A great argument, I don't agree with you about Brooks not improving, but I understand your position. Lowry could not beat out Conley...I like him, but unless he learns to shoot it will be Rafer part II. Teams will clog the paint and let him build a house with acme bricks. Wait, didn't you say it was a weakness, and now he can play great team defense...awesome, welcome aboard ! DD
would the lakers trade trevor ariza? he's not untouchable, but he nearly damn is considering his role. brooks is not untouchable, but we're not trading him for no unknown, esp. with tmac. that's absurd how much we're giving up if we did do that trade. ABSURD. i would only trade brooks for an established star or a rising star (not necessarily superstar)
Chouli, what dumb about ur argument is neither billups nor rafer or nelson were able to abuse fisher and the lakers guards like brooks did. He has special qualities that u can't find everywhere. If brooks didn't threaten the defense with his penetration and force the defense to adjust, the rockets don't make it out the first rd.
Remember it took Tony Parker about 3-4 years before he realized his full potential. Aaron Brooks still has room to grow despite the fact that he was thrown into the fire mid season I still feel he will be a star
AB can't do that consistently either. He just got hot at the right time. Wafer had a better stretch in regular season shooting wise, but it's not like he'll all of a sudden become that type of shooter for his career. No perimeter player on our team can do this just says our perimeter shooting sucks. It doesn't mean we can't trade Ab for one. For example, if you get a Steve Nash, you can expect better number than that every season.
brooks will be a 19-21ppg scorer in his prime EASY. he could average more if he doesn't play PG (ala we get a playmaking wing)
How can you argue with someone that ignores stats by just saying "He got hot"? ROFLMAO ......unreal... DD
Will Lakers trade Ariza for Rubio? Hell YES. It all depends. You don't trade AB for Fisheer even if Fisher just got championship. But AB for Rubio is a no brainer. Too bad Menphis is not that stupid.
brooks creates so many problems for the opposing team with his quickness and is a good scorer. if its a choice between brooks and rubio, ill pick brooks.
He got hot, because his shooting stats in 12 games was considerably higher than his career average or his season average. That's the definition of "getting hot". Ever rembember Jeromey James? Issiah Thaoma surely saw his potential and "great finish touch" too.
Or, he got comfortable in his new role and was settling in to where he will be in his career. And, he DID IT IN THE PLAYOFFS !!! Isn't it refreshing to have a player on the team that actually RAISES his game in the playoffs for a change? DD
Give Rubio a couple years and make your pick again. If AB is a can't miss type PG for a championship team,you keep it, just to maximize the opportunity of championship. Too bad AB isn't, he's an undersized SG in PG's body. Rubio will be a much better player in a long run.
oh, "he just got hot at the right time." YEA IN THE PLAYOFFS. the playoffs is where you show how good you really are. like you, i wasn't impressed by brooks much in the playoffs to like im defending him right now. but what he showed me in the playoffs is "big time player status." do you know how much the defensive intensity goes up in the playoffs? teams actually game planned for brooks after that game 1 explosion? he was talked about by the media AND players and they still couldn't slow him down at times. he struggled at times b/c he's still young. but he played well overall in the playoffs. wafer was great in the reg. seaosn b/c there's little pressure. look at what happened to him when the pressure rose? he wilted. brooks is a keeper. esp. if the offer is for rubio or memphis #2. brooks is better than him NOW. and will be better than him for 3-4 years at least.
if we were rebuilding, i might consider. but yao might be done in 2-3 years. u gotta win now or build your team to win now.
if rubio was that good, he would either be a surefire #1 or #2 pick. unfortunately, he won't. so is he that good? remember all the european players who get drafted really high? most become BUSTS despite the hype.
From the way how he was playing, I still think it's more like a hot streak against slow PGs. DD, just a question: Even great shooters like Ray Allen will have off nights or bad shooting series, but what else can AB do above average to make this team better? Is that the definition of "untradable"?
