Rafer doesn't contain or control him either......but at least with AB we have someone that CP3 is forced to actually GUARD....and we can minimize him on the defensive end by forcing him to stay engaged with his own man instead of digging the ball out on Yao. DD
I am heading to wine country today with my beautiful wife. I try my hardest to eductate the masses, but I can't force them to learn. Understanding the game and the human nature that lies behind it, is hard for most people to grasp. When you are Barrack Obama, it is hard to teach the Sarah Palin's of the world. DD
I pretty much agree. At least Brooks is so guick and he looks to drive more which should make CP play a little defense. But down the stretch, Rafer is better at controling the tempo. He runs the offense better. Rafer is more of a scorer.
I said he would be a solid backup pg. I think if we could get what we need out of our supposed big 3 then he is good enough to start. Unfortunately, we don't have a better option at the moment. I'd like a Steve Blake, but it would come at the expense of AB's minutes (and I think it's important he continues to learn and develop).
King, I think you and I are in total agreement. If we had Blake and AB, Rafer would neve see the floor. DD
Look for all the criticism that Rafer Alston gets for his FG %, he is still our point guard. He knows how to set up the players in their sets. You saw it in the playoffs without Alston, we were below average.
DD, you're never going to get people to believe rafer isn't a championship quality guard. Nevermind the fact when he was out for 8 games last yr we went 6-2. Nevermind the fact the team scored 96 and gave up 86. They will discount that and say rafer made the team better in street clothes. The biggest problem the rox had is because brooks had to start meant luther had to be the backup. That was the biggest problem.
That's a lie. The score was 58-54 at the half, and the Rockets came back within one single point after being down by 16 points. Rafer went out, Williams hit a 3 and it all went to hell. When you're bringing up last years playoff series to prove Rafer is not championship material, you lose all credibility.
The reason I don't want Brooks starting is because that means his main job is to get our stars the ball. It's pretty clear that is not his strong point. He has a total of 3 ast in the last two games. He's better coming off the bench and looking to score. He looks way more comfortable as a scorer as opposed to being more of a distributer.
You can sit up on your perch and have Radical Thoughts About Rafer with your buddy and go back and forth with just him in a way to be condescending to other posters, but this is the Rockets Talk forum, leave your boy B.O. out of this.
People get on Rafer too much on this forum man.... calling him the worst starting PG in the league and stuff like that. Rafer is top 10 starting PGs in the league, if not top 5. Seriously. He's a decent defender, much better than Brooks, and he's great at running the offense, he's quick with great ball-handling and he's a pass first oriented point guard who can make plays. Yes, Rafer is an inconsistent and streaky shooter, but when he's hitting that makes him even more dangerous. Brooks is a great spark off the bench, and a great 6th, 7th man, but he's not a starting PG. We missed Rafer last night, and we'll miss him again tonight against Chris Paul.
Brooks is good in spurts. he scores in bunches. and he's good for that period of time when he's scoring. but thats about it. He's like Carl landry, they are good in spurts. I call them spurt players. but once opposing defenses key in on them, their weakness are exposed and you get what happened last night against the spurs.
Extremely too far. Top 5 PG but he doesn't even lead his team in assist? Thats one bad thing about Rafer. Hes our safest PG, but you won't see him creating plays. How many times does Rafer break down the defense, attack the rim and kick it back out? Its rare. Thats why it is no surprise that T-Mac is leading the team is assist.
A top 5-10 pg? Do you even watch basketball? Wrong post. I am responding to the dude who said Rafer is a top 5-10 pg in the league. My bad
Rafer is the most underrated player on this team, The only problem is he might take too many 3's. After that he is the best PG on the team and a Top 15 PG at the very least in the league. Raf > Brooks.
