Cant say he doesn't have a good point...you could see AB's confidence the moment he got in there. AB has been in the playoffs and won a series. I'm not necessarily saying you give Brooks 35 mins, but he shouldn't be playing garbage minutes only. As good as Beverly is playing, he too is a young and inexperienced PG. PG needs to control the tempo better. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>No disrespect to Jeremy Lin. I would play Aaron brooks on Westbrooke. Just sayin.</p>— Steve Francis (@SteveFranchise3) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveFranchise3/status/325751480768413698">April 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Don't blow my Tl up he guarded a young westbrook for 2 years. Ace.</p>— Steve Francis (@SteveFranchise3) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveFranchise3/status/326168481445859329">April 22, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I don't agree with that. If Brooks is the answer but I don't know the question. Brooks can't stay in front of westbrook either. And the issue wasn't even the PG guarding the other PG. It was the bigs not providing help, it was Harden not helping in transition, it was beverly crashing the offensive boards instead of running back to stop a fastbreak. That was our issue against Russell last night. Also Russ is just bigger, faster, stronger & more athletic than everybody else. Also how much chemistry does this team have with Brooks as the starter?
lol at francis saying brooks should guard WB. I wouldn't mind seeing a Brooks-Beverley-Parsons lineup in the 2nd. Beverley is undersized but I think we can get away with it this series because Martin plays small
Except that we are not talking about a young inexperienced Westbrook here but of near-prime Westbrook with more play-offs experience than AB ever had. No-D Brooks is getting pwned all night long by "GOATbrook".
I never said he was the answer. I said he needs to play more. You can't give the full 48 mins to highly unexperienced pgs in the playoffs, especially when you have the youngest team in the league. Brooks can get in there for more minutes and play it "safe" better than they can. We may not win, but i can't see a 30 point blowout happening like that. No one is going to lock down westbrook, but Brooks has a lot more experience playing him. He's also a better and quicker shooter than Lin. He's just as fast, if not faster. Right now, i think he's a lot more confidence in his game also. He needs more minutes. The game can get even faster (mentally) in the playoffs and Brooks is the only pg who's experienced that on our team.
We have to find a way for him to take all of Delfino's minutes. Delfino is beyond terrible and has no business in seeing the court if his shot is off.
I think Brook is too small to guard Westbrooke. He could probably be a pest like Beverley, but if he's on Westbrooke, OKC will have Westbrooke post him up every chance they get.
Don't focus too much on Francis' literal words. I dont think he was saying Brooks would lock RW down or anything like that. He was talking about experience playing against RW, which Brooks has more of. More playoff experience too. It's not just about the D (that's what she said).
Question how many more minutes do you think Brooks needs & who should loose minutes if we play Brooks. Beverly? Lin? I think you are being incredibly shortsighted (sigh I sound like dorbro ) Brooks isn't in the Rockets long term plans he just isn't. He was brought in here as insurance if Lin or Beverly went down. This is the time that the Rockets needs to see what they have in guys like Lin or Bev or parsons or Omer. Those are the guys that need minutes, particularly post season minutes to see if they can step there game up in the post season & become that all star calibre player of the future (morey's words). Brooks isn't that hot of a commodity so it isn't like Rockets are going to be having to line up for his services in the future. My point is that although the 30 point blow out SUCKS people have to toughen up. The best way to learn is by experience & guys like Lin & beverly deserve that playoff experience.
Would you rather Lin and Bev get 45 mins of butt whoopin' experience or 38 meaningful minutes? but he's still steve francis.
If you honestly think Lin or Beverly against Westbrook was the problem with last night's game then you don't know the game of basketball well enough to be speaking on anything right now. It was a collective clusterf--- of bad offense plays, worst defense and the same problems that have been plaguing this team since early in the season.
Westbrook owns all our guards. I don't care who you put on him, he just run pass that person. He is just too fast, too strong. There is no way we can win that game. Not to mention Westbrook, their bigs are just too good. Since we don't have a midrange, and their bigs prevent us from attacking the paints, so we have no choice BUT to shoot 3. This is why McHale needs to go. His system, if you think he has one, will not work on good defense team. They will shut us out in the paint and we will be force to shoot the 3. And, having 4 players idle does not help when the ball handler get double. I am not referring just Lin. Everyone.
HUH? westbrook scored three baskets on lin; two fast break points, and one three with lin's hand right in his face. the team D was horrible in containing westbrook.
thunder als0 dictated which style was going to be played. lin in the halfcourt is just not good right now. he looked ok with the pick and roll, like the first 3 plays of the 3rd qtr. but other than the p&R, all we have are isos. sorry, we don't run isos, i forgot. As long as there is little ball movement with little to no screens, we could have westbrook playing point for us and he'd have to work hard to get his 20 points if his 3 point shot isn't falling. crap, harden went 6 of 19 going one on one. You can't win like that. hopefully, with experience, we'll learn how to play our style and in the half court. 13 assists through 37 minutes. that just aint' right.
45 minutes of butt whooping experience because if they can't bounce back from it next season & play better in the 2014 post season (if we make it) then we know that they aren't the answer at the PG spot. Haven't you ever been beaten by your parents? LOL you learn from the worst beatings not the easiest ones. Let them learn.
We lost by 30 points.... He was ONE of the reasons, but not the only one. Lack of a consistent PF and the fact that Ibaka was doing them from EVERY angle (pause)....had more to do with that. The Thunder were just on, and the Rox looked just like they are...a young..inexperienced team.
