Well no doubt, it will take time, but when you are the PG, it is especially difficult as you need to learn where everyone needs the ball to be effective. I don't expect 30-30-30 every game, but I do expect them to learn how to play off each other better and the team benefitting because of it. I am just tired of the people who can't see the forest through the trees. DD
I think I will have to do the same. Or just leave the garm before my head explodes, no wonder I hardly come in here anymore.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Again. You're wrong conceptually. Think about what a pg's job is and what Brooks' job is. You're wrong statistically. Think about Brooks' stats in comparison to past/present pg's/sg's. Whose do they resemble more? And I don't care if you ignore me. You don't contribute anything to discussions since your idea of logic is "I'm older than you!!!". The funny thing is that for an old guy, you act remarkably childish.
OMG DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ADELMAN"S SYSTEM? Go look at his King's teams. When did his point guards play like the way you are describing? You are simply WRONG
The last 2 games were like night & day. In the Orlando game, Brooks was trying to do everything by himself. He ended up dribbling too much & running too much time off the clock. Against the Spurs, he picked his spots and also deferred the ball to Martin with enough time for him to be successful. Aaron made great decisions, knowing when to drive, pull up or defer to his other teammates. We also saw where Martin would take the role of a creator and Brooks could play off the ball. I have to admit, those first games didn't look like Brooks & Martin could mesh, but after watching the Spurs game, I can see a lot of positive things from this combo. Both players can shoot, so opposing teams can't just rotate off a typical non-shooting point guard. At times, these 2 can be interchangeable, taking turns creating and playing off the ball.
First of all, Porter put up solid assist number in the first few years Adelman was at Portland. Secondly, are you aware that Brooks averaged 4 apg during his years at Oregon? And thirdly, are we fully implemented in the "Adelman system"? If you recall, Webber was one of the primary playmakers.
I love that you completely skipped over Mike Bibby who played very similar to Brooks on a team that had a great deal of success. Also, what do college numbers have to do with anything? If you recall from the game last night, everyone was involved in the passing, 1-5. That means the system was firing on all cylinders. The Rockets do not have a big man with the skill of CWebb, but everyone gets involved in the passing as much as possible. THe point is, Adelman does not rely on the point guards for all the passing, nor should he. btw, if you look at porter's assist numbers, they dropped dramatically once Adelman took over as coach. They went from 9 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 5
Compare them to teams in the same system. His numbers look much more like Bibby's than Doug Christie. In Adelman's system he isnt required to make something out of nothing. This argument would hold more water in a system led by JVG or whatever. Speaking of JVG, your superior playmaking PG from that era named Rafer Alston only averaged 6 assists once, and that was the year Mac and Yao missed significant time together. The team is averaging more assists as a team than that era, which means in this offense its more spread out. Team had only 19 assists last night, but 4 different players had 3 or more. The offense is spread around. That's by design. But just for the record, Brooks is averaging 6.5 assists since the trade.
Haven't read the whole thread but wouldn't this have made more sense after the Orlando game??? Brooks played very well last night with his decision making, shot selection(with very few exceptions) and stamina. Martin taking 24 shots surprises me because he normally doesn't take so many but with him looking for his shot it's fine by me. Brooks played the way a Coach Adelman PG should play and didn't try to do to much. I think he is starting to realize that with Martin on the squad he doesn't need to be the main PLAYMAKER anymore. The late rally by the Spurs doesn't concern me expect I would have liked for the bench to get some minutes and save the guy's legs for tonight but oh well....
Why do guys on clutchfans want to trade everyone who has a bad game.. I mean jeez if that was the case i would love 2 c how this team would look. How many trades would there be just to satisfy some of yall on here. Trade Brooks then Start Lowry.. Lowry messes up trade lowry then start whoever.. They traded McGrady now its a would we be winning if McGrady was here. McGrady this McGrady that.. It is known that this is a developmental season thing yet guys still don't understand and are not happy.. Jeez.
Sarcasm aside, I do think this summer or next year is our best time to trade Brooks for that elite player (like Bosh, D William, etc). Brooks value will be all time high after this season and it's safe to assume that he is due for a huge salary bump, some teams would probabily overpay him in the $8-10 million range. In this range, Brooks is not worth the buck...
