Lin is a star because he scored more points in his first 6 or 7 starts or whatever it was than ANYONE ELSE in the history of the NBA.
Lin is a star not because of his stats but the fact that he carried a mediocre team in the biggest media stage in the country to a seven game winning streak. Also don't discount game winners and his shot against Toronto was the epitome of a game winner.
who cares if he's a star? Championships are built with superstars and even the biggest Lin supporters don't say he has that kind of potential. Can we win a champion with Lin as our third best player? Yes, but only if the other best two are superstars and players 4-6 aren't far behind Lin. The search for a legit superstar continues...
Can't believe people are still trying hard to discount Lin's ability as a player, first and foremost he's the player put up historical numbers and turned the whole season around, then the others things come into play to make him a household name. Last time I checked Yi is rotten on the mavs bench and nobody except for die hard chinese fans seem to give a damn about him. Lin is a star, period.
Pistons model in early 2000's begs to differ. You dont HAVE to have a superstar if u have a very solid starting 5. This team will have that type of lineup in about 3 or 4 years if we stay the course and say eff Howard.
You have no rep, twenty four posts, and have been here for less than a year. Back to your corner rook.
It's funny because so many outside of Houston consider the signing a success in Houston's "star search." I think others outside of Houston are more excited than Houston is for itself. He definitely has the potential to retain his status as a well-known name around the league, but I think the Dwight chase has really dampened the excitement on this Lin signing for us Houston fans.
He's not quite a star at this point. He's in that 2nd tier of PGs, which in any other era cpuld make him a star. So many great PGs in the league right now.
I think he's a closer, which is a role the Rockets have needed for a while. He can draw fouls like crazy. Hope he becomes a better finisher.
The media see him as a star. Lin has yet to prove that he's a star on the court, not with such a short period of success, but he has the potential to be a star there, as well. We will get to watch that play out. That's pretty cool, IMO, and I hope we also get to watch the rest of our young talent grow and mature as players. I'm excited about the young core of this team, like a lot of people here. I hope that Morey is able to keep Lamb, Jones, and White, Parsons, and snag Howard with our remaining "assets." I'm assuming Donatas is off the table completely. That's a dream scenario. Howard signs, we keep Parsons, sign Lee because he's a good 2 and is a good friend of Dwight's, sign Asik from Chicago, and keep our 3 rookies. That would have me higher than a kite.
