(CHRONIC) Point guard wishes Rockets would extend contract to match his growing value

Brooks ability to score from the point makes his value go up. Teams will have to double Yao, we gotta have a player to make the defense pay. Simple basketball. He doesn't need to be Iverson. You guy undervalue a point guard who can shooters

 

I agree with what most said in this thread..AB shouldnt of mentioned it like that.
Needs to just prove himself on the court....again

 

Let's just hope he doesn't think he needs to take more shots to do that.

 

This. And when defenses do collapse on him it is because they know he would not pass so there is no point in guarding their own men.

It is also amazing for some posters to call him "clutch". They may have forgotten how many games the Rockets lost last season due to his repeated failure to make the game-tying or game-winning free throws.

The Rockets should evaluate his value again this year before committing long term to him.

 

Maybe my b-ball knowledge is lacking...but doesn't an extension basically mean signing at more-or-less the same rate? For example a player is making a 4M this year, if you extend his contract for 3 years doesn't that mean he'll make 4M for the next three years as well?

If that's the case shouldn't we extend his contract now instead of waiting for him to become a FA and get his value in the open market?

 

The extension can be for any legal salary. In the case of Brooks, he'll obviously get a raise.

 

FG% and TS%

He's a less efficient scorer than Yao, Scola and Kevin Martin yet there is a good chance he will take more shots than any of them. With the current lineup, I still feel his offense will slightly outweigh all of his negatives (although I want his minutes to go down). If the Rockets make that "next step" trade that I feel is necessary to contend then I think he is expendable if not just a flat out bad fit.

 

you dont give a rookie an extension when you can make a qualifying offer which makes him restricted.

with the power to match any offer you can then let the market set a value rather than bidding against yourself.

tough luck for rookies (including aaron) but they just don't have the leverage that vets do. he needs to accept it and stop thinking about it until next summer.

 

I don't like the timing of this complaint; it has been a long off season, plenty of time to discuss this matter. Bottomline, Morey and the Rockets will do nothing with this request.

 

Think this point may come up in CBA negotiations?

 

The Rockets should tell Leon Rose that their data indicates that Aaron Brooks would be a lot more valuable if he were to be paired with Carmelo Anthony. And as such, the team should only sign Brooks to a substantial extension if Carmelo Anthony becomes a Rocket.

 

This is when sports geeks and their stats fail. Yes there are more efficient shooters on the team statistically, but what your stats don't show is that Brooks was the playmaker on the team with no post presence. So often players like Martin, Scola & Battier are beneficiaries of plays players like Aaron Brooks intially created. Now anybody who's played or watched basketball knows this, but most state geeks don't factor this in plus minus stats.

How quickly people forget who the best player was in that series against the Lakers

 

Ever hear of 'match-ups'? BTW - I am an AB man. #0, take the $, and R-U-N!

 

What part of dumb trade idea dont u understand? Why would philly want a guy like brooks and chuck plus jeffries for iggy. Have you ever heard of lou williams and jrue holiday? What about speights,hawes,and reggier evans? Getting you so called great deal does nothing for that team except dump iggy whom they can get alot more for redundant players.

Your other piece of work is praising kirk like he's something. He's a injury prone,9m per year bench player who is a terrible shooter for some reason. Like i said before, there is a random trade thread you can post your garbage trade in,but this isnt the one.

 

i agree with most of what you're saying, but you still seem to forget the first rd picks.. plus jeffries and hayes are defensive specialists, the sixers would be a much better team defensively, albeit not offensively. lastly, brooks, although not enough to get the deal done, is an all-star caliber player who generates buzz because of his quickness and (still unproven) clutchness. i think clutchfans members are too afraid to hype up one of their own (from the very start..) and as a result tend to undervalue brooks. kid can play, and so like leebigz said, let's stay away from random trade ideas in this thread and instead focus on what i believe is paramount for this team: keeping aaron brooks. pay the guy

 

Not many teams are willing to even take on Iggy's salary so his value drops tremendously. Getting Aaron Brooks would be a steal for them. I wouldn't do that deal anyways. Also, your signature is ridiculous. Tim Duncan is a great center and very efficient. He's a hard worker, a team player and EFFICIENT. He's who every center should model themselves after. He has the rings. Thats for sure.

 

yea i think he knows all that about duncan.. that's why its his signature. get it?

 

So your point? Aaron proved his worth in that series, in the playoffs when it counted. The Lakers are the best team in the league, and by far our toughest matchup. Yet these idiots think he should be replaced by Kirk Hinrich (Matt Maloney's clone). If your trying to win a ring, why would give up best playoff peformer? Especially for Matt Maloney, oops I mean Kirk Hinrich?

Bottom line, if we want ANY chance of beating the Lakers (and beating Kobe) Morey better have a plan of keep Brooks

 

There's so much bull **** in this post I can't begin to dissect it.

 

My point is simple. Stat geeks and others sometimes miss the 'point' about a player. NBA is about match-ups (see Lakers front v C's 6/10) and AB is a major match-up advantage against the Lakes and causes problems everywhere else, too. The match-ups AB had in other parts of last year's O left him to take higher % of lower % shots. This year should be different, no?