Glad someone brought this up. I agree with the OPs points. Lin may be great, but he doesn't fit well with the rockets. we need someone different to run the point. But right now i dont think anyone wants Lin or would take him. so unfortunately i think we're stuck with him for a while. so all we can hope is that he gets better if the Linsanity thing is forever gone.
occasionally????????????? i must watch different rox games from what you did. i have the league pass. i guess you should know how many rox games i have watched.
The only crazy thing the Rockets can do at this point is to retain the current coaches and system. It's time for a change the current situation is clearly not working and I don't think it's the player's fault.
Yeah. I get different Rocket games than you. I don't get the games in which Lin never touches the ball, runs a fast break, or plays perfect basketball. I don't give a damn how many games you have watched. At this point, I am just glad I have watched how many I have watched so I can at least see through the religious and nationalist fervor surrounding Lin.
He didn't really say anything wrong. Do you think Lin would be as popular if he were black? No way. Same goes for Tebow and his religious beliefs.
The sad thing in this is that Lin is a really, really good person and a great underdog story. He lacks entitlement, is a team player, and sincerely works hard to improve himself. Lin, like Nash, is adjusting to a new role, in a new system. He is learning to deal with the limitations of his teammates (a role PGs often play), which appear to further expose his own limitations. But most of us knew this was a reloading year. Every win is a bonus. This young squad was expected to struggle despite Harden being gifted. This is gonna take time, despite the early start. Defenses, likely inspired by Charlotte, are solving the transition attack and exposing the lack of half court chemistry on the team. Mia looked discombobulated for about half a season and folks were calling for the head coaches head until they put it together. And that was James, Wade, and Bosh. We talkin' bout Harden, Lin, and Parsons. We all should emotionally disinvest a little. Give it time. No one needs to be traded. No one fired, yet. Just ride it out and enjoy the view.
Enjoy watching starting lineup get handled by dleaguers? Hell no. Depleted twolves ran a train on Houston with guys who just arrived in the city the day of the game! Enjoying a draft pick between 14 and 10 is what u meant. Young or not missing layups is inexcusable when NONE OF PLAYERS IN ROTATION ARE ROOKIES
Chill. The core will get better. They have just hit the wall during a challenging stretch. The coaches just need to enforce the sets and give some other guys some burn. That last game was as much the result of port effort by players as it was terrible substitutions by the coaches. This is what young teams usually look like. If no one is traded, it is not the end of the world. Tons of cap space will be put to good use.
What doesn't kill you will make you stronger. The team is young and they will get better. I am on the fence about the coaching staff but the players have my support for another season at least. Nearly every player has something to prove and they should have a chance to do so. A few losses, bad or otherwise is not the end of the world. We are only halfway through the season so lets give them time to adjust just as teams have adjusted to the Rockets system. No one expected the team to challenge for the championship this year so that means a fair share of losses. What the team does as a result of these losses should be what we focus on. If the key players become 20% better players as they are now and we add another key player (PF?) this team can be beastly in another year or 2.
maybe Phoenix would consider a trade? lol Tbh, I think if Morey could go back in time and knew he was getting Harden, he would have re-signed Dragic.
What are you on speed? As this team is constructed (especially the giant hole at the 4) do you really think they are capable of much more. They are also the youngest team in the league. Everybody knows they aren't winning a championship with a couple of those key pieces, which takes time to accumulate. Players have bad games etc... The example you are citing could be used in the rockets favor, they butraped chicago and NY, teams that are MUCH better. Do you think each one of those teams are like "THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO END HOUSTON BEAT US!" take a xanax.
Im ok with trading Lin for a better PG if theres one out there I knew Lin would need time to be a better player so when became a Rockets I was more like "meh" instead of "yes !"
What I find most hilarious is that people here actually think Jeremy Lin has trade value. If I were to make a trade value sheet of every single Rocket, Jeremy Lin would rank somewhere near Douglas and above Anderson/Beverley. Below even Delfino and Morris. This is a PG driven league. Almost every team in the NBA either has a solid PG on par with Lin or a young PG with pontential. At $8.3mil/yr, Lin is basically overpaid at this point. Morey signed him based on potential. Until he realizes said potential, his trade value is more as a salary dump than anything else.
What's interesting is that you come on to tell people here that their views are hilarious to you. Show some civility and maybe people might consider your comment.
