"Believing In Aaron Brooks"-It seems everyone else is

[HTown_TMac]

LOL ^^^

[grond]

A guy named Tony Parker had the same problem when he first started playing NBA basketball. He is now arguably, (Besides Chris Paul) the best PG in the Western Conference.

Yes, Parker's learning curve is a decent comparison. And he was very hot and cold in the playoff series against the Lakers in his second year. But the difference is that back then Pop kept him on a tighter leash than Rick employs with AB. From memory, they had Jacque Vaughn as the vetern backup to turn to that year.

[grond]

He has to do a better job of getting the rest of this team into position on offense b/c nobody else can. Its his job...he didn't do it well last night. I hope he can do it in game 3.

It might be that Rick goes with Lowry down the stretch next game.

Otherwise, I think a lot of AB's problems in this regard could be solved if the coaches told him down the stretch to just bring the ball over halfcourt, pass to Battier on the wing, and cut hard or screen. Our offense gets into trouble when he keeps his dribble up top and runs clock looking for openings. He actually did the quick pass/screen thing a couple of times in game 1 when our offense was stalled somewhat, freeing up Artest for open jumpers (which he made).

[TMU]

Quoting yourself is cool..

Ya Rly.

[ikedog34]

Roy can have his 40, but yao will still be the most important player on the floor without shooting once. Yao is distorting the entire defense and wafer and sometimes lowry are the only ones taking advantage of it. Notice how the crazy fronting is only now getting popular with no T-Mac. It's because it opens a wide lane for wing players, and teams don't like to gamble that much. Yao will get his when ron-ron can take advantage of the opening, until then portland will risk wafer and brooks going off.

[HTown_TMac]

Everytime I read that quote I laugh out loud.

[stockmarketgod]

Quoting yourself is cool..

wow just because im not perfect like you...

what have nothing better to say but attack the messenger...

OMG i clicked "quote" rather than reply...

you must have soooo much going on with your life... to be sooo perfect on a bull board...

[stockmarketgod]

btw I was typing that message. after working for 9 hours straight trading stocks... so sucks for me

wait I am making good money at it.

while im in the far east. where its night time when I have to trade. and I get like only 3 hours of sleep a night,

but then im semi retired making shiet loads of cash, living by the beach with 2 maids and a chef

but you are right dont want to be another loser on this board and reply to my own message

OMG who does that. get the people who police. some nobody on a sports chat board who replies to his own post by mistake..........

[Guy986]

Quoting yourself is cool..

wow just because im not perfect like you...

what have nothing better to say but attack the messenger...

OMG i clicked "quote" rather than reply...

you must have soooo much going on with your life... to be sooo perfect on a bull board...

Hey buddy chill out man, its a joke.

[HTown_TMac]

btw I was typing that message. after working for 9 hours straight trading stocks... so sucks for me

wait I am making good money at it.

while im in the far east. where its night time when I have to trade. and I get like only 3 hours of sleep a night,

but then im semi retired making shiet loads of cash, living by the beach with 2 maids and a chef

but you are right dont want to be another loser on this board and reply to my own message

OMG who does that. get the people who police. some nobody on a sports chat board who replies to his own post by mistake..........

LOL POST OF THE YEAR!

GUY986, you have a way of getting under people skin I see. I think he was the only one that didnt get the comedic genius of that post.

[stockmarketgod]

I beg to differ....

im always for a fight with Rednecks. Y'ALL ready.

I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Old times dar am not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
In Dixie Land whar I was born in,
Early on one frosty mornin,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.


YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK IF ...


You think there's nothin wrong with incest
as long as you keep it in the family.




GO ROCKETS!!!!!

[Guy986]

THEY TOOK RRRR JABS!!!

[King Roosk]

Get back on topic...

[texasholdem]

A guy named Tony Parker had the same problem when he first started playing NBA basketball. He is now arguably, (Besides Chris Paul) the best PG in the Western Conference.

Yes, Parker's learning curve is a decent comparison. And he was very hot and cold in the playoff series against the Lakers in his second year. But the difference is that back then Pop kept him on a tighter leash than Rick employs with AB. From memory, they had Jacque Vaughn as the vetern backup to turn to that year.

Speedy Claxton was Tony's backup. Jacque didn't join the Spurs until 2006.
Speedy was only in his second season the same as Parker so he wasn't a veteran.
So the Spurs had 2 small, quick and young point guards similar to what we have now.

2003 Spurs ---> 2009 Rockets (not saying they are equal just filling the same roles)
Tony Parker --> Aaron Brooks
Bruce Bowen --> Ron Artest
Tim Duncan --> Yao Ming
David Robinson --> Luis Scola
Stephen Jackson --> Shane Battier
Manu Ginobili --> Von Wafer
Malik Rose --> Carl Landry
Speedy Claxton --> Kyle Lowry
Kevin Willis --> Chuck Hayes
Steve Kerr --> Brent Barry

[MaxRider]

A guy named Tony Parker had the same problem when he first started playing NBA basketball. He is now arguably, (Besides Chris Paul) the best PG in the Western Conference.

Yes, Parker's learning curve is a decent comparison. And he was very hot and cold in the playoff series against the Lakers in his second year. But the difference is that back then Pop kept him on a tighter leash than Rick employs with AB. From memory, they had Jacque Vaughn as the vetern backup to turn to that year.

Speedy Claxton was Tony's backup. Jacque didn't join the Spurs until 2006.
Speedy was only in his second season the same as Parker so he wasn't a veteran.
So the Spurs had 2 small, quick and young point guards similar to what we have now.

2003 Spurs ---> 2009 Rockets (not saying they are equal just filling the same roles)
Tony Parker --> Aaron Brooks
Bruce Bowen --> Ron Artest
Tim Duncan --> Yao Ming
David Robinson --> Luis Scola
Stephen Jackson --> Shane Battier
Manu Ginobili --> Von Wafer
Malik Rose --> Carl Landry
Speedy Claxton --> Kyle Lowry
Kevin Willis --> Chuck Hayes
Steve Kerr --> Brent Barry

OMG
none of the comparison are even close

[stockmarketgod]

A guy named Tony Parker had the same problem when he first started playing NBA basketball. He is now arguably, (Besides Chris Paul) the best PG in the Western Conference.

Yes, Parker's learning curve is a decent comparison. And he was very hot and cold in the playoff series against the Lakers in his second year. But the difference is that back then Pop kept him on a tighter leash than Rick employs with AB. From memory, they had Jacque Vaughn as the vetern backup to turn to that year.

Speedy Claxton was Tony's backup. Jacque didn't join the Spurs until 2006.
Speedy was only in his second season the same as Parker so he wasn't a veteran.
So the Spurs had 2 small, quick and young point guards similar to what we have now.

2003 Spurs ---> 2009 Rockets (not saying they are equal just filling the same roles)
Tony Parker --> Aaron Brooks
Bruce Bowen --> Ron Artest
Tim Duncan --> Yao Ming
David Robinson --> Luis Scola
Stephen Jackson --> Shane Battier
Manu Ginobili --> Von Wafer
Malik Rose --> Carl Landry
Speedy Claxton --> Kyle Lowry
Kevin Willis --> Chuck Hayes
Steve Kerr --> Brent Barry

nice

but, who you think would have been Tlady, or the 21 million dollar hole he left....?

[texasholdem]

OMG
none of the comparison are even close

Parker and Brooks = 2nd year undersized point guards who sometimes play out of control
Duncan and Yao = That was Duncan's 6th season. This is Yao's seventh. Both are at their peak.
Robinson and Scola = veterans who feed off the attention paid to their superstar frontcourt mate
Ginobili and Wafer = 6th man who can light things up in a hurry and hit clutch shots
Lowry and Claxton = backup penetrating PGs who show flashes of winning the starting PG spot
Willis and Hayes = purely defensive specialists (would have been Dike)
Rose and Landry = hustling but undersized power forwards who can hit a big shot
Kerr and Barry = veteran sharpshooters at the end of their careers

I'll switch Battier and Artest
Jackson and Artest = crazy shooting guards who can take over the offense
Bowen and Battier = defensive aces who can hit clutch 3 pointers but don't look to score often

[MaxRider]

Parker is 6'2", Brooks is 6'0" (we all know he's 5'11"). I don't consider 6'2" being undersized for a PG.
Parker is a better PG, he was awesome running pick and roll with Duncan all day long

Duncan can't be stop with sandwich defense

Robinson one of the greatest defensive player in NBA history, while Scola is a hustler and flopper

Ginobili can stay in the game down the stretch, Wafer you don't want him on the court in the last play

Willis can at least shoot the ball and he's 7 feet tall, Hayes got nothing but defense

Kerr can at least still shoot, Barry can't

Bowen dirty player, Battier is classy

Artest can't take over the offense
the closest is Artest and SJax, both over dribble the ball and would give you a heart attack when they put the ball down the floor