Has Morey found a taker(s) for Jeremy Lin? (Speculation on possible deals)

Nice tactic. You offer nothing reasonable, then demand that anyone who disagrees present a reasonable argument against your trash scenarios.

The arguments against Lin being moved are the reasonable ones -- he's not very good and is due a ton of money. That should clue most people in to the fact that there isn't a lot of room for discussion on this topic. But of course, you aren't most people.

 

Lin will be moved. Somehow, somewhere. There's always going to be a possibility.

The 76ers apparently want ammunition for their #10 pick, maybe get Utah's #5. They need a late first. Etc.

Something can be done.

I do think someone on the thread is getting a little righteous and long-winded about the subject, but oh well.

 

Lin + Asik + T jones for Chris Bosh and Mario Chalmers

 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion via the eye test but I think statistics are useful too because they help eliminate emotion and personal bias. Below, I posted the stats for Jeremy Lin, Jeff Teague, Brandon Jennings, and Raymond Felton. The stats suggest that Jeremy Lin (our backup) is already a better PG than the three starters listed above (as basketballholic stated). Lin is a quality nba PG. The question (for me) is not whether he has value (he does); its how much value. Maybe the stats below can help shape the discussion about Morey and what he plans to do with Lin.

Statistic……Jeremy Lin….Jeff Teague…...Raymond Felton…Brandon Jennings

PPG………....………..12.5………….....……16.5……………..9.7................15.5
FG%...................44.6………….....……43.8……….....39.5……............7.3
TS%...................57.2…………….....…54.1……….....47.6...............48.6
eFG………………....…50.8………….....….…47.4…………...44.6……………….44.1
3pt%..................35.8……………......…32.9……….…..31.8..............33.7
#Games…….…......71………………......'…79………..…….65…………..……..80
MPG………………......28.9………………......32.2…………..31.0………………..34.1
Usage………….….....20.2…………….....….25.3…………..18.2………………..23.2
AST………………......…4.1………………......…6.7………….…5.6……….………..7.6
TO………………….......2.5……………….......…2.9………….…2.0……..……….…2.7
FT%...................82.3……………….......84.6…………..72.1..............75.1
+/- (season)…....+2.4……………......….+1.5………….+0.4……………...…-2.3
DefRtg…………......102.0………..….....…102.3………...106.9............108.1
OffRtg…………….....107.2………….......…103.9……..….106.6…………....103.8
DRPM………..… +0.28(18th of 87pg)....-0.84(32 of 87)….-1.23(42 of 87)….-4.37(85th of 87pgs)
WAR……………....….+3.19…….......………+2.05……….+3.87……….…....-2.82
Drives……………....….7.3……………........……9.9……….……5.2…………….….5.7
PPG (Drives)….......4.2………………….........5.6……………2.7………………...3.0
FG% (Drives).....…48.8……………….........42.1………..40.6…..…………..36.9

The DRPM and WAR taken from espn.com: http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/DRPM/position/1
PPG, FG%, 3pt%, FT%, Games, MPG (Minutes per game), AST, TO, and +/1 taken from nba.com: http://stats.nba.com/leaguePlayerGe...lters=MIN*GE*24&PlayerPosition=G&columnOrder=
TS%, eFG, DefRtg, OffRtg and Usage also taken from nba.com: http://stats.nba.com/leaguePlayerGe...lters=MIN*GE*24&PlayerPosition=G&columnOrder=

 

EDIT: The FG% for Brandon Jennings is 37.3%. Sorry.

 

Surprised no one mentions lakers as a taker for Lin or Asik, if they can't sign a big free agent like MELO they are Wayyy under the cap, they can use Lin & Asik as starters, Lin if they don't draft NBA starter ready PG

they have to be at least competitive this year & both contracts expire at the end of the year & can lock in bird rights

 

Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik for Lakers Trade rumors. http://t.co/lGkVeddIhG

 

Basketball Insiders is just the new name for Hoopsworld AKA Poopsworld which is about the furthest thing away from a true insider as you can get. They've destroy all credibility they've probably never had so dont take anything they say with a grain of salt. It might as well just be from some random CF poster.

Could the Lakers be a destination that takes back Lin & Asik....???.. Sure, but any one of us could speculate that notion just by looking at their roster & salary cap space going into next year. Nice try Poopsworld, but no.

 

I agree, but it depends a lot on who the Very Good players are. As far as that goes, we made the playoffs with Lin, without the 3&d.

 

Nice way to address the issue in a reasonable manner. I prefer Lin over Teague and WAY over Brandon Jennings (another Dumars fail) and the stats seem to back that up. I'm not saying he's sliced bread. Just saying that he is better than a number of starting point guards in the NBA. In a different system that plays to his strengths I think he'd be even better.

In any case he'll be gone soon. I hope he doesn't cost the Rockets too many assets, and I hope he does really well wherever he goes (to continue the trend of the departing point guards doing well after leaving haha...).

 

So this thread is just speculation? I like how OP covers his basis, Morey either has a deal...or he doesn't. Very insightful.

Though he gets credit for avoiding getting relegated the random trade thread.

 

I dont see why the lakers wouldnt try and get lin & asik. Especially if they can resign them to more appropriate contracts after the 2014-15 season. Dont the lakers need to hit 90% of cap space and would expiring contracts be ideal?

 

Quick question, the salary floor is based on salary cap, correct?

If so, no team is paying a player $15m to get closer to the cap floor. They are better just splitting the difference amongst their roster. Teams will only interested in the players themselves or the perks that may come with them. Expiring salaries will be of very little interest without other added incentives.

 

I know. But would the $15m count towards the salary floor or only the cap number of $8.3m. If so they are better off without the trade. There is no real punishment to not reaching the salary floor as they would just spread the money to the rest of their roster. No point in a team paying an extra $7m when they don't have to