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[Friedman] Q&A with Jeremy Lin

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SC1211, Sep 24, 2013.

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http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/qa-jeremy-lin-2 - Full Interview

JCF: I know how hard you work on your shot – in fact you just wrapped up a marathon shooting session. When it comes to making improvements, have you tweaked anything mechanically or is your process more along the lines of the 10,000-hour theory of putting in the necessary time in an attempt to master the art?

JL: I don’t know if you’d call it a mechanical change, but I am trying to make things just a little more fluid. I’m going to try to jump a little less high, but keep the motion more fluid so that there’s less of a hitch. But to be honest the change that we’re talking about is so slight that you probably won’t even be able to tell the difference and I’ll be able to feel just a small difference. And then, yeah, of course just putting in as many reps as possible. The same old stuff.

JCF: So from a comfort and confidence standpoint where do you feel now? I hate to make too much of a big deal about your shooting because you did knock down about 40 percent of your shots from downtown during the last three months of the season. But how would you describe your comfort level with your shooting stroke now?

JL: Yeah, I think you hit on a big thing – a lot of it is mental; just believing and trusting in your shot. I think that’s something that I’ve hopefully taken steps forward with, just walking in and believing that it’s going to go in. I think it’s always a constant battle but that’s definitely an area, when you’re talking about improvement, that is as important or more important than anything.

JCF: Well that brings us back to one of the other topics we talked about earlier this summer which was your goal to work on your mental toughness. Obviously that goes hand in hand with your confidence in your shooting stroke. Is that something you’ve been able to achieve this summer?

JL: That’s one of those things where it’s not like I can go home in the offseason and just become mentally tough by doing mental exercises to get tougher. I think so much of it comes from your experiences from each season. I think there’s a buildup or a mindset that you go into the season with which, for me, I think it’s there. Then it’s just a matter of maintaining it and building upon it as you go through the ups and downs because you really can’t recreate those situations. That’s something that is definitely really important.
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we have a ton of Lin threads already....I'm a Lin fan but stop posting irrelevant ones

#2 gengar, Sep 24, 2013
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I actually think this warrants its own thread unless we put all Friedman interviews in a single thread, which we clearly aren't.

#3 Haymitch, Sep 24, 2013
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Keep them coming. Lin threads are fun.

#4 WNBA, Sep 24, 2013
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Unless my memory fails me, I thought Friedman has already interviewed Lin once?

#5 Yang_Wenli, Sep 24, 2013
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gengar said: ↑

we have a ton of Lin threads already....I'm a Lin fan but stop posting irrelevant ones
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Why? Chandler's interview got a thread. Nothing wrong with this one, unless we want to just merge all his pre-training camp player Q&A's into one thread.

#6 durvasa, Sep 24, 2013
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Haymitch said: ↑

I actually think this warrants its own thread unless we put all Friedman interviews in a single thread, which we clearly aren't.
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Thats what I suggest we do...they're all very short and it would be nice if they all merged together

#7 gengar, Sep 24, 2013

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so many stats people up in here, and we can't even track how many lin related threads we've had since may? smh.

A graph would be nice, thanks in advance.

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gengar said: ↑

we have a ton of Lin threads already....I'm a Lin fan but stop posting irrelevant ones
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Unlike the speculation/opinion threads, this one is an interview and constitutes news (and it gives hits to the awesome Jason Friedman). So this seems anything but "irrelevant".

You might be right though, we wouldn't want these threads clogging up room for important threads like these: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=236227

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conquistador#11 said: ↑

so many stats people up in here, and we can't even track how many lin related threads we've had since may? smh.

A graph would be nice, thanks in advance.
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Aren't they all Lin related threads by page 3?

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So Harden's interview would be the last?

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Interviews should have their own thread cry baby

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JustAGuy said: ↑

Aren't they all Lin related threads by page 3?
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Yep. He's magical. Everyone and their mother has an opinion.

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Click on the link for the entire interview

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Yes, Jason already did an article on Jeremy on August 12, Full Speed Ahead, http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/full-speed-ahead

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Unless my memory fails me, I thought Friedman has already interviewed Lin once?
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Jason Friedman has been killing it the entire summer

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The part about Lin & D12 having one-on-one games was hilarious. I'm not surprised they had to have special rules, otherwise it would've been Lin dribbling circles around Howard until he finally broke free and Howard posting on Lin for easy buckets.

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JF tried to make fun of JL. Last part was hilarious.

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gengar said: ↑

we have a ton of Lin threads already....I'm a Lin fan but stop posting irrelevant ones
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Keep posting them. I love it. I just can't get enough.

#19 kmart9419, Sep 24, 2013
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Is he gonna start?

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