Jeremy Lin sets record for 6th worst PER in the history of the playoffs

You do realize that Lin was greatly criticized last year for NOT fighting through his injury and playing for the Knicks against the Heat? His critics essentially called him a wuss and a coward for not suiting up.

 

I started a thread saying Congratulations to the Rockets for making it back to the playoff's..And pimpn a lot of these jokers went off..

I got into some heated debates about Lin verses other 2nd tier PG's. And a lot of these jokers went left field on a brother.. hahahaaha Talkig about I am LOH or troll.

Some fans on here thinks they are more knowledgeable than others because they follow the PER stats. Too funny

So know I just comment on some threads and laugh my butt off at the ones trying to get people kicked off the site..

 

It's funny because it's true!

 

This was my favorite part

 

Before game 3...
McHale: "He knows his body better than anyone else. It's up to Jeremy. We'll talk to him before the game"

Before game 4...
McHale: "the medical staff will make a determination whether he can go or not"
Lin: "it's out of my hands. I'll get evaluated and we'll go from there"

Before game 5...
Twitter (can't remember who exactly): "A trainer had to help him put on a shirt after morning shoot around. Unlikely to play"

Sometimes when you make the wrong decision the decision gets taken out of your hands. Can't blame Jeremy for wanting to play in game 3, I see he wants it just as much as anyone. I'd rather see players like Jeremy that want to play so bad that the coaching staff and training staff have to hold him back, rather than a player who doesn't have that fire. I think it too easy for us armchair fans to sit back and pass judgement without understanding what the playoffs mean to a young professional athlete.

 

what's amazing is no matter what jlin does there are people who are just waiting for him to fail so they can say i told yo he wan't the real deal. first it was said he couldn't play a full season and he ended up playing the entire regular season without missing a game, now the focus is on well he sucks in the playoffs.
he seems very focused and i'm sure he will work on what is needed to have a better game because no matter what he continues to improve. he can't help it that he had a great run with the knicks and houston possibly overpaid him to compensate for losing him in the 1st place. whatever he doesn't do on the court he makes up in marketing dollars and the fact is he is a league leader when it comes to steals which isn't easy to do.

i believe over the summer now that he knows what to expect will have a much better season, the main thing he needs to work on is his shooting which was better before he bulked up last year which does effect your jumpshot.

once houston adds some quality pieces he will be ok even if he comes off the bench, he will be ok but at this point he has shown he is a quality nba player.

 

i think his decision was a way to try to make up and show he can play through injuries during the playoffs because he was blasted in NY from both fans, reporters and some players who felt he should have tried to play. he just wanted to show he could tough it out. i really think had he not missed the playoffs in NY he would have sat out after the chest injury.

 

Jeremy Lin did not play well when he was on the floor.

Rationalize until the cows come home. What New York fans said last year is probably not too relevant.

 

Let me ask you something, this is an honest question, did you yourself actually watch these games??

You know that there are 4 other players on the court when Lin is on the floor right? He barely touched the ball in this series... and in game 6 he shut down Reggie Jackson when neither Bev nor Brooks could stay in front of him. Rox went on a run every time Bev was in the game, really? Look at his stats in game 6 dude.

Lin did not contribute in this series. It's as simple as that.

You on the other hand should look in the mirror and ask yourself why you hate asian people.

 

You're right. But some people might actually want their point guard to make an effort to contribute when he's on the floor... as opposed to doing nothing whatsoever.

Jeremy had a rough series. I felt for the guy during post-game interviews. Can't wait to see what he does next year.

 

you both are correct in this case yes jlin had a horrible series and he also had a decent regular season. the fact that he was hyped so had expectations high and he didn't match them but he did contribute to the rockets making the playoffs.

 

The whole part where someone said, "Wesbrook's and Lin's injury cancelled each other out"....I was loling hard.

 

My point is that if he did sit out, then there'd have been a deluge of haters who would've called him out for being a wuss, coward, etc. No matter what he does, people want to discredit him.

I'm glad that you're being consistent in that you approved of Lin's decision to not play in last year's playoffs, but not everybody shows that kind of honesty. There are those who will scream "85%!!!!", only to criticize Lin for playing when he was clearly injured in this post-season.

 

Since when does Jeremy get to decide his minutes? Coach McHale has had no problem benching Lin in the past when he didn't think he was doing a good enough job, and a lot of times, even when he was playing well. You could see very early on in game 3 that he didn't belong on the court as he was dribbling with his left hand and wincing every time he tried to put up a shot. Then Durant went and hit him to aggravate the injury as revenge for Beverly. What's McHale doing this entire time?

Lin has played through injuries all season long. It's an example of what a great team player he is that he was willing to put himself on the line even when he was in such bad shape. That is to his credit. Is it a little too brave in retrospect? Sure, but then it's up to the coaching staff and trainers to take the decision out of his hands (which they did in game 4 & 5). Lin was damned either way, if he didn't play all the haters on here would be flaming him for being a wus like last year in NY. He's a 23 years old, he's not always going to make the most mature decision, unlike former MVP Derrick Rose, who's fully healthy, but 'not ready to play yet.' Because Rose is smart enough to know that if he got on the court and got destroyed by Miami, he'd get a lot of hate. So he put his own reputation first before trying to help the team and taking the risk of not being at his best. Unlike Lin, and it's nice to see how so called true Rockets fans are showing their appreciation for this.

They only reason they HAD to play him in game 6 was because of how pathetically bad Beverly and Brooks were in that game.

This is idiotic. Correlation is not causation.

Beverly spent the entire series getting lit up by Reggie Jackson, his legendary defense was absolutely useless and one of the reasons we lost the series. Had Lin been healthy, he'd have had no problem containing Jackson and we would have won. Lin's stats are irrelevant, he was injured and didn't belong on the court...

This is a joke. He made a decision with his heart which in retrospect was the wrong one. But it was up to the coaches also to see if he was too hurt to effectively contribute. You also don't seem to take ANY consideration of the fact that Durant deliberately re-injured him in game 3. It wasn't Lin's decision to play in game 6. All he did was put himself on the bench, despite injury. But Brooks and Beverely were so atrocious that McHale had no choice but to try and get something out of a still injured Lin.

But it doesn't matter what I say, your mind is made up to hate on him and you seem blind to all the real reasons why the team lost.

 

tl;dr - conlusion: lof

 

If this is the only H-thread of course, but there are just too many already.

Pau and Dwight are veterans, Lin is a first year starter.

 

There is some truth to that but you've gotta admit he played fine with the first unit game 6 2nd quarter.

Indicted if he did, indicted if he didn't

 

OKC survived that injury, Rox didn't. (not for long, Conley =healthy)