ray allen is a shooter AND THAT'S IT. brooks, as he matures, he'll learn how to use his quickness better. he will penetrate and slice any defense at will the more he sees different defenses. plus, like leeb pointed out, with his quickness, once he perfects that stop and pop game, UGH WATCH OUT. defense will never be his strength. but we have a great defensive philosophy. playmaking will never be his strength. but we'll get a playmaking wing (or tracy will return). but u don't give up this type of offensive talent. u just don't. not for rubio.
From what I see, AB isn't the solution for a short term championship either, just like Rafer. See my other posts. Try to get Steve Nash in that case.
Well sure, I would do that trade, but we are talking about trading Tmac and Brooks for Rubio.... If you are going to trade, NOW, you have to get better...NOW !!! Yao can opt out.....NEXT YEAR...you can not step backwards..... And I LOVE RUBIO !!! DD
Ray Allen was a good defender, if you saw how he played in his all star years. And now he can only shoot, his value is not that high anymore. He's a better shooter under pressure as well.
Ok, first I thought you really didn't understand basketball and the players, now I KNOW you don't. Ray was a good defender....ROFLMAO !! /IGNORE DD
I don't know what Yao thinks, but from my point of view, another year of can't find Yao in low post just might make Yao tend to opt out even more. AB's game and Yao's game aren't fitting too well as we could see in playoffs. No good trade, keep AB. Good trade comes, trade him.
Is it worth trading for Rubio using that package? Without getting any additional value in return, that would be a huge gamble that would be a high risk.
Just for accuracy... Brooks DOB: 1/14/85 = 24 Lowry DOB: 3/25/86 = 23 Age difference: 14 months (not 3 years) Regardless, the way I see it, no player on this team should be untouchable, including Yao.
*Parker's 2nd year (82 games played) - Reg. Season 15.5 PPG - Payoffs 14.7 PPG *Brooks' 2nd year (35 games played)- Reg. Season 11.2 PPG - Playoffs 16.8 PPG I know, different variables comes into play but Brooks playing style reminds me of Parker's...
u do know that if we had brooks playing like the playoffs the past playoffs WITH tmac and yao, u do know that we might have won a championship already right? this is not a yao-centric offense. adelman's offense is a balanced offense. i'm sure brooks will learn to get the ball to yao better, but again, it's more on yao and adelman to fix that fronting defense. had rafer play anywhere close to what brooks did when he was here, we'd be talking about losing in the finals or something rather than losing in the first round.
Guess we'll need Derversa's defensive stats for Allen's all star years to settle this. He was a good defensive player back in Seatle, if you ask me. Not elite, but good enough.
To tell you the truth, if Tmac was healthy, Rafer could be a better option than AB for this team, that's why Rafer was starting over AB. Once Tmac went down, we obviously need more scoring, that fits AB better. We can win with a lot PGs if both Yao and Tmac were healthy plus Scola, Artes and Battier. AB is not and will not be the deciding factor.
Kobe's defense is overrated, Ray Allen's is underrated. He was a two way player back in that Seattle team.
u do know AB was a rookie last year right? so that's why rafer still started over him. we're a veteran team. but brooks showed enough to morey and adelman that he's ready for the job and they trusted him. and brooks showed them right. and you're right, a healthy tmac-yao can win with many PGs. but rafer wasn't one of them. he's fine for the reg. season, but not the playoffs when he always shot 32-33%. we need SCORERS. we struggle every year b/c we struggle to score. aaron brooks is a SCORER and he'll improve as a SCORER. the reason we lose this year was b/c of SCORING again as our offensive problems continued. why trade away the only perimeter threat that we have left for kid named rubio who hasn't played a second of NBA ball and no sure thing? if u want to draft rubio, then also trade tracy and yao and artest and just rebuild.
