There is no designed system, it's basically made to fit the personnel (our coach isn't Mike D'antoni, lol), just as we would start using a much more inside centric game with Dwight, we would use a point guard handling offense with Paul.
There is no doubt the Paul is better than Lin, but it is an unfair comparison. It is unfair not because Paul is better, it is unfair because Paul is dominated the ball in Clippers while Lin plays off the ball in the Rockets. On the few games, included those from NY where he was ball dominated, his stats is better than Paul. Yes, it is a small sample size.
Yes, thanks for reiterating my point. If you read my later post, I basically said its not worth bringing Paul to Houston for $19m when we got Lin for $8.3m. That $11m difference is better spent upgrading elsewhere.
Hate when the thread title and poll are asking two different things. I am comfortable with Lin as our starting PG, but he isn't my PG of the future. Certainly room for an upgrade, but he's competent.
How do you like Zach Randolph? The reason I ask is that as much of a beast as he can be, while on the Knicks he was an afterthought and nobody missed him when he was gone. I see the same thing happening with Lin. He's in a horrendous offense that lets the shooting guard control the tempo while everyone else stands around, and we want to judge his PG abilities and whether he's the PG of the future. Until Harden learns to be as good as LeBron (not happening), we get a stud PG who doesn't mind not be the primary (also not happening) or we allow our PG to be the ball handler, we're doomed to be also-rans.
Go to a game dude... I promise you will see Lin fussing at his teammates more than any other... Just like he got on Greg Smith after he made that horrible pass.
I don't think Lin is the future point guard on this team... He had a decent (average) year and of course there are MANY excuses made on why he didn't do better and the only legitimate one is that he's a young player. Lin will be a free agent in 2 years, if he improves on what he did this past season _ no way will the Rockets be able to afford to keep him. Especially if they bring in another max player before that time and intend on keeping Parsons. If Lin becomes a good solid starting point guard, some team will offer him a big contract _ not just because of his on the court play but for his off the court world wide marketing ability as well...
The pacers and bobcats have horrendous offenses....just because Jeremy Lin isn't the perfect fit, doesn't mean its a bad offense. You can't be taken seriously dude just leave. The way how you judge this team solely on how it pertains to Lin us exactly why LOFs get a bad name. This post is a great example
I don't have season passes but I did actually attend 17 home games. And maybe I used too strong a word when I said "fussing" but my opinion stays the same...
You can kindly blow it out your $#%$#%@. I'll post where I want and so what if Lin is my favorite Rocket? Because of that I can't criticize what is evident to most that the offense is predicated on ISO and chucking up 3's??? From what I gather, LOH's think that the only problem is Lin and how an upgrade at the PG will some how solve their ball movement woes. Here's a reality check. The Rockets are ONLY effective when they run and score in transition. When Harden or a combination of 2 others has a hot shooting night....when the other team has trouble scoring. Teams have figured this offense out. We lost 2 must win games against a 25 win Phoenix team and a Kobe-less Lakers. We then shot 5-18 in the 4th quarter of the most important game of the year against OKC.
If he was older I would agree with you. But he will be a 26-27 year old free agent at that point and it could be his last opportunity at a big long term contract. The Knicks where a playoff team and he didn't take less to stay with them...
He never got offered a contract by the Knicks, so we don't know if he would have taken less. My god, this has been gone over a zillion times already.
You should have known better that if you were registered post July 2012 and you criticized every thing including players (other than Lin), coaches, GM etc. then you will be labelled LOF. If you registered pre July 2012 and did the same thing, you are a "true" Rocket fan. You may want to get used to it and your BP would be much better, especially during game time and Lin's performance is not up to Linsanity level. While Lin is paid a huge 8.3M a year and he should perform at least a stat similar to Linsanity, otherwise he is simply a scrub and his contract should be void.
Horrendous Offense...??? You do know that the Rockets where amongst the top scoring teams in the NBA from the start of the season till the end, right... I think your argument may be better served if you would have said maybe he wasn't a great fit in the offense for whatever reason OR just the simple fact that they had a bunch of new guys on the court... But the Rockets offense to me looks a lot like Denver's and or Miami's offense except for the personnel and the Rockets take a lot more 3's... And on those teams the point guard doesn't dominate the ball....
