Didn't you just say you were laughing over people who discussed about Harden and Lin's PG duties? Welcome to the party!
At this point it doesn't matter who is better and who is not. What matters is a lot of Lin's inconsistency problems stem from him playing next to Harden. If he were to have his own squad, he would be able to play more to his skillset. Also, no matter what Lin thread is up, there will always be LOF vs LOH. Personally, i consider myself a LOTFF( Lin on the fence fan ).
This season? No. We need one true point guard to handle this team when things start going nuts with turnovers and craptastic possessions. In the future? Possibly. If we end up getting our 2nd star who is a reliable post presence/pick-and-roll finisher, Harden can be the primary ball handler and the 1 position can primarily be a 3D (three point shooter & defender). Lin off the bench being both a scorer and a play maker, much like he was in New York, probably would be a decent idea. But this season, even though it's not obvious every night, we do need Jeremy's production as our starting point guard for this team to be successful.
I thought we had moved on from this. Lin s the best passer on this team so he should be starting. The coaching staff has done a good job of splitting there PNR playmaking possessions 50/50. Not a lot of coaching staffs would do that. I personally think in the off season Harden should add a post game & work on his off ball cutting. This would allow the coaches to let Lin dominate the ball even more as the PNR ball handler & Harden can do a lot more off the ball stuff.
Either way, the problem with Lin is that he is Asian. His Asian fans think he is a God when in reality he was almost cut from the league last year. I actually like Lin because he plays a very unique style of basketball and is fun to watch. Sadly, you can not have a reasonable BASKETBALL discussion because Asians get their feelings hurt.
You know what else makes it hard to have reasonable basketball conversations? Broad generalizations and absurd assumptions about race and anonymous people on forums.
Lin is a below average starting pg in the NBA. Westbrook Rose Conley Holliday Lillard Lawson Parker Rubio Teague Rondo Paul Curry Lowry Dragic Hill Irving Wall Williams That's 17, not including someone like Vasquez. I'd rather have all those guys over Lin. So maybe a bench role would suit him.
That doesn't make sense. A case can be made Beverley can defend starting points better than Steve Nash and Kyrie Irving, should he then be starting in Cleveland or LA?
its only you and you are not the absolute criteria of quality...many people will rather have lin over almost any PG on the list...Lin have the intagibles and many of those from the list do not have the intangibles...
Why would you start Beverley or brooks. Neither are good point guards, especially Beverley who is pretty much a spot up shooter and a solid defender. Brooks is an absolutely terrible defender who can get hot pretty quick. Makes much more sense off the bench to me. Lin is a great playmaker and is just about as good a defender as Beverley, is young, and is already putting up mike Conley numbers ( although Conley is a much better defender, more mature, and turns the ball over less ) and he is playing as an off guard alot. There is no ****ing reason why Lin and harden cant coexist when KD and Westbrook are doing fine in OKC. No, Lin will never be as good as Westbrook and harden probably won't ever be as good as KD, but they are both young and are both going to improve, especially as they play together more. You would take your second best playmaker and toss him on to the bench? That's ****ing silly. Should their minutes be staggered a bit more ( if only to give harden a bit more of a break )? Yeah, but there is no reason they cant be on the court together.
Good list. I honestly would take lin over rubio, hill and possibly lowry. To be in the 15-20 range of starting pgs isnt really a knock on lin.
