Jeremy Lin won't shoot 3pters and it's killing the team.

Lol I just did above u.
I hate his pump fakes. It usually is a turnover somehow or a bad or late shot. And I also agree it's the whole team not shooting the 3s

 

Obviously, Lin loss the game because he created ball movement while Harden is benched. If he wants some love, he needs to do exact what Harden does in the game, ISO every shoots and stall all ball movement.

 

Lin has no problem shooting when he has the ball. For his entire life up to last year, I suspect he has had ball in his hand as creator. The problem I see is when others create and the ball is kicked out or swung to him. He still tries to create when he has an open look, sometimes.

It isn't killing the team, but it would make him a better player if he was a better off the ball player.

 

Lin doesn't have the green light from McHale to shoot that many threes. Looks like Bev does though.

 

Lin being considered a good 3pt shooter is pretty misleading since he's only willing to take the wide open looks. Not the off-balanced ones or those with a hand in his face. That's why his attempts are so low.

We need an actual sixth man who can shoot without a conscious like Jamal Crawford, J.R. Smith, Jason Terry, Nate Robinson, etc. (the "irrational confidence guy" as Bill Simmons denotes). That's not his mentality though, and that's why it's laughable people here predicted him to with 6th MOTY.

 

OP has a point. Not only Jeremy but Parsons are passing on 3 pointers for a riskier shot or worse, turnover.

If you see daylight, shoot.

 

Actually I think that's very poignant.

Lin is on a much shorter leash than Bev or Parsons (Harden has no leash whatsoever). I'm sure the coaches drilled it into his head to drive and dish, only shoot the 3 when absolutely open. I remember McHale was really unhappy with Lin when he dropped 38pts on the Spurs last year mainly from long bombs he prefers the PG to pass first. Ironic that Lin is playing more SG than PG.

Its a pity because OP is correct in that you should establish your outside shot first and drive in after they start rushing to close out.

 

OP poses a perfectly legitimate question about Lin's obvious reluctance to shoot 3's when he's hitting them at a high percentage, and 100 LOF's chime in to call him an idiot.


Beautiful.

 

None of this is remotely logical. Is this real life?

 

How far does your delusion go, exactly? On what basis does your "Mchale won't let Lin shoot 3's", stand?

Is Lin at fault for anything he does? Do you blame Mchale when Lin drives and turns it over as well?

 

This is laughable. You're the PG. You're supposed to run plays for your team so you don't have to shoot contested 3s. For Lin and Harden, I would rather they make a drive into a clogged lane in hopes of drawing a foul than shoot a contested 3.

 

I'm not blaming anybody. Just stating what I noticed. Go check out their 3-point attempts.

 

Harden has under performed this year and he is the main problem.
His shooting percentage is crap.
He is on big bucks, he needs to improve.

Jlin can shoot more 3 pointers, sure.
But will Mchale bench him straight away if he misses a couple?
YES OF COURSE.

 

I think you are right.

 

Just as a point of information. Feigan stated in tweet that Lin is second in the NBA on points made from drives.

 

Lin has the second highest points made from drives in the NBA. Feigan stated this in a tweet. So now let me get this right. You don't want Lin to drive. His FG% is currently about 55 and it is the highest percentage of any PG in the NBA. That includes this last game with LAC.Check it out on ESPN,and do everybody a favor, including all the Rockets players.

 

Do you guys really think the coach controls exactly what shot every player shoots on every possession? Lin is the point guard, he has the ball on nearly every possession. He doesn't really need coach's permission to take any particular type of shot at any given time. Obviously if he shows a pattern of bad decision making, the coach will say something. But if he is open on a given possession for a three point shot, I have no doubts that Lin has a green light to take it, just like every other guard and wing on the team.

 

What i noticed, and why his 3pt percentage is 40% right now is because as already stated, he doesn't shoot many to begin with, and when he does. He will not shoot one if he knows it will be contested or if it could be blocked. look back at most of his 3s. He won't shoot them unless hes WIDE open and has all day to do it. Which makes sense why he's at 40.

 

Actually, FG% doesn't tell the whole story as it's a generalized stats.

Jeremy Lin

FG% - 53.3% (#1 for PG's, #24 in the NBA)
FGA - 8.6 (#26 for PG's)
Adjusted FG% - 59.2% (#2 for PG's behind Stephen Curry's 60.2%, #21 in the NBA)
3pt% - 43.8% (#15 for PG's)
Points per Shot - 1.63 (#1 for PG's, #3 in the NBA behind Kevin Durant and Chris Bosh)

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/field-goals/sort/scoringEfficiency

So, Lin isn't taking tons of shots, but he's being crazy efficient. Partially due to his rate of drawing fouls, partially due to his solid 3 point shooting. Steph Curry for example draws only 1.7 FTA per game vs Lin's 5.1 FTA per game.

Interestingly, in terms of Points per Shot, Curry ranks only 8th despite having the highest Adjusted FG%. Lack of fouls does that I guess.

That doesn't mean he should or shouldn't take more shots, just don't be so sure that he should shoot the 3 any time he sees a crack of light. Lin can probably pick his spots for shooting the 3 better, but he seems to be doing just fine.