[Oregonlive.com] NBA High-5: Clyde Drexler said Brooks will be an All-Star

I am sorry, but AB does WAY more than just shoot. He can penetrate (just not a strong finisher with contact) and has a nice repertoire of moves in his offensive arsenal. His biggest flaws are poor court vision and really bad D.

 

I don't know about that. Kidd actually was playing very well for Dallas last season and they had a better record. His game is not about scoring, but he ran the team well, and he does everything else much better than AB. There was no complaints about it Kidd being an all-star outside ClutchBBs.

After Kidd, there was another guard going down, and they picked karman, so that "Brooks would be an all-star instead of Kidd anywhere else" theory doesn't really have a base.

Brook is not getting downgraded, he won MIP award and was deserved. But he didn't play at all-star level.

 

Lots of homers on CF seem to see AB as this magical PG who could walk on water and turn it into wine. Granted he is fast enough that he could probably run across water, but that is besides the point.

 

On numerous occasions; I used to almost throw up. More like a borderline NBA player. In my opinion, a guard that can't shoot shouldn't be in the league. Certainly shouldn't be starting.

 

As to Brooks as an All Star, I think he is capable of playing at an All Star level offensively, but, the problem, too many great player at his position. He and Martin will be an elite guard duo that may average 40 pts. per game. For the first time in a long time, the Rockets are pretty much set at the guard position.

 

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your right.

 

I actually had a dream last night that I was looking at Brooks' stats and the line was something like 22pts - 10.6 assists - 5.6 rebounds

that would be awesome man, maybe a premonition dream, when i seen the thread title it made me remember my dream.

 

So, with all the things that you have described about him, what is he then? What is he really good at?

 

Like I said all along, he is good at scoring, but little else.

 

he practically was an all-star last year, but stern threw a pity vote at jason kidd

 

derrick rose averaged 20 and 6 last year and brooks averaged 20 and 5. rose was an all-star last year so whats your point? do you realize adelman's system doesnt rely on a ball dominant PG

 

Are you sure you didn't dream that we traded for Chris Paul?

 

Brooks did play at an All-Star/borderline All-Star level last season. But with the balanced team we have this season, I doubt he'll put up the same numbers.

That's not to say he can't; he just probably won't have the same scoring opportunities as he did with Yao out last season.

 

Clyde does say some off-the-wall things, but about AB, it is very much so possible. We'll all have to wait and see how he does this season and how other players play.

 

You do realize that there is more to comparing PG than just looking at the basic stat line right? Rose has a much better FG% as well as FTA than Brooks by a significant margin. His only chink is that he is not a great shooter, but he more than compensates by taking it inside strong more and picking up the fouls.

You do realize that there is something in the PG world called Assist Turnover Ratio right? Rose has a career ATR of 2.34 while AB has one of 1.89, meaning while Rose averages more than 2 dimes a giveaway, Brooks can't even dish the ball out twice without throwing it away.

You do realize that in none of the seasons have we actually played Adelman's system right? Rick employs a motion offense system where the ball is moved around by sharp passing instead of ISO'ing. Everyone shares the ball in motion offense, which is why PG's tend to have deflated assist numbers. Are you seriously saying that was the way our offense with Brooks looked? I don't know which games you were watching, but most of the time I saw Brooks continuing to ISO, relying on speed to blow by the opponent and dishing it out for dimes or TO's when he runs into trouble inside. I don't see him picking off the D with sharp passes or scoring within the system like CBud and Martin.

 

You are comparing Rondo to Rafer, not me. And Rondo can't shoot???