Thanks for proving my point. ...and he may have been just a tad bit more effective if he was on the court in the 3rd quarter when they made their run. On any other night you might have one tiny ounce of an argument here. But suggesting that AB would have been MORE effective than Rafer is a stretch ...this time. AB had his chances tonight and he played well ...but Rafer played better.
Agreed, but so much for the quick starts the Rockets have had with Brooks starting. That went away, and so much for 109.5ppg.....that went away too. Brooks is much better at running the offense, it is just a different look under him. DD
Also: Rafer 14-9 .609% Brooks 5-1 .800% It is not a coincidence, Brooks is just better at running the team. DD
Rafer had a great game in a loss. No show SheMac. However, I still think AB puts more pressure on pg's to play D consistently. Much better than Rafer does, we all know last night was an abberation and Rafer will come back to the 35% we know and love. All we ask is that he shoot 35% for 15 - 20 minutes instead of 35 minutes with the 2nd team.
The last game was exactly what I thought. Fool's gold from Alston. You can see the value that Brooks brings to the offense in this game. When Alston is not hitting his shots he's a liability. And at the same time, he's not making Chris Paul work at all and is expending all his energy on the offensive end. Some of you guys might think Brooks is too inexperienced to start or Alston brings "...." but I think Brook's ability to alter the game on the offensive end makes the game a lot easier on the starters. You can give McGrady or Yao a play or two off here and there with Brooks. With Alston, they're having to work hard and create the offense every possession. I'd like to see Aaron start full time now to develop more confidence and chemistry for the playoffs.
Can someone tell why Adelman put Rafer back in with 3 minutes left in the half? What about keeping the stinker in the game the entire 3rd quarter? A million dollars to anyone with a good answer to both of those. If Mr. Stinkbomb gets back into this game after shooting 1-9, Adelman is insane.
Idiotic move by Adelman. The Rockets can't buy a basket late in a tight game and he puts in the worst offensive player on the team (after Chuck Hayes). What a stupid move! The Hornets aren't even paying any attention to him because they know he won't shoot.
I'm with you. I have no idea why he had Rafer or McGrady in the game after the midway point of the 3rd quarter. My only guess is that he is giving those guys exceptionally long leashes, even if it means costing us a game or two or three... I have to believe Adelman knew that Brooks and Barry/Head/Wafer would have given us a better chance to win this game. He was willing to take the loss for some reason.
I was at the game tonight front row, and it is so freaking obvious that Alston was killing us. He just can't score. PERIOD. The Hornets did not respect him at all, and Brooks is not that bad defensively and he is not that bad of a decision maker either. He needs to start.
I'm convince now. AB to start and finish most of the games. Rafer back up. With T-Mac and Yao in the starting lineup, Brok don't need to be a playmaker, but he need to be a finisher, becuase T-Mac ans Yao will find him, plus he can finish and shoot and his defense is fine. With Brooks as a starter our offense looked crisp.
Rafer 14-10 .583 Brooks 5-1 .800 Come on, it is FRICKEN obvious that Rafer is garbage, absolute RUBBISH !!! With Brooks we were averaging 109.5 ppg....now.......WAY WAY WAY worse. Rafer is just not an NBA caliber starting PG, he has moments but even then he is just hitting 3pt shots, and not really running any offense. Brooks deserves to start and the team is better with him in every regard. DD
But Brooks also played during those 24 games where we went 14-10, so I don't understand your point. Unless you are trying to tell us that the extra 10 minutes of playing Brooks is the difference from a 5-1 record and a 14-10 record.
Another crappy game from Rafer. How many times have we said this and how many more times will we continue to say it?
