Comments on: Marc Stein Passes on Houston Rockets guard Aaron Brooks for MIP http://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/ Red94 | essays and musings on the nba and houston rockets Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Greghttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Greg Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:32:53 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1739 As far as individual awards go, I still think Battier was robbed last season for Defenseive Player of the year. As far as individual awards go, I still think Battier was robbed last season for Defenseive Player of the year.

]]> By: Greghttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Greg Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:32:53 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1598 As far as individual awards go, I still think Battier was robbed last season for Defenseive Player of the year. As far as individual awards go, I still think Battier was robbed last season for Defenseive Player of the year.

]]> By: bob schmidthttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 bob schmidt Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:24:05 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1572 I did a double take on this one..........looking over the stats of this season for Brooks compared to Wallace I see that Brooks improved his scoring from 11.2 last year to 19.7 this year. A plus 8.5 points per game. His assists went up from 3 to 5.3, rebounds up .6 per game, and steals up .3 per game<br><br>Wallace was up 1.7 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game, down .6 assists, down .2 steals, with almost 4 minutes increased floor time per game. (His rebound increase was 1.4 per 36 minutes.)<br><br>Question is this, does an increase of 25% in rebounds (2.3 per game) equal an increase of 8.5 points per game? Not to me. Wallace had a great year, but his PER from the prior year actually went down slightly from 18.6 to 18.3. Brooks' PER went up from 12.9 to 16.0......<br><br>Between the two, Brooks is my MIP. Against others, I'd have to study a bit more. I did a double take on this one……….looking over the stats of this season for Brooks compared to Wallace I see that Brooks improved his scoring from 11.2 last year to 19.7 this year. A plus 8.5 points per game. His assists went up from 3 to 5.3, rebounds up .6 per game, and steals up .3 per game

Wallace was up 1.7 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game, down .6 assists, down .2 steals, with almost 4 minutes increased floor time per game. (His rebound increase was 1.4 per 36 minutes.)

Question is this, does an increase of 25% in rebounds (2.3 per game) equal an increase of 8.5 points per game? Not to me. Wallace had a great year, but his PER from the prior year actually went down slightly from 18.6 to 18.3. Brooks' PER went up from 12.9 to 16.0……

Between the two, Brooks is my MIP. Against others, I'd have to study a bit more.

]]> By: Rockets Fan Zonehttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Rockets Fan Zone Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:59:26 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1570 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Marc Stein Passes on Aaron Brooks for MIP | Red94 | essays and ...: Wallace, however, outimproved Brooks and every... http://bit.ly/9BzT5j</span></span> Marc Stein Passes on Aaron Brooks for MIP | Red94 | essays and …: Wallace, however, outimproved Brooks and every… http://bit.ly/9BzT5j

]]> By: Rockets Fan Zonehttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-6827 Rockets Fan Zone Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-6827 Marc Stein Passes on Aaron Brooks for MIP | Red94 | essays and ...: Wallace, however, outimproved Brooks and every... http://bit.ly/9BzT5j Marc Stein Passes on Aaron Brooks for MIP | Red94 | essays and …: Wallace, however, outimproved Brooks and every… http://bit.ly/9BzT5j

]]> By: p10maggshttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 p10maggs Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:01:32 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1569 why would any houston player even be acknowledged? why would any houston player even be acknowledged?

]]> By: Deucehttp://www.red94.net/houston-rockets-aaron-brooks-mip-2/1501/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 Deuce Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:41:06 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=1501#comment-1567 Typical that a former DALLAS sportswriter would say that. Typical that a former DALLAS sportswriter would say that.

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