He could probably break out his postup skills against Aaron Brooks when the Rockets play the Kings. Maybe vs. Curry and the Warriors too.
Lin vs Minnesota - watch 2nd half where Lin has a nice postup move against José Juan Barea. I'm always pro taking advantage of miss matches. Guess what, Rockets playing them tonight. Mchale - make it happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UE1txeIZ5w
Jeremy Lin Posting up It looked like he was just showing up lil Nate Robinson, cause that guy was trying to bully Jeremy for some stretches of the game. Nate does like to get up in peoples faces; he may not try anything with the likes of Kobe or some other established player, but he will try to get physical and trash talk who ever he sees as an easy mark.
like the coaching staff needs more things to think about! mark, mama there goes that man, used to back it up, so did kidd in his earlier days. it's completely normal.
I wasn't sure Lin should post up more until I saw one of the options. -- 'Yes, I want to see the "Lin Shake"!' And that crack me up. Heck, why not!! :grin:
That is good. That is how you get respect in the NBA. Guys will start to pick on you have to fight back. The NBA isn't kind to young players unfortunately particularly new guys & there are a lot of immature NBA players to be frank. And when you had as much popularity as Lin did last year it is tougher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEpMSdeglmM Nate "Garbage time" Robinson's interview after playing Houston. Enjoy. Anyone with thread creating priveleges please embed this clip. I can't unfortunately.
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Generally, no. But last night after I saw him score on Robinson in the post, I was thinking, "Hey, they should post up Lin against the shorty. No way Nate can stop that."
Funny this thread popped up. I watched Lin back down their guard last night and thought...wow he's got the size, and he's got the moves. More of that ! A really different look for certain situations.
I'm about 6'2.5" and I developed shooting first, but in pickup games, I always have to play C. It's very annoying but it forced me to develop some post moves and hook shots. It's funny...I get into arguments with my teammates (who are friends) all the time about how I want to play SF, but nobody lets me, and they give me dirty looks if I refuse to plant myself in the paint and rebound. I just tell them being C hurts your back and gives you whiplash. Anyway, back to the point...I'm not surprised Lin has post moves...even if they aren't as refined as a genuine C.
Ive seen Lin do some post up moves with the knicks against smaller players and maybe once against a guard with similar height. I dont think he pulls that out unless he knows he can pull it off for sure on someone guarding him.
not at this point in his career.... Needs to stick with what's worked for him, driving and dishing... Long term, he needs to get a mid range game like Sam Cassell. Mid to low post, bump the defender and smoke the mid range J!
He had a post up game in college which they utilized quite often. It's no wonder he seemed pretty comfortable down there for the first post move of the year. Regardless though, there are far more things to work on than Lin's post up game.
