Doesn't matter who's better or who's right, who's wrong. The Rockets doesn't need to pay Lin $5m to play in his current role. A serviceable quasi-PG will save them a lot of money. It is obviously not working out. Maybe it's time for both sides to move on? People blame Lin for signing that offer sheet with the Rockets. Ever consider that he was tricked/misled by Morey into believing he has a future with the Rockets? If you rewatch the press conference on Lin's signing day, you'll think Morey offered Lin the moon.
Yeah, it would seem logical to do so. If they are both starting, its going to be hard to mess with the rotations too much without putting Jeremy or James on the bench though. They might take Jeremy out earlier in the 1st quarter, but I would personally hate doing that as a coach. You really want the starters to get a good flow going early in the game, and when you have to make a substitution that early in the game it can screw with the chemistry. I dont know the answer to Lin's scoring issues dude, but all that matters is that they win games. That is way more important to me than Lin or Harden's stats.
The coaches are paid to do two things- Win Games, and make their players BETTER... NOT to make their players worse which is what you are insinuating. Blackballing a player for what reason????.... please dont say what I know you are thinking....come on man.
I don't know why they're doing it, but I think they are doing it. I can think of a few reasons but it would be a complete derail and I'm not going to go there. All I know is Lin deserves better and he deserves to be on a team that treats him and utilizes him properly. Just trade for the sake of both parties, not just one
You act like only one person scored on the team tonight. Greg Smith had 20 and Parsons had a bunch himself. The Rockets starting 5 are all averaging double figures for that matter.
Just say why. This is a free speech forum. Go for it. If you are right I guarantee you people will agree with you. If you are wrong, you will know pretty quickly. So maybe it just seems like you dont care that you might be wrong in thinking what you are thinking, you just want to believe what you want to believe.
Lets see, Race? Jealousy? Overhype? Banged his...no i'm not going to go there. Either way, it's apparent Mchale has something against Lin, but I'm not surprised because Lowry had the same problem with him.
I win is a win in my book , but something seems up with the coaching staff and Lin This from a Celtic fan
Any talk of trading Lin because he isn't getting enough playing time or playing at the right time is just stupid. I think Lin should have been playing tonight at the end and Douglas should have been on the bench because I think we have a better chance of winning and that the offense and defense both run better with Lin in the game. But to go as far as saying that he needs to be traded for that is just wrong. Maybe Mchale is just trying to get a message across to him that he needs to be more aggressive and that's Mchales way of improving his play. Or maybe Mchale is a normal human being and isn't at 100% with the recent death of his daughter. Just like you give an injured player needs time to get back into game shape maybe Mchale deserves the same.
Let's make this a yes or no question: Do you think we would've won more games with Lin handling the ball more than Harden?
Amazing...... The Rockets won tonight and everyone is still calling the coaches idiots... So it's not about the team winning or losing, it's about which player gets the most playing time... MAN... No other words.... T_Man
Yes, I do think the Rockets would have won more games had Lin been the primary playmaker and primary ball-handler. I don't know why people get so confused with primary ball-handler/playmaker and with primary scorer, they are not even close to the same thing. It wouldn't even surprise me if the idiot coaching staff thought the same way. Harden will always be the primary scorer on this team and for years to come.
I dont know.....with harden as the dominate player we got blown out by san antonio....with harden on the bench we took them to overtime? You tell me, are we better off with Lin or Harden? Its tough to say....I guess we might not find out till Harden is on the bench again
I guess you missed that part about "star player who can score." Big difference between role players and star players, wouldn't you say?
I think Lin is a better point guard than Harden...i think they would have won more games with the ball in Lins hands
The team's defense broke down a few times because Lin overran his man, ie couldn't put on the breaks.
That play where he left Terry wide open for the 3 point shot to help double on the post player on the other side of the paint was just ugh.... Never seen someone help that far on another player before.
I don't get it. So what makes you think chemistry wouldn't develop between a "star scorer" and Harden? Lin isn't a star scorer. And Harden played with Durant and Westbrook.
Lowry's problem with him was that they didn't get along, and a good reason why was because Lowry isn't the most docile sheep in the prairie himself. They were both fiery competitive guys who thought they knew better than the other guy how to win games. Pretty well documented too. I seriously doubt that is the case with Lin/McHale. Lin seems like a classy easy going guy who would always show the utmost respect to his coach. So lets just rule that one out. So what else do you think is going on? Its guarantee you its NOTHING like the Lowry situation. So what is it that you and so many other think is going on?
