How exactly would YOU distribute our PG minutes anyways??

I think a better plan would be to let Lin be the point guard playing with harden, let Harden ISO when Lin is out.

TD seem to jack too many shots playing with Harden, what TD should do is hand ball to Harden and stand in corner.

 

i agree asik at the point
solves the problem of him not being able to catch passes
by making him the passer

 

Didn't you say you coached a little league basketball team or something before? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and trust the front office and coaching staff, with all their resources and time spent observing the players in practice, over your (Lin-biased) armchairing.

You repeat the same things ad nauseam in your game thread posts, did this really need its own thread? We get it, you don't like anyone who takes Lin's pt (TD/Mchale) or hurts his 1 or 2 assist stats (Asik) by not finishing. Btw, those same "stone hands" are responsible for top 3 rebounding in the league, 2nd only to Dwight and Z-Bo, and they also help assist or clean up after Lin when he gets in trouble (since that's the only guy you care about here). Notice it's only Lin fans calling Asik "stone hands"? How would you like if we start calling Lin "paperweight'?

And btw, regardless of how much blame you like to shift to Mchale, there is an entire coaching staff and front office who actively have a say in how players are used and things are run- that's why they picked him.

 

I, like most of you, would love to see Beverley get more playing time. Like most of you said, if he isn't what they thought, just drop his minutes back down or give them to TD. Like hkomives said, Lin get's sloppy when he plays with the second unit so maybe there needs to be a trade made to bring someone new to the second unit for the pick and roll game?

P.S. First post on the forum guys, be gentle.

 

raskol, I appreciate your effort but the reality of the situation is that Lin is seen as a so-so role player, on the same level as TD. So, Lin's 4th qtr minutes depend on whether TD completely sucks it up or not. When Lin gains the trust of the coaching staff, then he'll be able to finish to games.

 

I wonder wonder why so many LOHs saying that LIN is at the same level as TD. Even McHale knows to put Lin on the court when Bobcats rallied.

Raskol, fully agree with your advice, I prefer to watch the games orchestrated by PG instead of plenty of ISO

 

Lin is way, way, better than Toney Douglas.

It's not a skill thing - it's that Douglas prefers to jack up a shot rather than making the optimal move. He's actually the better shooter of the two - just that in our game vs Bobcats, he took more shots than either Harden or Lin, and made less then either as well, in much less minutes.

Lin actually plays as a point guard, and seeks to make his teammates better.

 

I think you're own biases are showing pretty badly here.

And if the front office and coaches were always right, then no team would ever need to fire or replace them

 

Wow, is Jocar basically actually calling the whole Chicago Bulls fanbase "LOF"? Are we seeing him turn into from a Rockets fan into a LOH before our very eyes? I hope you're deliberately trolling, Jocar, because otherwise you would look very foolish. The stone-hands criticism originated in Chicago, long before Asik ever became a Rocket or joined a team with Jeremy Lin. I mean, trolling Clutchfans is one thing, but at least be smarter about it. How can anyone take you seriously if you're calling the Chicago Bulls fanbase "Lin fans" because they say Omer has stone hands, before he's ever even joined the Rockets? Logic, it works.

 

Give Douglas's back up PG minutes to Beverly and play TD at back up SG when Harden needs a breather. just leave his defensive assignment guarding the opposing PG while Lin guards the SG. TD has shown he cant be the fascilitator and we need someone who can come in off the bench and run the offense. Beverly is better suited for that role.

 

I pretty much agree with you Raskol - nice post. I would play Beverley as Lin's backup instead of TD and see how he does. If he doesn't cut it then I would look for another backup point guard. McHale doesn't seem to get that TD can't run the offense and lately has been playing him without Lin OR Harden for short stretches. Playing TD with Harden is not very efficient either because it takes away from Harden's effectiveness as a scorer. Probably the best non-starter combinations would be Lin with TD and Beverley with Harden.

The 4th Q let's see how it goes before I decide whether my starter gets back in has to go. Once in a while if a unit is really hot it's a good strategy but with McHale it seems to be his standard operating procedure.

 

i don't know how they should distribute, but if they insist on running a lot of point with harden, when lin is in..why do they stop and let douglas run the point when lin goes out? It doesn't make any sense. douglas is best with his 40% SPOT up shooting.

Also harden and lin should never be on the bench at the same time, unless one of them is being careless with the ball and the other is shooting 24%

 

30 - Lin
10 - Douglas
8 - Beverley

 

Sooo... the point of this thread was..... More PT for Lin???... and less for TD???.... Such insight.

In all seriousness, The PG position isn't one of strength on this roster despite Lin's occassionally great performances. Other than that, its an extremely volitile position that in a constant state of flux from a play quality standpoint. You can't coach it with the notion that you know EXACTLY what you are going to get on a nightly basis. You never really know what you are going to get for the most part.

In all reality TDouglas is NOT a long term building block for this team moving forward, and I do expect him to be moved in the next couple of weeks. I do think he's done a solid job throughout the first half of the season, and deserves a role on another playoffs team as a backup moving forward.

I do think Beverly has enough to offer to be the backup moving forward after the trade deadline, but as you could see in his first week with the team, he has trouble getting a little over zealous on defense to draw dumb fouls, and is a little out of control sometimes offensively. With a few more weeks in the league I think he should be fine if they need to move TD.

So, Im not really sure what the point of this argument should be? Lin is the starter clear as day, and if he's struggling to make his imprint on the game, the backup(whoever that is) has a different look to give the team late in games if needbe. Not sure what's so wrong with that unless you are a LOF with a bias opinion. He's going to start and play 25 to 30 minutes a game nightly enough he's struggling, and then you have another look at the PG position to go to. Nothing wrong with that.