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Ah, so we celebrate the gotcha's now..... Well, guess, the Brooks side gets the ultimate gotcha...... So, we can live with that. DD
Rockets also said Yao and Tmac were going to be special..... I want to hear the un-official comments, like the bar talk, back alley, elevator moment..........
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nope link he repeated this pick on the FSN playoff preview show when all the other "rockets employees" all picked houston he also ended up getting a von hawk for his troubles as punishment as for Jason and Craig's opinion being a reflection of what the coaching staff and front office want - I could very well turn around and say they are saying those things because the organization wants them to and cloud what the org really wants to do. Sort of what Feigan does just being a mouthpiece for what looks good in the public and then being able to do something totally opposite. Then I would take their opinions with a grain a salt - if that. but knowing Jason he is just saying what his opinions are and thats it there are no way indicative of what the coaching staff and front office want. Even if he does know what they want he'll just state his own opinion. His opinion wont sway anyone either ...I would be really concerned if Adelman or Morey started to base their decision based on what a beat writer's opinion was (no offense to Jason of course) I rather just not listen to what anyone is saying and just see what plays out on the court...saying look Jason said this or Morey said this is pointless they say things that they need to say its sometimes could be the truth most of the times its PR but we cant really know which is which until everything plays out on the court. I've already said I think Brooks will be given the starting spot back but this time I would like to believe he would have a shorter leash on him if the starters and the team struggle with him in there. Adelman has seen now how the starters play with Kyle in there and it has produced results. If anything hopefully Brooks has been taking notes and learning from the sidelines how Kyle has played with the starters and tried to somehow incorporate that into his game. otherwise this team cannot afford another 4-5 game slide if it does the playoffs are almost as good as gone
It's funny to hear them thinking that Lowry will have such a big impact on Chase Budinger's bricks. Lowry has been playing with Budinger.. Lowry usually plays the entire second half. Why would Lowry make Chase better than Brooks would? Which of the two makes Scola better? Battier? Martin? Interesting tidbit from Morey's last 610 appearance that hasn't gotten any publicity: It's apparent that Morey will have different views from Adelman at times, yet not interfere in his coaching. He did seem to interfere at the beginning of the year when Jordan Hill wasn't playing though. Either way, forgive me for not taking one Rockets employee's opinions as the equivalent of management's opinion or the coaching staffs.
Gotcha, I stand corrected, and now I recall the mohawk, thanks. A valid point. Many of the places for information are not willing to rock the boat. I agree, if Lowry keeps playing well as a starter, and when Brooks gets the job back, if he struggles, it may indeed flip. Whatever is better for the team..... DD
Lowry helped Chase a lot, as he got the ball to him in transition, and it helped build his confidence. I think both of them are equal in making the rest better, both do different things but they both work well with those guys. DD
Chase is an up-tempo player, like Lowry, and Lowry looks to be more of a distributor in transition. Lowry is probably the best player on the team at finding shooters.
Agree about Lowry helping Chase, but Ish is a better distributor in every sense of the word, he is the best on the team by a MILE. DD
I agree with that -- but Chase has been playing with Lowry! It's not like we've gone exclusively to Chase-Ish or Chase-Lee. Chase has gotten fast break opportunities in games.. but he's still bricking. I don't think Lowry passing him the ball is going to suddenly cure the dreadful shooting woes he's gone through. Lowry makes everyone better, not just Budinger. It's overly simplistic to say Chase is struggling because the majority of his minutes aren't spent with Lowry.
In terms of finding shooters its between Lowry and Ish, but Lowry has proven that he gets the job done. Ish is the most gifted passer on the team, but he doesn't have the same familiarity with the NBA, the system, and his teammates as Lowry does.
But Lowry is not running or pushing the tempo as much, especially when Chase gets in there, because he is tired and needs to conserve energy....lol. When Lowry used to come in, he revved it up, now, we have no one to rev it up...and the 2nd unit needs to be up tempo..... Lowry is not close to Ish in court awareness, neither is Brooks, Ish has something special there....something that you rarely see in players. Agree with you about the familiarity bit, that is probably why Adelman has gone to Lee. I have seen Ish make amazing passes, but to the wrong guy.....IE, Hayes Jeffries at the top of the key etc....it is a perfect pass, but that player is not suited to do anything with it. It is the right play, if you have a team of good offensive players.....but not on a team with so many defense only guys. DD
I rarely see Lowry walk the ball up the floor instead of pursuing a fast break opportunity. In fact, I'm not sure I've seen it. But he does get gassed -- anyone would that is playing 40+ minutes a game. LeBron complained about it less than 5 games into the season, ha.
There is a vast difference between walking it up and pushing it hard, Lowry just can not go all out for 40 minutes.......no one can...... Which is why Adelman wants him back on the bench so he can go all out for 24+ minutes and really push it. The podcast describes PERFECTLY how this team is assembled and how it all works, it is exactly what Larv and I have been saying all along. DD
There is a notably different tempo with Lowry as a starter vs him as a bench player. He use to play 20 minutes at 120%, now its 35 at 90% This could very well be having an effect on Budinger.
The first thing Lowry does when he gets the ball is look for a fast break opportunity. If he sees one, he pushes. If he doesn't, he walks it up. When I watch him play, I never think to myself, "he just missed out on a fast break opportunity". On the other hand, when I watch Brooks run the team, that thought crosses my mind several times a game.
No doubt Lowry pushes it more often, if you listen to the podcast they talk about how the first team is not really an up tempo bunch and that the 2nd unit is.... DD
I disagree with that. Scola and Hayes run the floor so they can play uptempo. That leaves Martin and Battier, who have both shown they can hit open shots in transition. Playing uptempo isn't necessarily about getting fast break layups. It's about disrupting the other team's defensive schemes and creating mismatches or open shots.
