What's up with these coaches? On one hand, you've got people like Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and even Charles Barkley saying that Jeremy Lin is for real. On the other, you've got these coaches who don't even want to give Lin a shot. Anybody who thinks Toney Douglas is a better matchup than anybody shouldn't be coaching.
Woodson used Lin just fine. Sure, Lin was no longer than the first option after Melo and Amare came back, but he was played well, with less pressure as well. When the Knicks were behind (though they were blowing out teams mostly), Woodson would let Lin go off in the fourth quarter. He was injured too. Have no idea what kind of offense the coaches here are trying to pull off. It's simply a mess.
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I'm a big basketball fan, like jlin, but man I do not like how they play him in the offense. Douglas over jlin? wth? liked the machup better? I'm begining to think the coaches need to be out.. or they need to just trade Jeremy since they are so obviously down on him.
Lin started yesterday. He played most of the minutes. He can't play all 48 minutes. Why are people making such a big story out of this? Its weird. Will Bynum played 13 minutes yesterday, and his team was outscored by 17 points in that span. Toney Douglas was mostly matched up against him. Evidently, Sampson saw something out there he liked, and he was being complimentary towards a player who has been struggling all year. You don't have to interpret it as a diss towards Lin. If Douglas can gain some confidence and provide solid backup PG minutes, that will be huge for our team.
Are people still talking about Sampsons comments? Who care we won. We need tony Douglas to step up so giving him more minutes against an inferior team can help boost his confidence. Playing Lin & Harden like 40 minutes is going to run them ragged and we will start to get diminishing returns. Honestly the biggest issue for me isn't Lin's playing time but if the coaching staff will start to use him properly & have him run the offense more no more of this spot up shooting nonsense in the corner.
thanks for the comments durvasa. I hear what your saying I guess my thinking is if you have a starter who is struggling with his shot I typically see coaches giving him minutes and making plays so they can get back in sync. This would have been a good game for that kind of mentality against a week piston team. Maybe I'm reading more into this then there really is but something is wrong.
I think the issues those Lin fans are: 1. The coach said TD is a better match up than Lin would be, which is disrespectful - I give the benefit of the doubt to the coach since this is only his first game as a head coach. 2. The coach did not trust him to be a reliable pg and rather has Harden handle the ball instead - this is quite unacceptable to play Lin this way and truly will hammer his development to a elite pg. my 2c. For number 1, I give the benefit of the doubt to the coach since this is only his first game as a head coach.
yeah I just read what sampson said not long ago. If he had said what you just said I would have shruged it off. He said he liked the matchup better. I dont know what matchup he's talking about. Is Douglas a better player than Lin? Defensively? /shrug I agree with the nonsense of camp him in the corner and chuck a 3 now and then. I did not get to see the game yesterday, but did the coaches make any adjustments for harden and lin or was it the same as the last 2-3 games?
Sampson also said that Lin is a better half-court player than Douglas. If we're going to be all sensitive, that's a much harsher critique of Douglas than this supposed critique of Lin (Sampson saying Douglas pushes the ball up the floor faster and he liked the match up of Douglas against Bynum). Some of you guys have this mindset that the whole world is against Lin, and as a result you're reading too much into this stuff.
Ugh this is silly. It isn't that they don't trust him to be a reliable PG they are still trying to figure out how to maximize both there talents. It is as clear as daylight that Lin should have the ball in his hands more often (at the top of the key) & harden should be the SG that plays off of him. But it is a process of trial & error by the coaching staff. Do you really think that the Rockets are trying to prevent his development? Seriously they are the ones who invested all this money to him clearly his success & improvement is one of there top priorities. Take it easy, stop trying to cry foul unnecessarily.
I haven't watched the Pistons game. Have they made any adjustments to the offense? Was Lin still camping out in the corner? Thanks to anyone for answering.
If I remember correctly, in the first few minutes, yes but became better as the game went on. Someone correct me if I was wrong.
I'm starting to feel sick about the overreaction to the coach's comment and Lin playing minutes against the pistons.. People are seeing to much rather than the obvious... Against a weak team, you send out your struggling backup PG so that he may also get his confidence.. i think it is common sense... what the f big deal here? TRy not to be like overprotective mother hen over Lin... it is like inviting people to react negatively to Lin... Lin has so far played just fine.. I don't think the coaching staff disrespecting him.. instead they may still try to sort out how to best utilize all main players, not just him...
