Um, the top five free throw shooters by volume in the league are in the top six in scoring. So, brilliant observation there. Obviously not a recipe for success. http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/free-throws/sort/avgFreeThrowsAttempted
LOL makes sense... his point guard was scrub Danny Ainge. Harden is now his Larry Bird. He thought T-Rob was his McHale so he started him but then his attention was diverted to Beverley. In Bev, he saw Dennis Johnson. In Lin, he saw Rick Carlisle.
I agree. What was the purpose of putting Lin in when the game as all but lost. Should't Brooks be put in so he can get use to playing real BB with the rest of the Rockets.
Lin had a bad qtr. 20 min doesn't qualify as a game. Mo fos on this site trying to white wash the situation. Sum tim wong
This isn't high school. McHale is trying to win games. He's going to play whoever he thinks gives him the best chance to win. Unlike the fans, McHale is at every game and every practice so he probably has a better grasp of what talent he has to work with than we do. That doesn't mean he can't make mistakes in rotations but it also doesn't mean every time Lin doesn't play 40 minutes its just because McHale is sabotaging him.
Why did Lin get benched when he played great in the third quarter? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I0dElVYAYJM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
He's played well enough to earn time in the 4th qtr. That was ridiculous. You can't blame Lin for Dmo's fouls and terrible shots. Bev is a spark plug. But if you are going to play Bev when he is playing better - which is totally fine, I think you have to put Lin in when clearly he is playing better and Bev isn't doing much. Real issue here is that neither point guard looks completely comfortable in their role. Harden does dominate the ball which is understandable of course. Lin does need to play off the ball better - although I am not sure if he is just doing what the offense is asking him to do.
Man, that was really bad. The issues became public in Denver when McHale grabbed Lowry and pulled him back toward a time out huddle, with Lowry reacting so angrily he was restrained by teammates. As the Rockets faded from sixth to ninth in the west, Lowry felt that he was unduly blamed for the collapse since he was struggling just to play at all. “I was begged to come back,” Lowry said. “I was unhealthy. Just talk to me. If I’m that bad, just tell me ‘Kyle, sit down.’ I would have been fine with that. Just don’t play me two minutes, sit me the whole game and yell at everything I do. Whatever. Having the season start the way it started and things that happened.” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey knew of Lowry’s feelings, but when he discussed them on Friday, he immediately pointed to the competitiveness that McHale and Lowry share. In many ways, they are alike as athletes, playing with a fire and intelligence about the game that elevates them as players.
Originally Posted by FlyingBeagles This is definitely a serious concern mostly on Parsons' and Harden's minutes. Are the coaches playing them for too many minutes increasing the chance for future injuries? Current Top 5 Minutes for the Rockets: 1 James Harden 2655 2 Chandler Parsons 2547 3 Jeremy Lin 2274 4 Omer Asik 2132 5 Carlos Delfino 1523 And this is an excellent TrueHoop article showing how "Heavy Minutes Hurt Title Chances" In summary, Abbot made an interesting finding that none of the All-Stars (LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Pau Gasol, Blake Griffin, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Chris Bosh) playing >3000 heavy minutes during the regular season won the title in the past 7 years. Interesting tidbits about insecure coaches and 93-94 Rockets: ".. Insecure coaches? Here's a guess as to why coaches play their best players such long minutes: Because they're scared. Scared of lots of things. Scared of losing, scared of looking dumb and -- in an industry where the average job lasts just a few years -- scared of getting fired. The reality is that almost every coach in the NBA is on the hot seat every year. (A notable exception: Popovich.) Any coach who doesn't feel the heat is oblivious. It makes sense that so many of them essentially fire all of their guns until they are out of ammunition. That's essentially what Rudy Tomjanovich did in 1993-94. He played Olajuwon a mighty 41 minutes a game, and somehow the center held up for all but two games. The Rockets won their first title, with the top three players playing an average of 35.6 minutes per 82 games -- one of the highest marks in recent history. The following season, the team was a bit older and more beat up. But Tomjanovich was, by then, a more secure title-winning coach who had every reason to believe his players could turn it on when he wanted them to. No need to rush back from that injury quite so quickly, big fella! The next season the three top Rockets all sat out chunks of the season and averaged just 31.1 minutes per over the season, and nobody played more than 2,853 minutes. The Rockets won the title that season, too. .." Is this the case where insecure coaches played them for too many minutes to save their jobs but increasing the risk for future injuries in the process? And people wonder why there is no chemistry in crunch time. You have your supposed starting pg playing nearly 400 min less then your starting sg. Thats a way to to really get the most out of your starting lineup and build consistency. If the stagger approach was true may 150 to 200 minutes of discrepancy would be reasonable. Could you imagine if lin ever shot 6/24 he might be benched for a week instead of being played 40+ min Sum ding wong
At that point in time, the game was still winnable by this Rockets roster, so I certainly don't see it as garbage time. It was Lin's opportunity for a little redemption, for himself and the team. It just didn't work out as hoped. CometsWin, agreed.
lol funny how this article talks about how McHale treated Lowry the EXACT same way I had imagined McHale treating Lin! Amazing how non LOFs would assume it would be IMPOSSIBLE for McHale to act this way. The proof is in the pudding.
