Yesterday, November 7th. But it's originally from Quora: http://www.quora.com/NBA-Season-2012–13/Why-is-Jeremy-Lin-so-turnover-prone-and-how-can-he-fix-this
This is one of those articles that some editor commissioned before the season really started and some reporter worked on it and wrote it up and well they had to publish it then... It's also kinda irrelevant. Lin doesn't have a problem with turnovers this season. He's worked on that aspect of his game and looks to be much less vulnerable there(when he's allowed to handle the rock.) The whole discussion is stupid and pointless and fueled by the same idiots that want an excuse to cry about Lin. His turnovers have never been more than average for a PG with his level of usage.
Whats he supposed to say that lin got killed by lawson and he gambles to much on defense?. Offcourse he is going to lie.
I don't know if he's really improved that much as far as his turnovers. He's just not as aggressive with the ball this year.
No actually he has. One of the biggest areas in which he got turnovers was in transition last year. That is why he was a poor transition player (transition 0.86 267th 14.3% of poss). This year he hasn't turned the ball over at all in transition. In fact his transition play has been insanely good. Also he used to turn the ball over a lot because his handles weren't as tight as they could be. His handle has also significantly improved. So yes he has really improved a lot in regards to turnovers by virtue of the fact that his transition play has been quite excellent thus far.
Charges do not put you in the penalty. They are player control fouls and do not count against the penalty.
When was Morey ever wrong? He is a god in Houston which is the reason for the Rockets' incredible success since Morey became GM. Not.
I'll bite. Lin is not a spot up shooter, he is a PG. Yet he is being asked to go stand in corner for the majority of posessions while Harden ISOs. Then ocassionally, he get's thrown the ball to try and hit a 3 pointer. If that's the kind of player the rockets wanted, someone to camp at the 3 point line then they should have bought Novak, or any one of the countless 3 point specialists available in the NBA. Basketball is a game of rhythm. Lin's primary scoring comes from lay-ups, drives to the basket, drawing fouls and mid-range jumpers. He can also hit a decent outside shot. But you can't expect him to stand around the majority of his minutes then suddenly get hot from the 3 point line. It's not going to happen. When Lin is allowed to play like a true PG, which is what he is and dictate the offense, his shooting percentage will jump up. By the way, his current FG% is the same as that of Russel Westbrook. But no one is whining on OKC about Westbricks crappy shooting are they? Maybe cause he takes like 30 shots a game and ends up scoring enough points that people don't bother and because he has a strong enough team around him that they still win games. Lin took only 9 shots last game, and I don't blame him. He isn't a spot up shooter and asking to play as one is moronic.
You forget to mention that he's turnover prone, not very athletic and a flopper. People just worship him cause he's asian and they're racists and Lin fans are clearly clueless about basketball. At $8 Million/year he's clearly overpaid. Just like his stats in New York for $500k meant he was way overpriced there too. Also... Small sample size. All those scouts called it and now they are being proven right after the first four games of the season.
by the way, did someone just compare him with kyrie irving? wow. the morey suckups are out of control.
It doesn't matter if this new distinction is true if it's true of all TO-prone PG's. Until we can determine which ones it's true for and which ones it's not true for, the data is meaningless. It's like saying the unemployment rate in a certain state is 6%. It's only high or low when you know what the unemployment rate is like elsewhere. Morey is not exactly the best person to get this data from, he is conflicted. Again, it may be true, but we simply don't know how relevant it is to the overall argument of "Is Lin TO-prone compared to the rest of the PG's in the league." EDIT: See post #50 to understand.
Easy. 2011/12 season - Was solid to very good depending on range. 2012/13 - SMALL SAMPLE SIZE. If 25 starts LAST season is too few games to judge him as a player, 4 games THIS season is WAY too few games to judge him as a shooter. Next...
