I think he will start to get those calls. I think coming into this year he was thought of as a shooter and usually shooters don't get the calls at the rim. With him going to the basket more you could start to see him get some of those calls. Some of the no calls have been very egregious. Heck, the Rockets could just put together some of the hammerings that he takes on his attempts and send them to the league pointing out the issue. Refs miss calls all the time, but when its always happening to an individual player attention needs to be called to it. It worked with Yao getting bogus fouls for just standing in the paint when the offensive player smashed into him.
Are you kidding or are you blind? Find the word "CLUTCH" in all my posts please. I didn't open this thread.
You are getting very defensive. I have said this is a meciocre team since the beginning of the season, and I never blamed this loss on AB. In my first post, I said that was the best option, and I have never complained about that play either. What I pointed out is while Ab is a very good scorer, he is not a great play maker, he doesn't make his teammates look better like Lowry, and Tmac when he was healthy. Hayes is having a career low in FG%, Ariza is having a career low in FG%, Battier is having a career low in FG%, one of the reasons is they are not getting easy opportunities with AB running the show. For 1 million salary, AB is well above his worth,he is a heck of asset, he is at the top in NBA if you consider impact based on salary, but that doesn't mean he is flawless. So point out AB's weakness is double standards, but blame every loss on Arzia is being objective?
I apologize, didn't match the post w/ the poster But what are you trying to say with your posts, that we should upgrade our PG position via trade or through draft? Who/what would be your solution? To be honest, I'm perfectly fine w/ AB being our starting PG for now. He's forced to carry the bulk of the load because, like you said, we have nobody that can create or make shots consistently. This is only AB's 2nd full season as starter, and you could already see the big steps he's taken as a scoring PG. You brought up Lowry, and while he's (arguably) better at finding the open man, he's nowhere near the deadly shooter Brooks is. With our current roster, someone's gotta score. Once we get Yao back and a wing who could score, Brooks will settle into his role as the 3rd option, and Lowry might even end up as the better PG with that lineup. But now? I have zero beef with the way Brooks is playing. All we can do is enjoy the ride, and wait.
There is only one ball handler on the team right now: Aaron Brooks. With 10 seconds or less remaining he is the go to guy. Get over Yao, he has always been a non-factor in the 4th quarter. Get over T-Mac, he has been kicked off the team. Lowry is injured for the next month. Jermaine Taylor has been dismissed tot he D-League. It's Brooks or bust.
That would be 50%. Good try your 0-1 in in writing in the clutch. 33% effectiveness i think. lol im just joking around i understand your point.
I don't recall Kobe being all that clutch in his 3rd year. Sure, he was younger, but VERY few players arrive in the league being able to hit clutch shots. Most of that comes with experience.
If Brooks could crack 90-92% from the freethrow line, he would be the complete player. If he gets his assist/TO ratio down a bit, he would be ideal. I don't care if he never gets more than 5-7 assists as long as he only gets 2-3 TO's.
"If Brooks could crack 90-92% from the freethrow line, he would be the complete player. " How many guys shoot over 90% from the line in the league? Four Asking that of him is unrealistic IMO. He shoots 81% from the line. Thats a pretty solid number. The assist to turnover thing could use some work but he does have the ball in his hands alot and is expected to do alot of things.
I believe he meant 1 win and 2 losses when Brooks takes the shot, so that would mean 1 out of 3 which would make him 33%.
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He means he has had 3 chances, and missed twice and was successful once. Thus he was 1 and 2......for 33% Which as Durvasa pointed out earlier is around the league average for finishers. DD
So you're basing this on whether we win or lose? Or just his shots in the clutch? Why didn't you factor in his missed FT? Do you have different weights for shots taken when we're down as opposed to shots taken when we're tied or have the lead?
