Indy Cornrows · May 15, 2017
Player Review: Aaron Brooks was too small
Justin Ford-USA TODAY SportsAaron Brooks was signed by the Indiana Pacers with the intention of him providing additional speed-oriented depth and infusing the league’s worst bench in terms of three-point shooting (29.1%) with floor spacing. Yet, by the end of the season, the reason they needed him most ended up indirectly being the reason they couldn’t use him.
How did Aaron Brooks impress?
When Aaron Brooks supplanted Rodney Stuckey as the backup point guard late in the season, Nate McMillan’s reluctance to have him trade roles with Monta Ellis was perplexing. Brooks shot 36.8 percent on catch and shoot three-pointers. Ellis, the better playmaker of the two, barely shot above 30 percent.