Some idiot left me this rep: Lmao, even the LOFs are making fun of u and your typical dumb, no bball IQ comments. maybe if u stop actin like he's the mvp of the team, and they need to base the offense on his greatness, u'd sound less foolish.1st year watching the NBA, LOF? ;D Again, hide behind your animosity coward. Anyway, the more times you call me LOF, the harder it becomes for people like me to support other players right? I'm trying to support other players but people like you make me not want to.
Lin will never be an effective player in this league if he isn't a great 3 point threat. The only way you can be a crappy 3 point shooter and still survive is to be incredibly gifted in a way only players like Rando and Westbrooke are. And guys like Westbrooke won't survive long once their athleticism drops down because they aren't killer outside shooter. What was one of t-macs biggest flaws as a player? He really didn't work on that outside jumpshot. It's so critical, and it's even more critical for a player like Lin.
One of the downsides of the change is that he is not getting as high of an overall release point. While before he did more of a true jump shot with a release at the peak of his jump, now he is releasing soon after the jump. It's gaining fluidity which should translate to better accuracy, but it will be more easily blocked or affected. I'm for it though as he should get a good number of wide open looks this season.
He mentioned in an interview that his shooting coach told him that he can't change too much of his shot in one go. So I guess that means this isn't the final form of his shot, he'll evolve it a bit more through this season and next off season.
There at things that you can practice and improve on during the off-season. These things tend to be elements that you can work on alone, like putting on weight, or agility training, or endless repetitions to refine a jumpshot. But there are things that you can't as effectively practice in the off-season, and that can only be learned and perfected by playing in a team environment. Things like decision-making, running an offense, team defense, etc. Arguably, it would have helped his development as a player (and thus a Rocket asset, whether as a long term piece or a trade item) if he'd been allowed to play the point more last season and practice those elements that he NEEDS a team for, and that he can't perfect during the off-season. He really needed to refine his decision-making and stop those jump in the air with nowhere to go flubs, as well as build on his ability to run an offense from his Linsanity days and maintain tempo and keep teammates fed. His 3 pt shooting was something that was better suited for him to refine during the offseason instead of during the season when it's harder to find time to put in the reps, while those other elements that required teammates would have been better served for him to practice during the season. He did improve his 3pt shot during the season, but I think that had more to do with his health recovering from the meniscus surgery as much as it did with putting in the extra reps. But it is what it is, and last season is over. But hopefully, that explains to you why some people felt sticking him in the corner for 3's might have stunted his development as a pg, even if you may not agree with that view. You can practice 3pters in the off-season alone, but you can't practice decision-making and facilitating and balancing the team to make sure everyone gets fed without teammates, learning when to score vs. when to get guys going by feeding them, and all those other game management things that are essential to PGs playing without Lebron or the triangle. There's a limit to how much you can work on those aspects of your game in the off-season with pickup games of varying quality of competition.
Man. Training camp starts and the ludicrous posts start flowing. Looks like it's gonna be another fun season on clutchfans.
It's a stretch to say that the rockets offense 'stunted' his development. The coaching staff had a very fixed view of how to run an offense and where the various 'pieces' fit in. mac and sampson want an interior scorer (or 2 at most), 2-3 pieces who can spread the floor, and of course, their iso guy. -asik (+ howard this season) -parsons, lin, dmo, smith, etc to spread the floor -harden as the iso guy The coaches didn't prevent lin from developing; they just wanted him to play a specific role which they thought would maximize the team's offensive productivity. Lin was not pleased with his role, that's for sure, but it's to his credit that he's worked incredibly hard this offseason to play as well as he can within this system and given his assigned role. I think he'll be a better-rounded player as a result. Every great player recognizes their flaws and works systematically to eliminate them.
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Lin's 3 pts from top of the arc has always been pretty good, it is the corner 3s that he is not very good at. These things can improve over time.
Yeah, I can still remember he was wide open at the right hand corner in one of the first two preseason games and instead of shooting the ball, he traveled trying to drive to the basket.
And that's all you can remember from a guy that went 19/6/5 per 36 on TS% of 80% in the first 3 games?
I also remember his decision making getting sloppy after gassing himself through the use of Linsanity mode in the first half of the Taiwan game.
