Wow, I keep seeing the same ppl post this same thing over and over! Don't know if yall just didn't watch the Rockets before Lin came, too lazy to google it, or if you are just FIXATED on blaming coaching for all of Lin's problems, but here you go... http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-rockets/2012/5/26/3044988/houston-rockets-kyle-lowry-wants-out http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/05/disgruntled-lowry-feels-its-his-time-to-move-on/ http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....ajor-changes-kyle-lowry-wants-out-of-houston/ -He didn't want to share time with Dragic who was coming up real quick and stole his starting spot. All Rockets fans knew this. It's annoying when you make things up, but maybe you didn't know the truth. Now, can you at least put that little coaching conspiracy theory to rest?
Here's more... (please stop making up crap) McHale Wants Ball in Lin's Hands More With guard James Harden out, the Rockets planned to turn to Jeremy Lin to run more of the offense. But coach Kevin McHale said he would like to get the ball in Lin’s hands more often, regardless of whether his other top playmaker plays. “We have to find a way to get Jeremy playing with the ball more, even playing with James,” McHale said. “We’ve got to make sure he’s able to do some things and have some strong-side, weak-side action where he is involved.” Lin matched a career high with 38 points in Monday’s 134-126 overtime loss to the Spurs. Harden turned his right ankle when he stepped on Elton Brand’s foot Saturday. Harden stayed in the game but has not practiced since and is considered day-to-day. Parker lends encouragement Of all the NBA point guards Jeremy Lin has studied, there are few he emulates quite as much as Spurs guard Tony Parker. The Rockets can only hope he can mimic Parker’s growth as well. Through 83 career games, Lin has made 42.1 percent of his shots, averaging 9.4 points per game, in an average of 22.1 minutes. Through 83 career games, Parker made 42.1 percent of his shots, averaging 10.2 points in an average of 31.7 minutes. Parker also struggled with his outside shot in his first NBA seasons, and he believes Lin’s shot will improve. “His shot will come,” Parker said. “Me, too. I couldn’t hit a shot at the beginning of my career. I was still able to go to the basket. His shot will improve. It will help his game. Definitely. When I started making the outside jumper on a consistent basis, that’s when I was more consistent with my performance. “It’s his first full year. There is a lot of attention on him. I think you have to be patient with his growth. When I first came into the league, I was a little raw. I was very aggressive. At the same time, I had to learn the point guard position and when to score, when to pass and try to find that happy middle, find the balance. I think Jeremy Lin is at that point.” Through 83 games, Parker averaged 4.7 assists. Playing about eight fewer minutes per game, Lin is averaging 4.5 assists in his career. “He’s trying to find his position on the team,” Parker said. “And he needs to fit with another guy who is very aggressive in James Harden. I had to do the same thing when I had Manu Ginobili being super aggressive. You have to find your spots. He will.” Duncan sets a mature tone When asked about the remarkable consistency of the Spurs, Rockets coach Kevin McHale cited the maturity that comes with experience. “They have old veterans who have been around,” McHale said. “They’re so far past worrying about ‘Am I going to get 20 tonight? Am I going to get enough touches?’ They have one agenda: That’s winning basketball games. “When you have one agenda, the game becomes very simplistic. You have to do whatever you’ve got to do that night to win. You take other teams, especially young teams, they’re thinking, ‘I’ve got to do this; I’ve got to do that.’ They have a lot of worries. They just complicate the game.” The Rockets are the league’s youngest, least experienced team. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said much of his club’s maturity comes from following the example Tim Duncan has set. “It’s definitely who Tim Duncan is,” Popovich said. “He’s been a consummate pro from the first minute he stepped on the court, and he feels a responsibility to perform a certain way, practice a certain way, travel a certain way. “He really does set the tone for the whole basketball team in that sense. He’s done it from the beginning, and he continues to do it, and people fall in line with what he’s done. The people we’ve brought in have that sort of mentality. “I think it becomes a culture where everybody buys in. Trying to find people of character complete your team is a real key for us. It doesn’t mean somebody has to be a Boy Scout. It just means they have to have gotten over themselves, feel that responsibility, and want to do that on a day-to-day consistent basis.” http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...s-to-turn-to-lin-more-with-or-without-harden/
Obviously, Mchale has finally seen the light. This is after the fact. How do you explain the Portland OT and Dallas decisions. I don't think it's a conspiracy like you label it to be, but complete lack of respect until Lin had to prove yet again that he is more than they thought him to be. Don't be so naive.
so wait, they want a point guard to run an offense by setting up his teammates? that sounds like a bunch of crazy talk.
Notice how Pau Gasol and Amare Stoudemire have been struggling when they were pushed out of the position and space they had been great at.
I just think McHale didn`t trust Lin in those situations - maybe he didn`t see confidence in his eyes, maybe he didn`t like his execution in that game - whatever it is. But you can`t really blame him for that - he needed to see something out of Lin that he just didn`t see. He is a lot closer to those guys than we are and there is a lot more on the line for him than for us. He is doing what he believes gives us the best chance to win. Perhaps his benching helped Lin to find his passion back, to prove everybody wrong. Perhaps he finally figured out, what McHale needed to see - but it is on Lin to gain the trust of your coach. 25 good games last season aren`t nearly as important as what you show everyday in practice and in games to your new coach.
I think it goes both ways. Sometimes your eyes see what u want it to see. This could explain why Lin was taken out in those games because they in their biased view saw that Lin wasn't playing well when in fact he was. I think it's important for a coach to navigate this carefully because you don't want to undermine a young player's confidence especially if that is the single most important thing that was holding ap player back ad it was in Lin's case . What is done is done, can't change the past. I just hope Mchale saw the light that when a player lights up like Lin did with two different teams, it's not a fluke and its his job to come up with a plan that can effectively utilize our dynamic guards and not undermine one to please the other.
Definitely! Even Melo (who supposedly has no weakness offensively) puts up better numbers when playing at the 4 instead of the 3.
I know, right? Perhaps we should trade for Felton, a pass-first PG who took only 30 shots in the game against the Chicago Bulls.
Didn't McHale just come back a few games ago? I think likely what happened is that he wants to do things differently than Sampson does. Even before the Spurs game when McHale just came back he said that the Rockets were relying to much on Harden & that Lin needed a big role. A lot of people are sensationalizing things & seeing stuff where there really isn't anything. The Rockets just haven't had enough practice time to institute stuff. Just a few thoughts.
If you could trade harden for a big guy who could finish it would not be silly....the rockets need a big guy who puts it down....lin or harden could go and the rockets would be better off.....
And felton has been playing really badly.....last night he was 2 of 12 or something with 8 turnovers....
And Dragic didn't want out. He and McHale fit very well. He wanted the advantage of a player option. The Rockets have a strict no player option policy for anyone who is not a star.
McHale and the other coaches are slowly building an offense. Harden is better than Lin. McHale is going to work on getting him involved first. Lin is second playmaker on team. McHale is going to work on using him next. McHale is not the greatest coach. He is not the worst either. The Rockets have a lot of young players and it is taking longer for them to adapt to new plays. I think Harden and Lin are going to be a deadly combination in the future. McHale is developing them now. I expect it to be a slow process. I am excited at how well such a young team has played.
Everyone knows Lin is a very good PG and Harden is a very good SG but our coaches don't know it. They played Lin as a spot-shooter like Novak. Rox waste a tons of money to grab Lin but we just need to have a spot-shooter Novak is the best one and much more cheaper than Lin. Everyone seems upstanding why Lin was struggle but our coached don't, as spot-shooter, we use TD is good enough.
Very encouraged by lin's comments that he will have an aggressive mindset from start of the game from here on at the Chronical lates article. He admits it was his passive mindset and it all changed during the Dallas game. Now by golly, touch wood, this is what we will see from here on.
Im a huge Lin fan, but I have to agree that Lin being underutilized was partly his own fault. Sometimes you just gotta step up to give the decision makers reason to trust you. I'm just glad he seems to be doing that now.
