Q&A with Jeremy Lin

[gah]

Originally Posted by Gil Seems like every PG is gunning for him. Bayless and Conley ate him alive tonight. Feel sorry for him.

They are just polishing his pair and he's just getting into rhythm. Confidence + staying aggressive + handling the pressure a little bit better = contract earned.

[Arthurprescott2]

Originally Posted by Gil Seems like every PG is gunning for him. Bayless and Conley ate him alive tonight. Feel sorry for him.

good job digging up this old thread to make your point, you pathetic sack of s***.

[JK1]

Originally Posted by Arthurprescott2 good job digging up this old thread to make your point, you pathetic sack of s***.

No chit, what a fcken retard

[roxxy]

Originally Posted by Arthurprescott2 good job digging up this old thread to make your point, you pathetic sack of s***.

He is from a Knicks board here to troll. Don't even bother with him. He was exposed earlier.

[mirus]

Originally Posted by roxxy He is from a Knicks board here to troll. Don't even bother with him. He was exposed earlier.

He admitted it earlier in the game thread.Arthur,time to expand ur ignore list!

[gamer4Life]

Originally Posted by gamer4Life If you were excited about Dragic, you should be more excited about Lin because Lin is younger. Just like how someone mentioned that you would be more excited if the Rockets had Irving instead of Lin. He's not likely to be a superstar in the league, but it's always a possibility. Dirk and Nash were unlikely candidates when they were 24 as well. Bottom line, you should hope he does well no matter what. The only time you should hate a player on your own team is if they don't try hard. Anyway, we'll see soon enough how well he does this season. My random prediction: 14 ppg, 6 apg, 4 rpg, 3 to, 44 fg%. I'll probably eat my words, but whatever. You shouldn't really feel too strongly about whether you were wrong or right unless you put some money down.

So far my prediction is almost bang-on

Didn't expect Harden to be signed though :P

[JJ23]

Originally Posted by stl1622dc http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/qa-jeremy-lin

Thanks to the OP. Good read.

[AustinPowers]

Everyone think Steve Nash was all world coming into the league. Jezz...just look at these numbers.


Steve Nash first 4 seasons in the league:
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996–97 Phoenix 65 2 10.5 .423 .418 .824 1.0 2.1 .3 .0 3.3
1997–98 Phoenix 76 9 21.9 .459 .415 .860 2.1 3.4 .8 .1 9.1
1998–99 Dallas 40 40 31.7 .363 .374 .826 2.9 5.5 .9 .1 7.9
1999–00 Dallas 56 27 27.4 .477 .403 .882 2.2 4.9 .7 .1 8.6

[AustinPowers]

Originally Posted by AustinPowers Everyone think Steve Nash was all world coming into the league. Jezz...just look at these numbers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nash

The dude avg 9 points and 3 assists per game for 4 seasons.

[AustinPowers]

Same with Rando. See his numbers:

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rajon_...eer_stats.html

Lin's numbers are better than both of them. At this stage of Lin's career, one can argue that Lin is ahead of them.

[ogh]

Originally Posted by AustinPowers Same with Rando. See his numbers: http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rajon_...eer_stats.html Lin's numbers are better than both of them. At this stage of Lin's career, one can argue that Lin is ahead of them.

But you also need to take into consideration of their early year salary compare to Lin's to justify all the numbers.

[torocan]

Originally Posted by ogh But you also need to take into consideration of their early year salary compare to Lin's to justify all the numbers.

Salary doesn't dictate development, it's just the free market placing a value on a player.

Rookie salaries are actually distortions of the true market value. If they didn't have rookie contracts, you end up with the sort of contracts you saw in the old days, with Rookies signing for Huge contracts straight out of college or in their 2nd or 3rd years.

Lin got paid what the market truly values his potential and worth on and off the court.

That is irrelevant to the limitations of the natural development curve of young players.

[gamer4Life]

Originally Posted by kuku 14/6 and 3 TO is really on the low end on all accounts. It could only mean Lin will not be as aggressive. I say, with 85% certainty, you will eat your words...lol I like 18 ppg, 7.5 apg, 4 rpg, 4.3 to's, 52% efg <---that's agressively attacking the basket.

I guess I won't be eating my words after all

13.4 ppg, 6 apg, 2.9 TO, 3rpg, 44.4 fg%

[hltiki]

Originally Posted by gamer4Life I guess I won't be eating my words after all 13.4 ppg, 6 apg, 2.9 TO, 3rpg, 44.4 fg%

it must feel really good to finally get that off huh?

[gamer4Life]

Originally Posted by hltiki it must feel really good to finally get that off huh?

Good? Yes. Really good? Nah.

After all, what's the point of all the forum discussions, debates, and projections if you can't see how accurate your assessments are.

At the very least, it's better than snarky one-liners.