[2015-2016] Jeremy Lin as a Charlotte Hornet

I think Lawson could dribble the ball better than Lin if Lawson was blindfolded and had grease on his hands.

 

December 21st. Y'all circle that date on your Linsanity Commemorative Calendars. Hornets @ Houston Rockets. 7:00 pm.

 

I'm happy for Lin that he's had a strong preseason but something is off-kilter in your life if that date is circled on your calendar.

 

Kemba Walker > Lin

 

We shall see if Kemba is better than Lawson , I think he is in all facets right now.

 

Lawson is better than Kemba.

Just look at Kemba's shooting percentages and low assists levels. Granted the low assists is partly due to playing inside out with Al Jefferson posting up, Hornets' lack of 3pt shooting and slow pace last year, but it still is pretty low. Let's see how it is this year.

But no doubt Lawson is better than Kemba as long as his mindset is right.

 

You obviously are trying to hard, and trying to hard to be obvious ...

 

No **** Lawson is better than Lin. Does it really have anything to do with how Lin is playing in the preseason? Or whether Lawson plays the preseason or not? Lawson's overall body of work is definitely better than Lin's so far this season.

You're just trying too hard.

And BTW, it's still meaningless to compare Lin's preseason to Lawson's preseason (playing or not playing).

I'm excited because Lawson will be much better than Beverley. And Beverley will be better than Terry. And Terry will be better than Prigioni. That means the Rockets PG position will be better than last season. That's what counts, right? Not whether Lawson plays the preseason or whether Lin has a good preseason.

 

Prigioni is not on the team any more.

The fact that Prig and Terry performed significantly better than Lin ever did as a Rocket in 2 years in the playoffs says something on why I don't care about what he does in a completely stress free and meaningless set of games.

it's about the playoffs.

i'm sure the Lakers will have a better season now Lin is gone as well.

 

Lawson is an improvement over Jason Terry and Patrick Beverley, he is one dominant player even though he is 5'11. He is a good playmaker and decision maker.

 

Lawson is not only better than Terry and Beverley but he is miles better than Lin. As mediocre as Bev is, he is still better than Lin and I would take Terry over Lin in the playoffs.

 

Roc Paint > Lin

 

Prigioni is not on the team is the exact point of my message. We upgraded vs last year ... Lawson -> Beverley -> Terry instead of Beverley -> Terry -> Prigioni on the depth chart.

I don't care about 2 years ago. We got better than last year at PG, and we were in the Western Conference Finals last year. That's more important than a 1st round playoff exit 2 years ago in my opinion. Related to the Rockets anyway, which isn't really Tinman's main concern.

And if you really want to talk about Lin's turnover in the Portland series. The reality was Harden also threw away a game via a critical turnover against Portland, but fortunately Lin scooped the ball back and passed it to Troy Daniels for a game winning 3. That is conveniently forgotten.

And if you go back to that series against Portland, there were 3 OT games. In the 3 OT periods, the Rockets scorers (total over 3 games) were Dwight with 12, Lin 11, Troy Daniels 9, Harden 6 and Garcia 1.

If Lin was a total mental midget, why would he be the 2nd leading scorer on the Rockets during 3 playoff OT periods, scoring almost double Harden's points. Despite being the 4th option on the Rockets behind Harden, Dwight and Parsons (who scored 0 points).

And actually, Lin's 11 points in the OT periods were scored in only 2 games effectively, as he only played 1 second (really) in the 1st OT game, which is the only OT game the Rockets lost in the playoffs. And Beverley had a turnover with 2 seconds (ball stolen by Wesley Matthews) left in this game, Rockets down 3. But that is conveniently forgotten also.

So effectively Lin only played two playoff OT periods against Portland. And he scored 5 more than Harden and 1 less than Dwight over 3 OT periods. He shot 4/6 FGs and 3/3 FTs in OTs. And the two games McHale actually puts Lin in for OT the Rockets won, and the game he didn't put Lin in the Rockets lost and Beverley made a turnover with 2 sec left and the Rockets down 3. Oh, and Beverley fouled Wesley Matthews with 7 sec left in OT for 2 FTs that put Portland up 3.

So your point about Lin not being able to play under pressure in the playoffs really reflects one turnover at the end of one game. The exact one turnover Beverley had with 2 sec left and the Rockets down 3, and the exact one turnover Harden would have had if Lin had not scooped by his lost ball, drove in, and passed it back out to Troy Daniels for an assisted 3.

Other than that, Lin was actually the Rockets best playoff Overtime performer in the series against Portland when McHale actually put him in. And actually better than Harden. Harden was 2/9 on FGs and 2/2 on FTs in those 3 OT periods.

 

But RocPaint is better than Lin for sure.

 

Lin 11, Beverley 0 in Rocket vs Blazers 3 playoff OT periods, with McHale siting Lin out for 1. And Beverley fouled Wesley for 2 FTs (made) with 7 sec left in the first playoff OT game to put the Blazers up 3, and then made a crucial TO with 2 sec left to lose any chance of a come back win in OT. This is the game McHale put Lin in for only 1 sec, and the only playoff OT game the Rockets lost out of 3.

But who wants facts around here?

 

But but Lin sucks! He doesn't look like a basketball player and he's the only one on the team that makes mistakes!!

 

Bev would kick Lins ass on the court, off the court, at Lins moms house, at Mcdonalds, at Staples, in Charlotte, at Jordans house, at Michaels House, in front of Clutch, at Toyota Center.....

 

All I need to know is min wage back up for one of the worst teams in the pathetic Eastern conference backing up Kemba Bricker when everyone else is getting big money.

Bev backing up a top 10 PG Lawson on a championship team out West.

But who wants facts around here?

 

Who needs to leave the house when you have interesting gossip like this? And no I don't use my phone to log on clutchfans, you think I can afford data? I don't go to stupid coffee houses to use free wifi neither.