This is only half of the truth. Take Sloan's Jazz team as example, Hornacek, Eisley and Vaughns were all talent-wise inferior to JLin, but they performed much better than Lin does back then. Once the latter two left Utah, they became the true scrub their talent would have suggested. Nash is among the few that improved a lot by himself from a low talent starting position, but he was given freedom and all back in Dallas under Nelson. When you see Lin repeats his same mistake over and over and agree that the kid is not dumb, the conclusion has to be, there is no appropriate coaching around him.
jesus christ heyp. Everybody is calling for a jinx with these threads. Its like we can't even cool it and be patient anymore.
Lin in title = 200 replies Had to do my part.. lol Lin was awesome last night. Health was the issue last few weeks. He exploded to basket for layups vs POR... haven't seen that in a while. The garbage time with low pressure shots vs IND probably didn't hurt either.
Lin got minutes, even during his long slump. I don't think McHale hates or even dislikes Lin. The coach has a lineup, and makes good use of it. As much as I want Lin to succeed in the NBA, I have to admit that Pat Bev is a better player and deserves more minutes/starting job. The rotation is fair, and he's doing what's best for the team. There's more at stake here than one guys career. Again, I really like Jeremy, but it's not McHale's fault that Beverley's tearing it up.
It's all matter of opinion was far as who is better, but Bev just fit better with the starting lineup with Harden orchestrating the offense. Coaches understand that Lin needs to ball in his to be effective, therefore it's better if Lin comes off the bench and run the second units. Bottom line is both Bev and Lin have their strength and weakness, I'm just glad to have them both on the team.
Slow down there Hoss. I'm all about Lin balling out like he has the past few games but let's not go overboard. Truly good players play well regardless of their environment. If you can only perform in "ideal" situations you're not a great player. Lin has shown that he can be a very good and sometimes great player, regardless of situation. But calling him a superior talent to Hornacek is a bit much. Horny had serious game and was a damn good shooter. Keep it real.
I believe McHale doesn't hate Lin, it's just he doesn't know how to coach him. He says limit turnover but he doesn't go into specifics on how to limit turnovers. Houston afterall, isn't known to have a legacy of legendary point guards. And it's not like he has anyone on the squad he can look up for help and tips. It's hard to be an average point guard while being the best floor general on your team, you just don't quite see the improvement.
I can't believe some of you are still on McHale for Lin's past poor performance. Last year, you got a point when he pulled Lin quite a bit - but that's just a coach that is not yet trusting of Lin. This year, he has been more than fair with Lin. There is still some lack of trust, but it was well balanced with plenty of opportunity for Lin. Just take the recent slump, McHale stuck with him. Many here would have pulled Lin much earlier. I definitely would like it if McHale trust Lin a bit more and let him play through his mistakes more, because I believe Lin is that important to this team success and so you have to develop him (or replace him as I said before). But I completely understand when McHale has to balance that with winning NOW for the playoff. Like it or not, there is only one player that deserve playing through almost any mistakes on this team and that's Harden, as it should be.
Yeah, but I think Lin also thinks that he needs to be a pass first player. He seems to try to get his teammates involved to a fault. I think recently, he's realizing that being a shoot-first type of players will get more results. Seriously, he needs to be more concerned about getting his rhythm going than worrying about help-defense plays and passing the ball so much. It doesn't work with this team and he normally doesn't get the ball back.
JLin does not need to be at the same 6th man level such as Harden was for OKC or Manu with Spurs. However, he needs be our Sam Cassel and be ready to go into "stone cold killer" mode to finish off games for us to win a championship.
Yeah jeremys just poopsed his own bed this year. Mchales shown more trust in him but lins just been inconsistent. R2Ks right about being in attack mode. Thats really up to the player. Jeremys our second best option on offense on most nights, but it seems he doesnt recognize that and tries too hard to be a creator. When his offense is clicking it opens things up more for others. I wish he would stop forcing the issue.
^^^ THIS It all starts with long and mid range jump shots, if he's hitting those, then they will come out to the arc and guard him closer. Then he can blow by his man with his quickness, which will make the defense collapse on him. If open, then drive to the hoop. If not the dishes out the open slasher or shooter for an assist. Jeremy needs think attack mode first, only then it will create easy shots for his team mates. Can someone tell Jeremy that ? Just kidding, I'm sure he knows that. I think sometimes you are in a slump and your long shots are not falling, so you loose confidence and try to let others take up the shots. The defense can smell weakness and anticipate the pass which results in turn overs for Jeremy.
One thing i'm glad to see though, is that he stopped picking up his dribble in the middle of no where looking to pass. Either dribble back outside, or go up for a lay-up (foul, FT) be aggressive! on a side note, 0 turnovers
Come on.. be fair. He only has to have attended MOST of the practices to have a handle on PG coaching.
