No, Rondo is a pg, Brooks is an undersized sg At best, Brooks will increase his ppg, but that's about it. Brooks is very similar to Jameer Nelson, another sg masking as a pg. It will be entertaining to see how he meshes with Yao once Yao is back, because Brooks is not a good passer, not for lack of effort but height- same issue with Jameer Nelson. During the ECF, there were several times Dwight Howard was wide open under the basket and did not get a pass because Nelson could not see over his man. So again, to answer your question, NO
Are you kidding me? Chris Paul, when healthy, led the New Orleans Hornets to a .500 record as well. (as in... his record when healthy was around .500) Are you seriously blaming Aaron Brooks for our win loss record? Would Rondo make us a 50 win team or something? I doubt it. You need talent to win games.
Again... Aaron Brooks is no Chris Paul, but he's no Luther Head either. Adelman's offense worked fine under Mike Bibby in Sacramento.
Yeah, Brooks lit his ass up, which is why I don't understand this place sometimes. Bashing AB? Are you serious? I mean, do you guys even remember Rafer effing Alston?! Jesus. Yeah, AB has his defensive shortcomings with some of the bigger premiere PGs, but guess what, THEY have trouble with HIM too (I mean hell, just look at that boxscore. That's against one of the "best defensive PGs" in the league). It's never just a one way mismatch. You can't even appreciate that we now have a PG that other teams actually have to game plan for? As far as the pass-first pg mentality (which Rafer had, btw) goes, it's really not necessary in this offense, so it's really not something I miss. I, for one, actually like having a point that is a scoring threat, passes decently (you don't get 5+ apg by accident, especially in a motion offense), and is quick as all hell.
AB has improved, but he's still way overrated by some fans here. I'd still prefer Lowry when it comes to playoff time with a healthy Yao in the lineup unless AB improves a lot again or Yao isn't healthy enough. Defense and playmaking is more important than scoring for a PG when you try to go deep into playoffs, especially when a team is loaded with offensive talents in Yao/Martin/Scola etc.
Yao could when he's single covered, and at a much better efficiency. Brooks can't get a shot off when double teamed at all. With a good play maker, somebody will get a good shot without having to create for thimself a lot.
Rondo defense is a bit overrated his a good defender PG but he gamble way to much, he is saved but the good overall Celtics Tom Thibodeau team defense where they all collapse in the paint and allow Rondo to play behind the PG and drive them to the help defense. Just like Trevor defense in Houston, Rondo defense will get expose with a team with no real Big Man, just like Trevor where his defense looked so much better in LA where he got more Bigs to cover for his gambling defence.
AB has proven he's capable of being the 1st option on offense, while Rondo, has proven to be a solid 3rd or 4th option for the Celtics. Rondo's strengths (defense/hustle!, ball management, penetration and finishing around the rim) and weakness (lack of an outside shot, free throw) really fit well with the Celtics. If you put him in the Rockets' lineup tho, I think you would see his points and assists go way down. He won't have the deepest rotation in the NBA to dish off too, which means the defense can collapse on him with more focus to negate his penetrating ability (his bread and butter) inspite his improving, still weak, outside shooting.
Exactly. Also Rondo is a completely differently player in a completely different system. He started off as a guard who likes to pass but was offensively limited, now he's a better passing guard with a much improved offense. Brooks was forced into a much larger offensive role, because one of our superstars last year didn't play and the other one quit and left to New York.
Yeah, but Rondo has a much higher overall FG%, and is a much better defender, and passer. Heck Rondo is an athletic freak, reminds me of a young Gary Payton..... DD
Their true shooting % are ver similar. Lowry gets to the line more in fewer minutes, and Lowry hits his free throws (82% vs $62% for Rondo). Neither shoots 3's. That said, I absolutely would take Rondo over Lowry at this point.
