this doesn't make any sense at all. how can you expect him to play at linsanity level when he's not expected, asked to, or put in position to play at linsanity level? linsanity level requires him to have a usage rate of 28-29%. are you kidding me? that is never going to happen here with harden. so people want linsanity, but he's not getting the linsanity opportunities, and now you want to kick him to the curb? never mind the promised both he and harden had shown in big games this year? let them work it out. give it another year before you decided for sure that they can't co-exist. the rockets of the luxury of time - use it to your advantage. u don't give up this potential after one single season.
This is not a hate thread, just because someone doesn't think that Lin is a good fit for the team does not mean that they are hating on him.
If you really like Jeremy Lin, your gonna get pissed and argue everytime someone says they would prefer someone else. I see this a lot. Sometimes people are just giving there opinions and other are getting so mad and all they read into posts is racism and hate. Most people on this board are comfortable with Jeremy Lin as we can see but even those people have doubts about how well he fits with the team. So if you don't think we should not give up on Lin then fine, thats your opinion. But people have the right to say they would prefer someone else. Why get so worked up and heated, they might be right. When we had Aaron Brooks a lot of people wanted Lowry to start. I don't think they were racist or haters against AB they simply felt another way would be better. Finally I think you just proved my point. Your are saying that linsanity cannot co-exist with our current roster. We need more than one star on this team who can co-exist and play at an all-star level with Harden. Lin so far cannot do this. In NY everyone blamed Melo but what if it wasn't just Melo being selfish. What if J Lin has a problem playing with stars. Meaning he defers to them so much that it hurts his game. My opinion stands that Lins talent might be better served someone else. Unless he can change by all star break. If we get another all star big he might not have to improve that much as his current skill set is geared to working with skilled big men.
It's not that Lin can't do it, it's just pretty much impossible to have 2 high scoring players both play at the same time in the backcourt. It's just not realistic to have 2 starting guards that put up a combined 45 points a night. I'm not even sure the last time it's been done in Modern NBA History. In the past 10-15 years I can't find a total backcourt that's averaged more than 50-52 points a game, and that's including back-ups. http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/13/2/pts/1-1
It's becoming more of a guards' league, though. Are you saying that the Curry-Thompson duo has no future either?
So when you say you expect him to improve how much better is he gonna get. Remember think about what you just said and remember that Lin is our second best player. If your stat is right and everything is holding Lin back then wouldn't he be better served on a different team. Wouldn't we be better trading him for assets and aquiring and all star power forward and letting beverly take the point at a much cheaper price.
There is no "the site." There are individual members of the site, like yourself and myself. As I have been around this site 14 more years than you have, at least as a member, I've seen plenty of ups and downs and changes of opinions on the site. Things change here. Or they can, anyways. I don't advise anyone to give up their feelings or 'accept the site' if they have contrary feelings. 100 people can be wrong and 2 people can be right on a subject and I would not then counsel the 2 people to give in to the 100. My point is to Lin fans to just be patient. This series, and the injury Lin suffered in it, played to the Lin Doubters. So, accept that and wait to 'fight' another day. That's how it works. Ceding the site, however, isn't part of the plans. Not ones I would advise, anyways. My advice is more along these lines from poet George Bernard Shaw: Don't waste your time, or your breath, on fools. They will make themselves heard, but that doesn't mean you have to rise to their bait. And not rising to their bait does not mean you accept their opinions. It just means you are going to wait to respond when the time suits you. Not when it suits them.
I know. Its so disappointing because we all know he's so tough coming back from surgery and starting all 82 games this season taking the hits night after night. I've never seen a player get so battered in a season. Hope he can be fully healthy for the playoffs next year.
This thread is missing the most important option. Spoiler fomfotable Spoiler Yes, I'm fomfotable with <s>YoYao</s> Jeremy Lin as our point guard!
If you really believe that Harden can function as a Lebron type facilitator, then yes, the best thing to do would get a Chalmers/Billups/undersized great shooting SG type player who can guard fast PGs. While I think Harden is a great scorer, I don't think he possesses the vision or passing ability to be a Lebron type facilitator, not yet anyways...So, you're still gonna need a real starting caliber NBA PG, and those don't come cheap. Honestly, what's best for Jeremy is to go to a team where he can be the clear 3rd option, but main facilitator. The number 1 option being a Karl Malone type big-man (with great roll man skills) and the 2nd option being a sharp shooting SG, like a Jeff Hornacek, and a slashing/cutting SF (like Parsons/Fields). He would fit very well in a Sloan type offense being the main facilitator.
Exactly and Harden only averaged 1.5 less assists than James this year. Remember I don't hate J Lin. I'm not saying he is a horrible player just that the Rockets might be better served trading him. As I have been saying all along he can't just improve he has to change his style of game. But if you can find someone cheaper who can do that and get something good for Lin, then why wouldn't you. I like Lin but it's about winning. I would take Howard and trade Asik and Lin. So it's not like I'm targeting Lin just his position, just like I have been saying all along. I don't see him as our future point guard. If we can't get Howard I say keep Asik and try to get Aldridge. The only players I wouldn't trade would be Harden and Parsons. In a perfect world we would be able to trade Lin, Asik and anyone at our PF position to get Aldrige and Howard and we would have our three All-stars.
look at recent nba champions. You can even look longer. YOu dont usually win championships with an elite pg leading the way. THe only one in recent memory is TOny Parker and that's while pairing him with arguably the best PF in NBA history. You're better off having a superstar big and or swingman and having a competent PG is good enough to get the job done.
This is real life, not Yahoo Fantasy Basketball. Just putting a bunch of good-stats guys together won't win you a championship, or even a decent showing in the playoffs.
Lin is our Asia ad sales rep of the future. They should make him a combo 3rd string backup point guard / Asian marketing exec.
Listen if you believe that they wouldn't work together fine that is your opinion. Have fun with your opinion. But don't tell me what to do with my opinion. I mean really what is it with some of the people on here. If I don't have the same opinion as you somehow that makes me automatically wrong. In my humble opinion they would work together. I'm sorry if that somehow hurts your feelings. But I think they would, unless ofcourse you can prove me wrong. There is a difference between stating a fact and stating an opinion. When I say that we would have three all stars that means I am hoping they will work together. Im not a psychic but in my opinion they would. A few other teams have young healthy All-stars and they are doing just fine. So don't come at me like you know for a fact they won't gel, cuz you don't. Just state your opinion and let it be said but don't come at me all heated because I have an opinion.
I couldn't really confidently answer that question until I see him for another full season as the starter. I've seen flashes of greatness in some games like that 38 point effort against SA and that back to back 11 assists, 2TO games against MEM and CHI. Then in other games, I just shake my head in frustration because I'm pulling for him, but he pulls out a 7 point, 7 turnover, 1 assist, 33% FG, performance. It's that inconsistency. But, I've seen other PGs come back there second full year as a starter a much more improved, confident player then what they were there first year as a full fledged starter. Steve Nash and Tony Parker come to mind. Next NBA season will present us a much more clearer picture of how good of a player Jeremy Lin can be.
