due to a double team on Yao).


I also think Brooks will continue to improve as a finisher around the basket. Heck, remember in '07-'08 when Alston improved his inside finishes by around 10%. That's a drastic improvement, and any improvements Brooks makes will only further his scoring ability. I also think both Brooks and Lowry will benefit with more practice time with the rest of the guys. There were times that spacing issues played a big role in the turnovers and poor play of our point guards. Things like that come with more familiarity with what the point guard is going to do.

 

yep, Aarons got that capability to bring us back if were down or knock down the shot under pressure. Lowry has a long way to go before he can do that. But i dno maybe it wud b gud 2 bring him in later 2 change the pace of the game.

im not sayin lowry hasnt proved his skill hes been immense so has brooks but it all depends who else is on the startin line up really.

 

Disagree. Lowry is a point guard, not a 2. He looks to set-up his teammates first, then his shot as a 2d or 3d option. Doesn't have the range (yet) that Brooks has, but is less a liability in defense. Got lots of firepower on the first unit, need a distributor so that Ron doesn't go off in a dribbling frenzy.

Brooks is not a point guard in the true sense of the word. He and Kyle are about the same size, but Kyle passes bigger and is better defensively.

 

Brooks is a better player right now no matter who else is on the court. I doubt this topic has even been given any consideration at all among the Rocket coaching staff. It's silly that it keeps coming up here.

 

this was a terrible time to create this poll, imo.

people are still on a brooks high after the playoffs.

if you look at aaron and kyle objectively from what the team *needs*... kyle is the clear starter

aaron is valuable bench point, but until he learns how to pass or defend (not all his fault... maybe if he grew 2 inches and added 20lbs) he won't be starting on a team that needs to run its offense through its bigs...

kyle, on the other hand, needs to get a 3 point shot, QUICK

 

any player than can score 27 points in his first playoff start, score 34 in a playoff game, and then also score 26 in an elimination game deserves to start.

 

Agree on the terrible time....

Still trying to figure out the defense bit though, AB pretty much owned CP3, Billups, Blake, Fisher, Harris...tons.....

If anything he has proven that the defensive knock on him is patently false.

He needs to improve his passing and decision making, but just like Tony Parker, starting with the ability to shoot is a great plus.

The NBDL is littered with guys who can pass the ball but not shoot it......Lowry needs to get better at shooting before he even SNIFFS being a starter...he was 3rd string in Memphis for a reason.

He has skills but he has more areas to improve on than Brooks does.

DD

 

I'll said it before and I'll say it again. Lowry is better for us as a starter.

 

Where was I for this defensive 1v1 ownage?

Bottom line: Kyle is better at keeping the opponent from putting the ball in the hoop, and Kyle is better and getting our guys to put the ball in our hoop.

I do not want another scoring PG running this team.


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if you put a gun to my head and said "pick one"... I'm going with Kyle because I think it is easier to develop a 3 point shot than it is to develop into a defender/distributor.