McHale "(Lin) rather have 29pts and 9 TOs, I tell him 'we wanna win'""

In the first post in this thread.

 

Trust me, if the coach said the same thing about Parsons (which he would never of course) I would be up in arms too.

 

yall reading too literally to what mchale said.

i think mchale said it in jest.

 

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Yea dude, some guy who join 2009 just blamed Asik for half of Lin's T/Os.. what's happening?

 

Except he is held accountable.

Did we forget the time Patterson called him out?

How often do fans call Harden out for his poor defense?

As people like to mention so often, Lin is practically still a rookie. Rookies always get the worse treatment from the coaches (and I'm not talking about this particular case). Harden is a 23 year old veteran who has played a huge role in getting his team to the finals.

Comparing Lin and Harden is stupid. All-stars and role players have different accountability. You aren't going to hold Mario Chalmers to the same standard as Lebron, and you aren't going to hold Thabeet and Durant to the same standard.

 

ok I seen the artical are we gonna believe the New York Daily News how do we know they didnt take it out of context and trying to start somthin out of nothin for all we know he could of said those comments like kind of joking

 

Huh when I look it up it doesn't show that video, ok thanks

 

I can't fathom why McHale said that. Just comes out of nowhere since it's not like Lin is looking for his own shots ever. And the turnover issue is really not an issue anymore. It's perfectly fine for a coach to call out his own player - but McHale's statement here is just bizarre because of how inaccurate it is.

Makes me wonder about the context. I'll give McHale the benefit of the doubt and assume his quote was taken out of context (though in what kind of context would that quote be appropriate or accurate? Again, I can't fathom it.)

 

whenever older clutch fans cant debate or offer a rebuttal to a newer member, the quick get out of jail card they use is the member join date.

a lot. not all.

 

I think people are reading too much into an inarticulate statement by McHale. Nobody in the world thinks Jeremy Lin is a selfish player, except for maybe Carmelo Anthony. I really doubt McHale meant that -- it just isn't who Jeremy is. And nobody would believe it of him.

The first thing I assumed upon reading it was that McHale was talking about what Jason Kidd once talked about -- that Jeremy has one gear and it's out of control. It's incredible for a two-week stretch of wins when he first burst onto the scene as a nobody scrub, but ultimately it isn't winning basketball -- either opposing teams will exploit those mistakes, or we will someday see Jeremy drop dead on court.

I think Jeremy has done a great job of learning some middle gears. It isn't easy playing next to an elite playmaker and ball dominant guard like Harden, but he's learning. It will ultimately turn him into a better player and sustain his career -- a player who can play off the ball, shoot decently, and play solid defense is valuable to any team. A ball dominant, inefficient and reckless point guard... not so much.

 

Like ppl said in previous posts, if Mchale does this to everybody like pop then no one would have a problem. But he doesn't. Guess which rocket player has more points and more TOs than Lin?

 

For the geniuses.

"Another factor to consider is that most of the NBA players who are among the league leaders in turnovers are outstanding players. When the ball is in your hands a lot and you're trying to get your teammates involved in the offense, occasionally turnovers happen. Look at the star power on this list."

2012-13 NBA Top 10 in Turnovers (through 2/12/2013)

1. James Harden: 200

2. Kobe Bryant: 186

3. Jrue Holiday: 183

3. Russell Westbrook: 183

5. Greivis Vasquez: 174

6. Kevin Durant: 166

7. Greg Monroe: 161

8. Damian Lillard: 157

9. Jeremy Lin: 156

10. Nicolas Batum: 152

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-greivis-vasquezs-turnovers-dont-matter-193500934--nba.html

 

Obvious racism


-Im sure like most coaches, if he's not riding you, you aren't worth his time, and he doesn't care. Most likely all he's getting at is making sure that Jeremy makes the right play, and not forcing plays that aren't there. Pretty simple coaching instruction from a first time starting PG.

There really isn't any need for Lin fans to get defensive about this IMO. Jeremy knows that he's got a long way to go in his career, and says so himself. The moment that McHale stops riding him, and inserts Beverly into the starting lineup, then its time to be worried about his future.

McHale's old school in many ways, and him riding his A#$ should almost be taken as a complement. You know who was the poster boy for getting chewed out by McHale last year... Chandler Parsons. As long as you have the right attitude(like Lowry didnt), he should be able to learn alot from this up and down season, and really become the top notch PG we all know he could be.... CONSISTENTLY.

Lin was playing very well up until the Nets game, so there is no reason to fret about 2 poor performances. Its gonna happen. We just need to see a progression to more consistency.

 

he said this after the nets game to show that Lin has other ways of being effective even if he doesn't score. This is taken way out of context.

 

Yes, but to be fair I only see it used against people defending lin.

 

This McHale hates Lin stuff is just annoying now. It's obvious given how close McHale and Lin are mchale doesn't hate him or something.

Now this quote sounds like its out of context and maybe McHale was just frustrated, it happens. How come no one makes ten page thread about Mchale saying great things about Lin the other day?

From Feigen before BK game: McHale on Lin: "Jeremy's becoming a better pt gd all the time. I couldn't be happier with him."

Do y'all see that? He doesn't hate lin, stop this bs. And if y'all are gonna overreact to one quote react to all of them including the glowingly positive ones.

But y'all just wanna push this narrative of McHale hating Lin

 

This is a good post and you should feel good. I wish I could rep you.

 

and who care what Ney York news has to say about this team if it printed from Houston I dont believe people can make up all kinds of crap plus they won that game so I doubt he was mad or upset with Lin about anything all we should worry about right now is the Bucks game and how to get this team back on track for wensday

 

And this isn't even about TOs and criticism. I would be OK if Mchale called Lin out for stupid passes and so, but to say that Lin would rather have 29 points than anything else is just wrong.