I'm not sure it matters who starts. They both get good playing time and Adelman uses them based on the matchups throughout the game. And theres no doubt about it that Brooks is a better scorer than Lowry. And Brooks is becoming a better facilitator. However, they are both backup pgs.
Lowry is a career bench player plain and simple. He couldn't beat out conley who is playing pretty well and he won't beat out brooks either. Now the op can crunch numbers till his ass catches on fire, but fact is there is a pretty good reason why adelman watched all his games his senior yr and when he got the job he suggest brooks. Brooks is the reason why Portland went and signed miller and la was taken to 7 games. Put lowry and his sub 30% shooting is the game for extended minutes and see how quick both series are over. Start him now and see how quick the rockets would be down double digits.
Same ol' song and dance. AB does good, everyone is enamored by him...he has a bad game, they scream for Lowry to start...
Trugoy, since u like numbers, go and pull up the top 20 players in ft attempts and tell me how many are pg's since its their job.
the whole part, lol. you're stating your opinion, and w/ no facts to back it up. and this is totally fine. just don't claim (or think) your opinion is a fact. sometimes you need to give your post a second look before hit that submit button. that's all, my friend.
Same ol' song and dance. AB does good, everyone is enamored by him...he has a bad game, they scream for Lowry to start...
Aaron Brooks is the closest player this team has to being All Star caliber. There is a reason he is starting and there was a reason we were firing on all cylinders with him in the game. Lowry would be starting by now if he was that much better. Drop it already. AB is great stop bashing him. Seriously its getting old.
That's the thing though, he had 22 points in about 2 and a half quarters. Not a bad game at all until the injury to his ankle. This is just an old fashion case of hate. HATERS!
Aaron Brooks is the most criticized player on the Rockets not named Tracy McGrady. Its really dumbfounding.
what you fail to realize is that i've watched every single game that lowry has ever played. the year lowry shot 69.8% from the line was the year after he broke his wrist and didn't play for basketball for 10 months. im pretty sure that is why he had that one bad year from the line. it was a statistical anamoly.. and im not bumping anything up his fg%. im simply showing that kyle lowry is a good shooter sans the 3 ball. i dare anyone to find me a video of kyle lowry taking a three where he isn't wide open, or the shot clock or quarter is about expire because its happened maybe 5 times his whole career...
i never said anything remotely close to giving lowry more shots would make him score more???? doubling the size of the basket would be the only thing that makes kyle average more ppg lol. im saying he does more with less. he averages 1.42 pts / FGA opposed to brooks 1.35. obviously brooks is a better scorer, but lowry is a more efficient scorer.
Is this insider info, or a guess on your part? Jonathan Feigen, a huge Adelman proponent, has said that Adelman really didn't have much to do with the pick. He was familiar with Brooks, but that doesn't mean he was the guy pushing for him.
You have watched every Rockets and Grizz game from the past 5 years? I find that hard to believe. And it sounds like you are not a Rocket's fan, just a Lowry fan. You disregarding missed shots because he was wide open is simply assinine
He made a really,really hard push for brooks. He really wasn't on their radar for the most part, but when a coach like adelman comes in he has some input. Just like the scout that left for the spurs made a huge suggestion about drafting landry,adelman did the same. You fcan take that for insider info.
Its not exactly sensitive information if Adelman was the guy who really pushed for the Rockets to get Brooks. There's no need to hide something like that. And yet, no one in the organization is saying it. I think the Rockets had a number of players on their radar, including Brooks and Landry, and they may have asked Adelman for his input. But he's not the guy who's telling them what picks to make.
Doing more with less doesn't mean crap when you have to sustain a set rate of scoring. There are only two other offensive threats in our offense, Ariza still isn't the type that can create his own shot, and if you and I can agree lowry can't score nearly enough to pick up the slack if he starts then why are you arguing with me? ibm recently just said that lowry nuthuggers don't fabricate everything. Please give me one Promising shred of evidence, I mean statistically significant evidence, other than the fact he is a better defender. If this isn't pure speculation then what is? The fact of the matter is, you play the player that has proven himself. Brooks has done wayy more than that. Lowry shoots so little other wise he could score more. Lowry drives to the basket blah blah blah. Lowry's FG% is low b.c he has to force shots sometimes. The fact you have to dig deep to find excuses like that should be a clear indicator. Whether you guys like it or not, Rick isn't going to bench brooks. Probably not even if he actually does suck. Do you guys remember how loyal he was to rafer?
