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

What kind of statement is this?

If this is an example of what you expect, then you're going to spend a lot of time frustrated.



... man we'd win if only we had a top 10 player at every position!

 

then we would slean half of the league's top guys on our team, and Les would sell his team even for nothing, just to get rid of the elephant huge salaries of those guys.

 

completely agree

 

you have to have an elite guard, something we definitely dont have, doesnt have to be a PG. So we must get a top 10 guard to win a ship

 

What a game of Lowry!!! Lowry do need more min. and should start!!! The team plays pretty well with lowry in the 4quarter

 

Aaron is fateful to be a bench-off player.

 

Another game from brooks to have most shot attempts in the team and fewest assists as a starting PG

 

Aaron Brooks SUX!

 

brooks brings instant offense and energy, thats a bench's role to me

 

It's just a sign that we're playing excellent team game IMHO, the assists spread over all of our players.

 

Why AB is NOT a good PG? He gets blocked too easily. He played out of control. His assists are terrible. He doesn't have the IQ to run the point and create shots for his teammates. He doesn't create any foul.

Lowry is a smart PG. A pretty good passer and knows who to pass the ball to.

 

I don't think Aaron's stupidity is the reason for those blocks he has got, he is just not as big as Lowry vertically and laterally. Aaron would definitely be a great PG if he had Lowry's body.

 

To me, it's pretty simple. I understand Lowry is more of a pure point guard..and loves to drive and kick out. This to me is the reason why he should come off the bench. When AB is in the game, like someone said (forgive me, can't remember the poster's name,) his job is to make sure Yao gets his touches, and keep the defense honest by hitting a few threes. However, when Lowry comes in, he's usually surrounded by Wafer,Landry,Barry ect, which allows him to be more creative and go to his strengths, which is driving and finding the open man. To me, that's why Lowry should come off the bench. If you start him, your just bottling up his talent, by playing him with Yao and Artest.

 

we are in the same situation with our PGs before the trade. the starter isn't better than the back-up and that's why he sits on the bench and his back-up closes the game. I know AB was put back in the game late but that was just for free-throws. oh well. it'll be a matter of time before Lowry starts for us.

 

Last night, Lowry did a good job keeping the offense flowing with the starters in the fourth. He set the table and his teammates hit their shots.

OTOH, the Blazers were not that agressive defensively, which made it easier to get those shots. A lot of the looks the players had (and to their credit made) would not necessarily be there when the defensive intensity goes up in the playoffs. That's when you'll need Brooks out there create his own shots and apply pressure on the defense.

That said, I'm liking how Adelman seems to have increased Lowry's minutes with the starters depending on matchups. He's really using the platoon system effectively IMO.

 

When you don't play defense, you're not going to get minute during crunch time in the Playoffs. So i expect Lowry to be on the floor in the 4th more often than Aaron. Just like in Sacramento, when Rick Adelman used to have Bibby and Bobby Jackson. Rick would play Bobby during crunch time because Bobby Jackson play tenacious defense. Bibby got burned constantly. Now with the Rockets, Rick Adelman inherit a team with a similar situation. Aaron Brooks is like Bibby who can shoot but don't play D. And Lowry is like Bobby Jackson that play defense and will see more minutes as a result when the game is on the line.

If JVG is coaching this team, i'll be surprise if Aaron Brooks even getting ANY at all in the 4th. He hates players that don't play D. Defense wins GAME!!

 

The ONLY reason Aaron Brooks is starting is because of his ability to shoot consistently. Everything else about him is worst off compare to Lowry. But i don't think Lowry is a bad a shooter either. Giving time, i think he will be a good shooter...eventually. When you're a great FT shooter, you're a good shooter...eventually.

 

At one point or another, Lowry will have to start looking for his shot as well. The opposition will have to respect his ability to score or else the man defending him will most likely double Yao in the post. I see alot of upside for both Lowry and Brooks. They both play about the same amount of minutes and really its just about match ups. Both our point guards will be suspect in the playoffs but thats almost a give already. How will they learn from it and carry it over to next year? We'll just have to wait and see.

 

It's not an issue of comfortability as it is playing with the guys you have. Of course I would be more comfortable with a verteran point guard running the show. However, in terms of Rafer's terrible shooting and decisions in the last minutes of crucial games, I will take my chance with the AB/Lowry combination.

Aaron can start the game and try to get his shot going, and Kyle can come in and stabilize the offense when necessary. Depending on the matchup, it looks like RA is going with Kyle to close out tougher games with bigger point guards.

To be relevant to this post-season, I think Ab+KL> Rafer.

 

meaningless my ass. Lowry is way better than Brooks right now.