See, this is the crap I hate seeing; some accusatory/sarcastic remark that adds nothing to the discussion. It's probably close to 70% of the posts on this thread. If it were me, everybody who posted something like this would be permabanned on spot.
The ignorance on these boards is staggering. From people expecting Lin to put up 20-10, to people thinking that it's impossible to develop a jumpshot, to people thinking that a player in his first season as a starter must be all-star calibre...
No not really. Recently he has been shooting off dribble which he has always been good at. I don't know what it is. When he catches and shoots, it always seems he hesitates a little and the release looks weak. He needs to practice his ass off on spot up 3 pnter.
So you want ppl to go through all the posts and threads, just to answer your question? I don't think so buddy - why, because you asked? If there are no Lin haters on here then there are no LOFs. Supposedly, a LOF is someone who is only a fan of Lin and not other Rockets' players or not a fan of the Rockets as a team in general. But, I have read posts from ppl on here labeling other ppl LOFs just because they have a recent join date or when those ppl usually say good things about Lin - keep in mind, I have read from those same "LOFs" also supporting other players or the Rockets all together. So again, if there are no LOHs then there are no LOFs.
Yes, for some reason, I think Jeremy seems to shoot the 3pt'ers a lot better off-the-dribble than he does when spotting up. Maybe it's a mental thing or something that he needs to work on in the off-season.
I have seen him go to both hands. He is just better at going to his right. Just as Harden is better at going to his left. Nothing wrong with that. Well clearly Morey disagrees because he is the starting PG on your favourite team. Do you think I was comparing Lin to those guys? Or was I merely saying that Lin isn't the only player who once struggled with his shooting & went on to improve that specific facet of his game? I think it was pretty clear what i was getting at but keep on keeping.
the ignorance is within y'all not within us. Nobody says he can't improve. We are just stating facts that he can't do certain things and that he is playing trash. You see it, I see it, Clutch sees it. We all see it. Just accept the fact that, j Lin is not the j Lin of NY or will be (the first 5 games). He might be able to drop 15 - 7 efficiently but stop overrating the hell out of him.
Lin stans and haters are equally as bad as each other. Both bump this idiotic thread whenever it suits their agenda. No idea why it hasn't been locked yet. Actually I probably have a feint idea why it hasn't.
I have watched all the Rockets games. Yes he is inconsistent, yet he has played well and hard most of the time. Being from Houston, I can say Lin and Harden bring a lot of excitement back to the Rockets. The people complaining about them unnecessarily all the time are beyond me.
If Lin played at Linsanity level, then he'd have stats better than those of Derrick Rose during Rose's record-breaking MVP year. Anybody who expects that is an idiot and shouldn't be listened to. He's not playing trash. He's had some trash-like games, but they've been balanced out by some good-to-great games. His season average of 12-6 is perfectly acceptable for a first year starter. He has already proven that he can drop ~40 pts against good teams in his very young career, so the talent is there; it just needs to get developed.
Seeing it once or twice means squat. If he's not doing it often, there's reason to think he can't do it reliably.
why shouldn't he be the starter, if his job is to be a POINT guard not a shooter or a chucker? Right now or even in the future, he may never be as great as the lin only fans make him out to be. But to pretend that the team plays great when he's on is just ignorance. And by on, I mean driving and dishing, finding the open man. Dragic, playing with all the leeway is marginally better than Lin, and two years older. If lin was that horrid, he wouldn't be in the 14th spot with pts+reb+steals+assists among pgs. Can you imagine if the included turnovers in those stats. He'd definitely be top 5
Lin was a Les decision and the only reason Lin is still the starter is because don't have anyone to take his spot. I promise you that if Lin does not improve his shooting this off season, we will have another starter next season.
The persecution complex is strong within the Lin fan community. Rockets fans write: Jeremy Lin has no jumpshot right now and as a result he's play pretty badly Lin fans read: These guys think Jeremy Lin is horrible and will always suck and never will have a chance to become a good player. They're out to get him!
Because you can't win a championship if defenses sag off your PG unless you are Rondo and playing with 3 hall of famers near their prime. The PG has to be able to keep teams honest. I never said Lin was horrid. I said he can't shoot, and shouldn't be a starter until he learns how to.
It's strange. There were barely a few members about ~30-40 minutes ago. Then, this thread started up and suddenly there's a lot of people. Maybe it's the time but do you LOFs have some sort of Batsignal?
Lin may or may not develop a jumpshot, but him starting over a guy the Knicks PAID the Rockets to dump his contract on us, and a guy who was playing in Russia in crappy euroleague, doesn't really say much about Lin as a viable starter. Just like the Rockets starting Dalembert last year doesn't mean he was a serviceable center.
This thread will never end, so I might as well post in it just to say I did. Here's a question for those who have followed him closer than I have: What is he better at this year than last year? The only thing I can see from looking at his stats is a very slight improvement in assist-to-turnover ratio and steals. Is he a better ball handler? Because when I watch him this year, I see that he still struggles penetrating when he's driving to his left. Is he a better defender? I think he's pretty good defensively. Above average. But I've seen opposing teams attack him as they would someone who is weak defensively. So, what is it specifically that he has improved upon? I hold out hope that he will become a better player than he is, but it is somewhat troubling to me to see that he might not have improved some of the weaknesses in his game during this past offseason.
