I Think It's Time to Explore Trade Options for Lin This Summer

He had 2!!! shots at the half, he was probably benched the whole 4th cuz he took 4 more shots lol jk ..sorta.

But seriously when in NY did he ever hesitate to shoot so much? Even when his shot wasn't falling, BOTH Coaches D'Antoni and Woodson trusted him enough in the 4th quarter to still give him the ball because they believe in his clutchness.
I specifically remember that Pacers game, he went like 1-10 in the 1st half, and Woodson still put the ball in his hand in the 4th and had him relentlessly attack the rim where he got like 10 points to win the game. Jeremy publicly thanked him for putting that much trust in him even when his shot was off, I think that's how you build a young player's confidence not by benching his ass and telling to stop shooting cuz he's sucking.

 

So who are we going to get to start looool?

Trading Lin is bad.

1.He is young.
2.He can ball,he can develop into a great PG.
3.WE just PAID him.
4.He has marketability.

People seriously hate on this kid and its cause of those NY games.All we need him to do in Houston is be a 15/5/7 kind of player and thats what he is on THIS team. McHale wants him to hit the open three but he has a very inconsistent 3 Point shot and McHale is frustrated cause he is a young player, and just lacks confidence in him once he gets past this season and improves his shot McHale would have so much more trust in him when the shot hits. You cant expect him to be a perfect basketball player from the get go, the three ball is not his game and it takes time. He doesnt get mad at Harden well cause the 3Ball is his game.

 

Even when Kobe Bryant went on a media rant and requested to be traded,it didn't happen. Lin is not a free agent any time soon, so unless he goes AWOL or becomes a locker room cancer, it's not solely dependent on him and management would have to assess the situation.

 

I think it's cause that Knicks team had a lot of great perimeter defenders, which allowed Lin to focus more on O. Here, he is forced to expend most of his energy on D, and that with the pace has gotta take a toll on one's body.

 

LOF - anyone who cares more about Lin than the team. Easy to spot on any night we lose or any game Lin doesn't play 36+ minutes and put up good stats

LOH - anyone who doesn't believe Lin is a superstar or anyone who doesn't care what Lin does as long as the team wins. Easy to spot, check the join date and if it's pre mid2012 99% chance you have found a LOH

 

to be fair, what happened in NY was pretty much out of desperation, not trust. under both Mike D and Woodson, they had no replacements what so ever.

 

Well under Woodson, there was Baron Davis, Mike Bibby, and Toney Douglas behind Lin, but Woodson didn't bench Lin for entire quarters as far as I could remember. I remember in the Philly game Lin went 1-11 the first three quarters but played the entire fourth and ended up winning the game with 10 points in the 4th or something.

 

Damn.... 12 pages in 3 hours.


Even in a role player PG role, I think Lin is more than suitable long term. Not sure why he must be traded unless for some reason CP3 decides he hates living in Hollywood, wants to move to more humid climates & likes attending tea-party rallies.

Lin at 8 mil a year isn't terrible value. Especially for what he also brings you off the court. Im not going to move him unless its a move that puts this team into contention by acquiring a superstar or at the very least... an all-star caliber player.

 

Still though

According to a person close to the Knicks’ head coach, Woodson always thought of Lin as more of a backup than a starter. The thinking was that Woodson, who prefers a pure playmaking point guard, felt Lin shot too much. In fact, that was Woodson’s belief as far back in February at the height of “Linsanity,” when the Knicks were winning seven straight games with Lin running the offense and Mike D’Antoni coaching the team

 

Lin's overpaid for the quality of play this season, but he's still a decent PG to have on a team. Not a lot of players can make quality passes. Besides, I like that he's #4, or 5, for steals per game. If only there was a way to reduce his pay

 

common...2 of them were 100 years old and toney was completely out of rotation at that point.

 

There's team chemistry that needs to be considered. Still, his contract needs to have a loophole for a reduction in pay

 

The beginning was out of desperation, but that desperation gave birth to Linsanity thus the coaches appreciating & trusting his talent.
By the way Im talking about a game where Woodson could've chosen Amare or Carmelo or JR smith take over but he still gave the keys to Jeremy, even after a rough start.

 

They were about to cut Lin and had also discussed a trade to Toronto for Anthony Carter. The desperation happened because the Knicks were playing a 3rd game in 3 nights vs NJ. Baron Davis was still hurt, and Douglas, Bibby, and Shumpert were the other options. Bibby didn't play. Melo apparently told D'Antoni to give Lin a chance and the rest is history.

 

I know the beginning was out of desperation, but under Woodson, Davis was healthy enough and there were rumors that Davis wanted to start.

 

SuperStar with the trusty anonymous (made up) sources to try to prove a point lol

 

Welp, I'm a lin fan so i've watched every Nix game. what i remember about woodson is yelling at lin becuz lin waived a set play for melo and looked for his own shot. I'm not saying Woodson hated lin or anything. but, Trust? I didn't see much. may that's just me.

 

Same source as the McHale "(Lin) rather have 29pts and 9 TOs, I tell him 'we wanna win'"" A NY paper

 

No. The NYDN actually quoted Mchale's own words. Your Woodson story is a quote from an unnamed source. Big difference there.