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2007 Draft: Would you draft Aaron Brooks again?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jan 30, 2011.

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would you draft Aaron Brooks again?

  1. yes

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  2. no -someone else

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  1. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    Knowing what you know now...

    Would you have drafted Brooks or any of those other players picked after him?


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    http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2007.html

    27 DET Arron Afflalo
    28 SAS Tiago Splitter
    29 PHO Alando Tucker
    30 PHI Petteri Koponen
    Round 2
    Pk Tm Player
    31 SEA Carl Landry
    32 BOS Gabe Pruitt
    33 SAS Marcus Williams
    34 DAL Nick Fazekas
    35 SEA Glen Davis
    36 GSW Jermareo Davidson
    37 POR Josh McRoberts
    38 PHI Kyrylo Fesenko
    39 MIA Stanko Barac
    40 LAL Sun Yue
    41 MIN Chris Richard
    42 POR Derrick Byars
    43 NOK Adam Haluska
    44 ORL Reyshawn Terry
    45 LAC Jared Jordan
    46 GSW Stephane Lasme
    47 WAS Dominic McGuire
    48 LAL Marc Gasol
    49 CHI Aaron Gray
    50 DAL Renaldas Seibutis
    51 CHI JamesOn Curry
    52 POR Taurean Green
    53 POR Demetris Nichols
    54 HOU Brad Newley
    55 UTA Herbert Hill
    56 MIL Ramon Sessions
    57 DET Sammy Mejia
    58 SAS Giorgos Printezis
    59 PHO D.J. Strawberry
    60 DAL Milovan Rakovic
     
  2. parmesh

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    hindsight = 20/20 = useless threads like this
     
  3. abc2007

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    Of course YES!
     
  4. cjtaylorpt

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    I would probably draft Carl Landry
     
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    The only one who stands out on that list is Marc Gasol.
    But I had no clue he even existed at the time, let alone how good he is.

    So I guess yes. Brooks was a good choice that late in the first round.

    This type of poll is only useful when you have a higher draft pick...say lottery level. If in the future, Patterson has performance issues (twss & god i hope not) then this question could be asked.
     
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    1984 draft

    Would you draft Hakeem again? Or would you draft Jordan?
     
  7. Pat

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    That's acutally a good post. I'm surprised there were that many NBA players left. I'd like tohave gotten that Carl landry guy, but overall AB is right in that mix. At this point I'd prefer one of the big men, but I don't think his overall talent level is far off from any of them.

    I guess with hind-sight we sould have taken Splitter - but thta would be just to watch the veins on Pop's forehead when we play Splitter and Scola together!
     
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    and then trade him for pau :rolleyes:
     
  10. k-money

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    thats dumb, because we ended up with both. and if we had drafted landry the first round curse would still be going because we wouldnt have had brooks.
     
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    we will draft Milovan Rakovic
     
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    Gasol is the only one.
     
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    Good centers are hard to come by. Marc Gasol for sure.
     
  14. tinman

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    I would draft Akeem.
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    the HOUSTON part matters.
     
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    Arron Afflalo.

    He's a rich man's Shane Battier. Top-5 perimeter defender in the league, very athletic, can create off the bounce/knock down the 3-ball.

    He's one of the most underrated players in the league, IMO.
     
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    I guess talk is cheap, but I'm OK with Hakeem over Jordan - even knowing that Jordan is the all time great. Hakeem is just such a classy guy and he always represents Houston well. Plus we had that whole thing of seeing him so raw at UH and growing into something so special. There was a real alpha omega experience and I'm not sure a couple more championships replaces that.

    Hakeem has brought me a lot of pleasure and some of the things he has said and done (off the court) have shaped me and made me into a better person. Basketball aside, he has improved my quality of life. I don't know because I never saw the other side, but I don't think I would be saying the same for MJ.

    Besides, what if some loyalty thing caused MJ to be our GM!
     
  17. gah

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    Forget about any of those other players, without Brooks we don't go to 7 games against the Lakers, only with Brooks we could have gotten there, that has something to say about how he can impact a game, let alone a playoff series.

    I'm all up for trading him but I haven't forgotten what he is able to do, AB please get your modjo back!
     
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    The list speaks for it's self, AB was a good choice and still has a chance to be an impact PGuard in the league.

    On Dream over Jordan, you're talking about a top #10 GOAT over a top #3 GOAT...I'll live with the choice. ;)
     
  19. apollo33

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    Hell no, there's no one else in there even worthy

    Actually we should've drafted Sun Yue, you know Chinese money and all ;)
     
  20. flamingdts

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    Well said.

    But if we drafted Jordan instead, he could have reshaped the whole city of Houston into THE basketball city. I think from what we've seen in this free agency, the location of your city matters A LOT. Having Jordan might make the city of Houston a more favorable FA destination in the future.

    That being said, Jordan or Hakeem, can't go wrong with either. Both became the best players of their positions, and I'm sure had Hakeem received adequate help earlier on in his career we would've had at least a couple more rings. Unless of course you're the Blazers and you draft Sam Bowie.
     

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