[Chron] Rockets’ oft-criticized Lin promises improvement

in a world where he shoots more. The PGs averaging 17 pts/game average 3-5 more FGA than Lin (with the exception of CP3).

 

his name kinda explains it

 

In April, he averaged 17.3 pts and 6.9 asts. Isn't that 17 and 7 for the most recent month?

Beverley played huge minutes in the playoffs and he could not reach 17 in any game, nor 7 assists. Again, he seems to be a keeper, but not for long stretches.

 

The one improvement that I want to see from Lin is aggression. His skills didn't change from game to game, but his aggression did. I want to see him play aggressively every game, whether McHale benches him for it or not.

 

I agree with everything Lin said in the article

 

So by "improvement" does he mean going back to Taiwan so he can pretend to be a celebrity instead of rehabbing and working on his game like last off-season?

 

No, I think he means spending time in the gym working on his handles and three-point shooting.

 

Oh gosh... You people use the word "superstar" too loosely.

I consider the top 5 guys in the league "superstars"

6-10 are somewhere in the middle, better than an all star, but not quite as good as a superstar.

Do you really think Lin is a top 10 player?

He's not even an all-star, let alone, a superstar.

He's the 4th best player on this team.

Harden, Parsons, and Asik have already proven to be more important to this team, than Lin.

I like Lin, but you need to stop overrating him.

 

You're responding to a signature. Calm down. Try looking at the actual content of posts before knee-jerking into an anti-Lin-fan response.

P.S. - Saying only 5 guys in the NBA are "superstars" is a hilariously small number. That's 1.1% of the league. That translates into less than an actual player per team roster, or not even 1 superstar player for every 6 teams in the NBA. Can you actually name your "5 guys", and show some proof as to why they are so much more valuable than the rest of the league, particularly the 10 guys below them?

 

That sig is pretty bad though, blaming McHale for Lin not being a superstar.

 

In defense of Bev, we're talking playoffs. Totally different from regular season. For the brief moments (and game 1), Jeremy was playing, he was ineffective in the playoffs. Bev made a big impact in the playoffs when he was under radar. But once u are targeted, it's different, as evident by his dropoff from his great game. This phenomenon has affected Lin and Harden. Lin after linsanity. Harden's awful ending after such a great first half. Great players learn to adapt and do it year after year.

That said, Lin's scoring is better than Beverley's. if he doesn't defer to rest of the rockets and takes 10-15 shots a game, Lin should be able to avg close to 17 a game.

People questioning whether Lin should be the starter next season are just upset at his no-show in the playoff. No one was questioning him after the all-star break. In some ways it's justified, competitive sports are about what have you done for me lately. None of these guys including Harden have yet earned a pass when they stink it up. (Well maybe Harden but his stink lasted for 2 months)

Lin will get the starting job next year but his position isn't as foolproof as the beginning of this year.

 

That sig actually warrants a vomit smiley..

 

Not every team has a superstar. There are teams that have franchise caliber players that aren't "superstars"

When Pau Gasol played for Memphis, he was considered a franchise player, he was an all-star, no one ever considered him a superstar.

There are tiers of stars in this league, Jeremy Lin so far is an average starting point guard. Can he get better? Of course, but don't make him out to be something that he clearly is not.

 

This is so absurd.
Bev. can't guard Reggie Jackson in game 6 and got into foul trouble.
Harden FG 4-12 and 10TOs.
In final game, he and Parsons had 9 TOs.

Last year, people criticized Lin of his small sample size.
Now, you all use the small sample size in Playoffs to criticize him.

 

Lebron James
Kevin Durant
Chris Paul
Kobe Bryant
Tony Parker
Russell Westbrook
James Harden
Dwyane Wade

These 8 alone are bonefide superstars. There is clearly a difference between them and your average all star. Could you honestly look at yourself in the mirror and put Lin in that category?

Let him try to be an all star, before you throw the superstar title out there.

 

I sort of agree with the first part but damn, would that be a god-awful quote!

Oh, wow, old age indeed does not come alone!

I would go further and say there are only 3-4 superstars in the game - LeBron, Durant, Paul, Howard (if he gets back to the level he was). I would argue these four are quite clearly better/more valuable than the rest. Players that can instantly transform a franchise. If you call everyone a superstar, what is the point? If you want to have a superstar per team, what do you call these four? Super-duper stars? It's silly. It's like every non-sports magazine, when writing about something NBA related, makes the word "star" meaningless by saying "NBA star Sasha Vujacic..." or "NBA star Kris Humphries..."

Anyway, I think Morey should definitely look for an upgrade at the PG (after PF), but I will not be disappointed if Lin is still the starting PG come late October. Either way would love to keep Beverley for the backup spot, though.

 

Great thing about Lin is his desire and dedication to improve. And to top that, his intelligence to insight into what needs to be done and how best to accomplish it.
Parsons upped his 3pt average 5% by practicing his shots all summer, I don't see reason why Lin can't.

Spoiler

fire the girl's bball shooting coach and hire an NBA pro!

 

There is nothing to criticize about Lin.

The worst thing that Lin could have done was got hurt and not play and grow with the other young guys.

Harden, Beverley, Parsons, And Asik are all better players after battling in this series.

Lin didn't gain a darn thing, and that's a damn shame

 

Not a bad season for Lin, but not great either....He will put it into action/practice without excuses of hesitation and laziness. He always does.

 

I would agree with you about Dwight Howard, but clearly, he was a dominant force, pre-injury.

I would go as far to say that I'd rather have Russell Westbrook over Dwight Howard at this point in their careers. Westbrook is a monster

Dwight's advantage by far was his athleticism, with that gone, he's even more limited offensively, and not even close to having the same impact, defensively.