T.J. Ford or Aaron Brooks?

elitethatsme · Post #1 » by **elitethatsme** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:34 pm

I currently have TJ Ford on my roster and Brooks is a FA...

Ford sucked balls, and brooks is beasting... no early to make the move?

Post #2 » by **AshyLarrysDiaper** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:57 pm

TJ Ford's the worst player on your team? I wouldn't make snap judgments about his performance last night, he'll be good.

But if he is your worst player, yeah, drop him for Brooks. Dude's gonna get all the shots he wants in Houston, to go along with 3's, stls and assists. He's less of an injury risk than Ford, too.

Jimmy103 · Post #3 » by **Jimmy103** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:14 am

I really like Aaron Brooks to step up this season with Yao Ming gone. I'd expect about 1.5 3s, 15 ppg, 7 apg, 1.5 spg

elitethatsme · Post #4 » by **elitethatsme** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:25 am

my bottom 2 right now are TJ Ford and ANthony Randolph.. but i think i can wait on AR

Jimmy103 · Post #5 » by **Jimmy103** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:28 am

Randolph went last pick of the 4th round in my 10 team league. I think it was too early, but he's been going 4th-7th round. I doubt he's your 2nd worst player.

creative1 · Post #6 » by **creative1** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:38 am

I would pick up Brooks for TJ for many reasons but this one specifically... you already know what TJ's Ford ceiling is and if anything his #'s are going to start declining. Brooks has just arrived on the scene and he is improving year over year. I dropped Blake Griffin for Brooks this week and have been very happy with the move so far. AsheyLarry was right about him getting all the shots he wants in Houston this year. That roster sucks and he is honestly probably the best scorer on the team as this point. Ariza is going to score but not as consistently as Brooks. TJ's other real weakness (outside of being VERY injury prone) is that he doesn't shoot 3's. I think Brooks will easily hit 150+ 3's this year. That's hard to find on the wire unless that's all the player does. Pick him up! He's going to get close to 40 minutes this year. You better not wait too long.

noobcake · Post #7 » by **noobcake** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:10 am

If Houston struggles sometimes in the future, Brooks will be given the greenlights to chuck every shot in the game, resulting in monstrous stat lines. His ability to score is unquestionable.

elitethatsme · Post #8 » by **elitethatsme** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:20 am

Jimmy103 wrote:Randolph went last pick of the 4th round in my 10 team league. I think it was too early, but he's been going 4th-7th round. I doubt he's your 2nd worst player.

this is my team, you tell me. 10 team league

1. (1) Chris Paul PG
2. (20) Caron Butler SG,SF
3. (21) Tim Duncan PF,C
4. (40) Gilbert Arenas PG
5. (41) Shawn Marion SF,PF
6. (60) O.J. Mayo SG
7. (61) Al Harrington PF,C
8. (80) Eric Gordon SG
9. (81) Anthony Randolph PF
10. (100) T.J. Ford PG
11. (101) Andrew Bogut C
12. (120) Greg Oden C
13. (121) Richard Hamilton SG,SF

raptor21_85 · Post #9 » by **raptor21_85** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:02 am

Don't forget that TJ is very very injury prone

creative1 · Post #10 » by **creative1** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:16 am

I would definitely do it. That will really round out your 3pt shooting nicely. You should be pretty hard to beat I think. I think Brooks is going to have a MUCH better year than Ford. Stop dilly dallying and go pick him up. It's not like there is a major risk involved man. You are talking about a 3rd tier PG in either case.

Crackfool · Post #11 » by **Crackfool** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:14 am

You know Brooks will see many touches on the Rockets, and that he shoot, penetrate, steal the ball, and (judging from 2 games so far), make passes that lead to baskets. Ford can get you 5-6 assists, a steal, with good FG%, but that's pretty much his ceiling, and then there's the fact that he's injury prone. Brooks is full of potential. His worst case scenario is that he only manages around 4 assists and shoots in the low 40s. But I can easily see him becoming a perfect PG for the PG/PF system.