What do you mean? Everything he said was exactly right, and about as honest and objective as you can put it.
Thunder with Harden in 11-12 had a win percentage of .712 Thunder without harden in 12-13 had a win percentage of .732 and now in 13-14 .789 So they obviously made a great decision by letting Harden go right? I don't believe this. I just want to make the point that Harden may not seem important in terms of record. But i would say that thunder still missed him and still do, despite what their win percentage says.
I don't even think you watch the games. If you did you would know that Lin doesn't play bad defense, that is just bs from LOH's.
LOL exactly....These LOH are delusional they see what they wanna see. They scope around til Lin ****s up then they go and make a post on CF. Can someone provide some prove that LIN's defence is bad plz.
This is a Lin thread, but this is obviously in response to my earlier post, so.. I suppose "missed" can be interpreted in many different ways. I get what you are saying, and you already made my point regarding wins. We know harden is a stud when he wants to be one. My point is, without him, we would win just as many games.
Brooks showing he can replicate Lin's scoring is based on a five game sample. How can you just assume he'll do it for the rest of the year. Oh, and he's a actually not replicating Lin even in the five games. Aaron Brooks last five games: 3 points, 1-5 FG 13 points, 5-12 FG 17 points, 7-18 FG 8 points, 3-7 FG 2 points, 1-4 FG Averaging 8.6 ppg on 34.7% and 33% from 3 in about 21 minutes per game. You can point to the relatively low minutes, but if Lin starts off shooting cold too he'll see the same amount of minutes as Brooks does when he's not shooting well. I just don't know how you can confidently say Brooks can replace Jeremy when even in this five game sample when Jeremy has been out he's only had one really good game, and even then he shot less than 50%. Out of 16 games he's played this year, Jeremy's shot below 50% in five games and shot below 40% in one. He's among the most effective and efficient players penetrating to the basket and he also has the ability to see the floor and dish assists. Not to mention he's also shooting the ball well from deep. Lin consistently gives you 14-18 points on 50% shooting and 4-5 assists. I just don't see how you can say AB can replace Lin like it's nothing. It's safe to say AB has been a pleasant surprise and has certainly exceeded my expectations. He's stepped up at key moments no doubt, but to say he can fully replicate Lin even in scoring is pretty ridiculous.
Absoulutely not true. We would be a mediocre team without Harden. I can't believe you are even being serious.
Lol. It wasn't in response to your post at all. It was in response to OP using our record without Lin to suggest that he is not needed. I'm just saying that Lin may not be as important as other players, but I still feel he can play a big role on this team.
Yea man Lin scored 30+ points in two games, they started beverly just caz of lin's lack of defense. Otherwise, offensively Lin is pretty good, his court vision and he could drive to the rim as well as creating plays.
IMO this is spot on. It's the replaceability factor that comes into play. Lin is talented for sure, but there are so many SGs and PGs out there who can do what he can, plus scorers, facilitators, shooters and penetrators on his own team. I guess if the team misses him, it will only be because of depth and a spark off the bench, and you can say the same thing for most of the Rockets players if that was the case. Probably the only thing that sets him apart, and not to belittle it, is his backstory. He has such a unique story that those who follow him and see him as a representation of the Asian American success story, actually miss him so much more than the Rockets. I am sure there are many here and globally who skipped watching the recent Rockets games and are just biding their time for his return. Some may be LOFs, others may be true NBA fans, but it doesn't really matter what label you have on them, so long as they aren't obnoxious, let them miss their guy and let them look forward to his return. The Rockets are doing fine without him, and will probably do better with him.
Just block him. No point reading comments that is just full of spite. Anyway, Brooks is not that much drop off from Lin. And at least, Brooks is willing to take the ball out of Harden's hand and Mchale did not chew his head off for doing so.
Don't if this has been posted if so.. Oh well.. My bad... T_Man http://sports.yahoo.com/news/houston-rockets-no-jeremy-lin-no-problem-no-174800633--nba.html
Lin provides the team with flexibility in terms of sub in for SG (Harden) and PG (Bev) and not to mention his been very efficient this year. His definately been worth his contract this year.
I know Harden is a stud. It's just my opinion that our team would be just as good record wise without him. It's also my opinion that dream team 1 is just as good without Magic. Yes, I watched Magic play, he is pretty good:grin:. I guess that's not really fair since it's the Dream Team. Anyway, just trying to make a point. Enough Harden, let's get back to bashing/backing Lin.
Hrm, didn't he write this article? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/signing-dwight-howard-signal-departure-jeremy-lin-191300484.html http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1757114/m_de_moor.html Blog writer, not a sports journalist or analyst.
I think Lin should get PT over Brooks based on how he has been playing but how are you going to pick those games and not the other games that he has played in? If you don't cherry pick the games, actually, if you just goto yahoo sports you'll see that Brooks was 50%, 71%, 58%, 63% , so yes, he was over 50% from the field just over the last 10 games. 26 points 10/14FG 6/7 3pt 3 points 1/6 FG 1/4 3pt 21 points 7/12 FG 4/6 3pt 14 points 5/8 FG 3/5 3pt 3 points, 1-5 FG 0/3 3pt 13 points, 5-12 FG 1/3 3pt 17 points, 7-18 FG 3/5 3pt 8 points, 3-7 FG 2/5 3pt 2 points, 1-4 FG 0/2 3pt Thats 47% FG and 50% from 3 Lets wait and see how he sustains it.
