There is noway lin can be as bad as he is playing right now. The only place would be up from here on or atleast you would hope so.
They probably did confetti for the win in Toyota Center? either that or he was hanging out Harden at the club.
Well he can't drive to the whole more because the defenders just collapse on him. And his teammates can't set effective screens for him because defenders are giving him a ton of space & they just go under it so he shoots. This is the conundrum he faces. His shooting is literally holding his game back. And apparently he hits shots in warm ups & such it just doesn't translate into games. He is pressing out there. And also the opposing teams are funneling the ball towards him because they want him to shoot. The Bulls did it tonight & other teams will catch on to this. His passing has been good for the most part but his shooting will make him a liability out there & his passing won't overcome that. Also his teammates will stop trusting him out there & everybody wants to play right you can't have favourites right so if he isn't playing well you have to play TD otherwise that will create problems in the locker room. I love Lin but these are just facts. One thing though is that Sampson really isn't helping the situation. You don't pull a player when he is getting in a rhythm like that. Sampson is way to restrictive with his rotations & this definitely doesn't help the situation. This is the third time he has done this. The way Sampson has been handling things with Lin reminds me of how the coach in GSW handled things ,Keith Smart & Lin definitely wasn't successful in GSW. Really the only thing that will help him now is hitting shots. Once he does that, it will open up his entire game & make it so much easier out there for him. The defenses have adjusted to him & he is trying to adjust back but he can't because of his poor shooting. He had a bad game tonight that happens I am not even worried about that, bad games happen to everybody. But right now it is his shooting that is hurting him the most, that is the biggest issue right now.
You're comparing highly scouted & drafted players to a non drafted player that's been cut multiple times. Let's be real here folks. Not trying to rub it in anymore because at this point the situation is sad for fans of the team. Lin is a below average NBA player
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Or maybe, instead of pretending to know posters' motivations and inner motions, we look at how Jeremy Lin has played. Why are people negative? Because Lin has been a gigantic negative on the court. BTW, nothing we do on this board does any good or much of anything at all for that matter. That's no excuse for people not to share their opinion.
LOL we should go hunt him down & kill him. Off with his head. Don't blame the shooting coach. He is hitting shots in warm ups & shoot arounds from what I heard. It is mental for him right now. The man is a shooting coach not a psychiatrist. He is in a bad shooting slump just needs to shoot his way out of it.
Kinda hard to shoot out of a shooting slump if Toney Douglas is going to take your minutes, just sayin...
You can tell he doubts himself when he answers questions. The guy has no confidence in himself right now.
Other than Billups, none of these guys were drafted very high: Dragic was a low 2nd round pick, Lowry a low 1st rounder, Nash a mid first rounder from a small conference. Lin's draft status doesn't really mean anything and isn't significant different than that of a low pick like Dragic. He was scouted enough after having good games vs the likes of BC and UConn. NBA teams likely had the same amount of data on him coming into the league as they have on most rookies. All of the other guys mentioned were "below average NBA players" at one point. Enough for their teams to give up on them for not very much in return.
QFT. Rarely do players so early in their development find themselves the subject of such intense scrutiny. It seems like fans on both ends of the spectrum have unreasonable expectations of Lin, either believing he'll put up ridiculous stats (18/10, 16/9) or crucifying him because his growth curve isn't silky smooth. It's like the media built him up, then people judge Lin for being what he is instead of what the media portrayed him to be... a young player with potential upside. It is what it is.
Exactly. I remember last year Carmelo was in a really bad shooting slump & Amare & Lin got injured so literally Melo had all the touches he could get & was able to shoot himself out of his slump. This is why I have said Sampson isn't helping the situation. When Lin gets into a rhythm he yanks him which is odd to me. That is just bad coaching he is way to rigid with his rotations. Sampson wants to win games I get that, Lin himself wants to win games. And Sampson has said you can't use games for experimenting in reference to Omer. And i think it would be naive to think that Sampson doesn't see that he can use this coaching opportunity to add to his own personal portfolio. It is a really interesting situation. The Rockets would be wise I think to run plays for him in the beginning of the game to get him open looks. They did that in the Orlando pre-season game & it seemed to really work. It will be really interesting to see how Sampson coaches Fridays game.
To be fair, Lin was actually anticipated to be drafted 58th in the 2nd round. The Lakers had originally told Lin and his parents that they were going to pick him up in the 2nd round... they ultimately chose not to in order to strengthen a different position. Funny thing is, had they picked him up in the 2nd round, he's be just another young player that teams were developing instead of subject to this level of scrutiny. On the other hand, he likely wouldn't have had the same opportunity to start that he did under D'Antoni. Life is filled with bizarre twists.
First of all Lin is averaging more than twice as many minutes per game than Douglas. Do you want Lin to play 48 minutes per game? Lin is getting plenty of minutes. Secondly, Lin can practice his shooting during practice, right? That's what practice is for.
This is interesting. Honestly I respect your honesty. There seems to be a perception that because Lin was undrafted & cut multiple times therefore he can't be any good. That perception really works against him. The draft is not a perfect science everybody knows this. Kwame Brown drafted sucked. Oden drafted couldn't stay healthy. Darko drafted sucked. JJ Barea undrafted NBA champion. Ben Wallace undrafted DPOY. I think it is hilarious how many players are drafted that end up amounting to nothing in the NBA & yet are CONSTANTLY giving the benefit of the doubt. Kwame Brown still has a contract. Jeff Green (I think that is his name he plays for the Celtics) still has a really nice contract. Dark got a shot also with the Celtics. Even though it has been proven that the draft process is not perfect. God forbid that Lin proves that maybe guys were wrong about him just like Wallace & Barea did as well?
