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I know huh? lol
What the are you talking about?
It's English. It's right there. He says his game is similar to "Tony Parker OR TJ Ford, but with a better jumper.
So that's Parker
or
Ford with a better jumper.
If he meant for both I'm sure he'd have phrased it differently, he is a college graduate.
This has nothing to do with the Suns or the Spurs, but everything to do with a mountain being made out of a misread molehill...
For your information, Brooks' game is very similar to Parker's. He takes it to the hoop often, has incredable speed, hits the mid-range game and looks to score, then pass off the attention paid to his scoring ability.
I know huh? lol
hahaha
I wouldn't be so hard on the kid...he's just trying to promote himself because 6' shoot-first guards are hard to justify picking...Gilbert Arenas did fall to the second round afterall.
Brooks has a decent all-around game and could be a good pro...so give him a break.
F Him
you dont start talking mad smack comparing yourself or better than the finals mvp.
respect son. earn it.
You're hopeless... Do you not understand how the English language works?
He never said he was better. He compared his skills to Parker's skills, then to TJ's skills, but with a better jumper.
Have you even seen him play more than a handful of times? He dominated very good teams many, many times. He easily could have been Pac-10 Player of the Year. It went to Afflalo of UCLA, mainly because of the standings.
You're going to blame a player for answering a question that was, no doubt, asked him by a reporter?
REPORTER: "Who's game in the NBA would you compare yourself to?"
BROOKS Paraphrase: "Well, I'm not as good a PG as Nash, but my skills resemble those of Tony Parker, or TJ Ford, only I have a better jumper than Ford."
Parker was a late-1st rounder who has thrived, TJ Ford a sub-6-footer who's done very well when healthy. It's no coincidense that he, a likely early second rounder is comparing himself to player of similar skill sets who went late (Parker) of of similar stature (Ford).
Brooks is actually closer to Damon Stoudamire in overall skill set, but not in body type. That and the comparison would draw blanks because most people don't remember how good a player Damon Stoudamire was.
Parker's shot gets better each year. He can be better then whom ever he wants to be but if he's on the Suns he better get use to Entertaining and not winning Championships.
"Tony Parker and TJ Ford, only with a better jumpshot."
he didnt say I have a better jumpshot than TJ Ford, by the way he said it its very obvious he meant both players.
I assume he was talking about TP and TJ in regards to quickness, and nothing more. If he could finish like either player AND had a jumpshot, he'd be a lottery pick. I take that comment with a grain of salt...
But JMark, I don't buy that everyone is misinterpreting the comment....he meant both.
For the most part, so did Brooks'.
You mean like being a sub-6-footer who averaged 18 ppg, 5 apg, 4 rpg and 1.5 spg on 46% from the field, 85% from the line and 40% from range?
He scored 20 or more points eleven times, including eight with 25 points or more, and four of 30 or more - in a total of just 35 games.
He led his completely overmatched team to a near upset vs. Florida in the Elite 8, scoring 27 points on 58% from the field and 50% from range.
The kid is a very good college player and Tony Parker is a pretty accurate comparison.
With a name like Aaron Brooks, how can he miss as a pro?
"If a man is not for himself, who will be for him?" Maimonides.
Of course, Maimonides would have made a lousy NBA talent scout.
Nobody but Brooks knows for sure, but the structure and placement of the quote in question follows a player that just happens to have a very suspect jumper.
Had he said, "I'm like Tony Parker, or TJ Ford, only taller" this wouldn't even be a discussion. He's obviously not taller than both. He's initially comparing himself to Parker, then deviates and compares himself to Ford, only different in a specific fashion. Whether its skill-wise or height-wise, he's still only talking about the latter.
Again, the kid is a college graduate. If he meant both, I'm sure he'd have said, "only a better jumper than each" or something along those lines.
I agree that only Brooks knows, but I dont think being a college graduate has anything to do with it.
Im a Buffalo Bills fan and never have any idea what the Roscoe Parrish is talking about, and he is a college graduate.
why do you keep saying he said OR? he clearly said and
Because the poster of this thread quote Brooks as saying "or" ... I didn't watch the video. If its different, then I was misinformed by the initial poster and apologize for my adamancy to the contrary.
I suppose I should have watched the video, since you at least imply he says "and" rather than what the initial poster wrote.
I didnt realize you didnt watch the video, but yeah the initial poster is definitley wrong.
He does clearly say and, so that changes my arguement's real strength, but I still believe, only can't grammatically prove, that he meant only better than Ford. If you heard him you get a sense that's he's pretty smart. Good awareness, good sentence flow.
He certainly doesn't seem like a y kid, so I don't think he was talking smack, as the initial poster of this thread claimed. He's very smart, talking to a Phoenix crew and calling Nash great. Praising a team for a player they both drafted and then resigned.
Not quite everyone...
AND by the way, I lived in Eugene from about August to March, and watched a bunch of Brooks' games. He's as fast as Ford was in college, and has a better jumpshot.
He's not proclaiming that he is a better player than Parker. Stop it you guys, stop it.
that's the second player entering the draft that i've seen compare his game to parker's. the other was mike conley.
I can believe that with Conley....he's a very fast player with a scorer's mentality and a GREAT ability to finish around the basket.
Not quite everyone...
Williams woud love to be TP.
off the subject a bit
I think Conley is not gonna be the PG people think he is gonna be. Brooks is better than Conley IMO.
I think OJ MAYO in 2008-2009 is gonna be great but he is too lanky still.
Actually I'd say Steve Nash has a better jumpshot than Parker. He has one of the purest shots for a point guard ever. His three point percentage is usually in the 40's and he takes a lot of three's too. Just take a look..Parkers jumpshot just inside the three point arc is MONEY. It's almost always when he's open, not when he has the ball in his hands. Steve Nash shot that is money is his off balanced fadeaway, that almost always goes in. Steve Nash>Parker in almost every aspect..and during clutch times he can score just as well, if not BETTER than TP. Just look at game 6..he went crazy in that game down by twenty points, any other player would have given up.
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