Props to Aaron Brooks on his career high 30 points

If brooks knew how to control tempo like a vet, Rafer Alston would not have started this season. everyone knows brooks is a better offensive player.

You are judging the guy on 10 games as a starter in the league. he's going to get more comfortable trusting his teammates as time goes by and knowing each set and how it is to be run. Remember, his mentality off the bench was to be a scorer first.

Be patient with him is all i'm asking.

 

yeah, i know.

even that zone by the suns was pathetic. i thought ours were bad until i saw theirs. is defense really that hard to play? when yao moved to that hole in the middle and hit a jumper from the ft line, shaq didn't even move his feet.

 

I'm not acting that way. What i'm saying is his guys made shots for him, and his offense is designed to produce a lot of assists. In an offense where your two primary plays are post up's to Yao or clear outs for Artest you don't have the same assist possibilities. bottom line, it doesn't necessarily mean a guy played better because he had more assists.

 

Nash didn't get 13 assists tonight with mirrors is all I'm saying. He knows how to run that offense like the back of his hand and him finding his shooters open and thereby getting assists in the process is not some coincidence. If his shooters aren't hitting or their man stays with them then he takes matters in his own hands which he did.

 

I agree with this, it is what phoenix does.

 

yeah, i know that. that, mix in my years of watching the nba.

and i will keep judging him as time goes on. but now my first read of AB doesn't exactly show an A or even a B. hope it will change, and quickly.

 

what in AB's game has led you to believe that he'll all of a suden get cocky?

the things people come up with to b**** about on this board is beyond absurd

 

I'll give Brooks time to grow. I think he'll learn to be a better PG. For now, I think some people are too carried away.

Yes, he is cold-blooded in shooting. No doubt. But he isn't cold-blooded in running the team. You can tell he still doesn't know how to set up the offense, especially under pressure.

Overall, he is about as good as Rafer Alston at this point. But he definitely has a much higher ceiling. And if Lowry learns to shoot the long ball, he'll be better than Brooks.

 

I guess what I'd say is the Rockets don't run an offense like Phoenix or New Orleans where the PG is setting up the offense on every play. That kind of an offensive system puts the point guard in a position to get a lot of assists just because they have the ability to find the shooters or score themselves every time.

 

Sure, in the recent Suns years Nash has been the cornerstone of that team. He will get his stats because of the offense revolving around him.

Does that mean we are to discredit or put an asterisk on Nash's accomplishments for knowing how to run his team to the degree of success he's had?

Bottom line, when everybody knows you will be the cornerstone of that team and everything revolves around you and you still exceeded expectations and still find a way to this day to lead your team and still be productive...that to me is a testament of how good that player is, and certainly his stats accumulated during that time should not be considered a fluke.


...I can't believe you guys are making me come in defense for Nash...

 

You aren't getting an argument from me on the greatness of Steve Nash as a point guard offensively. he's very good. in discussing nash it was more about using assists as the criteria deciding how well point guards play.

 

Great job AB! Those last two points were special!

 

Well let's focus on turnovers instead.

Only one turnover for a guy who has the ball 99% of the time.

However, 4 turnovers for the n00b pg. He's got alot to learn.

 

Yeah because with them two earlier this year in Phoenix we got our asses whooped by Phoenix.

Oh wait.

 

Nash had a much better game, thats expected of him.

Aaron Brooks wasn't expected to go out and drop 30, but if he drops less than that, we're looking at a loss. He's not a "pure PG" nor do I think he ever will be, and maybe that isn't even what this team really needs. Who knows.

 

No argument here either. but nash has plenty of high turnover games too, he's averaging 4 a game for the year.

 

He just had a hot hand tonight because Nash had no defence. You cannot count on his shooting. He still could not run the offense as most PGs do.

 

If it's coming from Nash, you gotta take it !

 

I'll take Brooks going to the basket over Ron taking contested fadeaway jumpers. Brooks was hot tonight so there is nothing wrong with him looking for his shot. If he's not feeling it he will defer to Yao and Ron more.

 

I don't want brooks to be a pure pg if comes at the expense of his offensive gifts. it's like making peyton manning a scrambler or vince young a pocket passer.