This is a ridiculous post. I just want to remind you: Yao is not the center of the universe. Yao might not even be in the Rockets future.
yao is certainly the center of the rockets. he may be not in the future of the rockets and he will eventually retire from the nba. but right now, he sure is in the present of the team, and the largest piece for that matter. i'm scared by your post. you sounded like a ... well, i'd better control myself.
i'd rather use the rest of this season to develop lowry than brooks....lowry is a gamer....brooks is a chronic choker.
Right he does but lowry is showing to be somewhat of a better playmaker with the starters in my opinion.
Where are all those people who have wanted Alston out, and start AB? I seem to remember tons of the posts were in supporting of that. Now, just a dozen more games late, AB is not your favorite player any more? I guess I shouldn't be surprised at all, because Yao was a 'wuss' after a bad game, TMac was not a good player since he's never won a playoff series, or play through injury, now AB is terrible because???. Let's be real, this is a 2nd year player who didn't play much until this season, then was pushed into starting lineup in the middle of the season, everyone now expect he become a good PG right now? Give the guy some time to develop.
i don't about others, but i never rooted for aaron to start when rafer was still here. and we didn't know lowry was coming in a rafer trade. no one hates aaron. speaking for my self, i like the guy. i just don't think he's starter material. aaron will be better suited to play with our 2nd unit imo. i know adelman is high on aaron and he's such an experienced coach. the thing lowry seems to have better pg quality and is a better pg now. so why not start lowry? and i don't buy the theory that since we are improbable to win it all this year so now is the best time for aaron to learn. look, dallas is still starting kidd and denver is starting billups. why don't they look into their future and train the young guns they have? even aaron does turn out to have a higher ceiling, it's not the time now as we are in a playoff push.
Even Neo missed the first jump in the Matrix. Brooks has failed a lot of tests thus far, but he is still very dynamic and I think the best fit for this team.
I like Lowry, except for his jumper isn't consistent and fouls too much. I see what quick guards can do for you. Nobody was complaining as AB was giving Steve Nash all he can handle. Lowry jumper isn't consistent and when teams pack the lane he will have to hit that shot to stay on the floor in Adelman's offense. We keep AB as a starter and give him and other starters the opportunity to mesh.
lowry's 3 is questionable, but his midrange j has been solid. and he's a lot better taking it to the hoop.
True, but you know what happens in the playoffs, the game slows down and best teams don't give up the paint. They force pressure on teams to hit the jump shot. That's why the Lakers are a tough matchup, everyone hits their shots. We have 2 liabilities (Shane/Chuck) and Lowry isn't that consistent.
I'm not sure AB is the only player besides that uses that underhand shot. I simply don't know. Nash has all kinds of shots. But as far as that underhand shot goes... Nash release that underhand to get the shot off quickly, to gain precious nanoseconds against the defense. He often shot it without his foot ever leave the ground, the purpose is to gain advantage in releasing the shot and avoid being blocked. AB on the other hand, release his underhand often very late, often in the teeth of the defense and therefore often gets blocked. AB would be better off studying how Nash dribble the baseline and pull out it it's not there first.
I don't notice any difference between how AB and Nash execute that move. And they're the only two PGs that do it, that I can recall.
Two reasons it won't happen. First, the team needs stability, a regular rotation, so players can develop chemistry among themselves. Changing starting PG during the season is a very BIG deal, it's a terrible idea to do it again. Second, Brooks is a 2nd year young player, who only started a dozen some games after average less than 20min, no coach in his right mind will make a judgment on the player so early. If you do pull Brooks from the starting lineup, that would be devastating to him, totally destroy his confidence. Also, there is no grantee that Lowry will do better if he start. Him looking promise with limited bench minutes doesn't gurantee he will do well as a starter. After all, that's why many here want Alston to go, so Brooks can start. What will happen if Lowry doesn't play well when start? Replace him with Books again?
Kyle Lowry played the whole 4th quarter today. Is that more of the things to come? or a one-time no-Yao thing?
Lowry did a better job keep a body on Chris Paul. I think we'll see Lowry a lot more, especially against the stronger PGs (and they happen to be the better ones ... Paul, Williams, Billups, Parker).
I guess you feel the "need" to defend yao at every turn. I don't remember u posting a lot last yr when the team was winning and yao was out. In fact, there were a lot of posters mia when yao went down. I guess its easy to see where people stand regarding the rox.
