I'll playball with Nelson, just not a big fan, but Westbrook??? Russell is already an all-star caliber PG who scores only 3 points less per game then AB, having the leagues leading scorer on the team, while having 3 more dimes per game and 2 more rebounds per game. Westbrook is by far the better defender and while Brooks destroys him in 3 point shooting their FG% is still pretty darn close.
Westbrook is scoring less points on lower efficiency. His assist numbers are higher but that's going to happen when you play with the game's leading scorer in a fast-paced offense.
What's that, REEKO? I can't hear you, because you're on my ignore list since every single thing you say is brainless.
If some of you think Steve Francis was a franchise player then Aaron Brooks is definitely a franchise player. AB > SF3 I think AB is a franchise player.
If AB is not the MVP of the team then who is? I dont see us setting up plays for Scola to take at the end? AB is the best player on this team hands down.
What do you have against AB? Do you even watch the games? If you do, then you'd know that there is a VERY strong case for AB as MVP of this team. The only other choice would be Scola. Aaron Brooks is one of the ten best PG's in the league whether you like it or not. He's not best suited as a 6th man on a strong team, whoever said that, he's a starter. He plays like one and he's more than capable.
Your credibility is gone. Right out the window. Anything you say from here on out will be dismissed. A role player?! Wow. That's laughable.
I don't define a franchise player as the best player on the franchise. I see it as the player (or players) on a team in which you home you never leaves the team, and whom you build your team around. AB does not fit that definition to me. He might be the MVP this season, but I don't think he's untradable (like Yao is currently), we would not give him a max contract if his contract were up, nor do I think we are building our roster around him to maximize what he can do for us. You build around Nash. You build around CP3, You build around Williams. Not around Brooks.
No current players on the team are the franchise players, do you want to pay him a near max money? Then the team is going to nowhere. Martin or Scola are more closer, but still are not those players.
Enlighten me, since when does number of posts determine credibility? Last time I checked the number of posts is completely irrelevant. According to your standards, if someone posts "Yao Ming sucks" 10,000 times, they must be right because they said it so much. Next time you attempt a witty comeback, make sure its witty.
It doesn't, I am just pointing out that you don't have credibility either because you only have 3 posts, well 4 now.
The fact that we're even having this discussion is a testament to how far Brooks raised his game his season. He was asked to play huge minutes, carry the scoring load, and take all the big shots. He had a few spectacular failures, but he also made countless huge plays, never broke down, and stayed remarkably consistent for a guy who only just became the starter at the trade deadline last season. I was pissed when the Rockets drafted a midget point guard and thought they were crazy to give him the keys last year, but Brooks has shut my mouth convincingly. By pretty much any standard, he's had an AWESOME 09-10 season, and he's only making 2 mil. per year. Is he a guy you build a franchise around? No. But Aaron Brooks can play for my team any day of the week.
at full strength AB would have the same role as a Jason Terry. however, right now he is being asked to do alot more than Terry and doing a comendable job... he is not a franchise player, but he is indespensible. esp. in late game situations. he has proven the ability to get off his own shot at the end of games (a real weakness to kevin martins game), and with great range and accuracy.
It has been between Brooks and Scola on who has been our most improved player this year. Yao is the face of our franchise but he is injury prone. When fit however he is our best player.
A franchise player is one you build your team around and make plans for a very long time. They are the guys you invest in, and if there's a chemistry issue between your franshise guy and someone else, the someone else goes. Basically, he's the main man, not just the best player on the team in a losing season. Brooks is not that. He's very good, but you won't build the team around him and his talents. This team doesn't have a franchise player anymore. It was Yao..and T-mac to a degree. Now it's no one. Yao isn't a franchise player because he's just kinda unknown in terms of what we'll see when he comes back...he might retake that title, but this team is definitely not build around his unique talents anymore. That doesn't mean the current players won't compliment Yao, it just means the offense won't revolve around him at least as I can tell. RA has moved on and really installed his system it appears. There's very few franchise players to be honest...and usually it's not just that they are MVP's of the team, they are usually MVP vote getters across the league...Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Howard are franchise players. Garnett use to be. Brandon Roy is probably one. Kevin Durant..etc.
