Don't hate Brooks. I love what he does. But he's not a point. He's a scorer in a small body. He's a little bit of Michael Adams, Allen Iverson, and Calvin Murphy all rolled into one. He can give us 20 off the bench and it will be the most efficient 20 points of bench scoring of any bench player in the league. And our starters can go on doing their thing.
Or, he starts, still gets his 20 and the starters hammer the other team and Lowry comes in and revs up the 2nd unit and runs runs runs....to put them further in a hole. You want to fix Chase? Let him get some early offense passes from Kyle. DD
Don't dream. the defensive juggenault not only had front court defenders, they also had Alston, who was 10 times better than AB defensively, and a healthy Tmac, who was 3 times better than Martin defensively. You need good defensive players to play good defense. That's why RA moved Miller to 2nd unit in favor of Hayes. Just like any NBA team throw you in will instantly play 4 on 5, AB/Martin defensive back court is making Rockets play 4 on 5 defensively against other teams.
DD told them to. Never mind Morey said Lowry had the biggest impact on Rockets last year, he only supports AB. Never mind RA often broung in Lowry to finish the job with AB last year, he only supports AB.
Neither Brooks nor Lowry is an ideal starting PG. Brooks is better than Lowry overall but is a liability on defense against bigger PGs. Lowry simply does not have enough scoring abilities to be a starter. They are both good players but neither is great.
Are you saying this based on fact or imagination? It looks to me you are making things up again like "AB is the similar passer like Lowry". Last year even when Rockets were winning, AB lead starters had a minus +/-, whitch means they were losing ground. It was 2nd unit that led by Lowry who saved their ass, until Lowry got hurt. This year it's pretty much the same, AB has a - when he's on the floor, Lowry has a + when he's on the floor despite that terrible start. When it comes to Chase, the bigger problem is not offense but defense. Yesterday he had 50% shooting and 50% 3pt shooting but the 2nd unit quickly lost ground in 2nd court, his defensive weakness was put on display. Lowry won't fix that.
The first "he" meant Mowry, the 2nd "he" meant RA. You made it sound like RA and Mory only supports AB. They support Lowry too. So it's no big deal if Lowry starts over AB as long as it's good for the TEAM.
DD, you cant change posters mind and they wont change yours. As i said before, we will see and will also watch the body language of both. I know for a fact that lowry became availible when he sulked after conley got the starting job and thats why he was traded. Make no bones about it, the guy on the bench will not be happy whomever it will be.
it's better to have both. how to rotate these two guys is Rick's business. If it is needed to trade with AB, it depends on who can come. I think it should at least Iggy. and if it Iggy, I think it is better if we can keep brooks. he can diversify our offense. lowry is good at defense, have a strong body, good at organizing and etc. Besides this, lowry is not good at defending "pick and roll". we need brooks. but brooks do not focus much on defense, even no focus. That's what he need to improve. moreover, brooks' shot make too many long rebound and he often shot when other rocket guys do not realize he will shoot and hence no off rebound which make opponent get fast break.
I voted Brooks for a simple reason. This team will break if they don´t hold on a single lineup for some time. Things are starting to look fine with Lowry starting, Brooks needs less teamwork around him, by comming off the bench he can provide a punch when the team struggles scoring, defend smaller PG´s and have worse defenders on him. The team gets to stay on the same track.
You don't take away the starting job back from injury in NBA so I say AB. Lowry may take over after ASG.
You start Lowry to keep the team balanced. With Scola and Martin in the starting lineup we have two great scoring threats so we don't need AB's offense. AB is the better player but his scoring would be better utilized coming off the bench. Also, Lee can make up for some AB's defense deficiencies by holding the better guard on the other team. Sometimes the better player comes off the bench to help balance things out like Manu did for so many years with the Spurs.
