i thought the same, too. but now i am starting to think otherwise. it matters who plays more with yao (and scola, too). since yao and scola are no doubt starters, aaron should be playing primarily with the bench players. and before we conclude he's the best shot we've got in crunch time, i'd like to see plenty tries with yao and lowry.
The rockets were blowing assignments left and right, On top of that, parker got 3 asst by penetrating and kicking to the ft line for a duncan jumper and he got one on the baseline also.
Seriously, this board is unbelievable. I'm certainly not going say that 18 shots, 0 assists is good for a PG. It really isn't, but when we needed something to happen... who stepped up? Aaron Brooks. When San Antonio started taking control of the game in the 4th quarter (with Lowry playing PG) Aaron came in and got Houston right back in the game. The only bad shot by Aaron was the desperation layup under the basket against Duncan. That was a horrible shot, but other than that, he played just fine. It would be a lot better if he got more assists, but let's face it, any time he passes it out somebody misses the shot. And most of his passes are inside to Yao when he is on the perimeter... it's damn near impossible to get assists like that. Kyle Lowry is no doubt better at finding open guys. That pass to Landry on the roll was outstanding... but Aaron Brooks is, without a shadow of a doubt, much much better than Lowry at scoring. Here's what I see. Aaron Brooks had to go up against Tony Parker all night, and he ended up with a +/- of +1. Parker had a +/- of 0. Kyle Lowry, who went up against the second team more times than not, had a +/- of -6. I'll take the scoring, personally.
why can't ab do that? when he goes into the paint, it's almost always a layup, even if it's not there. he has yet to learn how to control his tempo. speed is good, but will be much better if he knows how to use it.
Because yao isnt confortable shooting and making that shot yet. Thats the next step for yao and this offense. he shot the ft line jumper, but he missed, but i like yao shooting that shot. He just hasnt shot it confortably yet.
agree on yao's part. but i wasn't talking about yao. ab could kick it out to anybody who's open. when was the last time you saw him do that? does he even know what to do before he drives, especially when a layup is not there? for aaron, it's always a layup attempt (while he rarely gets calls as he's not good at initiating contact); unless it's an obvious mess-up (and even that is rare).
Yeah, you better be right, AB is Parker of future with 0 ast while Parker got 8 ast tonight. Yeah, you are Morey of rox, you better right. AB's PER is 13 while TP is 22. Yeah, you are right. AB is TP's b#tch.
Who was open? If on those drives, if you can tell me who was open, then i'll agree. I'm just saying the spurs gameplan worked and its still the heel of the rockets. They dont have enough guys that dictate matchups. I mean, everyone likes to appoint scola into the asg, but gooden was killing him. Ron lost finley a few times tonight and he was on fire from the night before.
Seriously, if AB plays like this, I am gonna take a 60% healthy TMAC over him. I am really shocked someone thinks AB's our closer? WTH, if that's the only case, I would be glad to see Tracy back
c'mon. we played against the best defensive team in the league. maybe that was their strategy tonight. It's not every day that Aaron gets 0 assist. Shut up and stop hating.
if he drives and no one is open, then he hasn't broken down the defense like many have claimed, now has he? if no one is open, he should circle back and seek the next play instead of challenge the post defender (especially when that post defender is one of the best on business) for a layup. how often do you see him do that?
FYI, in his second season, Tony Parker didn't have a game with 0 assists, but had 5 games with only 1.
I like the chance that we close game with Lowry and Yao. Not only Lowry can score as many as AB if he will, but Lowry can make strong drive and draw fouls or pass. Lowry = FTs or Layups or ASTs or Fail , but AB = Layup or Fail, you cant count on AB.
Are you kidding me? Tony parker in the making? I do not know where the similarity is? TP's dribble penetration is one of deadliest move in the league. On the other hand, AB's dribble penetration is one of the biggest reason why rockets lose games. TP's mid-range jumper is a high-percentage killer and in comparasion, AB is just a joke. Stop insulting Tony. With a defender like AB, tony parker would be a real moron if he did not take the shots. Not to mention the 8 assists that comes with the points.
So do you think the tony parker we see now is the same one we saw in 2002? Those little moment when he used to get himself in trouble, force up shots or turn the ball over, play out of control, were those habit dropped in his 1st or 2nd yr starting or do you think those happened in the last 3 years?
will ab become a parker light? i doubt it. but that's not the point. the point is, ab ain't parker NOW. far from it. he can learn alright, but why in the middle of a playoff push? we have lowry who is, imo, clearly a better pg to start. plus it's not like ab will lose a lot of minutes. he can still learn and play with the 2nd unit.
