This is pretty funny, just the mere thought of your best maxed out player coming off the bench. I don't think this has ever happened before. Who knows though, maybe Harden comes off the bench and LINSANITY can strike once more for 2 weeks than Lin will get injured again. LINSANITY was not sustainable, Lin was what, 23, at the time? If he couldn't do it for 2 weeks, what leads you to believe that he could do it for an 82 game season, plus postseason?
And you think Jeremy will shed tears for the rockets if he's traded? He prob doesn't even wanna play for McHale deep down.
it's not the opinion, it's the fact that it has no reason to be an opinion. Really have Harden be a sixth man? Next thing we'll have Dwight as a 7th man. And this trend continues and we have a dog race for the sixth man award between Westbrook, Curry, Lebron and Harden. Lin is a role player which is why the other opinion is sensible, not this...one...
This thread and the Jason Collins thread in the same day? HTM thinks some threads need closed and some OP's banned.
I think McHale should do it as an "experiment"...and then continue the "experiment" on into the regular season.
I see OP's point. The Rockets coaching staff wants to run a "free-flowing" motion offense this year and Harden, let's face it, is not a "free-flowing, motion offense" kind of guy. The situation reminds me somewhat of TMac under Adelman. Coach Adelman wanted a free-flowing Princeton style offense and which was basically run by democracy where everyone touched the ball, and passed, and passed, and passed again, before shooting; meanwhile TMac just wanted to take the ball to the hole and be The Man. Two very conflicting styles. This last game told the tale. The rockets starting unit offense was either Harden taking it one on one, or, Dwight posting up. Notice how very different the starting unit offense in the first game was.
Let's say you were right about Harden, the Rockets were up by as many as 25-8 in the opening quarter. So whatever offense they were doing, obviously worked.
Hmmm.... I get it but why not bench Howard, Harden, and Parsons so when they play the second unit they blow them out and its game over. Lin can clean up the 4th just to make sure game is out of reach
What worked was our transition offense. Pacers gave up a lot of TOs (partially due to our good defense). Not Howard post ups and Harden ISOs.
