McHale: We can compete with anybody.

no doubt. we could compete against anybody for the past 3 seasons until it got to closing time. Now we got 2 closers in beard and superman, plus a sf and pg that can hit clutch shots as well.

 

Jeremy lin. clutch ha ha

 

Could it be a signal that the front office is not planning any move? We are keeping Lin and Asik.

 

I don't think Morey dumps Lin or (seems more likely) Asik just for the sake of doing it or (in Asik's case) to get rid of redundancy. If he doesn't find a deal he likes, I could see him going into the season as is, and waiting for a team to offer something he likes.

 

Can't wait for NBA season. 4 more months.

 

If Lin gets a chance to develop a chemistry with Howard he maybe here longer then you think

 

I think you're reading way too much into it.

The ultimate truth about Morey is...if he thinks he can make the team better, he will do it.

 

I still have my doubts about Lin and Harden in a tie game, final 2 minutes. But it will be a fun season.

 

Dwight Howard is not a closer.

 

That is what the Rockets brass is most interested in seeing, and the biggest reason why he'll be kept.

 

Say what you want, but after that air-balled 3 against Miami early in the season he's become more clutch (ala OKC clutch 3's).

 

No, but Lin and Harden should have an additional 1-2 assists/game due to having a center who can catch the ball and finish it.

That's 4 - 8 points throughout a game, which will lead to not having to "close."

 

Yes,he is there at least can help defense.

 

Why did he stutter?

 

He's not? Please explain why he's not. Is it only because of his bad free-throw shooting percentage?

 

You do realize that, statistically, he's one of the most clutch players on our team, right?

For their clutch stats (<5min, <5 pt differential games), Harden and Lin have played 3.4 min and 3 min of these types, respectively.

Harden is 40.2% from the field while Lin is 48.5%. From 3 pt land, Harden is 28% while Lin is 50%. They are about the same when it comes to FT% in clutch time (80's).

Now Harden takes about twice as many shots/threes as Lin in the clutch, which makes sense since the ball is in his hands more. So let us look at the only other real possible clutch player on our team who might have the ball then: Parsons.

Parsons has also played around 3 min of "clutch" situations last season (3.2 min), and had 42.9% from the field. From 3 pt land, he was 46.7%, and had 66.7% FT shooting.

So yeah, Lin is pretty clutch, esp. for on our team.

http://stats.nba.com/leaguePlayerCl...&pageNo=4&sortField=PLAYER_NAME&sortOrder=DES

 

Per 82games.com, Lin ranked 48th in the NBA in 2012-13 for production in crunch time, a feat which might sound fairly mortal, until you consider it's higher than luminaries like Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Manu Ginobili and Chris Bosh

 

Elite teams (championship contenders) are about having depth and multiple weapons. If you shut something down, they can hurt you with something else. Miami is a little bit of an exception due to Lebron James, but this is usually the case. I think Houston has this type of team now, so I'm excited about next season. Hopefully McHale can pull this together although I honestly don't have a lot of confidence in him as a coach.

 

I think that is exactly what will happen, I would say that Lin will for sure average 8 assist this year and Hardens assist will go up also. So I wonder if Lin averages 15-16 ppg and 8 assist next year if people will continue to run him down the way they do now. For a first year as a starter Lin had a good season especially if you think about his second half of the season.