This guy knows his basketball... Keep on hating buddy. I know it hurts you bad for someone to shine more than his holy ness. Should probably get used to it though and just enjoy the solid season Lin should have as a key role player for a contender.
Not crying, and just two. If that's the way it's going to play out, and Lin's going to get significantly reduced minutes (as it seems from McHale's comments), I'm not sure what the point is in projecting that he is going to get more. Call it the way it is.
This is 100% true from my experience. I played on a team with the coach's son, and the coach's son got all the minutes (and seemingly a far too great proportion of shots given his skill level). I think it is easy for coaches to toy around with Lin's role and PT (more so than other players, with whom they might think twice) because they know that he will be a good citizen. Good for him, and I hope that he is appreciate for his team play.
This works for me, and I'm a huge Lin fan. I'm more concerned about Lin going to the bench being the first step of his getting marginalized and eventually dropping down and/or out of the rotation if someone newer and shinier comes along, as my concern is that Lin's skills (especially defensively) get underrated again, as has happened throughout his career. I've seen Lin benched for Acie freaking Law, cut for Charles Jenkins, you name it, and I'm sick of it.
At the beginning of the preseason I would bet on Lin starting, but now I think Beverley is going to be the starter. The whole alternating PGs was just PR maneuver for fans in Asia during the trips to Taiwan. I think Lin is going to be traded within a year or so as a package deal to attract a PF. Lin is too expensive to keep for a bench player when the 15mil year comes in and his skill sets overlaps with Harden too much. I do think the Rockets are one piece away from championship that is a stretch 4
Play Harden and especially Howard less minutes. Would like to see how Asik/Bev/Lin could do anchoring a lineup. I would think they hold up quite hell against the other team's bench.
I think the question now is how will the Rockets showcase his talent to boost his trade value? I really don't see Lin as Rocket's long term plan so might as well trade him to net a PF.
Is this how you do it? Anyway... Did you edit my quote in an attempt to obfuscate my response to iJHolmes? It's perfectly reasonable to question why Lin has more votes than Beverley if the majority of the Rockets Fans on this site include all the other "Only Fans." Why would I be mad? It's a gorgeous autumn day in the big apple, the NBA season starts in a few days and I'll get a chance to watch the Rockets wipe the Garden floor with the Knicks on 11/14. It's crazy to think my seats for this game are $1500 and they're not even court side You could say I'm mad about my salary, the rising ticket prices at MSG, the rising cost of living, Obamacare, the lack of gun control legislation, and doing away with the NYPD's stop and frisk program. But trolls and the CF members who love them?
Had not had the chance to update my other thread, but here are the final NBA Efficiency Per Minute stats for the preseason for Lin and Beverley: Lin -- 0.595 Bev -- 0.576 Per 36 Min, that NBA Efficiency looks like this: Lin -- 21.41 Bev -- 20.75 Extremely close. Bev had some numbers that were better, Lin some numbers that were better, I think, in terms of overall stats.
Honestly, if the team is doing well before the deadline, I hope we don't trade anyone. I love the roster as is, overpaid or not. However, if the gate is open for a premier PF like Kevin Love... other than our 2Hs, anything goes. :grin:
