Suspended by the team for one game. I know he's been frustrated, but damn. Chill out. If you want to watch the embodiment of demotivation, watch Aaron Brooks play live this season. It's really depressing. Hope he gets it together or that Morey makes something happen soon. Please don't send AB to the Lakers.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/7415579.html

He got hurt and lost his starting spot to the backup who got a big contract this offseason. He would have gotten paid this summer. Stupid act on his part

I feel like this was the beginning of his exit from Houston

Yikes, hopefully this isn't the beginning of his exit.

this really isn't all that surprising...

he's a young guy coming off a pretty decent season last year, but his backup got the big extension while he has to wait a year.

adelman realized that a backcourt of brooks and martin was one of the worst defensive backcourts in the history of the nba, so brooks was moved to the 2nd team. i mentioned before the season that i thought lowry was the better all-around PG and should be starting while brooks comes off the bench to give us a spark.

brooks has pouted at the demotion and, frankly, hasn't played well enough to justify the minutes he's been getting.

not surprisingly, it came to a head and he acted like a spoiled kid and walked out on his team.

this is part of the problem with morey's "stockpiling of assets" approach. you're going to have a few guys who are good enough to log more minutes elsewhere and if they're not unselfish enough to accept that, you're going to eventually have problems.

morey needs to thin the herd and try and move away some of those "assets" for a legitimate player.

I remember everybody attacking me for this a few years back, but Brooks is a Bobby Jackson type. He's an awesome 6th man and off the bench spark plug, but in today's NBA, his game is nowhere near being complete enough to be a top notch NBA starter.

Take this FWIW, an Internet rumor:

Knicks interested in Brooks, and Morey wants to trade him before the deadline.

However, linked article at end already says there is no interest from the Rockets in dealing Brooks (so in one post you get the rumor and the denial).

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/nuggets_dragging_feet_on_mega_deal_vKEwcZlslbvJ4Ul31rccYM

i think hes headed out. i really like what weve seen out of Lowry as a starter, and think theyll stick with him moving forward regardless

I like Kyle, but he still makes me extremely nervous In clutch situations.....

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I like Kyle, but he still makes me extremely nervous In clutch situations.....

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is there a current rocket who doesn't?

Jackie my point is he is an extremely streaky shooter for a PG. I realize AB has had his problems but I don't feel Kyle has proven he is the better future yet.

i agree that lowry is streaky, but he's shooting the ball better than brooks this season (except from the FT line).

my point is more about the fact that the rockets don't have ANYBODY who i truly trust in a clutch situations. and frankly, that's something that needs to be remedied.

The Rockets have had the same problem since Hakeem was traded. They dont have a legit superstar. Morey has done a great job building the perfect role players on a team, but you have to have a stud to lead them and Houston doesn't have that.

Maybe they were talking about Mike Vick's cousin.

i don't want to get into whether tracy mcgrady was a "superstar" (i could make arguments either way) and i think his leadership characteristics left much to be desired, but there was no question he was going to have the ball in his hands at the end of a close game.

and i agree that the rockets need a stud to fill that role. i think as fans, we tend to overvalue all the role players we have. while depth is obviously important, i think there's also tremendous value in having the best guy on the court wearing your team's colors.

Jackie - no doubt that TMac had superstar-level basketball ability. Unfortunately, he had the heart of the Tin Man.

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I seem to remember Rockets fans arguing that Aaron Brooks was just as good as Tony Parker last year. What happened?

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i wasn't one of the ones saying that, but statistically speaking, he was.

i realize parker was hurt and has bounced back quite nicely while brooks has taken a giant step backward. but if you look at their numbers from last season, you can't honestly think it was unreasonable for someone to prefer a guy with better numbers who also happens to be three years younger.

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If you completely ignore defense you almost have a case there.

oh, i'm not ignoring defense any more than tony parker and aaron brooks do...

Tony Parker is a million times better defender than Brooks. Parker isn't an excellent defender, but Brooks is at best a matador.

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