This is moot point already seeing as Lin is a Laker and not a Rocket. He is their fan base's problem now, not ours.
Lin would still be serviceable on the Rockets this year, and easily could have still been with the Rockets had Miami immediately re-signed Bosh after FA started. I'm not sure Lin would be that second playmaker so much of us are craving for. He's certainly no Gogi, but at the very least he can attack the basket and draw fouls at a much higher rate than Canaan, Terry, and Bev. His signature jump passes will always be there, but that's just par for the course. He was one guy I thought McHale actually used correctly. Give him freedom to attack with the second unit so him and Harden dont' overlap. Now if only McHale would do something about Howard's ineffective post ups.
So it just means Lin can't compete with starters and should be playing against other team's bench players which is exactly where he belongs, on the bench.
Sure, at $8 to $15 million and also he'll turn the ball over like crazy. I'd rather have Smith drive and dish or Brewer than Lin.
That's why you keep him on the second unit and if he's not shooting or passing well you don't have to give him minutes, same logic we're using on Josh Smith right now. And the Rockets would also have their first round pick for this year. Lin's was getting paid either way since Morey was the one that signed him to that contract. We still could have obtained both Brewer and Smith, in addition to adding Ariza.
"The only thing that has been consistent is the amount of inconsistency I've had in my life," Lin said. "I've gone from getting cut in the D-League to starting to playing heavy minutes to all these different roles every week. I have to keep staying aggressive when I get out there." Once again. just like his fan base, Lin singing the "Woe, Is me" song and playing the victim. Hey Lin, has it ever occurred to you that the biggest inconsistency in your life has been your incredibly consistent inconsistent performance on the basketball court? This chump just does not get it. No wonder even his own fans wonder now that why after all these years he still dribbles into the lane and the jumps up in the air with no where to go. Back away from twitter and work on your game, fool.
Getting rid of Lin was addition by subtraction. I'd be more confident with 38 year old Terry playing back up PG (although not ideal) or even Canaan ahead of Lin. There would be big time locker room problems if you have a guy making $15 million as a 3rd string back up.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nick Young on what the Lakers must do without Kobe: "Pretty much just give me the ball and get out of the way."</p>— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/559814757046161408">January 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> The anti-Lin conspiracy continues :grin:
According to the reports, Harden is actually eating much more healthier than Lin. Hard to believe but that's the truth. So I would say what you said is correct.
Except that Josh Smith is better than the Rockets backup PF currently (uhh...Capela?) by a wide margin. Jeremy Lin is no better than Jason Terry or Isaiah Canaan, and for all intents and purposes is worse. Maybe he's better than Alexei Shved, but I'd rather have Shved than sal-batross Lin.
Well, this thread used to be my go to thread when I need to take a dump. But sadly its losing my interest. Lin is already became a DNP-CD player, no matter how much you are hating/loving on him, its just not worth the time to waste on him anymore. At this point, to repeat 1000 times whether he sucks or not is basically meaningless, no matter what kind of debates you want to put up : his ability, his stats, his race, his mental, his eating, his girlfriend, ect. His current situation just may as well as the strongest evidence of all.
Agreed. I think Lin is good enough to be a rotation player on most teams. He's good in transition, quick with the ball, decent playmaker, good finisher, and has an ability to get into the paint to score or draw a foul. His weaknesses are his TOs, sometimes he goes too fast for his own good, plays slightly below average to average defense, poor ball handling when pressured, streaky shooting. We all agree he is inconsistent. Some nights he'll play well enough to earn 30 minutes, others he'll be terrible and be a net negative. Similar to his pros and cons, actually, in a sense that his strengths can be weaknesses. Highly polarizing player and style. Lin is good enough to earn himself another contract, but that would probably be his last contract.
I had to laugh at this one. Poor Alexei, he has looked so awful. You wonder how he has a NBA contract. I know church league players that "look" better on the basketball court than he does. He is either in a horrible, horrible slump, injured, or he "Mooched" his way into the NBA and is a complete fraud.
Lol. JR Smith is a highly polarizing player and style. Nate Robinson is a highly polarizing player. Russ Westbrook is a highly polarizing player. These are players who can put up their numbers against the best, but can also take a team out of it. Lin, after being scouted, cannot do anything against the best and consistently takes his team out of it with meek, indecisive play. There is nothing above and beyond about him. Sorry to break it to ya fellas. He's a scrub who a bunch of young asian men push online and ESPN can market to the wealthy asian millennial demographic. That's the only polarizing thing about him. If he was black, he would not be in the league. And that's why this thread is going in circles-- he looks like someone nerds can be friends with, as opposed to the rest of the players in the league.
