at this point, i just want him to make the jumper. once he gets his stroke back, he can worry about the 3 point line
According to Lin's shooting coach, Doc Sheppler. his jumper is more of his confidence issue than his shooting form (check my above post). His confidence is clearly better the past few games, so no worries.
He is getting better. But I think it will still take another 2 months before he gets to where he was pre-surgery. By the second half of the season, we might just get to see Linsanity part 2. At least that is what I am hoping.
You see what happen when Lin attack the basket?? His FG% will be up. If you're not going to attack the basket and just do the shooting...your FG% is not going to be good and you will lose confident because people think you can't shoot. The FG% is deceiving because NBA consider layups as SHOOTING!! For example, when someone is making 7/9 layups (78% FG), they're saying oh this guy is a hell of a shooter but the reality is they're not doing any shooting at all lol. So if you want to bring your FG% up, just attack the basket and do more layups. This will bring your FG% up and bring your confident about the shooting too....
I worried about his confidence. Hopefully today's game is a huge confidence boost to him. We all know what confidence can do to a player. Last season D'Antoni trusted him utmost and he had all the confidence in the world. That kind of confidence helped him do wonders. Look at Tony Doglas. Even he can perform better with the green light from Sampson.
yea and it seems Sampson has been doing everything possible to kill Lin's confidence. same with Jones. give the kid some time. bad move sending Jones to the dleague
so true! Watching several games where Lin had 'bad' stats, I thought he played more than solid to excellent aside from his shots. He still has a lot to improve regarding dribbling in the paint and passing to be as elite as Nash and Stockton, but his court vision and pass intention is there which cannot be said by majority of starting PGs in this league, at least better than Lowry and Dragic IMO. Barring severe injury, Lin will be a great PG with time.
i don't think we will ever see Linsanity like numbers again, not because he can't be that player but because that is not what Lin is striving to be or what the Rockets really need. We have so many offensive options - he just needs to get guys good shots. If he can be that 15-20 points per game/ 7-8 assists point guard, that would be awesome. He is definitely getting better. What we saw today was definitely what he is capable of playing like every night (not a fluke game). I don't know what the knicks game did to him, but he has been a different player since then. Even in the Ok game (which we shouldn't really count because of obvious circumstances), he did a lot of good things on the defensive end. I am excited to see him back playing confidently. I think he will end up proving us his fans right.
I couldn't watch the game... how was his jumper? Box score looks good but I'm assuming most of his pts weren't from jumpers?
to be honest, I didn't know much about lowry and Dragic because obviously I was following the Knicks last year after the advent of Linsanity. I finally got to see both of them, playing each other, and was not at all impressed. BTW some of this fans were describing them, I expected to see much better players. I guess that's how the houston fans felt about Lin this year. After all the hype surrounding Linsanity without really witnessing what he did except for some highlights, they probably expected a much better player than they saw earlier this year. Well they are beginning to see what he is capable of. Some of us knew he could play like this - that the Utah performance is the norm and not the exception. I am becoming a Houston Rockets fan because I am basketball fan and they are really fun to watch. I hope Lin can prove all the nay sayers wrong and make a believer out of them as he did for us.
That 3 in the 4Q (Utah game), in the corner on Harden's assist, looked like there wasn't any thinking behind it, and the arc wasn't too high.
yeah I think it was all about confidence .. and whether he admits it or not, the knicks game did wonders for it. Linsanity was really about Lin believing in himself (perfect example was the toronto game) - and maybe the way Knicks treated him really did something to it. I think with the right fostering, Lin could thrive here. He just needs to avoid all the lin haters on this board
He's had haters all his career, and Dei/Spiegel is nothing compared to what he's faced. Plus, he doesn't even read the paper on his game, so I doubt he reads clutchfans.
but I'm sure he has heard of SAS and the alike, who often find a way to marginalize him on a national level. I'm glad he is finally finding his groove. I am sure he will always be underrated or marginalized by some - but I'm sure a NBA championship will change all that. :grin:
Definitely understand where you're coming from but can't say I agree. ALL coaches want to win (esp. an acting head coach who presumably wants to become head coach of a team someday). It's absurd to think one would risk winning by "doing everything possible" to kill the confidence of his starting PG. As for Jones, sending him to D-League gives him playing time. Look at how it has helped Morris & Lin. Even D-Mo said that he'd rather play good minutes in D-League than suit up for NBA game only to sit on the bench the entire game.
I think he is still measuring his shot. If I recall correctly there was a sports science thing on Lin and they said his jumper has a faster release than Ray Allen.
Rox dont need Linsanity... and Lin dosent need it either... quickest way for him to get hurt, or burn himself out... and throw his own teammates off their offensive games most of the players on the team seem to have passable to good scoring ability my beef was he was sitting out there taking long shots without driving the ball into the paint... he needs a good balance... not driving the ball into the paint every possession and not hugging the 3 point line waiting to take a shot every possession
