I guess I'm watching a different player than the OP... before Brooks got hot last game he was playing TERRIBLE! The guy can't defend a chair (but has the tools)! He brought the offense to a stand still!! I was in chat typing, I see why this guy gets no PT and so was everyone else! He will score a bunch of points in a row but defensively cause the whole defensive rotations to crumble, giving up just as many as he gets! OMG he was so bad last game, then he got hot and all is glossed over. I think he would be a fine guy to come in and just be let loose on offense much like Craw was last season but he should never see the court in crucial moments unless it's to hit a buzzer beater! I have said this already but I think it's worth mentioning again, watch the video of when the rooks were singing happy b/day to Lee, EVERYONE was standing in a circle while they sang, all huddled pretty close. The ONE person not near the huddle, Brooks. He was shooting buckets... then after a bit he walked over to the huddle that he saw formed (he looked at them a few times and the gym was QUIET so he heard what was going on), he finally walked over for a few seconds to look and then went back to his own thing again. He is not a team player. If you watch the body language of the other guys when he plays it says a lot to me, they don't think too highly of his ball-hog ways. I may not be remembering correctly but b4 last game, not one player has said anything about him (besides the Nets guys when ASKED during the press conference and media day)! Matter of fact, I haven't read an article of them saying anything about him AFTER his flurry last game! I see quotes from Brooks but none from the other guys, maybe I just missed them 0.0? Preseason or not, these games are the only things going on, I see quotes from the guys about everything else, how is none of it about Brooks 14pt 4th? Telling. I had high hopes for him and he may still do well but his defense looks as bad as ever and that's after he claims (his people too), that he put in a lot of work on defense. If you still look like that on defense (when guys are not even trying hard in preseason), that means you need new trainers! A quote from Brooks after last game “We’ve got so many guards. My time is limited because of that, so I just try to fit in,” If he is trying defensively, then what does not trying look like? 0.0 So far he has shown to be a specialist, the guy you should put in when you get a lead and want to rest your key guys or a guy to come in a get you some buckets when all else is failing. Starting 2 guard?
Hahaha, sure if you want all the other guys to hate you b/c he stifles your offense and KILLS your defense (and I'm not talking about to the opponent).
After all that I forgot to say, he is doing all of this against the worse players for the opposition, guys who won't make the team or who will be waiving towels while getting a fat check. So how do you let the scrubs abuse you on D? Like Bogans said, he decided to focus more on defense b/c just about everyone can score (something like that lol). Marshon better figure out how to not be a liability on the floor b/c the team can find many players to get them a few points without killing an offense and be passable on D! Remember to watch the other guys next game when Brooks plays, watch how they look at him as he gets embarrassed on D and hogs the ball on offense.
