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Calvin Murphy: "Where was Jeremy Lin?"

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by munco, Nov 16, 2012.

  1. IdoTLV

    IdoTLV Member

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    Gil, what you write is relevant to COLLEGE game, and to a player that is not a regular starter... It is COMPLETELY irrelevant in this case...

    In the NBA, COACHES get FIRED if STARTERS don't like them....
     
  2. nono

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    Lin brings with him the baggage of LOFs.
     
  3. yunac010

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    True, but it Jeremy can continue to improve his game under the short leash of Sampson, then I think that says a lot about his future potential.
     
  4. Lihao

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    eh nope. only SUPERSTAR can convince the team to fire the coach , normal starters most likely will get themselves traded to other team than get rid of the coach
     
  5. Cadreaming

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    This is what I don't get about Sampson: How could he publicly put down Lin by saying his left hand caused turnovers, his defense wasn't up to par etc. first, I don't remember any NBA coaches who publicly call out their own players' weaknesses or supposed weaknesses, esp. their star players or young players. For a young player, he may lose confidence by hearing that. For a star player, it hurts his ego. Lin is both young and a star. It doesn't do Lin any good by publicly showing no confidence in Lin or benching him. It doesn't do anything to his development.

    Plus, IIRC, most established NBA coaches wouldn't air their clashes or displeasures with a star player unless they have enough and want out. The NBA is a star league. If a coach can't manage a star, the coach loses. D'Antoni never publicly said a bad word about Melo even after leaving. Phil Jackson never said much about Kobe after various rumored clashes. That's how it goes. Sampson seems to have no hestitation at all by giving Lin the vote of no confidence in public. Why? One reason could be that he obviously doesn't think Lin is a star so he doesn't believe there would be any consequences; another reason would be that he's too green as an NBA coach. I wonder which one is it.

    At the end of the day, it doesn't do the Rockets any good for its coach to give away games just so he could show who's the boss to his starting PG that costs the team $25 million to get.
     
  6. Cadreaming

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    Not for an assistant coach. And I doubt Morey will do it once more for McHale either. A head coach has to work with his players. He can't upset all the players on the team and constantly require the team to change its roster. McHale already cause the trade of Lowry. There's a limit how many times a head coach can cause this kind of trades.
     
  7. AggNRox

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    i have league pass so i went back to watch the last game from archive. please don't argue with me. you for sure will be humiliated as i watched game on my computer with stop and play buttons and you use what play-by-play from some resources.

    4QT,

    both lin and douglas started in 4qt as harden sit. lin played sg position and douglas was pg. lillard didn't started.

    9:52 lin penetrated and passed to morris for a layup.

    9:26 price made a 2 pt jump near 3 three pt line after aldridge set screen

    9:14 douglas passed to morris to lin a long 3 pt line and lin saw morris wide open as his defender stationed under rim and passed back to morris. morris drilled 3.

    8:34 lin drew 3 defenders around ft line after asik set screen and lin penetrated. lin passed to wide open asik underneath rim for slam dunk.

    8:04 lin got rb and ran up to court into pained area and saw douglas cut to the baseline. he tried to pass but missed the target.

    7:04 lin penetrated for layup but got fouled. he made both fts.

    7:04 lillard enter game.

    6:47 harden enter game for lin.

    6:33 douglas scored a 15 jump near baseline.

    4:19 lin enter game for douglas

    4:06 lin trailed lillard after aldridge set screen and force asik to defend lillard's layup very well but morris fouled lillard. lillard made both fts.

    3:17 douglas enter for lin.

    3:03 lillard drilled 3 with douglas defending him.

    2:16 harden called time out to bring lin back.

    1:37 harden turned over and lin had to foul lillard to break fast break. lillard made both fts. at same time, sampson and lin had a discussion along sideline. can't clealy see they argued or just talked.

    1:26 lin started to dribble to rim as harden's defender cheated in to lin. lin passed to harden for 3.

    1:08 lin played a great defense on batum after switched with parsons. batum elbowed lin when tried to overpowed lin. batum made offense foul.

    0:54 asik committed a moving screen foul.

    0:47 lillard and batum made parsons and lin switch again. but this time lillard took parsons to the rim and scored tough layup.

    0:34 lin made a great pass to wide open asik underneath rim. unfortunately asik dunk try was blocked from behind by batum.

    0:17 lillard made a fadeway jump on lin with lin's hand on his face after lin cut his penetration line. game tied.

    0:10 douglas entered for lin.


    overall you can see lillard scored 2 pt on lin only with that fadeway jump. he also made one 3 on douglas, a layup on parsons. he made 4 fts. 2 of them was due to the screen lin received so lillard got free path to rim. other 2 is due to harden TO.

    i don't see any legitimate reason to bench lin for douglas.
     
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  8. AggNRox

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    another thing i noticed is lin created opportunities much more than douglas. douglas didn't do anything but scored that jump.
     
  9. redlawn

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    On the flipside, if these LOFs can learn to write in a calm, coherent, persuasive fashion, that is an incredible asset for the Rockets team, organization, and, quite frankly, themselves.

    Right now, the heart is there, but the execution is not.
     
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  10. Jetfuel

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    Thank you, kindly, for your considerate condescension.
     
  11. Lihao

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    agree about assistant coach. as for head coach , if he upset all the players , then yes, if only one player aka Lowry type of starter , i highly doubt the front office would side with the player unless they don't trust their coach anymore.

    remember , there's contract with the coach, you sack him , you need to pay him.it's always easier to replace your player than your coach
     
  12. redlawn

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    I prefer to think of it as constructive feedback.
     
  13. Jetfuel

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    Which, ironically, is what my post was, Sensei.
     
  14. redlawn

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    Considering that I've had my fair number of people call me an LOF, I really don't know what your problem is. Take your trolling somewhere else.
     
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    What else do you expect?
    Lin is too smart to give bad words to his coach publicly.
     
  17. Second_Cousin

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    On no Lin didn't sound like he was okay with it at all. His long pause after being asked if he was surprise says it all. Jeremy you go out tonight and ball!
     
  18. Allegro

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    +1 Good work. Anybody who claims that Lin was "torched" in the 4th quarter should be condemned to watch endless reruns of Toney Douglas's games.
     
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    Did they ask him if Royce called him & gave him some advice at the 1:40 mark?
     
  20. Arthurprescott2

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    Lin called Royce - reporter was asking what advice he gave Royce.
     

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