Don't get your hopes up, Brooks is 5'11'' and have stopped growing at his age. He isn't gonna get any taller and will always be dominated by guys with both size and quickness.
He is 6'0" in shoes, and as pointed out in this thread, was not dominated, so until there is actual evidence of what you are making up, then we will have to believe the facts. Good luck in your quest though. DD
I went to the Hornets game and have decently close seats. Paul looked maybe a slight slight slight bit taller than Brooks. He was clearly "bigger" though. Still, it was CP3's worst game of the season...by far. Hmm...maybe if you make the other PG run around a little bit more when they're playing defense, it takes them out of their game. The issue isn't will Brooks he get any taller. He wont, but it's been proven that height doesn't matter in this league. I'd rather have Chris Paul than Yao Ming, and I don't think anyone would argue otherwise. Tony Parker also seems to do just fine. Granted, Brooks is smaller, in one way or another, than both those players. He does need to bulk up a little more. At the end of the day, though, I don't think his frame will allow too much more of that. The good news is the number of PGs in this league who either can or do post up on a regular basis is very very very small. The Brooks love on this board may seem like people think he will be a superstar...but this board tends to be very reactionary. I think it is more just excitement about the teams best backup PG since Sam Cassel. A guy who can at least adequately replace the starter when that guy is injured, suspended or in foul trouble, or just playing poorly. Brooks clearly needs to work on "running the offense" a little better, especially with the "Big 3" in the game. And he needs to know when to tone it down a bit, but still use his assets...sometimes he goes out of control just a little bit. And he can't get past his size...which means he does need to learn how to distribute a little better. With his speed and scoring ability, even in backup minutes, he should be averaging more than 2.5 assists a game. But those will come, imo. He will always be a better scoring guard, I think...and he may always be better off the bench - the league certainly seems to have shown the Ben Gordon, Barbosa types make better six men than starters, BUT, at the end of the day, it seems a little dumb to make a thread titled like this one when it has been proven to be wrong factually, and just didn't jive with what I was watching, and when Brooks has been such a bright spot this early in the season.
Dominated? What game were you watching? Yeah, maybe he struggled a bit, but what player doesn't every now and then. Most players struggle against taller and stronger opponents, but Brooks usually counters that with his quickness. Plus, he's not going to face many players like Westbrook very often. It was one game and Brooks has played better than expected in every other game so far. Where would we be without him? What other option do we have?
It was because of the help defense from Yao. That's why Chandler got so many dunks. There's no reason to double team Westbrook.
Brooks is still young and will get better, but he's still only a backup, so thats fine. If he was our starter it would be a different story. His speed causes problems for most, it's still his lack of size that concerns me. Rafer is much stronger and tough, better defensively and makes a good tutor for Brooks. I've got to give Brooks credit, he has impressed me so far.
In some crappy teams Brooks will be starter already. Rookies in good teams don't develop half as fast as rookies in bad teams.
