Linsanity is just a streak where one player played well and was invented by Mike D’Antoni Once people figured out Lin’s limitations and inconsistencies then he went to the bench And he’s really been a bench player ever since. He choose to go to the nets and not go back to the hornets He chose the worse team cause he wanted to start over wanting to win He belongs in Atlanta The nets picked up Napier another point guard after trading Lin
Dragic and Lowry were great and didn’t get the attention from non Rockets fans You can’t come up and lecture Rockets fans who watch rockets games for many years @apollo33 @Zboy This is exactly why we hated the lof
Hey, you acknowledged that he's at least a bench player. Progress! Yes, on a team that has a quality starting PG like Kemba Walker or James Harden, Lin brings a lot to a team coming off the bench and leading a second unit. He earned votes for 6th man while in Charlotte, and if that's a role that a good team wants him to play, he will do it and be a positive contributor to the team (just like he did in his second year in Houston). Atlanta clearly does not want him in that role. They are not trying to win games, they are trying to develop Trae Young and John Collins. I still don't get why you guys think it's a bad thing to believe in yourself and want to lead a team to respectability rather than give up on your dreams and be a backup as you enter the prime years of your career. In the Nets, he chose a situation that he believed would allow himself to become the player he imagined himself and help a franchise turn around at the same time. Harden could have chosen to take a lesser role on OKC behind Westbrook and Durant...but he chose to go somewhere that was willing put the team on his shoulders.
I'm not lecturing. Dragic and Lowry are great players. They were not great when they played for the Rockets. And fwiw, I watched just about every game Yao played for the Rockets, so I have a good history with the team as well.
lol....not the first time he has been caught lying and making stuff up to make his scrub hero look good. He has a history of that. Lin was a disaster at the Rockets which is why it was so hard for Morey to trade him away and get anything in return. That's not even up for debate lulz...
Your story of a die hard nets fan doesn’t correlate to anything you say. All the Yao fans were here on clutchfans and they were significantly different than Lin fans. Also the majority of rockets fans regret having Lin over dragic and Lowry . There have been many threads during Lin’s tenure here stating this Obviously this all based on basketball reasons But we know Lin fans aren’t about basketball reasons
He’s not debating he just goes on boards to ensure nothing perceived negative is written about Lin Even if it’s the truth. Lin is on a team that is tanking on purpose and it’s been like three pages of him not believing that they are tanking I’m sure if Lin wasn’t on the team he would say they are tanking
What did I say that was against the idea that I was a die hard Nets fan? And why do a Rockets fans regret having Lin over Lowry or Dragic? Signing Lin had nothing to do with letting either of those guys go.
You said you were a huge Nets fan. Do all lin fans make up so many stories that they forget them? @Zboy
Lin was horrible with the Rockets He got demoted Lowry and Dragic didn’t get demoted They traded him away and got nothing back
Yup. Airemy got demoted. He and his fans cried like little girls over it but the demotion was justified for the scrub. Pat used to destroy Airemy in practice. McHale was left with no choice but to strip Airemy off his starting spot. Airemy has been bouncing around since, in search of a starting spot. Even the Nets gave up on that project lol...
TBH Lin's been playing pretty well this year. Led the team in points multiple times. He's been shooting at a good efficiency in the last 10 games or so. Tonight against raptors: 26 points, 11/13 FG, 4/5 3PM he can definitely be a good backup for a contender. Pretty sure the Hawks are gonna trade him before feb deadline
Hawks getting blown out, like destroyed Lin leading them in scoring when it happens @Zboy The plan the Hawks are executing to perfection 9 straight losses Zion to Atlanta
He’s accumulating what we called garbage time points But that’s what is needed to the road to Zion Lin belongs in Atlanta Til they get their top pick
I still don't understand how this twit gets a thread dedicated to him season after disappointing season. What's with the infatuation of a guy who played one great stretch in NY? Or, is it some sick nostalgia over his effort to guide us to two losses in the playoffs? Why don't we have a thread for Courtney Lee? At least he's balled on every team he's been with.... The whole "once a Rocket, always a Rocket" deal isn't always true. Josh Smith deserves this honor...SweetLou as honorable mention, but "CareerBackup" ? I mean Omer Asik was more valuable as redwood tree in the lane than CareerBackup was to the Rockets. Baffling. But, I guess the NBA is designed for fandom of anything and everything.
Lin sporting a Meloesque -6.2 net rating at this point of the season. Shooting is looking like an outlier thus far, cant think he will keep that up. But so far he’s shot well.
