I don't recall Dwight having back spasms. The Rockets were also not having a huge rally with the 2nd unit. It was Lin, Harden, Parsons and Garcia along with D-Mo. And coach shouldn't listen to what the players say, so Dwight's input on the coaching shouldn't matter.
Lin did hurt his shoulder and the Rockets did play their best stretch without him. Why go into pity party mode? You should stop following the Rockets. It seems like it is all too much for you.
AB had a terrible statistical game but he wasn't making the same stupid mistakes Jeremy made 4 plays in a row, driving in with no where to go and turning the ball over (he does it every night). If it was me, I would have put Lin in, but I'm glad that I'm not a coach because AB was the only one capable of getting dwight involved in the offense and it really helped when we got them into the bonus with those two straight fouls they committed on dwight. Regardless of the win, this team has SOME MAJOR FLAWS. That has nothing to do with the fact that Lin didn't play in the 4th today, so everybody that is b****ing needs to shutup. If you follow Jeremy Lin you should respect the way that he carries himself. He is one of the few people in the NBA that I would call a role model and complete professional. When asked about his PT or being benched he is always very respectful about it. His fans? Jeremy would cry if he read the posts they make here. They are Orcs that run middle earth (this forum) to the ground.
Mchale truly is something...It's rare for a head coach to bench a starter almost the entire 2nd half fro a 3rd string pg??? I'm not buying the bull***** on "I thought the group played well...What he meant was jLin wasn't cutting it apparenty and opted to bench him alone almost the entire 2nd half. Mchale is full of ***** period.
AB is far from a 3rd string PG, he plays it on this team but is pretty close to Beverly and Lin in effectiveness, imo, they are all bench players. Its funny considering thats all you saw since Lin actually used to be a 3rd string PG. Grow up.
Honestly, you don't think that when Harden says "Coach, put away that chalkboard and just let me do my ISO thing" that McHale doesn't do as he's told???
Someone posting to Red Nation is saying Lin was kept out of the 4th Q by team doctors. He was asked about his shoulder in his post-game interview and Lin said it was an old injury. Don't know if it's true, but I heard Lin was kept out for the 4th by team doctors due to some kind of shoulder problem. Dunno details. Source: my Dad who says he heard it from the CSN broadcast (Bill/Bull/Clyde). I don’t recall hearing any such thing, but they could’ve said something about it and I might’ve just missed it.
McHale said he didn't put Lin because he felt it was fair to let the guys who brought us back in the game finish it out. Precisely the same explanation he gave for previously letting Asik play most of Q4 and close the game while Dwight was on the bench -- except that no one batted an eyelash.
You really think Harden and Howard tells McHale what to do? You think the Hall Of Famer who has won 3 rings and is unanimously considered the best 6th man of all time will allow his players to push him around? Even though McHale is not a Rocket legend, he is a very well respected figure in the NBA and deserves more respect than being accused of letting a 24 year old push him around.
He brought Dwight back in in the 4th. Late but he did. Doesn't wash. Maybe Lin was injured but why not say that if that was the case? Also Lin was Mr Clutch 4Q after not doing much in 3Qs in recent games and doesn't have the foul liability that Dwight has. And there's no history of Dwight being benched in 4Q like there was last season with Lin. See the difference?
Different scenario. Asik matched up well against ZBo and was actually doing a better job than Dwight was against him. Asik moves laterally very well and frustrated ZBo time and again. Also you don't lose much in terms of rebounding with Asik. Brooks, in this situation, was hardly "on fire". He tossed up brick after brick after brick and only had 1 assist; also he wasn't exactly stopping Udrih (Udrih blew by Brooks on at least 2 occasions). Don't tell me that McHale put Brooks in there for his rebounding.
And it is pretty clear that you don't know anything about this team or its players apart from Lin. Ignorance really is a pet peeve of mine. AB played in china because of the lockout and Sac cut him, well I don't know why they made a lot of the moves they did, but they were losing their team and blowing everything up. I don't think you can put too much weight into it. Using your logic though, AB has had a season and playoff performance 10x better than Lin has ever had and Lin was an undrafted player that got cut by countless teams so clearly Lin is a garbage 10th string PG and Brooks is infinitely better. I mean if you can't even get drafted by a team that must mean you suck right? ...See what I did there?
Mac push Lin around not other way around. Also he has very low rating in term of his coaching skill. The way he treats superstar make many people question his dignity. He is not a good coach AT ALL.
honestly, i know this has been rehashed a million times, but a trade would be good for Lin and Houston. This charade is getting out of hand. Lin isn't in the future plans of houston. That's fine, just trade him to a team that can use him...the team is in good hands with harden howard anyway
