I feel one way and can logically explain why my way is superior to yours. You're essentially covering your ears, closing your eyes, and screaming your opinion. I think it's clear to everyone (except you due to the blindness/deafness from closing eyes/covering ears) which position makes more sense.
AB is the guy keeping the rockets in playoff contention whether u guys like it or not..he's not an all star but he's the quickest player in the nba..and he can score. HE's an above average point guard who can shoot 3s and layups as well as make good passes. Look at the kings for example..they lost bibby and they started to suck so much. Tyreke evans is good..but he's a hog and doesnt get his teammates involved. Kevin martin was indirectly dissing Tyreke in the press conference prolly because the kings have shifted their style to making tyreke the centerpiece of the plays and he's a big ball hog for a point guard. AB gets his teammates involved and is very quick. Kings don't have bibby and now they suck. Bibby is actually still good at his old age in the hawks right now and the hawks are doing well with him. And if you look at every crappy team in the league..u gotta look at their point guards and vice versa.. every good team has a great PG or SG (who can dribble the ball) (kobe) at least. The knicks...point guard problem as well. THe point guards run the plays..and rockets offense are very well organized even if they're undersized because it starts with AB. Hornets die by how good chris paul is playing too..as well as nash..if paul wasn't in form or injured..like he was in many of this year and last year's games..therefore hornets werent as good as pauls first couple years.
Fixed. And my argument(and similarly Chuck 4's) that while the entry pass is important, its easier to hide a poor entry passer than a poor shooter. So you hang on to your end of the argument(which is correct in that Brooks' passing skills arent up to Lowry's passing skills). Therefore, from each others POV they are correct and there is no swaying them. Hence, agree to disagree. It's like saying Yin is more important than Yang.
Brooks is a tremendous scorer but he fails to make his teammates better. He's still very young though, plenty of time for him to pick up those point guard instincts.
I agree Brooks is no the gifted passer that the top PG's are, but he can shoot just as well, and gets to the basket better than any of the leagues top PG's except for Derrick Rose
I'm not going to add to the flame as to who which is a better PG.. But wanted to add that I think DM will try to get T.J. Ford to replace AB.. For those who do not know where I stand on AB.. Is that AB will cost the Rockets too much money in 2011 if he is signed to a long term contract... AB out to Toronto (Packaged with Scola + Knicks Picks) Bosh to Houston T.J.Ford to Houston I'm not sure yet but D. "The Wizard" Morey probably can get it done. So DD that is your starting PG
That is another good point. Brooks played with Scola more often, who I would say is less talented offensively. Lowry more often played with: Budinger > Ariza on offense Landy > Scola on offense Andersen > Hayes on offense I think that is another reason his assist rate is higher... he played with good shooters more often. Also, Brooks can't assist himself... I wonder how many of Lowry's assists were him passing off to Brooks?
LOL!!! You must not watch Rose very much because that's not a good comparison. Lowry get's to the basket and either gets a foul call or makes a correct pass. Unless it's a blow by layup, Brooks just gets under the baseline and turns it over.
Brooks FGs were assisted 40% of the time. Thats way high. In contrast, Steve Nash was only around 10%.
So you're saying he only gets to the basket 3 times per game or so? Lowry gets the foul called a bit more often, but their shooting percentages under there aren't all that much different. Only 3% seperates them.
Wow. How did I miss reading this thread? I figured it was a waste of time, because we weren't going to trade Brooks. Instead, it turned into WWIII between DD and durvasa, with some serious ownage by durvasa, IMO. Personally, I think DaDakota just had a little too much fun last night and was being cranky. I don't know why he was so worked up, otherwise. Kumbaya, brothers and sisters!
Again, Adelman's motion offense... everybody spreads the assists around, the ball doesn't just move through one central guy.
When someone says a player "get's to the basket" what do you think that means? I think it means he can splits double teams gets to the paint and finishes at the rim. You know a PG that can get to the rim? Tony Parker from 2 years ago. Would you compare Brooks skill to his?
Exactly. Not to mention he's not out there playing the 2 when he is playing the 1. I think there is too much unknown right now with Martin just joining the team. Lets see how the team(and Aaron as the starting point) do from here on out.
I was being sarcastic with the idea that Aaron only turns it over when he penetrates and Lowry is twice the finisher around the basket than he is. That's not your fault Reeko, since you arent the only one repeating it.
?? I feel dumb but what does this mean ?? I'm pretty sure 10 of the top 10 PG in the league can get to this rim? But to answer your question of Brooks skills to Tony's .. Nope Tony is so much better at being a facilitator, not to mention his height gives him an advantage.
