I get it. He made a bad play that led to an overtime. And another play where he missed a layup instead of just holding the ball to run clock out. But he also saved a couple of games...remember Harden almost turning the ball over, but Lin hustling to recover the ball and passing the Troy Daniels for a win? Lin was a big reason why they won Game 5, too. My point about this is that every player has ups and downs, and to point to 1-2 plays and say "those were the main reason we lost the series" and "that's the reason why I hate this player" seems really petty. On the other hand, he didn't tweet that until after ESPN made it a front-page story that the Rockets were courting Melo and photoshopped Lin's number on a Melo Rockets jersey...with the lead-off sentence in the article being: "If it wasn't clear before Wednesday that Jeremy Lin's days with the Houston Rockets were numbered, it is now. In an effort to court Carmelo Anthony, the Rockets posted pictures of Anthony in a No. 7 jersey in the windows near one of the entrances to the Toyota Center. Anthony wore No. 7 with the New York Knicks, so it makes sense that they'd want to let him know how he'd look in Rockets red. The only problem? Lin currently wears No. 7 in Houston." http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ets-dis-jeremy-lin-image-carmelo-anthony-no-7 You can imagine that after this front page featured article on ESPN.com appeared that Lin was likely receiving a ton of questions from media, friends, fans, etc for a response....and tweeting was the easiest way for him to let people know how he felt about it. And Lin regularly quotes the Bible...he does it in his YouTube videos, his blog posts, etc...so quoting the Bible is not out of character for him. So again...not sure why this makes him such a terrible person.
No one joined Clutchfans without any intent to be a rockets fan than Lin only fans Lin is so special he attracts the worst of society
This topic is still going strong, even multiple seasons after the Rockets moved on.Sheesh, I guess some ghosts of the past never quite leave.... Jeremy has had a good start to this season. I'm sure Nets and LinFans are disappointed by his injury, but apparently, it will only be two weeks. I'm interested to see what kind of season he has as a starter. He's been begging for this opportunity for a long time, and there is some definite pressure to deliver. No, the Nets aren't playoff material, but if there is an expectation for Jeremy to make a case for himself as a starter, the Brooklyn Nets offer his best chance to put up career numbers. I hope the Rockets try one last time to go after Brook Lopez. He's a great talent that has yet to be in a winning situation. At only 28, he's got a couple of great years ahead of him. He has said he's happy in Brooklyn, but I'm sure he's tired of losing to some extent. If the Nets go downhill quickly, he'll be the first one out.
Brolo is way too slow to play with this team. Most likely h will end up getting injured the first month. Also his D leaves a lot to be desired.
You forgot about the YOFs. They're all long gone, but they were better than the Lin fans. I recall them thinking Yao should have gotten the ball more, but they wouldn't openly cheer against Deke. The worst Lin fans definitely didn't like Bev. That was highly irritating.
Haha, Yao was so great. Still is. What a man! My brother just sent me a picture of his family wine place in California. Next time I get out there, I'm going straight to Yao's new place!!! I think it's in Sonoma.
I can guarantee you that if Deke ever took Yao's spot being named starter for the season, Yao fans would have been up in arms about it.
Yes and all of Clutchfans would have been up in arms too. That's the difference. Yao was an awesome talent and the clear number 1 choice. Lin wasn't the clear favorite. His game was too similar to Harden's but he was about 20 percent as lethal. See the difference? Race doesn't matter, best player to help you win does. Also, Lin's record when he wasn't being carried by Harden is 98-123 (31-42 as a starter not next to Harden). If you have to start him, you're team is probably not very good. His record speaks for itself. So does Yao Ming's. He had winning seasons every year except this one where he missed 32 games due to injury. Yao fans had every right to talk him up, he was one of the best of all time and he did it in a time where defending players were allowed to practically tackle him without repercussions.
Certainly I see the difference. And I actually thought it was the right basketball move because of skill-set fit and team needs. However, I (like many Lin fans) objected to the idea that Beverley outplayed Lin for the starting spot by being a better PG...and that's what I think the majority of Lin fans like myself were up in arms about...not the basketball move, but the meme that Lin-haters would carry around that Lin sucked and was outplayed by Bev. Not sure where you are getting your numbers, but the Rockets' record with Lin starting without Harden, but Lin did not play 73 games as a Rocket without Harden. But if you want to see what Lin's record is when starting without a superstar playing next to him is, I found this on Reddit: "Lin has started 33 games in his career when Melo, Harden, Kemba or Batum were hurt. Most importantly, his teams went 23-10 in those 33 games, without their stars, a better record than when the stars were in the lineup -- and that was true for each team. Second, only 8 of those 33 games were during Linsanity with the Knicks. The Linsanity games don't look much different from the other 25 games, statistically. Finally, the stats themselves: 20.4 ppg, 6.4 apg, 3.7 rpg, 48% shooting, 44% 3-point shooting. Only 33 games, but wow." This does not include his time with the Lakers, but I don't actually count that season because as many Laker fans will tell you, Byron Scott was an idiot and the Lakers were trying to tank. That said, Lin did have his best performances with the Lakers after Kobe was shut down for that season after the All-Star break.
They had a leader called Pryuen and he knew that he was a guest in Clutch's house. They also didn't accuse Rockets fans of being racist every time he had a bad game. Of course they never accused racism for being demoted to the bench, because Yao never got demoted. That's because Yao was hall of fame all star who was completely dedicated to the Rockets unlike Lin, who was committed to himself, that's why he's bouncing team to team. Yao Ming loved Houston and loved the Rockets, YOFs understood that.
Pretty sure pyruen was permabanned by Clutch. I did plenty of lurking back in those days and YOFs were definitely looked down upon on this bbs.
Toward the end Pryuen got a huge ego and thought users weren't appreciative of his postings. Once Yao left, all of the YOF left. Some transformed into great Rockets fans , but no LOF will ever turn to a Rockets fan. I found the dude informative and entertaining, which ZERO LOF are. The LOF provided nothing for Clutchfans. The irony in all of this , is that they hated Clutch, but Clutch was the only person who brought all these videos and interviews of Lin. Oh, the other person who made 1 report on Lin, was me.
So you think you are informative and entertaining? Is that why your threads hardly ever get past page 1 in the GARM, and literally everybody begs you to just stop. Oh, no ... chicken and stinky tofu is not interesting and informative? Really? Seriously???
You are not a Rockets fan, you do not belong on Clutchfans. You are a chicken, you belong either in cage so you can lay eggs or you need to be fried. It's that simple you LOF
