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Lin's a talented hard worker. He has improved big time on his D over such a short period of time. I have no doubt that he'll snap out of his scoring slump and get his O back, and then some. On the other hand, I'm losing my patience over the Rockets organization for not doing anything to help his offense and hanging him out to dry. I doubt this is what Lin sign up for, to act as a spot up shooter.
I did a short analysis on why Harden and Lin connection didn't work in the last 6 games after winning 2-0. Perhaps it will help to convince him to "nudge" the coaching team to return the PG and primary playmaker role to Jeremy so both of their performance won't suffer. Many of us have been saying that it's a travesty to stuck Jeremy as a spot-up 3PT shooter in the corner and simply give the ball to Harden to create in the offense. It's detrimental for both of their performance as this analysis shows. http://toondad.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-fix-harden-lin-lost-connection.html How to Fix Harden-Lin (Lost) Connection Harden and Lin were the best backcourt duo in the 1st 2 games but gradually lost their connection in the next 6 games (decreasing both of their performance) when Lin deferred the primary playmaker and distributor role to Harden. As a result, both of their performance suffered in the next 6 games. How do we know it's true? In this short analysis, I will show that these general observations from many fans watching the game are validated by the statistics of lower 3PT%, worse +/- and Lin's lower usage rate (USG%) 3PT% in Game 3-8 which also pointed to the lack of ball movement expressed by Houston coaches. Houston coaches would need to right the ship by insisting Jeremy Lin to be the primary playmaker and let Harden be the best scorer. ... 1. Worsening trend of +/- Stats 2. Plummeting 3PT% for both Harden and Lin 3. The Usage Rate % (USG%) validated that he deferred too soon by giving the ball on offense to let Harden be the primary playmaker in Game 3-8. In summary, the key message to Houston coaches is loud and clear: Allow Jeremy Lin to be the primary playmaker and ball distributor to facilitate ball movement. He is the Point Guard after all. He will leverage Harden's strength as top scorer and secondary playmaker as proven in Game 1 and Game 2. And monitor the Lin's Usage Rate % to be at least 22% (similar to Dragic and Lowry in McHale system) to support their desire for more ball movement
Lin was spectacular on offense last season. He's been spectacular on defense so far. At least he has huge potential on both ends of the floor. Once he breaks out the shoot slump, everything else will come. Too bad many "real" Rockets fans are in "win now" mode, and don't have any patience at all.
Man in that video in the part stephen a smith starts screaming that he is just a marginal point guard. "He can't go left!!!!" Whooooa powerful stuff here.
