I was going to let it go, but it looks like you won't let me. Long pull-up jumpers are never a good idea during crunch time. That's why McGrady received so much criticism....b/c he wasn't aggressive and settled for long jumpers. That's also I can't criticize Martin for his misses. Even though he missed, he was trying to attack the basket and draw fouls, and that's all I can ask of him as a player.
You guys crack me up. First to scream knee jerk to anyone in contradiction to you fools, but first to be the knee jerkers when it suites your needs. Hey but yeah, great game against the Spurs, I personally didn't get a chance to watch this one, but wasn't the Spurs best player out? Im just saying. Poetry so sweet against an admittedly struggling team without their best player. Had nothing to do anyone else either. Not Martin scoring 33, or Scola scoring 30 and all the boards, I don't know I didn't watch this one. gotta love that our starting fowards each had more assists and more steals than our starting PG. You know what I don't know why Im even doing this. I have no problem admitting if Brooks had a good game. Absolutely Ill give you that. Still doesn't change the fact that this is what...one win since the trade and only the Rockets second in their last 8 games. Can't say we don't have the payroll (Tmac is gone and Marting + is here) and you can't say we don't have any star players anymore being that Martin is here and oh yeah Brooks is a cootie hair away from being an allstar anyhow (your words) So I guess your thrilled at our one win in the last 4. Me, Im hoping to see alittle more.
I agree. People need to quit nitpicking Aaron and watching for the moments they see flaws. Martin also did a great job. We got a win. End of story.
+1 AB, is not a bad player. but does he put up these kinds of numbers on a regular basis? does he need the ball to be effective? does Kevin need the ball to be effective? we traded Landry didn't we, are we better for it? why not AB? is he that important to our franchise that if we do trade him and an asset for a legit borderline all-star type player, would we be worse? the OP is a knee jerk, great he shot the ball well. i'm happy just like the next guy, but let's see how he shoots the next game, and the one after that, and the one after that... the OP is obviously trying to be obnoxious, congratulations. you did a swell job.
Do you realize that we are missing Kyle all those recent losses? And far as Spurs best player missing, don't forget we are missing that scrub off the bench that you may consider just a "human victory cigar" named Yao Ming.
this guy really has no idea what he's talking about, this is what the first time we've had 3 players score 30 points... he's not going to shoot over 50% every game. get your head out of your ***.
well, threads can't really be stupid, the person who created the thread is stupid. does that make any sense?
LOL. Well alot of teams can say the same thing. Didn't we lose to the Nuggs without their best player. How about the fact that we lost to the Hornets without their best player. Those teams didn't automatically lose. Just so you know though dude, in case you weren't paying attention. The Rockets have won more than ONE game in a row exactly twice in two months. Both those win streaks were of two games. IN two months. Playing such power houses as the Bulls without Noah (only because you bring up missing players), New Orleans without CP3. Philly and Indy. All loses.
I think Brooks has the potential to become a superstar in this league; I think when he makes smart decisions, as he did in the first 2.5 quarters tonight, he is virtually unstoppable on the offensive end. His mixture of abilities--his fantastic three point range, the speed to blow past almost anybody, the ability to stop-and-pop at 10-15 feet and create a ton of separation, his growing ability to finish at the basket, his ability to move without the ball and get open, his great dribbling skills... they all combine to make him a formidable offensive force. Sure, he plays more like a 2 guard at this point, but the fact that he has some PG ability as well, and is improving in that area--that's a priceless player, one I don't want to see us give up unless it's for somebody who is already a superstar. I'm not sure why some people on this forum seem to expect him to have perfect decision-making so early in his career. That takes time and experience. He doesn't have the size to get away with as many mistakes as other emerging stars, but he will make fewer and fewer mistakes as he matures, and his shooting ability and speed will help compensate in the meantime (as they already are). And as we saw tonight, the idea that Brooks and Martin can't work well together is a fallacy. They can and they will as they grow more comfortable with each other as teammates.
Aaron never scores that many. This was just an accident. -- Signed, Aaron detractors 3/6/09, 4/18/09*, 5/10/09, 11/15/09, 1/6/10, 1/13/10, 1/29/10, 2/6/10, 2/26/10 Forgive me if I dont take what you say to heart. I've heard it all before. Oh, and nobody shoots 50% plus every game.
And by the way, Brooks is being treated as barely more than a rookie right now by the officials, because he is so young and it is only his first full season starting. As they gain more respect for him he will get more calls when he gets mugged under the basket, and his decisions to drive into traffic will suddenly look a lot better.
Do you realize Adelman's system does not rely on the point guard for assists? For his Kings team, no one ever averaged more than 5 assists a game, but at the same time Mike Bibby, Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Brad Miller, Doug Christie, etc all had between 4-5 a good deal of the time. The fact that the low post players are getting assists means the system is functioning correctly.
who else is going to score for us? battier? ariza? we have no one, literally no one that could score, except for AB. i'm not saying he's a bad player, but he certainly isn't an elite player by any means.
Yeah but they never give him the benefit of the doubt... if an established star gets blocked like Brooks when he drives, they get the benefit of the doubt and a foul is called. That's just how the officials work. I think Brooks will get that kind of respect in the future, because I can see him averaging 20-25 points per game in his prime, and guys who do that get treated with kid gloves by the officials once they are established.
