You could probably make a case for him being overpaid if he's only getting 20 minutes a night off the bench. But once Brooks went down, he showed you he can be worth every penny of it if you give him extended time. Talk about taking your opportunity and running with it. I just don't know how Adelman can pull him from the starting unit right now.
He has been a top 15 fantasy player league wide for the last 17 games. Not the last 5, the last 17...
I did think about that, but I also thought the past 5 or so years where he's shot at about 26%. If he was a career 35% shooter and shot 22% after starting with an injury, it would be easier to say the injury/time off was an issue. However it didn't decrease by that much from the norm, so i just can't say it was bothering him that much. Either way, it only been 3 weeks...it's a long time for a hot streak, but a short time over a season. The fact that he literally started hitting a better % the moment he started shooting more tells me he got a green light, or green-er i should say, from RA and that increased his confidence level and that's why he's shooting so well. Again, im not saying he didnt put the time in during the summer, but i think the real source of the improvement is all psychological and that can be gone at any point, just ask Mike James.
Yeah, that's what I mean. I know Adelman picked him up off waivers in his fantasy league and is really struggling for guard help. Like I said, I don't know how Adelman can pull him from the starting unit right now.
I was thinking the same. At the beginning of the year, I was really, really worried about that contract. It might be the best contract on the team in a couple years.
I said it before, in fact a long time ago when this whole brooks vs lowry thing started. I said lowry is not a bad shooter, just a hesitant one. I pointed out yao and the mid range shot. When yao has to think whether or not he should shoot or pass, he's a poor shooter from mid range, but when he does a pick and pop and knows he is shooting, he's really accurate. Lowry to me is the same way. When he decides to shoot and shoot it with confidence, he's a pretty good shooter, but when he's in between, it kills his shot. Lowry is playing well right now and there is no denying that, i guess we will have to see how it plays out. Right now, they have a good stretch of games against some teams they should beat other than say miami. It doesn't really matter to me because I don't think either is as good without someone behind them to take the pressure off. I guess my issues always come to what happens when we play a good defensive team in the playoffs or in the regular season. When we play teams who crowd martin, single up scola,run battier off the line and make kyle beat them. Can he do it? I guess when we play miami, a good defensive team, we will see. No matter the result, I just want to see how it breaks down or the flow of the game.
have the rockets ever had a point guard average 8 assists per game? hell when was the last time we had one average 8 assists in a month long period? francis? yup! looks like he did it in january 2000!
THat will be the real test. But one thing I'll say about Lowry is that he's slowed down a bit, and I mean that in a good way. In past years, he was a bowling ball and often very out of control going to the basket. I see more poise and patience in his play in half-court sets. He still doesn't have that in-between game that Brooks brings to the table when he's at his best, though.
He doesn't really need to, he is so good at the pick and roll that teams can't figure out how to stop the lowry scola pick and roll.
murphy and francis (god forgive me for that) are the only good pgs we've really ever had and both were the scorers more than creators, so no i dont think we have (murphy i think topped out at around 7.5 in a season)
It is a good thing because thats the way you have to play. I just replied in a thread when a poster was talking about how last year off the bench he averaged 4 ft atts per game and right now he's at 3 and playing way more minutes. Its easy to come off the bench and be reckless, but when you start, you have to pace the team and yourself to a degree. Its really good to see him getting better and doing different things. I've always like his drive to compete. Now you can also see he's in better shape also as opposed to early in the season too.
Thats not true at all. A team like miami,boston,orlando are really good at pick and roll because they have bigs who show and recover.
totally forgot! yeah he was the only one with 9.4 apg in 77-78 and 8.8 apg in 85-86. even in his final year in the league with the rockets he only played 19 mpg, but had 9.1 apg rate per 36 min. let's hope lowry can keep up the progress!
Thats what I'm talking about also. Against the better defensive teams, they will declare lowry and force him to make a shot or plays. They will smother martin or when in pick and roll with scola against say boston, they will come under and show hard. Thats what I'm talking about in general. The really good defensive teams with the mobile bigs show to slow and recover to the their man so it will be of utmost importance that lowry knock down shots.
Well yeah, but if he was able to do that, then he wouldn't be called Kyle Lowry, he would be called deron williams.
No there isn't, not against the elite teams. Against average defensive teams, Lowry can do it, just like most of the better PGs.
