Can Brooks develop into a sophomore Rajon Rondo next season?

No.

Brooks wont be starting with 3 future hall of famers in the eastern conference next year.

and Rondo is way better on defense.

 

Rondo had a million of wide open shots this season, Brooks better hit them and he will be ok

 

rondo's bigger, with freakishly long arms and more athletic.

I think he's actually younger than AB too.

AB already shoots the ball better. Not a lot of similarities between the two.

 

Plain and Simple.....NO !!!!! I just don't see why so many people are so high on Brooks !! He is a 3rd string pg at best !!

 

They are opposites of sorts. Rondo out of college was a sophomore stud athlete who had the defense and rebounding ability if he so chose to display it but was a project as far as his offensive shooting. Brooks was a four year undersized combo guard with the polished shots and finishing moves in the paint and the speed to manhandle people in the college game. While Brooks has potential yet, he will not be able to start like Rondo is doing unless he all of a sudden develops Chris Paul's court vision. It doesn't matter at what position: the Rockets need to add some serious specimens of nature to their bench. T-Mac and Yao can't account for all the height and length on this team.

 

Well we kinda do have 3 future HOF, TMac and Yao are on course, and Deke is HOF worthy.

Rondo plays better defense cause he's got those big 3 behind him, one being the DPOY.

 

It's funny that so many people are high on Brooks and he really only had like 2 games that he played well in last year...New York at home and in Orlando in back to back games. Other than those two games, he pretty much dissapeared unless it was the last two minutes of a blowout. Brooks is no where near Rondo's league.

 

Actually, Rondo was known for his defensive ability in college. Him being good on defense this year was not a fluke.


And seriously, Brooks gets way more love by us than he deserves. He will ALWAYS be a small guard. That is something he cannot improve on. He will never start for us or any team.

 

Rondo's not even that good, but like rafer if he sucks and allen sucks the celtics can't win.

 

Last 8 games of the season.

 

Aaron is better shooter than Rondo, I am sure. The problem is he just can't hit them consistently.

I remember Game 6 of playoffs - he had something like 5 WIDE OPEN 3s - he missed every 5

 

I am also high on Aaron. I belive he is a great player, first of all he is very quick player. Sometimes he just belives his shot a little bit too much.

He is young, he doesn't have the confidence, expirence yet. I understand it. Aaron just gotta understand that he is really quick and most of quards in the NBA can't stand in front of him (playing 1on1). He gotta take adventage of that and he just has to be more agressive.

I easily think Aaron cen be very good backup next year. He knows what bball is all about, he is smart.

 

rondo is better at everything except shooting.

it's ridculous that you even try to compare them. rondo is a great defensive player with great size and athleticism. he's a pretty good allrounder. brooks is the exact opposite. he's basically an offense only player. his defense is and always will be a liability and he's severely undersized. brooks will never be anywhere near as good as rondo is.

with brooks you have to hope that he continues to work on his shot and his defense so that he can be a good situational player for 10 minutes a game as your 3rd backup pg.

people that think brooks will start for a contending team are pipe dreaming. sadly, he's just not talented enough in every possible way. even first backup pg is a bit of a stretch. when you have such a disadvantage in terms of size, your shot is pretty unconsistent, your defense a liability and your abilities as a floor general are limited then it doesn't look too good.

 

I doubt it. I hope Brooks can be a legit backup PG next year. He is the type of PG that only has a good game if he outscores the man he's defending.

I don't see any possible solutions that would upgrade our PG spot and improve our chances of winning.

We can win with Rafer playing like he did during the playoffs. Fisher and Rando are the starting PGs for the two teams in the finals. If the Rockets are healthy, I like our chances.

 

I'm waiting to see if Brooks can be something over than a simple run & gun player. Until he can, he's a career backup. His defense is below average, his ability to facilitate the offense is below average.

Rondo isn't much to get excited about, but he's at least energetic on defense and decent at finding others on offense. If he can develop a reliable jumper, he'll be fine as a point.

Evan

 

damon stoudamire aka mighty mouse did it for many years. his game was not all that different from what I have seen of Brooks, with the exception of damon's superior court vision.

if i am the rockets brass, i give brooks all the damon stoudamire video i can find and hope he catches on.

 

I doubt very much AB will ever be a starter on a good team. At best, he's a backup 6th, 7th, 8th man. Rondo's athleticism and ability to play defense give him a much higher upside than AB.

If Brooks doesn't become a light's out shooter, he won't do much of anything in the NBA.

 

ok here's a question?

Who's better Tyrone Lue or Aaron Brooks?

Ans

What does it matter both same type of pt guards with same type of abilities. Neither is starting.