This is foolish. Howard hits all his FT's in practice but he still struggles on most nights in games. Things don't always translate from practice to games. Unless his shots start falling the best way to get out of a slump is to shoot your way out it. It is like this for every NBA player who gets into a slump Lin isn't the exception he is the norm.
First of all, did I say Lin should play 48 minutes per game? Secondly, who said Lin doesn't shoot during practice? Just because a player is a phenomenal shooter in practice doesn't mean it translates during games since it doesn't simulate real time game situations. Just ask Sasha Vujacic.
He needs to just go have fun and play basketball. Don't think about it. Just play. Don't measure your shot. Let it fly. Do the other things that create easier opportunities.
I think I'll just hold off on having high expectations for him until he gets a good amount of time to practice. Very disappointing for me though, I wish he hadn't regressed so much offensively.
Well， it is not fair if Lin is not playing well, and you still play him, I think he will feel worse if he cause Rocket lose, no good for his confidence either. I think he wouldn't feel happy about his own game today, but he definitely is happy that Rocket won. I wouldn't mind coach bench him if he is not playing good, but i do wish coach would give him more time when he is playing well, let him to keep that momentum going.
He's regressed defensively too...... Last season, I've said his defense was the best part of his game (Mike Woodson wouldn't have even thought of using Toney Douglas over Lin in such situations). But it almost looks as if Lin is hiding an injury..... At times, he looks as if he's playing on roller skates.
I think this is really the key here. We're not going to be a contender this year, we're unlikely to make the playoffs, and it's a whole new group without a preseason. I think what really needs to be done on the coaching side is experimentation, see what the guys can and can't do, help them out, let them play through their mistakes. Sampson is playing these guys like if they make one mistake they're benched, I think it's really disruptive to the team dynamic. You have a few guys with big enough contracts, that'll be in Houston for a couple of years, you really want to boost their chemistry and let them feel out each others' games. Sampson is thinking way too short-term, and I think it's because he's trying to boost his portfolio, which is really bad for the long-term.
Lin is clearly more disappointed about tonight's performance than any of the posters here. He needs someone to give him some encouragement. This is not the same guy who made the last second shot against Toronto. Where did his swagger go? Maybe he should stop by the old Compaq Center and ask Joel Osteen for some positive energy.
Notice how this thread is generally nice, clean, and sane. It's because the trolls have gone to sleep Lin definitely deserves some criticism for the last few games, but in the beginning he was doing quite well. And he had 2 recent games with 10+ assists. This is a learning process and he's only started in 35 games! So I think it's obvious the people who want him "sent to the D-League" are definitely just trolls looking to cause some havoc.
Rockets need to pry Kenny Atkinson away from the Hawks (I believe?). He was Lin's development coach on the Knicks. Great coach.
i wonder what mental state lin gets into when he is playing really well. i suppose it is related somehow to his religious convictions, and that somehow gets him in to a flow state. some players try to "get themselves going", and he said in the video that thats not how he thinks of it. he said he takes the shots that he knows to take and they will eventually go in, or something like that. I suspect he needs to identify how he gets into that flow state, and focus on that as much as the technical aspects and the thinking aspects of his game. if i had to guess, i would say he looses himself somehow in something *higher*, lets go, and flows with it. flow is sometimes talked about as not being what you just were (your history, or even just where you just were a second ago), and being where you are, which is an immediate awareness of what is around you and whats happening right now. its not being overly reflective, and perhaps the inability to judge yourself, because you are too busy being yourself, which is yourself in the moment. (i know christian thought has some parallels there, at least with the not judging yourself part and leaving it for a higher power - which i suspect might have something to do with how Lin might get himself into that flow state for games). You reading this Lin. You figuring out your flow? Your rhythm is in your flow.
I feel the same way. He is forcing too much in recent three games. Not sure whether just I'm seeing it or not, I feel Lin plays differently after that Portland game, after he got sit out in OT. I feel that he was rushing and forcing his game, and somehow keep making similar mistakes, without adjusting. I remember he was like that a little bit in the preseason, and Parsons talked to him, and coach talked to him, and he got better the next game. But not this time.
well, I don't see getting the team to win is conflict with player development. Bottom line, you do want the players learn how to win. I just hope Sampson is not trying to proof other people wrong about his rotation decision. Last OT benching Lin does got a lot people not happy, and I just hope there is no bad feeling there between him and Lin, and they still trust each other, I know it is hard, and it does not feel smooth there, but I still wish for it.
yes, u r right...but what are we supposed to do otherwise? it is the same case with some (not all, but some) polls. some lin polls were so silly that I felt like being kidnapped, but you just can't walk away and leave your player/team behind. I indeed hate the person who devised those silly polls to get clicks/attention.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you...and you will find rest." Matthew 11:28-29</p>— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) <a href="https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/271474910755430401" data-datetime="2012-11-22T04:47:17+00:00">November 22, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>\ He's thinking too much .let the game come to him.and there's up and downs in life.he has to acknowledge it and face it. Just saw one of the replies on his tweet
How fix Jeremy's game I just hate when people bash a player and have no concrete solutions. 1. Fixing his 3 pt form. You can see clearly there are 2 major flaws when he takes a 3 pt shot. a) Stay on the ground. All great 3 pt specialist have there feet on the ground when shooting. They may rise up to the toes. But Jeremy is jumping into the shot. If you put on muscle or lost weight that jumping up and release timing is off. b) Faster release. Jeremy natural habit that he has been doing forever, is to catch the ball, the ball goes to waist level, then goes up to release. Too much time. The have to practice catching at chest high and go immediately up. c) Practice after a game. Notice his game is fine in 1st quarter, but goes way down from 2-4 quarter. He needs to practice his shots after games. When his legs are tired. Keep feet on the ground and use your upper body for shots. Eliminating that jumping thing will also help when legs are tired. 2. Fixing his turnovers. The problem I see is his direct line towards the basket. He needs to do more like he did in NY. A Z line towards the basket. A varied speed towards the basket. Probing. Not a straight line. Its ok to dribble out. 3. Mid range shots. He can't just stand there in the corner when Harden has the ball. He's got to curl and be prepared to catch and shoot a mid range jumper. 4. Better mental state. Different players react to different type of coaching. This current style of "ok, go out there and do the best you can" is not going to work. He is young. All his charity work is with little kids. The coach has to talk to him and get on him. Not in a yelling way. But in a way of "Look son, we can't have you doing what you just did. Get in there and get your head into the game. The other team don't respect you. Go get that respect!" 5. Get Terrence Jones in there to pick and roll with him. You lob a ball up to Tyson Chandler and he will go up and dunk it. Looks like TJ is the only player on the squad with the hops to do it.
Jeremy is clearly struggling, and just as clearly, it's bothering him. There's nothing surprising about that. He's thrust into the spotlight in New York, then "stolen" from the Knicks by Morey to become the starting point for this young Rockets team and one of the "faces" of the franchise. Jeremy gets into an awful shooting slump, it happens, and of course, everyone focuses on that, and from there it devolves into focusing on every little thing he does, or doesn't do, on the court. What Mr. Lin needs is to bust out of his slump. That will cure his ills, and it'll happen. Perhaps during this next game, perhaps a couple of games down the road, but he'll bust out of it. He'll score 25-30 points at a high percentage, dish out 8-10 assists, swipe 3 or 4 steals, and we'll witness a remarkable transformation. Jeremy will positively glow. He'll keep it going for several games and we will hear no end of praise for the guy, well deserved. If the rest of the team clicks at the same time, we might even win some games. Few young players are consistent. For the vast majority, it takes experience. Give the guy some time. Lin will have a slump again and we'll go through this... again. And hear the criticism... again. Goes with the territory. It's not because of his race, his religion, or whether he puts on his shorts one leg at a time. If we're lucky, and I hope we are, Jeremy will get that consistency, the team will grow and gel, and this constant, irritating uproar the board gets swept with everytime Lin hits a bump in the road will go away. That can't happen soon enough. All in my opinion, naturally.
