on the contrcat that morey set up $8,300,000 cap but the owner pays $15,000,000 next year yeah I wouldnt think many owners would be willing to get lin on that. when lins becomes a free agent it will be different story, as a starter on a playoff team 1st year, 6th man on a contending team 2nd & 3rd it will be plenty of teams wanting to take lin on anywhere from $5-$8mill is my guess as a PG or a SG, hes showed he can play either spot.
What is Dragic's ceiling and what is Lin's ceiling. I became a fan of Dragic when he obliterated the Spurs in Suns uniform during that year's WC semi final. He definitely looks better in terms of ball handling, shooting, and as a floor general. But there's something about Lin that makes me think he has potential to be at Dragic's level if not better. Lin is still very raw, he might surprise a lot of us in a year or two. But regardless, this team would be a lot more dangerous if we still have Dragic
He as his point. If Jeremy is the team 1st option, he can have the same or better production as Dragic. It is all about the system that you put a player in.
Yep. He or she falls into the category of Lin fans that I really love. The ones that claim to have been a Rockets fan for forever and hey they may very well be what they say they are, but they signed up somewhat recently and literally 99% of their posts are about Lin. It's like they think if they say they have been a long time fan before they go off on the usual Lin craziness that we won't think they have a crazy pro Lin bias. I see it all the time and it's pretty funny to say the least.
He brings up how he's a fan since the 90s and how he has tickets and goes to every game and has forever in probably 10% of his posts. If you have to bring it up so much, it makes me less inclined to believe it.
1. This is Dragic's 8th year in the league and he's finally breaking out 2. With Eric Bledsoe being out since the beginning of the year, its only natural that he is now has to take over that load and increase his production. People seem to be missing this. 3. Suns are 13-12 in games that Bledsoe did NOT play. In games with Bledsoe and Dragic playing, they are 14-7. 4. I have no doubt that Lin would put up as consistent numbers as Dragic if Harden were not playing. And he has shown that he can when Harden is out. That necessarily doesn't lead to victories though as evidenced by losses this season when Harden is out. literally stopping at nothing to hate a fellow Rockets player Lin haters
seems like youre talking about me. well i posted the videos to show rather than just say. and posters here know dang well I post about more than about lin 99% of the time. I post about trades, asik, give updates from twtter, morey on 790, etc. you can find me in all those threads. I see lin drama all the time but dont get into it much, but when rockets fans get to talking down too much on lin I do say what i have to say and try to back it up with facts.
When teams form game plan's against their opponents, they decide where they are going to focus their defensive efforts and where they are going to sacrifice coverage to make it happen. Guys like Dragic and Harden, as the primary ball handlers for their teams get planned for. Guys like Lin, do not. He feeds off the attention given elsewhere to find holes in the defense. Allowing Lin to "play the PG" is not going to improve his massive turnover rate, which is his biggest issue right now as a player, in fact it most likely gets worse, as was show with his near 21% turnover rate in New York. The second Lin becomes the "primary guy", IE the guy other teams game plan for, who gets the best perimeter defender stuck on him, is when his numbers plummet. He simply isn't good enough to be that guy on a contending team.
I just don't understand it. To all the people in here talking about Lin as a first option on a team. The primary scoring option. LeBron, KD, Anthony, Harden, Curry, George, LMA level responsibility. How good do you think he could be? Would his team contend for a championship? Would love to hear the honest opinions.
you dont have to believe it, only reason why i say it is because of people like you claim act like if you talk good about lin you are a LOF.
I'll defend the hell out of Lin if someone makes an silly argument to bring him down, but all of your posts make him out to be waaay better than he really is. I guarantee everyone in this thread thinks I'm a Lin "hater", which couldn't be farther from the truth. I just see his limitations and don't have unrealistic expectations for him, and I sure as **** don't put down everyone else to try to build him up to what I hope he could be.
Most likely a lottery team. Lin as a first option will have the opposition D focus in on him and will not be putting up 20/8 or 18/10 on 45% FG and 40% from 3 or whatever similar ridiculous inflated stats his only fans mention. And before someone brings up his play in NY, that was when Lin was unheard of and teams didn't have much video and tape to plan for him.
This is just a prediction, not a fact. It is as valid as Lin doubters' claim that Lin will never develop into a good pg. You never know what's going happen. A lot of NBA players had the all tools to be good players but never panned out. I still believe Lin will keep growing and can become a borderline all star player because he has the physical talent, work ethic and IQ and he is still young and inexperience as a NBA player. But until that happens, he is an average inconsistent pg and shows a flash of greatness once in a while.
Dragic had great numbers next to Bledsoe, also. I think both of them were averaging 18/6 together. So I wouldn't use the "he has to shoulder a bigger load" argument in this case.
I believe we are actually 5-2 with JH out (about the same winning % with JH) and Lin played consistently well in all 7 games. Small sample size though. But I won't discount it either. I do think Lin is under valued by some in CF and over valued by some as well. How good will Lin be a few yrs down the road? Who knows? It is not like our oppinions that will be counted :grin: The only person will decide if Lin can be the best he can be is himself, and how hard he is willing to learn and improve.
I spoke about lin and his dumb turnovers and said before lin is not better dragic as of now becasue dragic takes care of the ball better and is more of a floor general. My thing is people act if hes not on his level but I say you can compare that right now because of their roles is my thing.. but bro its cool this is really weak going back in forth over the net about this. We are both rockets fans that really like the rockets if we are on this site. So lets just hope the spurs take a L tonight and rockets continue to win their next 3 games before the allstar break so we can make a real run at the 2-4seed after the break.
