This isn't good. If Rafer gets injured, look out, because we don't have a capable backup PG. AB has totally lost his game and is in a horrible slump. He's looking like a D-League player out there. Tonight was the most surprising though. Adelman wanted to rest Alston in the 4th quarter, so he puts AB in for a few minutes. Detroit starts to go on a run, and Adelman immediately yanks Brooks. That really doesn't seem typical for Adelman. Adelman would have let AB play through it before, but tonight, Adelman decided he didn't want to gamble on AB and just yanked AB for whatever reason. This isn't good in the long run and if we make the playoffs, because Rafer is 32 years old and can't play heavy minutes every night. Also, we are one injury away for Rafer, and we will have a D-League PG if AB is playing the way he has been playing.
His FG% and 3p% since Dec 1st have been god awful. I think it's 27 games, and over that span his efficiency from the field is worse than Rafer's has ever been in a 27 game stretch for the Rockets. Fortunately, he doesn't have to play 30+ minutes and take 10+ shots for us, though.
He's in the slump in every way,not just his shooting touch but also his defensive skill,he can't guard anybody on the floor.Damn hope he's gonna come outta the slump soon because we need him to come off the bench with some firepower. Maybe it's winter he's getting cold on his palm so that his shooting touch is gone?
A slump is a slump. Brooks hit his "real" rookie wall this year because he hardly played last year. So technically, Aaron is now experiencing the effects of having defense adjusted to him. This slump at least shows that Aaron is being respected and scouted, if Aaron can get out of it, we can see how good he can be.
BrooksBall, where you at, I think Mr. Alston is catching up to your boy Brooks in FG %... I really hope he breaks out of it though..
I figured that over 2-3 weeks of a AB slump was no big deal. But slumping this badly and being exposed night in, night out on defense for well over a month definently doesn't bode well for the PG position for the 2nd half. There is no question that the PG spot is the Rockets weakest and has been for the past 5 years at least. Hopefully Morey makes a move to get good PG help soon.
Do you know this for a fact? What are the numbers for Alston's worst 27-game stretch and Brooks'? How did you find those stats? In general, I have total confidence that Brooks will eventually break out of this. He's far better than the way he's been playing the last month and a half.
And people are still overrating Alston's defense. Yes, Brooks got beat a couple times tonight by Stuckey and once by Iverson but so did Alston. Right after Alston came back in the 4th, he got beat once by Stuckey and a couple of times by Hamilton. What bothers me is that I can see Brooks letting his bad shooting effect his hustle and focus on the defensive end. Regardless, he will break out of it. Alston is playing as good as he possibly can and Brooks is playing as poorly as he possibly can. Alston has had tons of stretches like this throughout his career yet some people still believe in him. There is no question that Brooks is the better shooter. And before somebody tries to compare Brooks to Head, Brooks is a far better ballhandler and finisher even if he's struggling at the latter right now. Brooks can handle the ball and finish with both hands, too.
Brooks has had some tough match ups recently. Iverson and Stucky nullify any speed advantage Brooks has and his confidence is shot. The best thing about Alston is that he can shake off bad shooting and still be productive. Brooks has never shown that.
And Brooks in in a slump. People act like players can't have down periods, especially young players. And Brooks is one player who will always hustle, that's how he has gotten to where he is right now. As for Alston's defense being "overrated", his defense is just fine. You point out a few times in a game he got beat, you can name 3 or 4 times in a game that guys like Gary Payton and Michael Jordan got beat on plays. It happens.
I never been a fan of brooks. He is basically a much quick version of mike james, albiet he dribbles abit less. Its too bad he's a sg under a pg body.
What does it tell you when Brooks can be in a deep shooting slump and shooting .396 from the field while Alston has shot as good as he possibly can for about 7 games and is still shooting only .372 from the field? Alston is also getting regular minutes and is a veteran used to the NBA grind. Brooks is a 2nd year player and is playing more than double the minutes per game as last season. It's easy to see Brooks is struggling right now but it's also easy to see that Rafer struggled for almost 10 years as a pro. Obviously, Alston is playing better and deserves to start at this point but things can and do change quickly.
It's not just the slump, the dude looks completely lost on the court and seems to have totally lost his confidence. When AI was on him he couldn't do anything and in the fourth quarter Adelman had to pull him even though he was trying to give Alston some rest. That says a lot.
T-mac might need to play some point in the backcourt with Barry/Wafer if Brooks doesn't emerge from the slump. Honestly I would be fine with a T-mac and Barry backcourt when Rafer is resting.
i say see if someone is still high on him and see if you can package him for a deal....some GM's may still think he is worth the gamble.... blockbuster trade (It is just a dream) also LT hell Kirk, Felton Gerald Wallace, Wafer TMac, Artest Scola, Landry Yao, Deke bring on anybody
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