i don't know what you've been watching, but he wasn't taking that many jump shots last year, the whole linsanity thing is just him driving to the basket and getting to the free-throw line...that's his game lol in houston he's a spot up shooter which minimizes most of his best traits.
How much longer are people going to say that 'Lin still hasn't recovered from knee surgery'? He had a small meniscus tear in his left knee repaired 8 months ago. He should be 100% by now unless he was lazy when it came to rehabbing.
Morey said last week that be still can't decelerate properly yet because of his knee surgery. I really don't think he would just make something up.
I told myself I would wait 2 yrs to say something about lin. I guess what bothered me in the whole process and maybe its a moot point,but brooks played pretty well in playoffs and backed it up with a good year,couldn't get a contract. Lowry played well splitting time ith brooks,got an offer and was matched and retained. What made morey look at 20 games after he had already cut the guy and give him 8m per yr?
I wish he would start attacking the basket again. That is what made him special. His speed and acceleration is off the charts, but his confidence is in the ****ter.
Dragic was Morey's and McHales first to bring back, but Dragic wanted a players option and the rest i history. Les wanted Lin from the get go to be brought back after he saw the Knicks revenue which was allready monsterious go up even more because of Lin. It brought all the Yao gravy train memories back. It's certianly looking like a bad mistake considering he will get 14 million in his last year. I guess on the bright side thats 14 million off the books that season.
Asik, 2Pat, Parsons, Lin and Morris, all of them play poorly recently. Something wrong with the coaching.
This. I am not trying to put this on the coaches but this season is a building season and they should force (call plays) Lin to drive to the basket 10 times per game. Once he starts getting that drive back, his confidence should go back up. Once his confidence goes back up, his jumper may actually start falling.
did you notice in the spurs game they would collapse the lane whenever lin looked like he was about to drive to the basket? lin has to adjust to the opponent's adjustment on his game.
now i know why morey waived Lin. this is probably how he played when he was overlooked, timid, lack of confidence, trying not to make any mistake. Lin said before linsanity, he was going to play the way he wanted to and going all out. Of course adantoni's system helps and he was playing with then bunch scrubs. now he's got a go to guy Harden. coach needs to sit his ass and start TD, a much better jump shooter. Lin can play with 2nd unit and get his confidence back.
I wish we could start Delfino with Harden to let Harden be the primary ball handler with Delfino stretching the floor for him. Then Lin could come off the bench with Cook. Harden and Lin both need the ball to be successful - Morey would've never signed Lin if he knew he was going to land Harden. We could generally use better shooters all around to space the floor and allow Harden and Lin to penetrate more. How often do Harden and Lin run into a brick wall in the paint? Harden manages to score more down there because he's an all-star caliber player who finds a way to get it up over the defense or to draw a foul, but it's still hurting his shooting %. Lin, however, just isn't good enough to score when the other team packs the paint. I think it's time to give Donuts and Jones a chance to shoot - Patterson and Morris have been very inconsistent.
That's the problem. Once opponents pack the paint, Lin is done. There's no adjustment to make because his shots are so broken.
I missed the game last night but that indicates to me that he's waiting too long before driving then. If he is the fastest that they have ever measured, then he has to use his speed to his advantage before the D has a chance to setup. His confidence is jacked and standing outside watching and waiting to brick a shot is doing nothing to improve his game. In fact it's just putting him in a deeper hole.
Ok Lin fan maybe other teams have scouted out that if you stop him from penetrating and make him a jump shooter he won't be effective... And maybe this is being executing moreso then the rockets making him resort to jump shooting.
Truthfully, I haven't been able to watch any of the games since last weekend. But from all the other games I have seen this season, it seems like his offensive skill set was restricted to just layups and jacking up 3s. This combined with the offense as a whole for the team being simplistic and geared around Harden most of the time, it leaves him easy to defend. His best games usually revolve around his shot falling because he is usually camping on the 3 point line in case someone passes to him. If he is ever going to get decent numbers he needs to be more active without the ball, move around instead of just standing still because half the time, he is on the far side where even if they wanted to pass to him, defenders are in the way. But overall, it isn't Lin alone, it is suspect coaching plus Patterson and Parsons both smelling themselves a bit too much. All these parties need to improve.
it's because his single cover can give him space/slack off him. the double team to close out his path would come at the free throw line. lin simply has to knock down some jumpers or 3s otherwise he's too easy to guard at the moment. defenders can't afford to give harden space unless they're inviting him to play horse. his man has to be and was up at him.
