Lin's scrutiny

It's always by Salary cap hold which is 8.3 mil.

 

Okay dude, here are a bunch of players that averaged less than 40% from the field for entire seasons (50+ games) and made more than Lin's $8.3 million:

Code:

NAME               SEASON   FG%    SALARY
Gilbert Arenas     2003-04  0.392  $8,536,000
Gilbert Arenas     2010-11  0.366  $17,730,694
Baron Davis        2003-04  0.395  $10,960,000
Baron Davis        2005-06  0.389  $13,700,000
Baron Davis        2008-09  0.370  $11,250,000
Tim Hardaway       2000-01  0.392  $12,000,000
Larry Hughes       2006-07  0.400  $13,363,012
Larry Hughes       2007-08  0.381  $12,000,084
Allen Iverson      2001-02  0.398  $11,250,000
Jason Kidd         2001-02  0.391  $8,447,500
Jason Kidd         2003-04  0.384  $13,152,000
Jason Kidd         2004-05  0.398  $14,796,000
Jason Kidd         2007-08  0.385  $19,728,000
Quentin Richardson 2008-09  0.393  $8,685,500
Clifford Robinson  2002-03  0.398  $8,421,875
Damon Stoudamire   1998-99  0.396  $9,000,000
Nick Van Exel      2004-05  0.381  $11,933,252
Antoine Walker     2001-02  0.394  $11,250,000
Antoine Walker     2002-03  0.388  $12,375,000
Jason Williams     2007-08  0.384  $8,937,500
Mo Williams        2010-11  0.399  $9,300,000

 

Is Lin can go 4/10 every game with a 1/3 from downtown and a few trips to the line - I would be happy.

40% for a high volume chucker like Gilbert Arenas is one thing. 40% for a low-volume guy like Lin (at least so far this year) - doesn't really matter as much. That being said, he definitely needs to hit more of his open shots.

 

lol...Jason Kidd for 4 seasons

 

Is this the most overrated players of the decade minus Kidd list?

I think Lin will finish the year shooting better than 40% btw.

You make a fair point.

 

Not sure how cap/salary inflation looks like over time - but Lin's 8.3 this year could be a lot less than 8.3 in some of the above years.

 

LOL too funny

 

Hmm excuse me Baron Davs & AI weren't overrated. Baron was nasty when he was young. That dunk on kirelenko & the full court game winner. He was so much fun to watch.

 

Yep, he was awful after Nets resigned him.

 

Why would anyone give L.Hughes 13 mill a year

 

Anybody else more worried about Hardens 42% FG

 

No, it's just like everybody else, give him some time. This is a new team and all of the players are going to take time to get used to playing with each other. I'm surprised that they are coming together as fast as they have. Lets see where we are at towards the end of the season. You can see right now that our defense isn't as good as it should be and I think that has more to do with getting used to playing with each other and learning the system than individual play.

 

Ha! Linsanity, the documentary, is going to be shown at Sundance! http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/12/linsanity-documentary-makes-2013.html

(I know the Rockets "real fans" or whatever they call themselves don't care to know or hear anything about his time as a Knick....but the film's been in the works for a while so maybe his first go round with the Rockets will be featured too. :grin

 

First the shirt, now the haircut! Anything else besides bb which should be addressed? Just kidding.

 

The film maker is Lin's lontime friend who was an assistant on the Fast & Furious movie.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1456609/news#ni25949780

 

and this documentary started before Linsanity...i'm interested in what Lin looked like at that time

 

I think some douchebag criticized him for his nerdy glasses :grin:

 

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Woo, exciting stuff. Lennox is a boss at making highlight vids.
My favorite is #9, the wrap around to Asik.

 

Agree Baron in his prime. Who is AI, Iverson? Also Arenas before the gun incident was the **** - scored bunches from everywhere on the court.