overall, the way adelman puts landry in the games is great. minutes, timing, etc. if landry helps the team more by starting, i'm sure adelman would've already considered. remember we're the fans looking in, he's the coach who is with every day lives of the team.
I'm well aware of that. In fact,Luis has been our best rebounder. Rebounding has been a problem with Carl but I felt he might have turned a corner around tonight with the effort that he showed on the boards in this game. Defense isn't just rebounding. Both of them need Chuck with them. If Carl can't get it done,Luis can come back into the starting lineup.
Yes,of course he knows better than all of us. I'm hoping that Carl will respond well to a starting role,that's all. The one thing that Luis has over him is his passing and slightly higher IQ as well as his low post footwork,despite Carl's improved low post play. I guess it's not going to hurt too much if Luis gets into trouble with the athletic teams,since Carl will get in quickly too.
AB can do it by himself. Lowry incorporates Landry, Scola, Budinger... whoever runs the floor. Its a good mix and match. Sometimes they play together, sometimes one finishes the game, sometimes the other. Whose complaining?
ab is a much better scorer w/ great speed. outside shooter? not so much. especially from mid range. see some of the earlier posts in this thread.
ur saying youd rather have lowry shooting an open 3 than brooks? brooks is gonna get major minutes based on his scoring ability alone. lowry needs to play in short bursts to be effective. i dont think he's a great halfcourt player b/c he can't shoot well.
Aaron is more like a fast-breaker, offensively he is effective during most of the game time. Kyle is the CLUTCH TIME KILLER, he will execute strong finish. Depending on different opponent.
Aaron Brooks is allstar potential. He can stop on a dime, drain it from downtown, is developing an inside game similar to tony parker, has crazy handles, has huge hands, and is one of the quickest and fastest players in the league. He needs to be persisted with. I really love Kyle Lowry but he doesn't have that kind of potential, he's an awesome backup/starter than is ultra reliable.
the overstatement of ab's potential continues. so by your guess-timation, ab will possibly make it to the allstar squad by - when?
Brooks is shooting 44% on his midrange jumpers through the first 13 games. So he's not on the level of Nash, Paul, or D Williams; he's still pretty good at it. The league average PG shoots only 38% on those midrange jumpers. Lowry was good at it last year with us, but in the early going this year he's only 35% on them.
What is more important than who starts game is who finishes them, especially in close games. It looks like Coach Adelman has been tapping Lowry for that role with ever greater frequency as the season progresses. In other words, Lowry increasingly appears to be the Rockets closer at Point Guard.
Yeah I think he has only taken 5 legit mid-range jumpers this season! All the other ones are shots at the bucket to get fouls or floaters to beat the quarter ending buzzer. I think if actually started to look for his mid range shot off of those screens he would have a much higher percentage.
I would let Brooks start in case he gets hot early. He can carry us till halftime. As we've seen lately, Lowry is closing games. That's all that matters. Adelman trusts Lowry more when it matters the most.
Exactly, lowry is more seasoned and will make the right play...of course it depends on the context of the game. The bigger picture i have in mind...and god knows why Adelman doesn't stick to it....>PLAY THE GUY THATS BEEN PLAYING BETTER. I can't tell you how many times hes stuck with scola when landry has been having a career night. See the game vs LA in the playoffs where Carl had a 21 pt 2nd qrtr or something...adelman refused to play him in the 2nd half and that was one of the reasons we lost.
I think its ok Landry comes off the bench even though he is better than Scola at this point, however, I don't knonw how you can say Adelman would have considered it. The only way to know this is to have Landry actually start over Scola and this hasn't happen because it it ain't broke don't fix it. But you put to much faith in Adelman, he can't know because he hasn't seen the scenario.
