edit and oh since you wanna look at stats can you tell me who had the higher +/-? I ain't hating on Brooks and saying he shouldn't start but you are stupid saying things like Lowry just all hustle with little skill. I been following and played basketball basically my whole life and I can tell if a person can play or not. It's obvious to people that know about Bball too that Lowry can play. Not so much for you Omerk or whatever your name is...
But don't you understand individual scoring is not as important as team winning? And a team can win by score more or prevent opponents from scoring? Lowry has the best +/- for the entire season, by a BIG margin. Even Morey said in an interview Lowry had the biggest impact on court this year. BTW, you use 1/6 against Lowry but forgot to use 2ast/2to in 29 minutes for AB? 4ast/1TO in 19 minutes for Lowry? Quite selective.
No, you're misrepresenting my posts and taking them out of context in an attempt to make me look bad. That's okay, lots of people are idiots, you can be one too. What I actually said was the only exceptional skill Lowry has is to draw fouls. I didn't say he had no other skills; he's an adequate ball handler and an adequate passer, but he is not great at either of those things. Just decent for his position. Average. Okay. That is skill--it's just not exceptional skill. The point I was implying is that Brooks is more skilled; he is better at more things. And I prefer that to "heart, hustle, and intangibles".
Ok when the hell have I ever EVER said I would like AB to be traded? Quote me on that plz. You're just speaking out your ass. I would actually rather keep Brooks. But I ain't going around and saying Lowry has very little skill. you know know nothing. if its anyone with little skill, it'll be you.
28 and 19 is similar? What? 9 minutes is a HUGE amount of time that you failed to mention in your crappy comparison. Unbelievable...
Other than playing almost 10 minutes less, had higher +/-, Kyle Lowry had 4 assists and 1 turnover, while Aaron Brooks had 2 assists and 2 turnovers. The tempo/rhythm and defense was much better when Kyle Lowry was playing.......and the Houston Rockets basically blew the game apart with Kyle Lowry in 2Q, establishing a 9 point lead and setting the tune for the win.
Okay, if we're going to start treating +/- as a legitimate stat, all reason has left the room. Goodnight.
What? Kyle Lowry is far more skilled defensively, which is 50% of basketball... So you are picking the extra skill on the offensive side of the ball... Over heart, hustle, intangibles AND defense. Just to clear things up.
wth do you watch? if you think he's and adequate ball handler and passer I wonder what you think about AB's passing and handling too. Actually no I don't and could care less. you are a moron
While I agree with you on Lowry's impact, individual +/- is a bit of a misleading stat. Because those stats don't take into account of who is on the floor with you, whoever the opponent has on the floor. For example Anderson Varejao is 2nd in the league in +/-, but you wouldn't really call him the second best player in the league when it comes to impact. Even Morey said so in his interview with Bill Simmons a few weeks ago.
My subjective opinion is that Brooks' defense is extremely underrated here; Lowry often does better on defense not because he is more skilled, but simply because he is bigger. On smaller, quicker point guards, Brooks is the better defender. That's my view, anyway, and since defense is very difficult to measure statistically in basketball, there is really no way to prove anything one way or the other.
9 minutes is a TON of NBA time... Lowry played about 2/3 as much as Brooks. It is unbelievable that you did not mention that in that crappy comparison of yours... Even with the minutes included it would have been a crappy comparison, stat watcher...
I agree one game's +/- is misleading, but it's still a better indication than points scored in one game, especially low efficiency points scored.
If Lowry played 40+ minutes, our lead at the end of every game would be in double digits if not more.
Matt Bullard who was AT the game tonight more or less said this: "Dont let Lowry's stat-line mislead you. He completely changed the game when he was playing. What a great player."
