At the current stage, Lin's best strength is his speed and quick read. His dribbling skills, it seems to me, serve one sole purpose, that is, to get to the ring as quickly as possible. And he is indeed phenomenal in doing that. As a result, he seems to lack some of the subtleties that other great pgs have in their ball-handling. And, from time to time, his style got him in trouble. Looking forward, I'd like to see him develop some deceptive rhythm, or the ability to switch pace suddenly, like CP3 and Nash. But I think I've already seen some signs of these subtleties, which is great. As to his shooting, I think it will come in time once he is more confident with catch and shoot.
That list was incomplete. Instead of 3 more, I can easily name 30+ more: Ben Hansbrough 0.316 Dion Waiters 0.314 Derrick Rose 0.312 (2011/12), 0.310 (career) Goran Dragic 0.312 Eric Maynor 0.306 Alexey Shved 0.304 Jamaal Tinsley 0.302 Avery Bradley 0.296 Rodrigue Beaubois 0.293 Shelvin Mack 0.286 Dwyane Wade 0.286 Will Bynum 0.283 Reggie Jackson 0.276 Shannon Brown 0.273 Rodney Stuckey 0.269 Beno Udrih 0.259 Ronnie Price 0.256 Norris Cole 0.255 Andre Miller 0.255 Jannero Pargo 0.250 Rajon Rondo 0.240 Monta Ellis 0.235 Ishmael Smith 0.235 Mike James 0.233 Nolan Smith 0.208 Maalik Wayns 0.200 Earl Watson 0.192 Garrett Temple 0.172 Tony Allen 0.167 Josh Selby 0.167 Cory Joseph 0.167 Ricky Rubio 0.120 Dominique Jones 0.111 John Wall 0.077 : Shaun Livingston 0.000
Some fans dont care that he's made improvements each month. They just make stuff up like, raven without doing their research. How can you say that someone is the worst 3pt shooter among PG's w/o even looking up the numbers?! That's bold.
QFT. it is impossible for the MVP of a California state champion to not get a scholarship--unless you are Asian. that's just the truth.
What does having "some european in his game" have to do with taking econ classes at Harvard? I really wish people would stop equating Lin's Harvard education with his basketball IQ. Lebron is one of the smartest players in the league and he only has a high school education.
Truer words have never been said. Basketball IQ and an educational IQ are two completely different things.
I agree and disagree at the same time. Educational level really doesn't matter, but I think IQ itself does factor into Basketball IQ. Higher IQ usually means higher capacity for absorbing information and learning. You can be a high school dropout and still have a high IQ. If you're smart you're smart. Sure Lebron only finished High School, but you can tell the guy is pretty smart and he's well spoken. Look at most players with high BBIQ and you will see guys who are well spoken and just seem like bright. D-Rose, Wade, Lin, Durant, CP3, Nash, Lebron, etc. On the flipside guys with really poor BBIQ half the time you can't even understand what they are saying and they can't even string together coherent sentences sometimes, and just don't seem like they have much going on between the ears. Guys like JR Smith, Monta Ellis, Michael Beasley, etc.
I am with you~ Just because the beginning of his NBA career is unusual as others, should he be treated different as others ?
jason kidd has one of the highest BBIQs in the history of the game. he could barely crack 700 on his SATs and could barely speak well enough to give interviews when he was younger. he's just not a very intelligent person off the basketball court. (he's a lot better spoken now, but that took a lot of time and practice)
Felton is a liability in a cash flow standpoint. Lin on the other hand probably brings in MORE for the rocket franchise than what they are paying him.
Jeremy this month: 17 ppg on 54.3% shooting. And he's been improving every month. I think he can give you 15 and 7 next year and 16 and 8 the year after. And that will be right when he hits his prime. So yes, all star is very plausible. Elite point guard? Mayve not, but yet to be seen. I'm really liking his improvement
