Are you comfortable with Brooks as starting PG in the playoffs?

Mmm...so developing a rookie point guard during the prime of a 30 year old big man with knee issues strikes you as a good idea?

The Rockets don't have one or two years to bank on point guards that may never work out. The window is closing; let's be honest, we don't know how many more years Yao has in the tank playing at a dominant level. I would estimate maybe one or two, which gets to the crux of the matter.

 

No, we are not going to the finals either way. Lets hope Lakers dont advance which I doubt.

 

You really think Rafer would make a difference?

Rafer is a better PG, but we are not contending this year. This is good experience for AB and Lowry. If they are not up to it, we at least can find out about it earlier and look for a nice PG with part of Tmac's money.

 

watch out, some folk will lecture you with a second year Tony Parker stat.

LOL/

 

Actually...I don't need stats or crap games to find that out.

 

The good part of Yao's "soft" game is that should allow him to play the same way for awhile.
My guess is Yao still has 3 to 4 year left at his level.
But this is not the point. You have to realize you have an unrealistic expectation on a 22 year old PG.
We don't make or break because of AB. This year is for the future and enjoy the progress.

 

Now why do you say that? Were we all on AB's bandwagon the beginning of this year and right after Rafer got traded.
He is still 22 year old, 2nd year in the league. Pretty decent so far IMO.

 

Our PG was upgraded

--Morey

 

I'd still take him anyday over Brick 2 My Lou.

 

What else can he say?

 

Sorry dude, Aaron is 24 years old. Older than CP

 

No. Brooks is going away from his strengths when he is trying to set up the offense. Bring him off the bench and let him go wild. Lowry is better suited to start.

 

You know, I just don't understand people on this board. It seems like you guys just find ways to hate Aaron Brooks for no reason.

First, you got mad at him because he didn't pass enough. He just looked to score every time, and everybody was pissed at him. In fact, 90% of this board was yelling for Lowry to start... even when we won.

Today? Aaron was a pass-first PG. He had 6 assists and was dishing the ball all night long. Had the guys actually made their shots, he would have had 10 assists easily. He had two turnovers, which was how many Lowry had and was 3 fewer than Artest's 5. He made a couple of bad decisions, but for the most part he was a good PG tonight.

The only thing I was disappointed with him tonight was his lack of aggressiveness... which is funny, because you guys have been asking him to be less aggressive ever since he took over the job. Go figure, he finally becomes that "pass-first" PG you guys were looking for... and we lose by 12.

It's a lose-lose situation for him when it comes to this board.

 

Dude, once Yao loses the rest of his athleticism there's no way he'll be putting up 20/10.

I could see him taper off to about 14/8 (Big Z levels). Either way, if the Rockets get 3 or 4 more great years out of Yao that would be an unexpected blessing and not something anyone rational would bank on.

Anyways, not saying Brooks makes or breaks this team but he's obviously the weakest link on the starting unit. The Rockets should keep that in mind.

Besides which, building for the future? What future? "It's time" started about two years ago, I guess it has become "we're mad behind schedule and need to run time." Artest is an expiring and there's no guarantee we're going to get him or a player of his caliber here next year (and Artest's salary is bargain-rate so that will likely be the case for a long time). McGrady is out next year. Yao will just wear down another season. I don't want to be a "doom and gloom" person, but the window is closing and it's not big enough to develop a young starting PG.

 

Don't worry, it was just an experiment after all. Once T-Mac went down, priorities changed. Morey knew this was the right time to see what AB was made out of, to see if he was starting PG material.

It's a good thing we got to see this experiment though. Morey, recognizing it was a failure, will go after Mike Bibby hard, and I think we will get him.

 

I was about to say that. I'm getting a little sick of the Brooks hype myself. He's horrible as a starting PG. He isn't even the scorer that people thought he would be. He is basically Rafer Alston but not very intelligent and a poor defender.

If he is to stay in this league it will be as a gunner off the bench. He isn't a PG and he isn't a starter. I've stated this from the beginning just in case someone else wants to come in here and whine about how this is just one game or whatever excuse they come up with for Brooks.

Let him back up Lowry for the rest of the year and hope this team can get a legit, veteran PG for next season.

 

AB is 24.

 

Right, it's not Aaron's fault that he only has 5-10 and 180 lbs and been eaten by every other PGs.

 

Lowery is worse than AB. Watch the game when he was with the starters, i.e., later 2nd quarter and early 4th quarter, lowery was not doing anything like feeding yao or moving the ball efficiently. People chose to be blind and still praised him. AB tonight gave 6 assists and only shot the ball around 5 times. He obviously is trying to improve his pg skills and he did fine in the first half. 2nd half is another story since the whole team went down.
Give AB more time. It's very hard to be a pg in NBA, espcially hard to play around Yao.

 

Yao has athleticism? I don't think he is going to get shorter any time soon.

There is always a future. What are you suggesting? Clearly we are not a Championship team this year. We have a group of young players that have their strengths and weakness. We shouldn't be developing those guys at all? Is this about Rafer or about this team in general?