Should we address the PG position in the offseason?

I never mentioned Hinrich. I mentioned Steve Nash in one of the threads.

Of course if it's not a clear upgrade we'd better keep him.

Because his value is high now , we might get something otherwise we'll never get.

 

Ok, 15.8 vs 15.3, cool. Yao was the 2nd guy behind scola. Typical only fan, bash one guy to make another look good. Yeah any guard could've won game 1. Game 2 he put up numbers when the game was out of reach. Ok, what about game 4 and 6 against La? I guess you will credit shane for those wins, right?

 

CPs is untradable. Nash might be, consider his age and contract situation.

 

I guess we need to trade yao also, his value wont get any higher either since he has injury issues, right?

 

First, I pointed out Yao was the 2nd leading scoreer because you said in you post that AB was in the series. What does that make me to bash one to make another look good? Should I just agree with you wrong fact?

2nd, we were talking about Blazer's series right? Why do you mention LA series here? I've said in the thread so many times that AB played much better against LA after Yao went down. He plays better without Yao.

Your post was about how AB did great in Blazer series, we'd get toast with Rafer running the show. I just pointed AB didn't play that wee against Blazers, now you suddenly shift to LA series?

You are not only using selective memory, you shift your topic minutes later as well.

 

Now you have a logic problem.

Yao's value of course becomse lower after he was injured.

Didn't you see those trade Yao threads floating around? And you are one big supporter of those.

Many people believe Yao can't last one season without getting injured now. That makes his value lower.

 

It isn't really fair.... Aaron Brooks was handed the keys after the Alston trade, with Lowry brought in as a bit of a contingency plan. I think Aaron had to undergo some on-the-job training, and he responded reasonably well.

Brooks and Lowry are 24 and 23, respectively, with a prodigious amount of upside between them. Do we pursue a veteran point at the expense of slowing their development?

 

No, unless that veteran PG is an elite one.

DD

 

Do you guys remember Barrera who played in last summer league? Someone mentioned the rockets invite him again this summer. I think he has a good potentional as a pg.

 

I don't think we need a veteran point guard, however, we do need to start Lowry over Brooks. He is a much better option to lead this team, with his more well-rounded game.

I also do think we need to find another young point guard in the draft. Get a second round pick and draft Patty Mills. I'd rather have three options over just two. If all three flourish, we can keep the best two and get some good value through trades. Our depth next season should look like this.

C - Yao/???
PF - Scola/Landry/Hayes
SF - Battier/Artest
SG - Tracy/Wafer
PG - Lowry/Brooks/Mills

We need to improve at center through Free Agency, because our back-up a that spot needs to be able to start, if Yao gets hurt.

 

Bench AB, start Lowry

 

Rafer's style is better with a center, that doesn't mean he actually does play better with one. It's pointless to have someone who fits your style if they aren't playing well, it's like keeping swift only because his style balanced Yao's.

Also, Brooks rarely shoots you out of a game, he either is a nonfactor or he's the primary reason you win. That means he knows when to stop jacking up shots, now sometimes it's pure hesitation (and that he has to work on), but the times he's not hesitant and his shot isn't there he doesn't force it. Rafer though, he could shoot you out of a game, and even if he shot poorly he'd keep jacking it. Rafer was also extremely hesitant to drive the ball even though he's a very good ballhandler, not a great finisher, but could still drive and dish, yet he rarely did it. His game depended too much on getting set up by others for jumpers, Brooks doesn't depend on that.

 

Are you talking about Barea from the Mavericks?

 

I honestly don't see what the fuss is about upgrading our PG position. To me, Brooks and Lowry will be more than adequate. We took our young point guard combo, put them under the pressure and in the spotlight of the playoffs, and responded wonderfully. I don't think you can expect anything more from two players who aren't even 25. Throughout these two playoff series, all I heard was how the Laker and Blazer PGs had to find ways to keep up with Lowry and Brooks. I'm very excited for Brooks, in particular. A second-year midget who no ones ever heard comes out and CARRIES the offensive load of this team for crucial playoff games. I'm not saying they are perfect, but those two can only get better. It would be a shame if we traded Brooks for an aging Nash, then see Nash break down in front of us, with Brooks becoming an all-star somewhere else. lol sorry for the long post.

 

That idea didn't go too well for Detroit.

The Pistons should've kept Billups instead of replacing him with the younger Stuckey.

 

I'd rather have one capable players rounded player than two that can complement each other and man the position, be it PG or PF.

 

How many PGs in this league making <2M have the ability to put up 30ppg like AB. He's not going anywhere until he plays out his rookie contract. He's also young and can get better unlike Rafer who hit his ceiling.

 

I don't see why people continue to bash Rafer either, he's off the team and he's going to the conference finals.

 

We need to address the SG issue more. TMac is NOT coming back.

But of course, if Morey can somehow get the likes of Billups or Deron Williams or Derrick Rose, I am all for it.

 

No with the available PGs on the market and the salary cap we have, we cannot get a much better one than our young PGs.
We need to be patient to wait they grow up though sometimes it will be quite painful when they play bad games.