We'd do well to keep AB and K-Low. I hope K-Low's been shooting thousands of catch-and-shoot threes every day this off-season...
Totally agree w/ you, I don't Brooks going no where, the way my husband explains it to me, we don't really need him but I really don't want to lose him. I think our team is just fine the way it is and we should focus on how to make it work now, Whoo Go Rockets!
Brooks? What the hell? Ok, forgive me for my sins. I went to sleep last night and am just now signing in. There are tons of Bosh threads and I don't wanna search through each one. Did we offer Brooks, or is that what Toronto is demanding?
I'm sure the addition of a Bosh, Amar'e or even a JJ would impact the amount of shots AB would take. AB would have to become a pass first PG which I don't think he would be good at because of his poor court vision. I'd hate to lose AB but with a Superstar on this team and Yao coming back you'd see a significant drop in AB's stats. I think that's why Morey wouldn't mind selling high of him before his contract becomes larger.
Chad Ford jotting down a hypothetical. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/17346/the-rockets-pitch-to-bosh
I dont think we will give up AB, unless we get another PG in the deal. It will likely be Hill, Battier, pick, and maybe jeffries or some other role player. While brooks isn't a CP or DW, he's still a very good pg, especailly for yao bc of his 3pt shooting. keeping brooks and getting bosh would be a big step forward. losing brooks and gaining bosh would be a baby step.
If he is involved in a trade, then Rockets will start Lowry and get another backup, maybe steve blake?
Whew...ok (thanks to you as well hsf09). I was about to say....that would just be dumb. Brooks isn't the best PG in the world but Lowry can't space the floor like he does.
T.J. Ford... Past 1st PG will all the tools we have is a perfect fit. We don't need a shooting PG like Brooks because we have KM, Yao, Bosh(Hopefully), Scola(Maybe), Ariza, Battier to do the shooting for us.. We need a floor general ala Steve Nash..
Reading this thread will cause your basketball IQ to drop 50 points. Brooks started for one year, and had to carry the team on his shoulders...averaged nearly 20ppg, 5+ assists, and made the most 3pt shots of ANYONE in the NBA, so much so, that he won the Most improved player award again, for the entire league. He will only get better, and I seriously DOUBT Morey would give him up for Bosh, no need to do that..he can get him with less. Toronto has NO leverage here, if Bosh wants to come to Houston, they have to take what Houston offers... And frankly offering Brooks would be STUPID !!!! DD
Naturally, when we even mention Aaron Brooks, it's because Chad Ford floated his name in a hypothetical. Makes SOME sense, certainly on Toronto's side, as he was offered before in a deal for Bosh (along with Ron-Ron). That was before AB blew up. Toronto'd sure have interest now. If----IF----AB was sent to Toronto, I imagine the deal would be expanded so that we get Jarrett Jack, Bosh's running buddy from college days (I believe).
Lowry would be the logical replacement, if Brooks goes. One scenario might be that we trade Brooks, lock in Lowry this summer, sign Foye at a bargain price, and roll with those two at PG. Maybe we add a third PG later on for more depth. How much would Brooks be looking to make next summer? That has to be a consideration here. If Morey can deal Brooks instead of his Knicks draft picks (and it looks like they could very well be high lottery picks), he may very well do that. I think some people here really underestimate how much the Rockets like Lowry.
Lowry is a better pure PG than Brooks, while Brooks is the better overall talent. I would hate to see AB go, but if it meant bringing Bosh in... you have to pull that trigger and then set up a second trade for a PG dangling Battier or Ariza + picks.
That's not true actually. Houston is the one team Toronto does have leverage with. Look, no matter where Bosh goes he is going by sign and trade. The threat of "if you don't trade me to Houston I will sign a max deal with..." isn't going to work because everyone knows Bosh isn't leaving the money on the table. So if Bosh picks Houston, Toronto will say, "give us our price or we'll just refuse to do the deal" knowing they'll either get their price or Bosh will just pick a different city.
