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kevC
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 Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: Daryl Morey's pick - Aaron Brooks? |
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It is well-known that Daryl Morey is a stats guy and as a big fan of Mr. Hollinger and objective analysis in basketball in general, I was very excited that he became my team's GM and was looking forward for us to pick Nick Fazekas. Needless to say, I was shocked and confused when we picked Aaron Brooks, a 5'10" PG, with our 26th pick. His statistics aren't very impressive at all - 22.2 PER, .17 turnover per posession, .28 assists per posession... he shoots a decent .590 TS% but that's probably going to take a dip in the pros because he's so undersized...
Also, he's nowhere to be found on John Hollinger's list based on his new system of evaluation collegiates.
Am I missing something in his stats, or is Daryl Morey just a pretender as a "stats guy"? Also, John, if you're reading this, what was Brooks' rating on your system?
Here's a link to Brooks' numbers http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=332&page=stats |
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jorje29
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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I like how Aaron Brooks play. He's speedy, has great jumping ability and he's good shooter. Though, it's really strange for Rockets to spend a first round pick for taking a third-string point-guard behind Rafer Alston and Mike James. Keep in mind that they don't have a power-forward, at the moment. Chuck Hayes is a free agent and Juwan Howard got traded. I'm wondering how they were thinking too...
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Chronz1
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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| Im allready convinced Morey is an idiot and has tainted all statisiticians rep |
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davis21wylie2121
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| Chronz1 wrote: | | Im allready convinced Morey is an idiot and has tainted all statisiticians rep |
What makes you say that? |
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holymoly
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Chronz, he's had the job 5 minutes and you've already made this judgement?! This forum is about objectivity not gut or personal feelings, this is what we are trying to move away from
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Chronz1
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Ill wait untill the offseason is over before I call him out, but I just dont see how Brooks can make an impact when the Rox have James/Head/Rafer taking up all the PG minutes. While the Rox still have zero PF.
Hollinger also said hes one of the players he has labeled as a bust so thats not really helping my opinion of a player I know nothing about. |
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jorje29
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kevC
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I'm on the Morey bandwagon again after he stole Luis Scola and Jackie Butler for Spanoulis. |
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deepak_e
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| kevC wrote: | | Well, I'm on the Morey bandwagon again after he stole Luis Scola and Jackie Butler for Spanoulis. |
And Brooks had another impressive outing in the summer league. It's looking like a pretty good offseason for the Rockets. Dealing Juwan Howard for Mike James was also solid.
San Antonio must believe that they can convince Spanoulis to play for them at some point. Or maybe Dennis Lindsey just felt like helping his old team. |
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Chronz1
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Im officially Morey's $#%#@, Luis Scola and losing nothing but a 2nd round pick. FREAKIN INCREDIBLE |
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jorje29
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Aaron Brooks has been great in summer league. In his last game recorded 23 pts - 4 ast - 0 turnovers. Rockets also got Scola and Butler for Spanoulis who can't be considered a loss because he didn't want to come back in Houston/NBA... Great trade which makes Rockets a lock for playoffs next year, in my opinion. They resigned also Hayes...
Aaron Brooks summer league gamelog -> http://www.nba.com/summerleague2007/players/index.jsp?player=aaron_brooks
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SGreenwell
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Errr, I might be off-base here, but since when has summer league performance proven anything? I understand that a horrible summer league performance might be a tip-off to future issues, but great performance doesn't seem to be predictive of a quality player. |
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Ben
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mavs128
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| Brooks was very impressive in summer league...he's small, but he showed that he really can score, but do it efficiently (very good shooter), and I didn't see what the scouts saw in his lack of ability to run an offense...he seemed to really know what he was doing the whole time. |
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John Hollinger
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Summer league is basically worthless as an indicator, but it's nice to see Brooks did well. But the posts above are right -- I don't get the Brooks pick, but man that Scola trade was unbelievable. |
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