Yes, because Nash will play very well this year... oh wait... we need to bring D'Antoni with Nash for that to work...
Why? So Sampson can sit him in OT and play Toney Douglas instead? Nash has way worse defense after all.
I do not agree at all. Every player on this team has a lot of developing to do. Lin had 11point 11 dimes and 6 boards. That's not a bad night. When his shot starts falling he is going to be 15-20ppg. He has such a long ways to go. Just because you saw Lin play well in a certain scheme does not mean he should only be a pg in that that scheme. He needs to develop. So does Harden. Your jerking all over your knees.
Yeah, Morey is wrong going young. Why stop at Lin for Nash, we can trade Harden for Amare! They were great during 2008! Vet posters, lol.
Well, then explain to me why Lin sits on the bench in OT? He suffers from lack of confidence. How does this help him develop? Lin is supposed to be a floor general as a PG. He sits on a bench in crunch time, how do you expect him to demand respect from team mates from now on? I don't think this is a knee-jerk statement at all: One of them has to go - Harden, Lin or Sampson/McHale
Its knee jerk because in the past YOFS wanted Yao to get traded to the Lakers to play with Kobe and now it's happening all over again except with Lin. Why does it always have to be LA??
This is incorrect. If Lin was traded to LA the cap hit would be identical 8/8/8 over three years. There is no poison pill. The only team that would have had the poison pill was the Knicks. Houston & whatever team Lin is traded to (if he is traded) does not have a poison pill. This is also incorrect. Lin played solid defense on Llilard for most of the entire game it wasn't until TD came in & kept going under screens letting Llilard shoot the three did Dame go off. Also incorrect. Morey has always been high on Lin (since he went undrafted) he said so himself & this was even before "Linsanity". Dragic isn't a pg he struggles to run an offense. The suns shoot at a higher FG% with him off the floor than they do with him on. Free Kendall Marshall.
Lin is really being under-utilized by Rox coaching. If anyone watched his NYK games last year, he has a big upside on offense, if utilized better (like D'Antoni did). He drew alot of fouls off of high pick & roll plays, run specifically for him. Those plays put alot of pressure on the other team's guards. Currently he is forced to look for shots. He is not CP3, Westbrook, Deron Williams, or any of those elite PGs. But that doesn't mean he can't score. Coaching needs to learn from D'Antoni and how he put Lin in a situation that took pressure off of his own team, and created pressure for the other team's guards. Lin is only getting 8 or 10 shots a game. But he is excelling on the other stats. In fact, his rebounds are up from last year, his assists are up from last year, his steals are up from last year (4th in the league), and his TOs are down from last year. It's a shame Rox coaching is not using him to full potential. Just sad.
You're not watching Suns games at all. The only guys capable of scoring outside of Dragic in most games are Shannon Brown and Scola. Brown plays off the bench. Three of their starters can be blackholes on offense, even more of those kind of players on their bench. Beasley, the guy who they are hoping to break out into a superstar, is neither playing super or a star at the moment.
This isn't even from this season this is from what I have observed of Dragic before in Houston & before in Pheonix. With him on the bench the Suns are just a lot more productive. He would be much better suited at the SG position Dragic lacks essential PG skills in my opinion.
