Sampson should have taken him out and played Lin with TD for awhile. It would have helped the team and probably would have helped Harden. Why would you say Harden is "obviously the better playmaker". The stats say that Lin is - more assists and less turnovers.
What the hell does that even mean? Building his head coach portfolio? Elaborate please on how he doing that and how it effects the team. It wasn't only just Lin playing poorly and foul trouble, but Tony was playing well for us and got us back in the game. If he was playing bad, Lin would have been back in the game. With Harden, who was playing better than him from the bench, that should have replaced a struggling Harden?
Probably only Lin because otherwise you don't have a playmaker in the game. However TD for short stretches won't kill you in that role and then you could play another shooter. Point is if someone is struggling let him rest awhile, watch the action from the bench. The break will usually be helpful.
Lin averages 14 less points than Harden. 10 PPG Lin shoots 38% from 2 Lin shoots 25% from 3 2.8 TO Harden averages 24 PPG Harden shoots 41% from 2 Harden shoots 33% from 3 4.1 TO Harden gives you the scoring threat Jeremy doesnt. Therefore hes going to be the better playmaker. Stats dont lie: coaches would rather have Harden with the ball more in his hands. Harden usage rate- 28.2% Jeremy Lin - 18.2%
Saying "BUT HE AVERAGES MORE ASSISTS AND LESS TO!!!" is like saying rafer alston is a better playmaker than TMac.
So you're saying being a better scorer makes you a better playmaker???? Very interesting..... BUT STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe you should comment on football instead...............
No sense debating this with you as you obviously have limited basketball knowledge and will say anything to be "right" - like being a scorer makes you a better playmaker. So that means Griffin is a better playmaker than Chris Paul?? So shooting guards are better playmakers than point guards because they score more?????
The point he is trying to make is Harden is a bigger threat on offense than Lin in every way.. Lin's "higher assist to turnover ratio" does not make him a better playmaker.
Look, to all the, with all due respect, damn fools complaining about the fact that Coach Sampson somehow made a mistake winning the Lakers game, and that's exactly what you are doing, get a ****ing grip and answer a question. Did you see Jeremy's face at the end of the game? Did you? Did any of you? Because the gentleman had a grin on his face as big as the Grand Canyon. No one was more happy about this win than Jeremy Lin. He was ecstatic, excited about beating one of the best teams in the league, and a team with not one, but two superstars playing for them. The best shooting guard in the NBA, and the best center in the NBA, and Jeremy was thrilled that we won. Have a copy of the game? Well I have both the Rockets feed and the Lakers feed recorded on my DVR, and have watched both. Twice. And Jeremy looks the same way at the end each and every time. THRILLED. HAPPY. Excited about the TEAM WIN, and I don't normally use all caps when typing a word. Clearly, plain English isn't getting through to all of you. Jeremy wasn't putting it on, he wasn't being dishonest. The man was on cloud nine because we beat the ****ing LA Lakers! So why don't you take a step back from only caring about Jeremy Lin, and start to care about the Houston Rockets. Why? Because it is perfectly obvious that that is what Jeremy cares about. And you know what? If he's reading the crap posted by the bunch of you, you know what emotion he's feeling? Embarrassment. You should all be ashamed at yourselves. Every damn one of you, and start caring about the team, not simply about the player. Jeremy does.
Lin can barely dribble under heavy defensive pressure though. Lin is a bottom 5 point guard in the nba where harden is a top 5 shooting guard in the nba. Lin not being the same scoring threat Harden is causes defenses to react to Harden in a more aggressive manner which makes his teammates get open easier... Lin they just block his shot more often than not.
Bottom line Harden is still a solid play maker, maybe Lin is slightly better, maybe not but Harden just about beats Lin in every other category. He's the star of the team, more proven than Lin, and having a better season. Compare to Lin who is struggling, having confidence issues, and is still pretty much a rookie. Seems like Rocket fans think Sampson has done a great job under the circumstances while the few LOFs are angry because Lin doesn't get enough minutes.
So if we win a game at home by 2 points against a struggling Lakers team no constructive criticism or discussion is needed and it pisses you off? No doubt it was a big win and I'm sure all Rockets fans are happy about it. However if we play like this against good teams we will get killed. Did you see the OKC game?? If we playHERO BALL Fri. night THAT will be an EMBARRASSMENT!!
What constructive criticism? All you have been saying, across multiple threads, is that Sampson should have put Harden on the bench and play Lin with TD.
Not in this case. It was a response to ch0c0b0fr34k, who was the one who mentioned the fact that it seemed only Lin, out of all the starters have to fight for minutes, while the others can struggle throughout the game, but continue to play. Not saying Lin is complaining, I'm sure he knows he has to improve and play consistently.
