Who do you want as starting PG next season: Lowry or Brooks?

I do not like how you are generalising. A lot of us have been saying the same things about Brooks from the get go. Brooks is a scorer, prefect to come of of the bench.

Anyway you knows this sport, knows you do not judge a player, based on statistics. Lowry is a better defenders and I as a fan am much more comfortable when the ball is in his hands.

 

This. AB would be a stud on a run and gun team, which we are not. Lowry looks really nice when he is with Yao. He also draws a ton of fouls which is VERY important when Yao is on the floor. Yao is the best player in the league when the other team is in the penalty. Aaron Brooks aka Bobby Jackson needs to come off the bench...

 

I'm undecided but leaning towards Lowry. Assuming both PGs are still here, a lot of it depends on how the rest of the rotation looks. Will McGrady be a factor? What other deals may Morey pull off?

If it stays roughly as is, I actually think we need Brooks to keep starting despite his poor decision-making/playmaking skills and his inability to feed Yao effectively.

If we are still starting 2 SFs and no legit SG, I think Brooks make sense. If McGrady makes it back or we acquire another legit starting SG to replace him, then I could see Lowry making more sense since we won't need our point to pick up as much scoring slack.

Remember, a big part of the justification for trading Alston and starting Brooks was McGrady going down. If we have a good 2 guard in the lineup, we would likely be better off with a true point. If McGrady never went down, we are probably still looking at an Alston/Brooks duo.

 

Aaron Brooks. He lead the Rockets in scoring for the playoffs and he did it efficiently. Brooks and Yao are both high volume/high efficiency scorers. Teams have to scheme to defend two Rockets instead of just one with Brooks starting. The Lakers got taken to game seven with Yao out.

I expect big things from a Brooks-Yao pick and roll next season. No more fronting of Yao. More offensive rebounding for Yao.

 

So the rockets will have 2 non threats out there to start the game with lowry and shane hum? Good luck with that one. Rafer part 2 without the really good asst-to ratio

 

AI...

 

you consider yao a high volume shooter?

and what is ab's high efficiency?

 

Non threat? Lowry is a great driver and he shot 47.5% with the Rockets. Plus, he draws a lot of fouls and creates better shots for his teammates.

 

What did he do in the playoffs? If you have shane and lowry out there, the rox are going to start the games with problems. Lowry, whom i like is like earl watson. Tough gritty players that can run a offense and thats cool when you have scorer's, but the rox starting lineup only have 1 guy that dont need yao to get a shot and that's brooks. Take him out, and i'm telling you its going to be like rafer when teams will just start sagging in on yao.

 

Because of his good shooting form, I believe Lowry can develop a consistently solid 3 pt shot which is something Rafer could never do.

 

lowry should always be with yao imo until ab improves his entry passes and decision making. i think ab has the better skillset to play with yao because of his jump shooting and speed but lowry is better for the half-court stuff that yao needs to get his.

 

54-53 voting. dead even. that's interesting.

 

Because PG is still a big problem for Rockets.

 

You know why, don't make me say it.

 

why? say it.

53-54 now btw, with ab trailing.

 

Lowry is a great player but shooting form isn't one of his strengths. He isn't an awkward shooter like Rafer but he definitely has an unusually low release point and sort of pushes the ball.

That isn't very desirable when you are about 6' tall. As of now, he's not even a good long range shooter when wide open. I expect him to improve his spot up 3pt shot but it's unlikely that he'll ever learn to raise up and shoot over closing defenders effectively because of his low release and short arms. Like Battier, he needs to be wide open.

 

So you're going to ignore the 77 games he played in the regular season and the 28 he played with the Rockets and base your opinion solely on 13 games he played his first time in the playoffs? I guess we should have written off Yao because he underperformed his first year in the playoffs too.

Rafer wishes he had Lowry's offensive game. Lowry shot 43.5% for the year but 47.5% with the Rockets. Rafer's career high is 41.5%. Rafer is a bit better at 3 pointers but Lowry is infinitely better at penetrating and finishing around the basket and is a better 2 point shooter as well.

Besides, in the starting lineup, you have 3 guys who can get their own shots. Yao, Scola, and Artest. Who do you have coming off the bench who can create their own shot? Wafer and who else?

 

Most of the votes posted are basing it on whether brooks can gt yao the ball. Nevermind he can get scola or ron the ball on the blocks. Don't pay attention to he was 3 times better than lowry in the playoffs, thats to simple. Lets just base it on what they think he cant do as far as getting yao the ball. You know it as well as i do that most of the guys b****ing about brooks has been for 1 thing and 1 thing only. Not to mention, they never count the times he passes it inside and yao kicks it back out. Its a losing battle, i'm just saying, it shouldnt even be close based on performance.

 

being able to shoot OPEN 3's is basically what we need from the pg (something rafer didn't do consistently well). maybe my memory is a little selective, but when open, lowry's 3's ain't THAT bad as people make them out to be. at the end of game 7, he nailed 2 in a row, both wide open, to bring the score to 70. i guess he was never very "open" when he was in memphis.

 

i'm basing it on playing and performing at the highest level. Its called rising to the occasion and brooks upped his production against the best competition and lowry didn't. I'd rather have a playoff player vs a regular season guy any day.