Lin shooting 78% from 3's??!?! (Predict Lin's 3 Pt FG% Next Season)

Rondo was not elite in 2008 (too young). Kidd was not elite in 2011 (too old). Of all the teams who made the Finals in the last 5 years, only the Spurs and Thunder heavily leaned on an all-star PG.

This is ridiculously trying to stretch reality to match this wild fantasy you have. Why it's so important for you to prop up this wild fantasy that we have to dump Jeremy Lin from our team, I won't bother speculating on here.

 

Exactly, Rondo wasn't even considered part of their big 3, Kidd was playing his last meaningful basketball, and neither of them were all-star caliber at that time.

Regardless, there is still the fact that when you compare the pg position of the teams that are competing for DH the Rockets are looking pretty good between both Lin and Beverley.

 

The problem with Lin is the amount of money he makes. He is not a bad player, just not a very good one, and losing him, while playing his backup does not impact the team very much. The salary he earns , robs you of the ability to add a better player in this free agency.

With Milsaps, Mayos, Reddicks, etc. on the market with a similar price tag, who are better players, Lin will always be a target to dump.

 

I still don't think he's a deterrent for Dwight.

If we can trade him for something better, then sure, pull the trigger. I'm not arguing that he should be on the team no matter what.

If that doesn't happen and he still doesn't really work out after this season, then we can trade him as a decent expiring contract to a team who wouldn't mind getting some media attention for a year (plus some merch sales).

He either performs or gets moved, I don't think he holds us back.

As for him clogging up this years free agent spending... well it was going to be either him or Goran, who basically got the same amount of money and produced the same.

 

another misconception where people think 8 million is an amount where a pg should be performing at all star levels. 8 million's pretty fair for a more than serviceable/solid pg that has great upside. Mo Williams, Rodney Stuckey, Devin Harris and Jameer Nelson make about 8.6 million this year. Jose Calderon made 10.6 million. Monta Ellis made 11 million.

sure, you could dump his salary and pick up other players you listed (milsap, mayo, reddick, etc.) but they aren't players that'll replace the pg position if you get rid of lin. Do we really need Milsap and does he fit the team right now? I'd rather take JSmoove and even if we don't, we have enough PF. We have Harden at SF and I doubt Mayo would come over to play off the bench for Harden. Reddick would be a great spark off the bench but not off the expense of getting rid of a our starting pg.

 

Beverly will make 750k next year and 900k the year after. He is an upgraded shooter and defender. Lin does not provide 8x the production of Beverly and thus he is replaceable. The money he is earning could be spent on Milsap, a near all star caliber player at a huge position of need. That is money much much better spent and makes for a much much better and more rounded team.

Listing a bunch of other overpaid players, does not make Lin any less overpaid. And here is the kicker: all of those players are on bad teams. Bad teams are bad because they have a poor allocation of their resources.

Yes, adding any of those players in place of Lin would make us a better team, and that is the point.

 

Beverley*

He's a really good back up PG but currently not starting material. His shooting isn't better than Lin's and his passing isn't there either. He plays ferocious D and gets rebounds (sometimes at risk of not getting back on D).

I'd like Milsap on the Rockets but I wonder if the Rockets would go after a SnT for Smith before him.

 

Lin will be fine from 3 pt range next season. 36%

 

Beverley's (people never get his name right) is a better shooter based on which stat? beverley's better at scrambling as a 1-on-1 defender but lin is clearly a better all around defensive player that disrupts the overall offense. he's highly underrated as a defender as many people like Morey and Jason Friedman have stated on multiple occasions. He wouldn't have been top 10 in steals if he wasn't. i like beverley and think he's a great backup but if he was really that much better and ready to start, don't you think the rockets would've replaced lin with him to win more games?

i don't know why you're listing all these other players who might make us all around better but not make us finals contenders. it's a moot point. you can continuously "reallocate resources" like you stated but at some point a team needs continuity and a consistent team to build rapport and culture.

 

Because Chris Paul isn't coming here, the ABJ crowd needs to create another story to keep their hopes alive. Soon it'll be Jeremy Lin needs to make way for Sergio Llull (actually already started), and Josh Smith/Paul Millsap. If need be, Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans will be thrown in. If all else fails, perhaps Jimmer as well.

 

Boom goes the dynamite lol

He said he shot 1000 threes according to instagram

 

As he should be... that's how you improve. 1000 isn't that many to those guys. You spend all that time in the gym, shot after shot, and you get better.

 

I just think its funny that he got 78%...coincidentally the same number from the title of the thread. It really has no relevance but I just thought it was funny

 

I thought the trainer that mentioned 78% was talking about this. And Lin's just posting this pic a few days later than it happened?

 

Still don't think 78% with no one guarding you in practice is much to brag about.

 

Why is everyone placing so much emphasis on the number 78%?

Elite 3pt shooters shoot like 90% in practice.

The more important thing to take note of is he is making steady improvement.

Improvement is the thing that matters the most.

 

i hope lin stays with the Rockets.

 

Why don't you elaborate more on your well thought out response

 

Why is this such a big deal? he had an injury influenced offseason, was noticeably very bad at the start of the season, no lift or explosion, once he got healthy, his legs under him, he was a good 3point shooter for a good part of the season. People seem to forget that it took Lowry a few years before he developed a good 3pt shot.

 

Good joke. I am guessing they are going to trade CP3 for him + filler?