Patrick Beverley is starting at PG in Manila against the Pacers (UPDATED w/ CF Article)

I agree with this but McHale could of easily said at the beginning of training camp that the PG spot is up for grabs and that Lin is starting these 3 games and Bev is starting those 3 games.

 

I agree. Put Lin, Harden, Howard, Parsons on the first team, and everybody complains that our 2nd unit is too weak. And, with Lin, Harden, Howard on the 1st team, at least one of them will underachieve because all of them need the ball in their hands. Rockets have, IMHO, a perfectly good player (potentially) to lead the 2nd unit - JLin.

 

It's only a pre-season, nothing wrong with McHale experimenting the line up. I don't see why the uproar...

 

This is what would happen.

"SMH training camp didn't even start yet and McHale is already announcing to the world that Lin is going to end up on the bench. He just doesn't even want to give Lin a chance."

Let's be honest, McHale is stuck in a lose-lose situation. It is impossible for him to experiment with Beverley as a starter without massive uproar.

We just beat one of the top defensive teams of last season, who took the eventual Champs to 7 games. The starters completely outplayed the Pacer's starters since the very start of the game.

And what do we get? An uproar from Lin fans because Lin didn't start. Completely ignoring the fact that Lin had a terrific game himself, and likely a product of having complete freedom to be the primary option and ball handler with the 2nd unit. Because apparently being the leading scorer and playmaker of the 2nd unit is a "demotion" to being the secondary playmaker and 3rd/4th option on the starting spot.

Of course, there are also a lot of rational Lin fans who see that this is the best way for Lin to recreate Linsanity.

 

McHale is just experimenting with various combinations, which will be helpful for us during the 82 game course. Nothing more than that.

 

So Lin fans who don't agree with you are irrational, but those that agree with you are rational?

 

So if McHale is in a lose/lose anyways, why not just announce it whenever he made his decision and start Lin the 2 games in Asia? Let his fans watch Lin start could of help lessen the sting.

 

I understand that and as the head coach, he can do whatever he thinks is best for the team. Just saying that he could of handled it in a more diplomatic fashion.

 

This thread almost belongs in the D&D. So much hatred.

 

Do you think Lin has a better chance of recreating Linsanity off the bench or with the starting unit?

Do you think Lin would get more freedom in the starting unit or 2nd unit?

Probably because McHale doesn't care for it. On clutchfans a lot of Lin fans would be upset at McHale's decision regardless of what he does. McHale just cares about winning in the end, he doesn't think of PR, nor should he.

 

All im saying if they are not using JLin please trade him

 

Why does he have to create Linsanity? I thought Linsanity was a fluke to many anyways. How do you know he won't create it with the starting unit?

 

So now Lin has to produce Linsanity 2.0 for the Rockets to contend?

If he doesn't it's on him?

What happened to "40% 3pt" and "better defense, limit TOs" being the bar? I guess Lin should have worked on something else in the offseason instead of prepping for a spot-up role if a Linsanity 2.0 was the ultimate expectation.

 

Does he have a better chance of recreating Linsanity with the 2nd unit or the starting unit?

Secondary ballhander, 3rd/4th scoring option vs Primary ballhandler, 1st scoring option.

Is it so hard to understand?

 

Co-signed Landry Fields and Steve Novak.

 

Can someone from the management explain why to experiment this? Is it to kill the team chemistry?

 

Well, somebody in the Rockets organization should. Afterall, the fans are a source of revenue.

 

Lin played his minutes, nothing was loss. The only difference, literally, is Lin not starting.

 

It's preseason and it doesn't matter that much. I thought that McHale was starting this lineup because that is the team that I seen them using in the scrimmage.

I think it would be a very bad move to start Beverley, It's very clear that Lin is the better point guard and anybody that thinks different is really just fooling themselves. You need to start your best players, there is a reason that every team doesn't have some great sixth man coming of of the bench.

 

Why does he have to create it? Lin still played well when the stars came back with the Knicks and he wasn't putting up big numbers, but he was effective.