Aaron Brooks college 3 point contest on ESPN2 right now

Ya and ya wonder why he left that shot at home for the 2007-2008 season. Sir Brooks was Sir Brick-A-Lot

 

as you know, the nba 3pt line is bit further than the college line.

he needed some time to adjust. add to that the insecurity in trying to figure out as a rookie PG when to pass or shoot.

next year will tell us a lot about what kind of player brooks will be.

 

college 3 point line is alot closer

 

"Sporadic playing time, limited minutes, and adjusting to the new distance will do that to you. Give him some time."

Sincerely,

Sasha Vujacic

 

I just saw carl landry there

 

so the rockets drafted the winner of the shootout two years in a row...

interesting to see who wins this year.

 

One thing Brooks has always been is inconsistent. Dating back to his freshman year at U of O.

 

i know vujacic can't seem to miss ANY wide open shot this year.

hopefully novak and brooks can elevate their games a little bit more. vujacic is the reason their bench is so good this year.

 

He won't be drafted by anybody.



Darnell Harris

 

He still a punk to me.

- Rafer

 

Erin Andrews FTW

they love showing this particular NCAA contest year, gets lotsa replay

don't see the previous year too much that had Novak

 

Thought i saw him too.

 

vujacic look like the dude in sarah marshall haha

 

I think Jordan Farmar might just be the one who elevated their bench play rather than Sasha. At least Farmer's a creator. Sasha is more of a spot-up shooter.

 

college line is like the Fiba 3point i i read somewhere so dun blame brooks he's still a rook

 

Ya ok...was curious so I looked up Monta Ellis Rook season to see how he did in comparison.

Ellis
MPG 18.1
PPG 6.8
3P% .341
2P% .415
FT% .712
APG 1.6
PF 1.4

Brooks
MPG 11.9
PPG 5.2
3P% .330
2P% .413
FT% .857
APG 1.7
PF 1.4

So looking at these numbers is cause for encouragement. Rookie Brooks is putting up nearly identical numbers to the rookie Monta Ellis numbers.

 

College is currently at 19 feet 9 inches, though they are moving it back to 20 feet 9 inches.

FIBA is at 20 feet 6 inches but pushing it back to 22 feet 2 inches effective October 2010.

NBA varies from 22 feet in the corner to 23 feet 9 inches around the arc.

 

As a Duck alumn I'm as big as an advocate there is for Aaron Brooks. However, if he wants to become anything like Monta Ellis ... He's going to have to grow about 5 inches, become much more consistent, work on the jumper and develop better decision making skills. Are some of those things possible? Sure, are they likely? Don't know yet. To compare Brooks who just completed his rookie season to a player that's on the verge of stardom is setting your expectations up for failure.

 

brooks is like 2 years older than monta haha