..and what's worse is that Martin seems as though he might not be capable of getting of a quality shot on his own either.
Actually, Lowry is as inconsistent as AB. Maybe because he is a backup pg, people seem to ignore his inconsistency.
What?....Did you not see what happens when Ariza try to take the last shot?....At the beginning of the season, it was an epic fail....He was trying to dribble between 2defenders, getting ripped and everything... This whole board use to go crazy because Ariza would f*** off the games with his poor dribbling, and trying to go between 2 defenders I
Too bad Ariza has hit clutch shots this season while down and AB has not [Period] hate on him all you want but Ariza has been more clutch than AB this season. Am I saying Ariza is better than AB? HELL NO but you make it sound like Ariza is useless... The last 6 games where we can't defend anyone shows that he is missed along with Lowry.
I am not saying that he's completely usless, but I am saying that Ariza is not the person we want to take the last shot...I am not hating, I am stating facts...No one feels comfortable with Ariza taking the last shot...
Agreed. I would rather have someone else taking that shot but AB really needs to hang out with Mario Ellie or something.
Dont have time to read thread but Aaron Brooks is the worst little fast guy I have ever seen at the pick & roll and he turns the ball over way to much in the clutch. Getting Lowry resigned this offseason should be one of our top priorities.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6903731.html I don't know if anyone's linked this somewhere else but reading that makes me dread the thought of losing kyle lowry, which i believe would be just as if not more devastating than losing landry. He loves houston, the team, his role here but a guy like him will want to start somewhere eventually. He can run the point, push the ball, defend, rebound and draw fouls, all of which brooks can't. I love aaron and i'm not saying he's not the better option right now but we need to see what we have in lowry full time at some point.
I do want Lowry to start...but damm you can not resist Brooks shooting touch and speed. There is no doubt Brooks is a better shooter and compliment Yao better...especially when we need someone else to create the offense when they double Yao. Who do you go to create offense with Lowry in there?? There are number of advantage that Lowry have over Brooks like defense and hustling and IQ and aggressiveness and offensive rebound. But his shooting i would say not in the Brooks level yet...although i do think he's a much better shooter than he shown on the court. Whenever someone is shooting over 80% FT at the line, that's a indication they're a good shooter. Maybe it's better to start Lowry and experience and see how it go first....
Teams are worry about Brooks whenever we play them. If you start Lowry, they don't worry as much and they're going to use the man guarding Lowry to double Yao...not a good idea. Of course starting Brooks, i can see the other team's PG taking advantage of him as well being bigger like Deron Williams. So in this case, Lowry is better starting. The point is...there are plus and minus to both players. And Adelman should give more minutes to the one that play well.
When AB starts shooting more 2's from the fall line and less 3's his efficiency will go up. Also, his PG skills are lacking due to his lack of PG knowledge. His pick n roll D is horrible, he actually runs into the screens and stick to them. I'm surprised by this, he can easily stick to this defender with his slight build and get around or quickly underneath the screens. Kyle is better pure PG, however, his scoring is way to inconsistent for him to be a starter in the NBA.
Our problem isn't AB, besides the clueless coaches who teach defense can't bet him to play better pick n roll d. We only have 3 scorers on the floor when we put the starting 5 and not one of them gets over the rim consistenlty. Chuck and Shane are backups period. Put AB with some talent at 5 (Yao) and 3 (Ariza) hopefully and watch AB game improve. Watch how Kyle's game suffers with Shane and Chuck on the court with him at the same time. Blown layups and missed wide open 3's, however, the 2nd unit could play some lockdown D.
Don't worry about double Yao. We didn't have too much problem last year even with Alston in the starting lineup. Lowry isn't a liability on offense like Alston, Ariza is a better scorer than Battier, Martin is a better scorer tan Artest. Offense will not be a problem here.
The best and only way to find out who's the better starter is for brooks to turn an ankle and be out for the rest of the season and let Kyle lowery do his thing. I don't wish for AB to get hurt but I don't think you're gonna see Kyle playing starters minutes as long as Adelman is coaching this team and AB can score 20+ for him. I personally believe Kile would be better off starting and AB coming off the bench would bring a lot of scoring. The rockets are now in SHOWCASING mode, they are not going to the playoffs so now they have to show to rest of the NBA (raptors) what A brooks, Hill and Jared can do in order to pull that miracle trade that would bring Bosh here. Notice that the rockets played Joey Dorsey a lot the leading weeks to the trade deadline and Dorsey played well. I think the rockets will have to trade AB next year to land Bosh and make Kyle the starting PG with a very desirable cheaper contract because AB is going to demand lots of $$$$ when his contract is up and the rockets might not be willing or able to pay him Bosh/Yao money ..
WRONG!! Yes we do have problem when they took away Yao by fronting him. I remember during the Portland series...the offense is sort of confused whenever they took Yao away. So the Rockets have to constantly looking for another way while time is running out. They constantly have to rely on Brooks doing pick and roll. Without Brooks, this offense ain't going no where. Brooks speed is what kills them. So, my point is...if you start Lowry, he might not be able to create offense like Brooks did if they shut down or front Yao.
Adelman is facing the same situation that he did in Sacramento. Do you start Bibby or Bobby Jackson. Bobby is a hell of a defender and good shooter while Bibby is a hell of shooter and passer. But ultimately, Bobby get to play in crunch time because of his defense...and Adelman would bench Bibby in favor of Bobby when he see Bibby is getting killed by not playing defense. I see the same thing here in Houston. If Brooks getting killed by playing lazy defense...or being dominated by PG like Deron Williams...then expect Lowry to play the bulk of the minutes. But i doubt Adelman want to replace Brooks by starting Lowry. Brooks is too valuable in terms of speed and shooting touches. He's willing to forego defense to get what Brooks can offer that Lowry can't.
