Brooks should enter rotation instead of Beverley.

Einstein can not teach the Sleestack the theory of relativity grasshopper.

I am glad you are now cheering for Brooks - he is a quality role player that this team really needs.

I am sure he looks forward to the unqualified support from you - and when I see it you will have earned a cookie.

DD

 

OK. The coaching staff is starting Bev. They are the final arbitrators in the discussion. If you are arguing against the coaching staff you are going to lose. They are incredibly knowledgeable and understand the players orders of magnitude better than we, as fans, can ever hope to do.

I could make many arguments as to why Bev is starting. He brings a defensive intensity that none of the other guards can muster. The starting lineup definitely does not need another scoring guard since they have shown themselves to be an offensive powerhouse. Bev is at times an incredible pest on the offensive glass.

AB and Lin are fine players, but fit is incredibly important. At this time Bev just fits better with the starting lineup.

If AB and Lin and Asik and Casspi and Garcia are your bench players then you have a bench capable of expanding the lead against many NBA teams. Balance is important. Besides McHale has shown that he is more than comfortable riding the hot hand. How can any of the players lose?

 

Brooks is a career 41.7% shooter. 3 games here and he is suddenly a new player .

 

Bev should be starting - it is working out great - he is the best perimeter defender of the wing players.

Role asked will have a factor in that.....he shot 43% and 40% from 3pt or thereabouts as a starter for the Rox, he would probably tick up a bit with this team as he has more space and less attention.

DD

 

Is that why you never learned anything reptile? Forget relativity, he needs to teach you simply basketball.

He is a role player, full stop. Quality depends on how hot his shot is game in game out.

 

I'd also just like to point out that we're winning. :grin:

 

that's not very telling, Brooks shot a lot of threes in his career

 

You could use some grammar lessons as well, grasshopper.

Enjoy cheering for a player you despise.

I believe my work is done here and my point is proven.

DD

 

Again, I don't despise AB, but I get the feeling that trying to explain that to you is about as futile as Howard shooting FT's in the 4th. I think AB is great when he is on fire, but should be yanked as soon as he goes cold. I believed that when he was starting and Lowry is on the bench, I believed that when Lowry was starting, and I continue to believe that even when he's coming off the bench. That is the type of player AB is. How is V-Span working out in the NBA by the way DD? Oh that's right!

 

Go look at his career splits. You'll see how many threes he has shot each year. That percentage is still low.

 

Like where, I don't remember there were too many teams lining up for him. Point is, no professional athlete chooses to to be a 3rd string guy. 3rd string guys are as close as you can be to getting cut without getting cut.

 

It's not difficult to be a high energy, pest defender if you can have among the lowest PERs for starting point guards and still retain your job with no expectation that you should do better.

The main reason I want Lin traded is so that there are no more places to hide. Once the Lin lovers and haters are gone the rest of the team and coaches can be discussed properly. Right now, it's impossible to have an objective conversation where either Mchale or the point guards are concerned.

The only problem is that brook's emergence lowers Lin's trade value because everyone can see how expendable he is on this team.

 

Did you know that ABrooks led the NBA in 3 pointers attempted in his last full season as a starter with 525.

Yes he shoots a lot of three pointers, a lot, therefore it drops his fg%

 

If there is one thing that Brooks is among the best in the NBA at, its shooting 3s. His release is super quick and he shoots a lot of them. The poster above me already answered the question though.

 

Didn't know Kyle Lowry was still on this team.

 

I am very delighted that he is here, and I think he is a monstrous bargain on that contract. However he is only good imo in limited minutes off the bench where he is shooting open threes.

 

Strong words from someone with 62 posts. Other than Harden, Lin is the only Rockets player who can reliably create his own shot. I am not sure that PER matters in a lineup that features 3 players above a 19 PER. And one that is currently red hot and recently hitting almost 60% from beyond the arc in recent games. The consensus opinion about PER is that it heavily favors high volume shooters. The last thing the Rockets need in the starting lineup is another high volume shooter.

Lin honestly seems integral to the Rockets roster. This season he has developed into a very good combo guard. Who else would you want at the SG position when Harden rests? This year they are quite similar players and he is perhaps as good of an insurance as the Rockets could want in case of a Harden injury.

I absolutely do not care about fan discussion on the Rockets topic. Sorry. It is all about winning.

 

Shooting threes? Brooks has been getting to the rim and is creating for others as well AS ANYONE in the games when he got legit minutes.