Yeah Lin go "Kobe" on 'em! And , I'll take those 5 championships & 30,000 points with that order sir.
How about modeling the offense off of the Thunder with Lin filling Westbrook role, Harden filling the Durant role, and Asik filling the Ibaka role? Let Lin handle the ball and dish, and have Harden roving, slashing in, spotting up, and drive in on occasion when Lin gets bogged down.
It might be part of the reason. Someone else mentioned it looked like he was concentrating on running plays. If you've ever played basketball you'd know that your legs are extremely important to your shooting. If they are tired or hurt you don't elevate the same and you lose accuracy. I know because I used to shoot a lot hence my knickname: "The Pistol"
No way Lin and Harden both average 25 pts per game playing on the same team. And if they did, Rocket fans would be unhappy that Parsons or PPat or other players aren't getting enough points. What I'd like to see from Lin is for him to get more assists and for his shooting percentage to improve. Right now it seems like the Rockets have kind of a reverse synergy going on when Lin and Harden are playing together. I think it's important for all of us to remember that the Rockets are a very young team, and that they are still in the beginning stages of learning how to play with each other. I think it's just really hard to throw a bunch of talented, but very young players together and expect them to play like a team of veteran players. A lot of people are critical of McHale, but it's going to take some time and probably some experimentation to figure out how to put all the pieces together. I'm really very pleased with what the Rockets have done so far this season. Just imagine how Laker fans must feel, they have all that talent and experience, and they are currently at 9-13. It took Miami a little while to figure out how all the pieces should fit together. So, just because Lin and Harden aren't a perfect fit right now doesn't mean it won't work long term. We just need to give the guys some time to figure everything out.
Forget the years of success! those are same years that overlooked this brilliant player and didn't even drafted him...Lin just need to do his thing, rather than assists, more than anything his teammates need his energy to pick up on it!!! When he plays this way deffewring to harden and others they pick up on his timidity and fearfulness... I don't buy the theory that Harden is simply a better player than Lin, though Harden is brilliant and has a jordanlike potential(at least offensively), nobody knows where's the Lin's ceiling...he needs to take risk and take over this team, and even disobey coaches if needed...this team needs an inspiring leader and a perfect Leader is Lin...
Lin or the coaches has to find a way to get more production out of him when he's on the court with Harden. We know he can run the offense and create for others. I would prefer Harden scoring to be the same around 24-26pts per game but Lin to avg 15-17pts 8ast
I don't think fans would mind if Hardon/Lin score bulk of the points. I mean, most teams have "stars" who carry the teams - LBJ/Wade, Melo, Durant/WB, etc. (Not saying our backcourt is in the elite group yet but the concept is the same...) I agree we need to give McHale + Lin/Harden time but I guess it's a little frustrating simply because you don't see much progress. And the benching of Lin was esp. hard to comprehend. I mean, if there was going to be growing pains, wouldn't you want to risk losing a few games early in the season and just have your backcourt play/experiment together as much as possible so they'd get better as the season progressed? The benching of Lin made it seemed like the coaches valued short-term wins over long-term growth at this point (i.e. Harden's our main scorer, so let's take the ball out of our PG's hand and bench him early/often, and let's put it in Harden's + surround him with complementary pieces.)
Lin is pretty soft if he didn't shoot because of a sore ankle. Would the pistol pass up open shot because of a sore ankle?
I was the opposite of Lin as a player - looked to shoot first and pass only when necessary. When I coached later I learned the value of team play.
NBA players don't let that stuff bother them. Look at Harden his ankles still bothered him but he was still taking shots. Players don't become passive because of something like that. If you're healthy enough to be on the floor, you should be healthy enough to take an open jumper.
Good point though. He doesn't seem to have the "shooters mentality". By that I mean no matter how many you miss you feel the next one will go in. But that is probably ok and maybe even preferable for a point guard. Running the offense and setting up his teammates is more important than looking for your shot all game. Of course with the 24 second clock you should not pass up open shots.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>How the hell does Morey do it? Say what you want about Lin, but the KLOE attitude stuff in TOR is stunning. Was sure that would work.</p>— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/279085760261537792" data-datetime="2012-12-13T04:50:05+00:00">December 13, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> What in the world does this tweet mean?
