In before Lin haters using this one game sample as proof as to why Lin will now go back to the D League because he was just a "system" player lol That said though, I have always though Baron is the better pure PG and ball handler, and that perhaps he should be starting simply because of his chemistry with Melo and Stat. I still think Lin is better but its obvious that for that BD is much comfortable with those two guys. Lin is better off playing with the bench guys that gives him the spacing to use his quickness and creativity to attack the basket and also kick and draw.
Next time coach should slap his face if he go for the homerun pass and turns the ball over again. Actually not a bad idea to ask Lin coming off bench. I think it will happen soon. He works better with second unit.
Ironically its been his homerun passes the length of the court that has resulted in most of his assists tonight and in some of the games recently. Whereas before most of assists came off running the PnR with Chandler/Jeffries and kicking out to Novak. He has excellent vision and good instincts, but he is still not quite a polished passer as even BD yet. He hasn't developed the ability to predict 1-2 moves ahead and that's why he hesitates sometimes when the lane isn't open. He should spend a lot of free offseason popping in Steve Nash/Rondo tapes and atleast get something from that, although those guys have elite court vision and passing skills that you develop from very early in their career.
He's nothing more then a backup PG. I've criticized mayweather as much as I have Pac btw but that has nothing to do with this. Way to attempt to make it racist because one of your heros isn't what you thought he was
He's had good games and bad games. Far more good than bad. You don't lead your hopeless team to a seven-game win streak from the dead as a backup PG. His ego just got crushed by Melo. That's all that has happened thus far.
True, but he's not a starting NBA PG on a good team. He's a good kid with a good story who can likely hand around the league for a while as a solid backup. There's nothing wrong with that. Willie Burton scored 50 points in an NBA game. Harold Minor was "Baby Jordan"...it happens No it didn't. I give Lin more credit then haveining his ego crushed by the likes of Carmelo Anthony. Teams are just adjusting to him
I was talking about in terms of unwarranted hype. The positive press as a person and good story was warranted, as a player not so much
Wow Linsanity is discounted because they beat weak teams (and excuses why LA and Dallas didn't really count either) then they beat the hapless Blazers and its all the proof in the world. Not to mention you know Melo was actually going to try tonight end to end of all games.
Effort is key....doubt they will be able to keep this type of effort up consistently. No defense to fall back on, and we have yet to see an offensive scheme that works for their best players...
how come ricky rubio doesn't get this much flak after a bad game? reminds me of something Lin said - that he has to prove himself to everyone EVERY game because of race. One bad game and you are out. Legler said in an interview once that he faced similar problems from various coaches since he was a white guard. being Asian is just that much harder. reminds me a bit of Doug Williams actually.
No. But there are some obvious ones like GlenRice. Also a fair degree of prejudice does occur when judging Asian basketball players initially. Like the fact that you'd usually assume a black guy would be 10x better than an Asian dude in the NBA. No matter how well Jeremy played in college and in the D-League none of that transferred because his Asian ethnicity was enough to give him a bad first impression. Each level of basketball (high school, college, etc.) he faced this.
