It's pretty evident we're a better team when Lin is the primary ball handler.

No, opponent defensive ability is not a factor. Remember that Lin had much less freedom against Portand (and was even benched once in OT). Portland is in bottom 5 of defensive rating. So Lin's freedom isn't affected by whether the opposing team is good at defense.

 

So Lin's freedom isn't <b>determined</b> by whether the opposing team is good at defense.

Fixed.

 

LOL don't you think it's alot less fixed than what u guys are proposing?

 

what are you talking about? op wants lin to handle his balls. he's coming out. cut him some slack. definitely deserves its own thread

 

Are you sure it's not Parsons you want?

 

i hope so... more chemistry for Lin to keep the ball

 

WTF? Basket Ball Please.

 

I think an equal balance between Lin and James is ideal, as it was expected. We've now got the Raptors and Jazz game to back that up (Im not even counting the crap Thunder game cuz of all the circumstances).

 

It's pretty evident that the Showtime Lakers would have been a better team if Lin had been the primary ball handler instead of Magic Johnson.

 

quick question? what's LOH??

 

I've always suspected this as well. Most of the LOFs just seem to be enthusiastic but don't seem the type to start threads. Or if they do, at least be with some info that we don't see on the regular news, like perhaps something from a Chinese news station or something.

It's these "opinion" posts that seem a little off. Which makes me think it's started by LOHs trying to piss people off.

 

Rookie move. Not just postcall, but everyone that said to lock it up.

This is a great thread. I have little to no input on it, but this is worthy of it's own thread. Either way, I hate that rookies jumped to conclusions before thinking about what was being asked.

My 2 cents as a fan though, you mine as well split the ball-handling up because defenses will be ready to queue in on one or the other if they become full-time 'primary' ball-handler.

 

Friggin' Yao ming fans were ridiculous back in the day, so people on here labeled them YOF's. Yao only fans. Then came TOF (TMac Only Fans) and TOH (TMac Only Haters), then ROFs and my personal favorite was the small faction of CHOFs (chuck hayes).

It's stupid, but people think that every new fan must be drawn in by Lin and will leave the minute he retires or switches squads. The truth is, people come to and leave the Rockets fan bases for many reasons. Why must they all be the same? The eventual hope is that you all become die-hard rox fans and why you showed up won't matter.

 

Alright, just to make sure this thread doesn't turn into a melee, here's a great comment from another poster on a different thread:

 

That post by torocan is the most intelligent post I've seen in this forum for a while.

 

depends on matchups

 

Well the team is constantly working on its chemsitry and the players are still figuring out their roles. Lin did a lot of play making vs the Jazz. What I thought was most interesting were Harden's comments in the post game interview. He has some decent leadership qualities I think and despite being young I think he's learning to keep his ego in check after all the early storm of being the number one option and 'the man,' etc. Ultimately I think the dude, along with the rest of the team are un-selfish guys who just want to win basketball games.

Let's see how things go vs the Lakers. Defenses are constantly adjusting as well so more unpredictability is good.

Personally, I do think the ideal scenario is Lin handling the ball more early in the shot clock, shifting the defense and then finding harden later on through maybe a couple of passes to be able to iso one on one or pick and roll. This idea of handing the ball to each other at the top of the key is just too easy for teams to double up on whoever comes away with the ball.

 

What do you call someone who is a Kelvin Cato/Maurice Taylor one hit wonder fan???

 

Contain the outbreak! Quarantine this thread!