First of all, the whole "long term plan" means nothing. Every player on this team, except Harden, will be traded if the offer is right. Any person who has followed the Rockets for more than a year would know this. Lin is not any more/less expendable than T-Jones and D-Mo. And no, it's not a false equivalence. There is coaching inconsistency, that part is true. I'm saying the coaching inconsistencies are not directed at Lin, they have occurred to other players on the Rockets as well, such as Morris or even Greg Smith (McHale favored Aldridge over Smith in numerous occasions even after Smith's big game against the Lakers).
These guys aren't starters yet. Lin was brought to be the starting PG of the team. If Harden had been treated the same way as Lin there would be pandemonium. He may be expendable but he has shown the ability to play at an elite level last season. He did it again against the Spurs two games ago. That the coaches aren't doing everything in their power to enable Lin to do that every game should be making every Rockets' fan tear their hair out. The problem is that a lot of you guys don't see how good Lin can truly be, even after the Spurs. And sadly, as long as the coaches keep ****ting on him, that's not likely to change. Inconsistency is a very polite way of putting it. These coaches seem clueless to me.
That matters little. There are TONS of players out there who signed contracts with teams but end up being relegated to a role they did not expect. Chuck Hayes is one example, Luis Scola is another. And they were all ex-Rockets. Lin is no exception. The only difference is Lin is playing on a team that is essentially completely different from last season, so inconsistencies are to be expected. And if Harden played the same way as Lin. That is, play passive and pass up open shots. Then I highly doubt this board would be calling for McHale's head, they will be calling for Morey's head for giving a big contract to a player who is afraid to shoot open shots.
We're going in circles now. Firstly, you are pretending that the way Lin is playing has no relation to how he has been handled/treated by the coaches. We're simply not on the same book on this, nevermind the same page. Secondly, at the start of the 4th, TD had ZERO assists, was 1-6 and had done nothing on defense either. Lin had seven assists.(Nevermind the blocks/steals etc) He kept finding Smith and Asik for easy dunks and layups. The way the coaches are with Lin, you think if he was jacking up shots Westbrick style and missing that they would leave him in? Sampson was tearing him a new one at the end of the half after he missed the buzzer beating 3. That must be encouraging him to take more shots right? And it's not like the coaches aren't using any and every excuse under the sun to bench him? To me, it looks like unless Lin is playing at the level he did against the Spurs, he will be benched. That is beyond ridiculous.
You have literally 0 evidence to support most of the claims you made here. Have you heard of confirmation bias? All you do is point out and focus on things that seemingly confirm your accusations, and interpret neutral events as ones that also confirm your suspicions. I'm not going to say the coaching hasn't been inconsistent, but I'm not going to make a bunch of baseless assumptions and pretend the coaches are the ONLY reason Jeremy Lin is struggling. Your last statement is just borderline delusional. I'm not going to continue with this.
20 games into the season, twenty... Outside of three games, Jeremy seems to have been playing to what he is instructed to play. He's been average playing to his weakness and spectacular when he lets all his talents out and plays to his strengths. Yes the argument can be made that that won't cut it with championship teams, but really are the rockets going to win the championship this year? Shesh.
It's become overly harsh. He misses 1 or screws up on pass and he is benched. Let the kid get his rhythm back.
sure they will let him get his rhythm back and once he does, they will bench him so that he gets cold then puts him back in when the game is on the line and force him to play spot up shooting. and when he misses, they can say "i told you so!!". you should have never let our favorite pg Dragic go!!
It seems that McHale honestly thinks that TD and Lin are on the same level. Also it sounds like as long as TD is playing well, Lin will sit on the bench?? WTH is that? Is Lin TD's back up or something?? Lin has no support from the coaching staff at all...
Free Jeremy? This is madness. To be a real star both Lin and Harden have to learn how to be effective without the ball.
Benching Jeremy Lin in clutch time for no apparent good reason has happened too many times! Lin is known to be a clutch player in his Havard and NY career. He can get lots of points in fourth quarter. This treatment by Rockets coaches again and again must be so hard on him! It really shows lack of confidence in him by the coaches. I have to point out a lot of international fans and US fans from non-Houston area follow Rockets this season because of Jeremy Lin. If Lin is not put in to play without a good reason, it totally deflates their interests in watching Rockets at all.
The Celtics could defend Line asily with single coverage when their defense was set. All they had to do was make Lin go left, then watch him pull up on a drive, which resulted in nothing.
