He can workout all he wants for all I care but he is too mentally fragile and has too low of a basketball IQ to ever make it big again in this league. The repeated jump in the air with nowhere to go live ball turnover is just dumb. He is 25 years of age, played 4 years in college and this is his 3rd season in the league. His ceiling is limited and he is what he is. The best for him would be a role player. Linsanity was a bad thing to happen to him from a basketball standpoint. Sure it helped his pockets but that's about it.....
Hopefully we can avoid OKC and Clippers for as long as possible, because those are horrible match ups not just for Lin but for the team, any other team in the west I really do think he can play very well...he's had many good games vs Spurs Blazers Memphis etc...
I agree. Excellent quote from Mr. Franklin. Step up and show us what you've got in the games, Jeremy. We need your best, and we need it now.
Ppl think Lin is a good guy and TMac a bad guy? Is it race? I dont know but people think they know someones character by watching their games and interviews. Crazy world. I don't condone the quit job in Toronto but Tracy isn't a bad person.
we won that game because the clippers werent as good. They actually progressed a to this year with Doc Rivers. Were playing better as a unit too, especially with Lin coming off the bench. clearly we missed Beverley's decision making and his ability to play off the ball
Besides you being a fan of his, please explain what makes you feel like he is going to do anything in the playoffs? Does it not worry you that he consistently comes up small against good teams? I am hoping he can put together a string of nice games but I am not anywhere close to being confident about it.
Jlin has an excellent first step but is mediocre at everything else, and below average at basic PG skills. He can get hot from 3 point land but ask him to be a roleplayer and he struggles. He needs the ball in his hands and can't play with Harden.
well I mentioned above that he has to really learn to play differently vs OKC/Clippers, their athleticism and defensive schemes are a tough matchup for the entire rockets team....But don't you recall some of the big games he's had...26 v Portland, 38 v spurs, and numerous 15-20 pt games vs rest of the west...I think he'll step because he knows his team needs him to, he's overcome a lot to even make it to the NBA, so he knows what its like to be backed against the wall...give him a couple games to get into a groove with the starters again and I think we'll be good
We're doomed. He plays out there like a chicken with its head cut off. Horrible player with such a low basketball IQ.
No, it won't be "funny." If it happens, and I hope it does, it will be what many of us expect from Jeremy on a consistent basis, and far too often don't get. There is nothing the least bit amusing about the situation the Rockets find themselves in at the point guard position.
its not that bad lol. A bit doomsday haha. I agree lin is playing inconsistent.. but we had players playing against clips that wont be getting the minutes like that. My hope is that with bev out this will mean more asik. and more harden at pg. I also like parsons defending the opposing guards and taking that leadership role from bev.
I think this sums it up perfectly. Lin has to figure out some way to be able to actually finish at the rim OR make a reliable pass to the open man. Even against Paul, he repeatedly got past his man and into the paint...that's not an easy thing to do in the NBA. Lin has an incredibly deceptive explosive first step. Unfortunately, once he's in the paint, he doesn't quite have the height, the hops or upper body strength yet to finish at the rim consistently. So that's an odd disposition to be in...I can beat my man off the ball relatively easily but I can't finish at the rim. But let's be honest, it was NOT all on Lin last night. The team as a whole turned the ball over way too many times against the likes of the Clippers. Harden had at least 4 stupid unforced turnovers himself. TJones was in foul trouble and a non factor. No Howard, and only Parsons and Harden showed up to play. That's not going to get it done against the Clippers. Lin certainly didn't help, but there were a number of other issues to address. I think part of it is also the general trust factor of Lin playing with the starting unit again. On a couple of Lin TOs, people were just not in the spots they are supposed to be in. There were unexpected cuts at the wrong times and the floor spacing was terrible (which is generally the reason why the Clippers have pwned us this season Lin or not) I'm not panicking yet, but I'm also not all that hopeful about what will come of the PG position moving into the playoffs.
To be fair to Lin, statistically he is pretty good at finishing at the rim. The problem last night is that the guy in the paint was not a scrub. It was DeAndre Jordan. Lin had a bad game... it happens. But man, some of his decisions on the court are baffling. I feel for Lin, though. I had a similar problem. It's not that he doesn't know how to play basketball or that his basketball IQ is low... it's that under pressure he makes mistakes. I was the same way when I played until I eventually got over that. When you are under duress on the court, you stop thinking clearly and end up making rash, dumb decisions that you know damn well was stupid. You can be the smartest guy and have the best basketball IQ, but if you can't think clearly and quickly during the fast-paced game, then it doesn't serve you very well. I think Jeremy Lin has that problem.
It would be great if he did, but those days are few and far between this season, given what his role was supposed to be/what his fans pretend like he will do.
lolol... yes i'm the police. too bad i can't police jeremy's suckage that he admitted to. jeremy goes 1-9, but you know what? kudos because he interviews well. that's really what's important here. since we're intent on deflecting, let's do just that. i really can't blame asik for not giving an interview when he puts out a double-double and his season-long struggling pg goes 1 for 9 w/2 assists in 32 mins. the lin interview? of course he was one of the few that stayed after. did you see his stat line? any other player's stat line look like that? he should own up to this garbage game, which by the way, has been happening all season. but yes, let's talk about the other players not giving interviews. now that i've talked about your imaginary topic (asik), what do you think about "Jeremy Lin upset with his play against Clippers"? you know... the one in the thread title above. any thoughts on lin owning up to his suckage or can i give my thoughts on beef stroganoff and marzipans into this thread?
dude, do not beat yourself up. you are not the ring bearer. when you have the ball, shoot. do not pass. try not to do too much in help defense. you will be fine.
I can see both sides of the argument, but the above is simply just not true. There ARE Lin-only fans that would give excuses for everything. The issue is there are also the fans at the other extreme that bandwagon on whoever happens to be playing well and flame everyone else when they have ONE bad game. That seems to come out even more in the case of JLin. Jesus people, try to think somewhat objectively. Here are some of Lin's numbers for the SEASON (not 1 game, not 5 games, but for the YEAR): 12.4 PPG, 45% FG, 34% 3PT FG, 82% FT, 4.2 APG, 2.5 TOT Do you really think that line is a bad stat line? He shoots at about a 45% clip and hits the 3 at about 34%. His assist to TO ratio is roughly 2. And that's with him coming off the bench for roughly 2/3 of the this season. Are those amazing numbers? No, but they're also FAR from terrible. Lin is still a better caliber point guard than at least 40-50% of NBA point guards in the league right now. Look at like the entire friggin eastern conference...it's a clinic on how to draft overrated PGs.
