Feigen: Another Rockets loss and the problems are clear.

There are a lot of great PG's who could not shoot and have still been successful; Parker, Rondo, Westbrook, Kidd, Rose, and Miller. The problem is not Lowry. Our problem is we have a dumbass coach who waits too long to call time outs, makes key subs about half a quarter too late, and has no flexibility when it comes to changing his lineup when it counts. We also have a front office management that refuses to let go of certain players until a few seasons too late.

We need to start by changing out Yao and ending this pathetic marriage. We don't need a great center, just a solid one who rebounds, contest shots, and can dunk. Lowry is fine in the starting lineup, but he cannot play starter minutes. Hinrich would be a great backup and would get sufficient minutes both at the 1 spot and the 2 spot if we can get him for the right price. Also, for God's sake, PLAY JT INSTEAD OF BUD! Bud has sucked this whole season, while JT has worked his ass off.

 

Tony Parker? If he couldn't shoot, what elase could he do?

 

So what does that tell you about our current state then? Our supposed best player is a non-elite, score first, horrible passing, and defensive sieve of a PG. On any team that can realistically contend, AB would be a 3rd or 4th option. There needs to be change now and it starts with AB and Yao, especially since both are on contract years.

 

How about drive to the rim and finish strong as well as pickup calls. Unlike AB, Parker is not a p***y and is not afraid to take it hard to the rim.

 

1. Tony Parker is a good shooter, espeically for his mid-range shooting. AB is a better 3pt shooter.

2. AB is not a p***y and he is not afraid to take it hard to the rim either. But, because his height, he often got blocked.

3. Both Parker & AB are shoot-first PG.

 

My point was you need him more than Hinriich he's your best player and he's still young, you keep him.

 

Interior defense. It's what we've been lacking since Yao went down with his first stress fracture injury. Someone like Sasha Kaun or Samuel Dalembert would be a good signing in the offseason. Jeffries has the highest standing reach on the team but isn't being played, following him is Miller and next are Jordan Hill and PPat who are too small for the center position.

 

I think very few people would argue that Brooks is our best player.

 

1. Parker is not a good shooter, he is a decent shooter. There is a big difference here.

2. AB is a p***y. He would rather go for circus floaters and long range bombs before looking to take it inside, which he should with his speed. Spud Webb and Mugsy Bogues were tiny as hell and that didn't stop them from taking it inside.

3. Parker takes it to the rack and is a better passer.

 

Knowledgeable fans would agree. There are some here though that believe hes a star in the making and our best player.

 

He is an ok shooter, not great. If you check out his hotspots, he does ok. Last season, he shot around 29.9-39.6% from the left and center midrangeand 43% from the right hotspots for the midrange. Under 40% is ok, not great, but not terribly bad.

http://www.nba.com/hotspots/

 

At the end of games you put the ball in your best players hands right?...

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At this point it's a matter of opinion on who our best player is.

Calling your side "knowledgeable" is just trite.

 

Scola is BY FAR the best player of the Rockets, and last season Scola was behind Brooks only in scoring (and after the Landry trade, they were almost even in scoring)...even in stats for the whole 09/10 season, Scola was ahead of Brooks in Efficiency, +/- and PER rankings....but hey, some people think plain scoring is more important than 3 other rankings, specially the complex PER rating.....

And that's talking about numbers only, not intangibles, not Basketball IQ...

 

When you have a clear cut best player I agree with you. Considering we have ZERO superstars on the team this year and last, that situation no longer applies. When you do not have a superstar, you give it to the person with the greatest chance of making it. Last year it was Brooks.

Now suppose you are right, do you really want our team to be led by Brooks or for Brooks to be the best player on our team with his current level? I know I don't. I saw how that turned out last year and how it is turning out this year.

Say what you want, but it's the truth. Statistically speaking, AB is not the best player. In terms of guts, hustle, and energy, he is not the best either. He isn't even our best scorer either. How can anyone call him the best? If they are right though, then we are screwed anyways, because a AB led team heads straight to the lottery. It's not like he has drastically improved from last year either.

 

Parker is playing very good defense this year.

 

This team needs two things

1. Tough, physical, imposing players who can influence a game both on the defensive and offensive end. At least one player.

2. A coaching change.

It's time to end the Rick Adelman experiment.

He's done less with a lot of talent. Before we had a coach who pulled out more than the talent level he had. It's the opposite now.

Our defense is terrible. And it's only partly to blame on the players. A lot of it is questionable defensive assignments, rotations, and just bone headed slowness to adjust to the exploits the opposing team is making.

Adelman's defenses show a kind of out of date thinking.

He needs to go. We don't have the personnel to be the Kings or Portland.

Also, there's a reason he left all those place and it's time for us to let him go.


Is JVG available?

 

PSSSSSST....it still is....

DD

 

They are not good shooters, but they will hit them when they need to. You don't have to be a good shooter as a PG, just an adequate one with confidence. Even when Kidd was a super bad player, he could still be counted on to drain it in the clutch. Can Lowry become that type of player? Who knows?