[ClutchFans] Rockets to begin season with Beverley, Asik as starters; Jeremy Lin off bench

Game, set, match

 

TJ vs TR is just one of the LOFs who can somewhat put a coherent sentence together in English without having to take a breath. You're just getting a more long winded version of idiocy. I wouldn't waste my time if I were you. He's on the Lin.net website

 

Way too many trolls on this forum it's really making a Rockets fan forum unreadable. Why don't you guys all chill out and wait until the Rockets have played maybe... half the season to then make your judgements?

The way I see it, the fact that McHale is NOT playing Lin like a crazy insane amount of minutes means that he is probably in the team's long-term plans. Think about it... no GM (especially Morey of all people) wants to have a 25M guy rotting on the end of the bench. They would rather trade them away for better, more cost-effective/productive players, and if they wanted to trade the guy away, they would be showcasing him right now. If anything, what McHale is doing is driving down Lin's trade value, which probably means him and Morey want to keep Lin on the team? If they didn't want Lin, they'd probably start him and showcase him for a trade (to get good value out of him, at least).

Of course, I could be all wrong and maybe McHale does hate Lin. But we won't know until at least halfway through this season. If Lin has really improved, I am sure the coaches will recognize this, and his ability will shine through. You guys are all too pessimistic!

 

What if we just stipulated as a community that Beverley is totally useless and adds nothing at all to the team, while Jeremy is flawless and above reproach both on and off the court? That would cut down on a lot of the BS, I'd think.

Y/N?

 

Well see I think some posters have gotten so fed up with LOFs that they take an extreme stance and become a BOF.

It seems to have gone from an anti Lin to a pro Bev.

And honestly it's more than LOFs now. Everyone that comments stuff like "Bev is THE starter now" are solely to get a rise out of everyone and it's pretty annoying.

(and yes I realize you weren't being serious)

 

I honestly don't think there are any BOFs... could be wrong, though. But it's gotten to the point where you can't say anything even remotely positive or complimentary about him without the same 5-7 people (rubbertoe, doppleganger, kastuul, l4z4rd, a few others whose usernames escape me at the moment) coming in with some slick comment about how Bev is virtually useless. You literally cannot say anything positive about him these days without inciting the swoop-down, which just sort of sucks.

And yeah, I agree that there are those say things just to piss off LOFs, which is equally annoying.

 

Your reading comprehension is the problem, not the other way around, it's not an argument. I haven't said that to anyone besides maybe several instances. Any and every? Don't be a joke and over-generalize.

How is that dumb? McHale came off the bench for Larry Legend! He was the starter in his prime! Vastly different situations.

You could certainly reach and say that it is an accusation, but it's certainly not random. And it's even worse that you said it as "accusations", implying that all, most or at least more than one of those points are random accusations.

It's easy huh? Someone point out your problem and you just throw it back huh? How the F old are you? You are taught neither comprehension nor morals? For example: what you said, this, was wrong. NO!!! YOU are the one that is wrong!!! Kindergarten? You are embarrassing yourself (truth), NO!!! YOU are the one that is embarrassed!!! You are not good but so confident about it. NO!!! YOU are the one that has your head up your own ...!!! What a shame. 'Bout dammed time you quit your unhealthy agenda.

Get a life. That's it.

 

Bev is great for our team. Anyone who says otherwise does not know basketball. I think all they want (and sometimes I as well) is for people to acknowledge that Lin is perhaps not being treated as or viewed as he deserves from his own teams fans as there imo is a clear bias against him. At first, Lin was a scrub because he can't go left, then it was especially critical for him to hit 3s, and now it's he must play defense like Bev, and now it seems it doesn't matter if he plays good defense as he did against Calderon 0 pts, Tinsley 0 pts , Lilliard (stifling defense) and even CP3 (I rewatched the game critically from Lin's defense and it was a solid effort even in regards to his assists). I guess now it's Bev's rebounding (?) as Lin gets a deflections and hustle plays as much as Bev. It's like people so desperately want to be proven that Lins a bench player that even if Lin plays equal defense to Bev if not better, people will still want Lin benched. I've heard people (granted only a few idiots, though it's also only a few idiotic Lin fans who criticize Bev) who wanted AB to start or even Canaan, when Bev was injured. If people don't think those guys represent the rational posters who like Bev over Lin, why group those who want Lin to start for legitimate reasons. The point being, our starter was benched with no thanks at all and people act like they would be okay with it just because they don't play basketball when in fact benching a starter is a big big deal as a player especially if he has substantially improved in so many of the perceived "weak" points of Lin's game. And didn't I see you get unfairly and laughably get called a LOF earlier? How do you thinking feels to get called that for defending Lin without criticizing another player as I've consistently done! I rarely if ever criticize a a rockets player unless it's overtly deserved as in Lins two r****ded fouls or Hardens r****ded isos a couple of games ago. Anyways, once people separate the idiots who call McHale names and dog Bev or Harden from those like me who support Lin for legitimate basketball reasons with Rockets wins first in mind, we'd all have better conversations.

 

I like Lin, but you're seriously off it by twisting everything to make it seem like McHale is out to sabotage Lin. Stop trying to construe how things really are to fit into your skewed perspective of how it should be.

In any case, Lin isn't a 5 year old kid. If he doesn't like how things are working out, the onus is on him to voice it out in private to the coaching staff.

 

Whats the record for pages in a thread?

Are we sure that we have more to talk about after 75 pages?

Here are some other angles we could explore:

- Beverley is blackmailing Mchale
- Morey hates Asians after the Yao era didn't work out and has been trying to set him up for failure all along
- Jeremy Lin is a drug addict and that is the real reason he got benched
- Its all a dream...

 

Jeremy Lin is a joke.

- Dei

 

Sorry guys, after reading through all these pages, I realize that my snarky post is the latest of many to this effect.

Please continue

 

Fact: You have no proof.

Accusation: You are have an agenda.

I don't expect you to know the difference though, especially for the self-implied master of comprehension.

You would probably submit an essay about Britney Spears to a class about Quantum Theorem and blame the Professor for having bad comprehension when he gives you an F.

Whatever, waste of time.

 

I'm not saying McHale is out to sabotage Lin. I said he doesn't like him much, that was it.

Sure, but we are just discussing basketball in a basketball forum, nothing abnormal about it. What's more important is that it was only a response to another post.

 

You're dammed right, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Just because you have a problem with comprehension and I pointed it out doesn't mean I said that I am a master of comprehension. I don't think I am at all but certainly don't have a problem like you do.

~lol~ Truly it's a waste of time what you're doing. I don't know why you are so dedicated to this anti-Lin/anti-Lin fans thing but it surely isn't healthy. Can't you think of something more meaningful to do other than to stalk and bug me? Don't you have something you like and love to do that isn't so negative? Putting down others to feel better about yourself is a disorder. Maybe act as a fan and be happy about the team? Maybe enjoy talking about basketball and try to understand others' grievances? Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. How about less polemics, more substance and thereby improving the quality of this forum? Perhaps dedicate your time, energy and determination (I do think you have plenty of these) to a more positive cause, that might better yourself, your family, society or the world?

 

Holy mother of f...this thread is comedy gold.

As long as Lin continues to perform as he has been thus far, McHale will probably make the adjustment accordingly. Just like Lin, McHale seems to be making better rotation now (the TT is another story).

Let the ball do the talking.

 

Enough with Lin vs Bev threads, these 2 go together like PB and J.

 

Ha. Lol.

 

You mean Patrick Beverley and Jeremy?

Sorry, I couldn't stop myself :grin:

 

I believe he did that on purpose