His confidence is shot and he's playing terrible last few games. But to put things in perspective, every player goes through slumps. He will have a stretch of good games again, eventually, I'm sure. The recent slump really highlights the fact that Lin has to be the most scrutinized role-player in the NBA, probably in history. He's definitely the most scrutinized player in the NBA period, on this BBS, more-so than our very own players. Kind of ironic if you think about it. And yes yes, he also has the most fans and -OnlyFans, of all mediocre players.
WOW, this is just sad. ------------------------- this is from Mark Medina - one of the well known Lakers writers. "Scott brought Lin into his office after Sunday’s morning shootaround explaining the thought process. Scott believes Lin lacks point guard instincts that include managing the shot clock, organizing the offense and knowing where to rotate on defense consistently. Scott told reporters he also considers Ronnie Price a better defender. " http://www.insidesocal.com/lakers/2...los-boozer-both-disappointed-with-bench-role/
Listened to ESPNLA this morning, and one of the hosts is questioning whether Byron Scott has lost his team and he even has a plan or is just randomly trying different things. Lin's struggles are just one of the symptoms of a larger problem.
So because of a few crazies you guys all decide to group hate on Lin, a guy who never talked bad about the Rockets and behaved professionally for the most part when he was here? Hate on Lin out of all people when you got guys like this in the league? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/...e-speed-limit-with-no-seatbelt-193625949.html
Watch it, any sensible point will label you as a LOF. Dude was driving a SUVgoing 100 mph. Def could have killed someone/some people.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....-big-lakers-defense-sinks-to-historic-depths/ BOSTON – Lakers forward Carlos Boozer has a mostly deserved reputation as a poor defender. But there must be a limit on his shortcomings, because, for four years in Chicago, Tom Thibodeau built excellent defenses with Boozer starting. How did the Bulls do it? Boozer says Chicago drilled its scheme daily, players actually moving through their defensive rotations to reinforce them. “We just did it every day,” Boozer said. “Even if we did it for five minutes, 10 minutes.” Every day? Is that hyperbole? “Every day,” Boozer said. “In Chicago with Thibs, we drilled our defensive rotation every day. Every day. In the morning at shootaround, practice day – it’d obviously be a lot longer on the practice day. But every day, we drilled it to make sure we know where we were supposed to be at, what we were going to do.” And in Los Angeles? “We talk about it a lot,” Boozer said. That the Lakers do.
I was referring to the circle jerk going on here with Lin's demotion and the underlying theme of this whole thread.
D'Antoni should be brought on ESPN to talk crap about Byron Scott. That would make me happy. I'm surprised ESPN hasn't done it yet. The Lakers organization is the show now: not the team they put on the court, but the everyday happenings of that team. It just make me laugh.
That Andre Drummond reference is the most epic of epic reaches. x_x That said, Price is 100% useless, and I highly doubt he sticks in the starting lineup. Not sure if Scott is just throwing ish at the wall to see what'll stick, but starting Ronnie Price doesn't solve anything, IMO. I don't think there's any question Bev > Lin defensively, but I didn't see where Price was a difference-maker defensively last night. Jrue lit it up when guarded by either Lin or Price -- except that Price seemed to have trouble staying in front of him at all, while Jeremy helped off him a few times to try covering for a habitually out-of-place Boozer. Lakers roster in general is just a cluster**** of turrible right now. Not sure any amount of lineup shuffling can change that. ETA: And I'd agree that Lin's struggles are probably a combination of his usual inconsistency/confidence issues & whatever shell of a "system" they're running there. I know most of his fans hated his time here, but I couldn't understand for the life of me how they thought LA w/ Kobe would be a better situation for him. He's about a season too late for that -- last year's Lakers w/ Kobe on the bench would have been the perfect contract year.
"we talk about it a lot" :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin: Lakers straight up messed up right now, oh well at least at this rate they can keep their lotto pick
Classical LOF post. Never willing to face the facts and always try to find a reason or other examples to compare for Lin's own failure. Just like those stupid posts in here the last 2 seasons glorifying Lin's selected stats while blind fold yourself and not looking at what the whole world was watching about Lin. I never feel sorry for Lin, he is just a below average player and hit the jackpot and got a fat check, I feel sorry for the team and players in the Rockets whom have high hopes on him. As for the group of people like you, all I want to say is : LOL
lin will never read this stuff but the crazies do its like tinmans tmac campaign that stuff was never meant for tmac
Lin was a serviceable 7th best player on the team and would be a rotation player still on a contender... but his contract paid him at a glorified role player rate. Speaking of which... speaking of which, Parsons is at best a 4th piece on a contender.
Lots of love being professed for McHale's coaching over in that Lakersground Lin thread right now, hahahaa!
Lin affirmed it himself, but like I said plenty of times before; the worst thing that could have happened to Lin was Linsanity. It created hype of stratospheric proportions that will haunt him until the end of his career. Asian American who blew up in NYC being followed by rabid fans that drive everyone else insane? Who would have thunk? If Linsanity never happened, he would still be slowly developing at his own pace instead of trying and failing to meet all the expectations that came with the Linsanity hype and the his bloated contract. I personally don't blame Lin (outside of his miserable decision making in the playoffs) and am grateful for a lot of things he did in H-Town and the way he acted for the most part. That said, while I wish him well and generally like the kid, I am ecstatic he is no longer a Rocket.
it was more than a few crazies. if a player plays badly and you recognize that he plays badly. that's not hate. when a player plays badly and his coach decides to demote him, that's not hate. when an owner of the greatest bbs for rockets only fans gets called racist when he points out that patrick beverly is a better player, that is hate. when #1 of the 99ers gets insulted, that's hating on the greatest group of chosen rockets fans on the planet
