All this Jeremy Lin talk remind me of a younger Kyle Lowry once upon a time

Isn't Lin also in a unique situation?

http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2012/07/19/can-jeremy-lins-appeal-in-china-really-help-houstons-bottom-line/

 

Darwin Award Alert!

HAHAHA....dude, you're a babbling idiot. just stop. stay in school or go back to school.

Hint 1: you need to think about what's being debated: 1) the average salary of a pg (which is what your "logic" is calculating) OR 2) an average pg's salary (what everybody else is calculating...lol)

Hint 2: Nobody cares about #1 unless you're comparing the salary of a pg vs. another position...again, nobody does this.

 

lol Bayless

I would take Aaron Brooks over bayless

 

I don't care how much any player makes unless it hinders the team going forward, like Amare's huge unmovable uninsured contract. But even then that's the FO's fault, not Amare's. He is what he is, his knees are what they are.

If you'd rather have some other point guard, fine. If you think Lin sucks, fine. But unless you're Les, would it make any difference if he were making 8mil or $80,000? He'd be stinking up the joint either way. But I guess some people's souls would rest easier knowing Lin wasn't getting a single penny more than he "deserved" according to their personal wannabe-GM NBA pay-scale.

 

This is only the first month of Lin and the team playing together... youngest team in the nba at 50% ill take that

we are suppose to start slow and get better...everything new for the team

 

I don't think you understand what I am talking about. LOL. And I don't think you even know anything about the players I mentioned. And you are also revising history a lot. Dragic played back up & was traded from Pheonix with a pick for Aaron Brooks. You remember that or have you forgotten.
And I was talking about Wesley Matthews back from his days in Utah. He was undrafted on a similary salary structure as Lin was in NY. Utah traded Ronnie Brewer & Wesley got the starters job. Wess played well for about 40+ games but he was by no means perfect. Yes 40> 25 but still it was based on not a full season of work. Matthews got offered a substantial contract based on those 40 games & Utah refused to match & Matthews went to his new team.

 

you mean 10 good games. The first week and a half.

Anyways I know the history behind getting dragic, and the history behind wes matthews. The reason those guys don't get scrutinized is cause they are living up to their contracts and helping their teams be better. Why does Omer Asik not get scrutinized, he has the similar type contract as Lin does. He played barely any minutes for Bulls. The reason he doesn't is because he has shown he is deserving of the contract. He is a double double machine and helping the rockets defensively a lot.

You cannot deny that Lin didn't get his contract because of that one week and cause he brings revenue not because he is a "all star" potential or has high upside. Because if he had high upside, they would have seen that way before he played his first week. They would have seen it in summer camp and every other places he went.

 

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Dragic played well in the playoffs as a backup. He also showed consistently last year that he was worth the price he got over the summer.

Also, being traded for Aaron Brooks is no knock to Dragic. Brooks was coming off a season in which he was MIP and avg'd 18 pts and 8 assts.

 

He was consistent last year He was consistent as a back up to Kyle Lowry & was consistent as a starter during that 28 game stretch. Really.

 

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Yeah, really. Regardless of whether he was a backup or not. He was consistent through a full (lock-out shortened) season. And for a couple of years before that. And in the playoffs.

Oh and guess what; he's showing this year he's consistent too.

So yeah, he's worth that contract. Unlike that other guy who got a similar contract...

 

It's his sixth year in the damn league. Who cares how many games he started? You b****ing about how many games Harden has started? Doubt it.

 

I think you are revising history a lot but whatever. To each his own.

I think you are completely missing my point.

 

^I think you're wayyyyyy too emotionally invested into this. Dragic has played more NBA/professional basketball and is older and more experienced. He's shown consistency and deserves the contract he received. Furthermore, his performance this year validates that he deserved the contract. He is not randomly going to start putting up the fail percentages that Lin is putting up now.

How do you have 2,500 posts in less than 6 months? Holy ****. And people complained about DD.

 

Pot calling the kettle black eh. I am actually not emotionally invested in this at all. All I said is that you are revising history a lot & I stand by that because you are.

 

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Throwing out a generic statement without actually stating what exactly I'm revising isn't saying much or being #transparent.

Royce White are you there?

Also, I have about 4000 posts in more than 5 years. You have 2,500 in 6 months. This isn't the pot calling the kettle black. You are obviously way too emotionally invested into this and are going to continue arguing no matter what I say. Difference is, I'll probably forget about this thread in a few hours.

It's okay though, I am sure "jocar" will end up in here and then you can school him.

 

The OP will pretty much do whatever it takes to defend the decisions of the Rocket brass time and time again. This has been proven over and over - just look at the posting history. Lowry as a Rocket always outperformed his contract, even after signing his 'big' deal with Houston. Lin has done the opposite so far. There are no parallels whatsoever.

 

Let's give Lin time. He has shown that he CAN perform at a very high level.

We have to figure out how to get him back up there, and we should support him on the way there.

He is a Houston Rocket. Let's support him.

 

Go jeremy Lin!!
Go Rockets!!

 

I already made it pretty clear what you were revising. But anyway I am done. Thanks for the conversation. Have a great day.