Dynamite scorer.
Most improved player of the 2009-2010 season.
Lights out threat from three-point range.
All of these things can be used to describe Aaron Brooks, the Rockets' projected starter at point guard this year.
After a slowly building improvement in his first two years in the league, Brooks was thrust into the starting point guard role for a full season for the first time in his brief career last year. Simply put, the results were encouraging to Rockets fans all around.
Without Yao Ming in the middle, Brooks was forced to carry the offense and did so admirably, scoring nearly 20 points a game while leading the league in three point makes.
So why might he be traded? Conventional wisdom would seem to state that giving up on such a promising young star would be a mistake for a franchise looking for their next "face of the team."
However, the Rockets have a general manager who would not be described as "conventional." A math geek among hoards of "old basketball men," Morey does not think the same way that a typical general manager does. While it may seem like the Rockets are too analytical in t ...
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NBA Trade Rumors: Could Houston Rocket Aaron Brooks Be On His Way Out?
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