Scola and Brooks to PHX for all star rookie/soph game

tim562 · Jan 28, 2009

FFz said:

I totally did not mean for that to happen like that. MY bad to all the dudes choking and etc.

I am getting a good laugh out of this though.
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Ban Him!!! J/k!!

I'm glad for Scola and Aaron. Laundry should be there......oh well.

Uprising · Jan 28, 2009

Kracka0476 said:

Scola should give his spot up to Landry.
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wtf? I'd say Landry should be there over Brooks. But over Scola? No way in hell.

Untraceable · Jan 28, 2009

no landry?...fail!

Shroopy2 · Jan 28, 2009

I got the news of them going to the rookie game before reading this, so I already knew....And
STILL the title misled me a little bit. Bad thread title, get it changed

GermanRoxFan · Jan 28, 2009

Untraceable said:

no landry?...fail!
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come on, be realistic. landry doesn't deserve to be on that squad. they have durant, thornton, horford, jeff green, thaddeus young and wilson chandler as forwards on it.

scola's only on it because they needed a center.

the way brooks has been playing lately i don't know how he ended up on that roster.

Noob Cake · Jan 29, 2009

No idea how Brooks got on, but Scola is a beast and is the starting PF got a western "contender" team.

Landry can't compare to Scola.

astros148 · Jan 29, 2009

Noob Cake said:

No idea how Brooks got on, but Scola is a beast and is the starting PF got a western "contender" team.

Landry can't compare to Scola.
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rox are pretenders not contenders

Seven · Jan 29, 2009

Scola is 12 and 8, that derserves a spot i think. Not to mention the only other legit bigman on that team is Horford.

REEKO_HTOWN · Jan 29, 2009

another testament of how good of a job Morey did his rookie year as a GM.

northeastfan · Jan 29, 2009

Congrats to Scola and Brooks. Scola was a good choice ... Brooks may have made it in due to an earlier body of work but clearly not due to his recent performances.

mozart123 · Jan 29, 2009

Per 36 minutes, Scola averages around 15 pts, 10 rebounds, close to 2 assists and 1stl a game at 53% FG, good numbers, he deserves to be in.

henGoOink · Jan 29, 2009

isnt landry soph

kaleidosky · Jan 29, 2009

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090129

Because of that, we'll have the Human Goaltend Violation, Al Thornton of the Clippers, playing in the game instead of Houston's Carl Landry, and we'll have New York's Wilson Chandler instead of Toronto's Jamario Moon.

At root, this is a basic failure to look beyond per-game averages. Both Chandler (13.8) and Thornton (17.2) have high scoring averages because they play a lot of minutes and take a fair number of shots. But they aren't good offensive players. The two rank 56th and 57th, respectively, in true shooting percentage among small forwards, and both are well below the median for their position in assist ratio as well -- particularly Thornton, who averages a measly 1.5 dimes per 40 minutes.

Landry and Moon haven't played nearly as often, but they have played far more effectively. Landry, in particular, is a stunning exclusion. I've written many times already about his impressive per-minute numbers the past two seasons, but suffice to say that he ranks right between Josh Smith and David West in PER, and that his numbers are actually down from what he did as a rookie.
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But I've saved the best for last. Somehow, some way, we ended up with Aaron Brooks on the team instead of Ramon Sessions, a decision that gets you wondering if these coaches were watching any games the past two years.

Brooks has played both less often and less effectively than Sessions this season, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who saw Sessions' inspired play at the end of last season. Sessions' current 16.75 PER ranks him right between Jason Kidd and T.J. Ford; Brooks' 12.58 mark has him hanging out with Will Solomon and Beno Udrih.

If you don't trust PER, here are a few more basic stats: Sessions shoots .439 to Brooks' .392, averages more points, rebounds and assists per 40 minutes, and has played nearly twice as many minutes.

It's not that there are a few reasons for picking Sessions and a few for Brooks; every possible indicator you'd want to use says to pick Sessions, even if you go by the twisted standards of previous rookie-game selections.
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