Attention: Advise for Coach RA: Starters line up

by CONAIR on Feb 22, 2010 6:19 AM CST

Hey Dreamshakers can you make your own starters line up so that we can give Coach RA some ideas that he can probably considers.. (hope he visits our blog site ;)

My new starters line up : Martin, Lowry, Scola , Jeffries, and Budinger..

The way i saw them played against new orleans.. i feel this list of starters can be so effective and perhaps give us more Ws in the 2nd half of the season..

How about you guys?

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Your lineup leaves only one scorer in the second unit. I would rather see a taller starting center for rebounding and blocking. How about Brookes, Martin, Ariza, Scola and Armstrong for the starters. Then Lowry, Buddinger, Battier, Jeffries, and Hayes for the second unit.

by mhsc on Feb 22, 2010 9:09 AM CST reply actions

Sorry, not Hayes, but Andersen as backup center.

by mhsc on Feb 22, 2010 9:16 AM CST up reply actions

No

no no

by batman713 on Feb 22, 2010 9:31 AM CST reply actions

Why does everyone think Lowry should start ahead of Brooks?

Yes, Lowry is a better overall passer than Aaron is, but Kyle does not shoot the ball as well as AB does. What also helps Brooks out is that you have a guy like Shane Battier who is pretty darn smart out there and can help guys out getting into position.

The best starting 5 right now would read as follows: Brooks, Martin, Ariza, Scola, Hayes
The second unit would be this group: Lowry, Budinger, Battier, Andersen, Jeffries

And you could probably move Hayes to the bench for Jeffries on this team. I think Jeffries will surprise a lot of people with his play for the Rockets this year. Don’t expect 10-12ppg, but a modest 6-7ppg with some solid D and rebounding. Morey may have found another useful piece.

B^2
In Daryl Morey, Rick Smith and Ed Wade we (usually) trust.

by Nitroberg on Feb 22, 2010 9:40 AM CST reply actions

Lowry's defense is what makes him better than Brooks

My starting line up would be PG-Lowry SG-Martin SF-Battier PF-Scola C-Jeffries
My Second unit- PG-Brooks SG- Buddinger SF-Ariza PF-Hill C-Anderson
You could have hayes come in when you need an extra defender down low.

by darwithabar on Feb 22, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions

i guarantee u

that more teams want ABZ than Lowry

by batman713 on Feb 22, 2010 1:57 PM CST up reply actions

And more teams want Rudy Gay than Shane Battier. That doesn’t mean he’s the better player. Teams with dumb GMs heavily overvalue scoring.

by seanbergmanrules on Feb 22, 2010 9:10 PM CST up reply actions

Like he said, I believe that too

However, Lowry is just as good as AB. Brooks is a better scorer but Lowry is a better rebounder, passer, and defender. Give me Lowry anyday. He is no slouch at scoring either.

by darwithabar on Feb 23, 2010 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

plus abz brings scoring to second unit

by AlDe2356 on Feb 22, 2010 12:55 PM CST reply actions

abz, martin, battier, scola, hayes

lowry, bud, ariza, hill, anderson

i think the center spot depends on our opponent…hayes should get the bigger guys…

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Feb 22, 2010 1:55 PM CST reply actions

ABZ cant guard back up PG's

(see TJ Ford and Collison last night ) so if ABZ starts then you must have Lowry in the final mins of the 4th qtr… period!! or switch them on off and def in the last few mins of a game…. so we dont have back up PGs much less All Star PGs scoring lights out on us becuase ABZ cant guard them or their back ups…

by LOS34 on Feb 22, 2010 2:54 PM CST reply actions

Forget all this focus on Brooks

I want to see Jordan Hill play some! However, I’m drinking the Jared Jeffries kool-aid right now, and I like what he’s done.

Lowry is a nice change-of-pace guy though, and while we love how he pushes the rock, he’s not a great shooter from the perimeter. I see Lowry like a Bobby Jackson type PG in my eyes, though Aaron Brooks is no Mike Bibby yet.

B^2
In Daryl Morey, Rick Smith and Ed Wade we (usually) trust.

by Nitroberg on Feb 22, 2010 4:32 PM CST reply actions

Granted, the Jeffries thing is after 1 game. When I mentioned Brooks is not Bibby, I mean that Brooks is not a $$$ player in the 4th quarter yet.

B^2
In Daryl Morey, Rick Smith and Ed Wade we (usually) trust.

by Nitroberg on Feb 22, 2010 4:33 PM CST up reply actions

Let's see what happens after a practice.

Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.

The Dreamshake

by Xiane on Feb 22, 2010 5:45 PM CST reply actions

Second!

B^2
In Daryl Morey, Rick Smith and Ed Wade we (usually) trust.

by Nitroberg on Feb 23, 2010 8:52 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah, I’m keeping Hayes in for at least another 8 – 10 games until we know if Jeffries is consistent or not. I don’t know much about Armstrong either.

Brooks, Martin, Ariza, Scola, Hayes.

I’d prefer Battier starting if Ariza doesn’t stop shooting the ball so much. Only because we will have 3 scorers in the starting line up.

by dacodeman on Feb 22, 2010 8:30 PM CST reply actions

I prefer Brooks-Martin-Shane-Scola-Hayes/Jeffries depending on the cover

Shane would be a good defensive complement since we say AB and Kevin are defensively weak. Ariza in the 2nd unit could benefit from Lowry’s passing. 2nd unit would be Lowry-Budinger-Ariza-Andersen-Hayes/Hill.

But when Lowry comes back, it would be great to try Lowry and Martin together maybe sometime in the 3rd quarter—see their dynamic.

Really I wish players would not get so hung up on getting starter minutes. Especially our team, eventually we want to be able to mix it up as we look for the best combination.

by RoxBeliever on Feb 23, 2010 8:35 AM CST reply actions

I agree

I think having Martin and Lowry as the starters gives us some what of a offense-defense punch in our back court. I think Brooks and Bud give us sorta the same thing with our back up unit.

by darwithabar on Feb 23, 2010 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

abz is a shooting guard stuck in a point gaurds body

even though lowry is a better distributor, abz is the starter and I dont think he would accept the back up roll very well (especially behind lowry) hes puts points on the board consistently which is what we need. don’t mess with the chemistry in the locker room and let lowry be that surge off the bench that he always is.

by Ron E on Feb 24, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions