LOL! Good luck finding a team desperate enough to trade for/sign him to make him the controller of their offense! We signed Lin when we were in tank mode and desperate for a PG as well as a cultural figure who would draw in ticket sales and marketing. That is the type of team that might sign Lin to run their offense.
Oh I agree, the "no-look" does nothing for me, and sometimes I actually yell at the TV when Lin tries a no-look that has low completion percentages (or doesn't accomplish anything). My point is that he does sometimes make very smart, very well-timed and useful passes, that I don't see other Rockets players make.
And my question to you is this; in those situations, was it actually a good pass or was there a smarter and simpler option and his pass happened to work. Personally, I think Parsons is the best passer on our team, inbounding brain farts aside. He may not have the flashiest passes, but he is usually on point when swinging around. More important to passing however, is being able to figure out if you are passing or shooting and this is an area where Lin has really struggled with recently as well. I am with you however, in that I hope Lin turns his funk around fast. I still think that with the current bench and their abilities, we NEED Lin to turn it on at least a few games each series, that is, unless JHam flips the switch and goes beast mode.
Please stop sucking Lin I want to get something more than a conditional 2022 protected withunicorn blood 2nd round pick or having to attach Moreys newborn. This isn't even inconsistent anymore, this is just consistently bad. inb4restofseasonexplosivePLEASE
The problem with Lin is that he's being too passive. You're supposed to be the "sixth-man". Stop wasting time trying to set up Asik and just abuse the basket whenever you get the ball. Stop worrying about TO and just drive to the basket to score. When Lin establishes his driving game, it opens up looks for guys on the perimeter(Hammer) and inside(D-Mo).
Descriptions of Lin's performance: Lincomplete, Linfrequent, Lineffective, Linsufficient, Lincompetent, Linproficient, Linadequate, Lincapable, Linept, Linexpert, Linexperienced, and Lincommensurate.
Lin can't play injured. He's terrible every time he tries to. And he doesn't have the brains to sit himself down, and tries to tough it out.
To me, those passes looked damn good. Again, I am only referring to completed passes. The passes from Lin that I have in mind were well-timed (hitting cutter/shooter in stride), drew in defenders (some no-look), and hard to pre-visualize (I didn't see an open or cutting guy on TV, so it's impressed me further).
Then all of you should direct your disdain towards McHale, he's the one putting injured Lin out there.
If the coaching staff wanted Canaan to be in there over Lin. do you think McHale would hesitate. Particularly now that he has the easy excuse of Lin being injured. My guess is Lin's playing because they asked him to. Just like how Lowrey came back maybe a bit early from his illness (according to him), just the way Dwight came back from injury early in LA. Players will try to do what the coaching staff asks. Those of you who say you don't see any signs of back injury affecting his play; you just see boneheaded decisions. Really ? I see a Lin who limits his options on offense because be doesn't want to make contact with a defender. I see him making weak drives and layups where he is leaning away from the defender leading to missed or blocked shots. I see him drawing fewer fouls . I see a Lin who levitates about 2 inches to make a fast break layup where previously he would go up for a dunk. I see him trying to be the facilitator (passer) more, the instigator less. I was surprised Lin played last night and wished the coaches had sat him -- for Lin's sake as well as the team's. it is finally the coaches' decision not Lin's whether be plays or not. They clearly know about his injury and have been aware of it for a couple of weeks, according to Jason Friedman's tweets And yet now even Lin's attempt to play through injury (probably at the coaches' request ) is being held against Lin??? Is your prejudice against Linmaking it hard for you to see things like they are ? Cause I've seen your posts and you guys are better than this.
Or Lin asked him to. It is hilarious how Lin fans always assume hypotheticals that defend Lin. How do you know McHale didn't ask "Do you think you can play?" and Lin goes "Yes!" The fact is, if Lin can't play or if the back injury also affected his brain, he should let the coaches no so they can sit him and stop hurting the team.
I should clarify I think it is possible coaches are asking Lin to play if he can with the hope he can play. I don't think they are forcing him to do anything. And yah Lin can ultimately say I am too injured to play
If he is too injured to help the team when he plays, he should NOT plan... the end. That is not something that is up for discussion when we are in win-now mode. No one is saying that his injury is causing some of his struggles. What a lot of us ARE SAYING is that back injuries do not cause a player to do the following: - Drive blindly into traffic with no plan - Pick up your dribble with no plan - Jump up after picking up your dribble with no plan - Make a horrible pass that almost always results in a TO because you jumped up after picking up your dribble with no plan and you have to pass it at that point to avoid an up and down - Put your foot on the line when you know you need a three - Forcing a fancy pass instead of making the short smart pass These are NOT symptoms of playing with an injury. These are symptoms of not having something uber important between the EARS.
@ steady -- what you're seeing here is no different than the legion of Lin fans who said coming off/playing through injury was no excuse for Bev and Harden's struggle stretches earlier in the season. "If you step on the court, no excuses" was the prevailing mentality, as it is here. And that was just among those who didn't accuse Harden of just faking an injury to avoid criticism. Maybe harsh, but consistent. To an earlier poster's point re: blame falling on McHale -- I don't know much about the inner workings of the coaching system, but I can't imagine they'd force a player to play if he begged off. If they gave Chandler a game off with the flu, I'm pretty sure they'd give Jeremy a couple of nights off w/ a back issue -- particularly given that they've done it for him already this season. But this roster is internally competitive, I think... if you're out too long, you risk someone else stepping into your shoes, especially if you haven't been playing all that well. I think that dynamic might contribute more than anything else to guys not wanting to sit when they probably should.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McHale said Lin's back has bothered him "a little bit" in slide. "Sometimes you go through stretches you don't as play well. He'll get it."</p>— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/441350718000467968">March 5, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
