Pretty much. We've had people saying that it was hard to root for Harden because he lives in strip clubs and has sex with prostitutes. Just because one chick on twitter who is notorious for drama said so...we had a whole thread attacking Harden's character On top of him being a selfish, ballhog of a player that only cares about his stats and not wins.
But how do those negative buttholes have anything to do with bashing Lin and clamoring for him to be benched everytime Bev plays okay. Then it's right for people to brand any fan of Lin's as idiots and act condescending at every thread? Go check what I wrote in those threads and explain to me why I need to see crazy mean-spirited crap about Lin at every turn. You're quoting 3-5 people versus the vast majority of fans who are positive about every Rocket player. And you do know that for everyone of those guys, there are 5 haters literally calling Lin out. As a professional, I'm sure he's not offended by these idiots since they didn't attack his character but rather called him an unatheletic, bench player who doesn't belong on the court.
well, as much as I am a lin fan. he played badly last game and the team really needed him. So there is nothing much to defend here. Just that we are in the playoffs, he has no choice but to step up, learn and improve. I believe he can. Lin plays well when he has nothing to lose.
Are you serious with this post? This is a Rocket's fan forum, not a Jeremy Lin fan site. People here put the Rockets above any single player. When posters, specifically those who have a join date in late 2012, start bashing players/coaches/organization in order to transfer criticism away from the poor play of Lin, then they are putting a player above the team, and that PISSES REAL ROCKET FANS OFF.
What are you talking about?? You think among Lakers fans, there are no Kobe fans?? So, if you like or are a fan of Lin, you are not a Rockets fan... Oh I see. Then, I guess I can see where you're coming from. You thought support for Lin meant that those people weren't Rockets fans. And that all people who like Lins game can't see his weaknesses or bad performances, and only shift blame to others. And of course, bashing McHale or Harden is not allowed, you hate it, you get repulsed by it, but then you turn around and bash Lin over and over again but now defending him is a non-Rockets move.. So basically: Bash Harden-> non-Rockets fan. Bitter LOF. Bash McHale-> non-Rockets fan. Bitter LOF. Bash Lin -> okay behavior. Encouraged. Repped. Not a LOH, just a true Rockets fan. Defend Harden-> real Rockets fan. Defend McHale-> real Rockets fan Defend Lin -> repulsive. How dare you. Lin is a scrub and Linsanity was all hype. He's a bench player at best. Start (insert name here). He's much better than Lin and a better fit for Harden. I hate this weird science logic on this board.
Why can nobody understand this? This is NOT what he is saying at all... EVERYBODY "likes" Lin. They all want to see him do well. What Rockets fan wouldn't want their starting PG to do well? Nobody is actively rooting for him to fail, unless their trolling... However...it's the dudes who blatantly put Lin's success ahead of the Rockets success. The dudes who complain about Lin's lack of usage/playing time/etc. even if the Rockets win. The dudes who complain about other parts of the team to prop up Lin, despite Lin playing poor or those players doing well. If it's seriously that hard to understand then I'm sorry, but please just try to. It seriously just cannot be that complex...
No you like many others go to great lengths to bash Lin BEFORE ahead of the team winning and then come on here pretending to be all righteous "I'm a Rockets fan first!" Bullst. Shown time and time again, Rox go when Lin goes... You want him benched but in the same breath demand to know why he doesn't average 20 and 8 from the bench. And in the minutes he does play, he is put in such great position to do so from the baseline corner. The Rox need to trade Lin this offseason it's as simple as that.
This is the kind of post that happens when: 1. you are very very late to the party 2. you do not read the OP This thread had absolutlely nothing to do with game 1 against the Thunder and was started before the game. Typical hypersensitive response from a .....
That's projection at it's finest. I never see any Rocket fans expecting 20/8 from Jeremy Lin, his contract does not even demand close to that level of production.
Jesus Christ the LOFs come in swarms. Lars said nothing bad. He just stated what's annoying is when even in good times for the Rockets, LOFs will go to unexplainable lengths to thrust Lin stats, perception, etc. And take away from the greater cause. If the Rockets won Sunday, 75 percent of the threads would've still been focusing on Lin.
I can't decide if this thread is awesome or terrible. On the one hand, OP's condescending tone towards LOFs is delicious. On the other hand, the thread is just bait for another round of LOF/LOH/LOFH ****storm.
The fact that possibly needed to exist is terrible in the first place. There are haters everywhere who just suck at life and want everyone else to feel as miserable as they do, but I do feel that a good majority of the people here on this site want the Rockets to do well, and in thinking that, its assumed that they want their starting PG to perform well in the process. I think the disconnect comes in where to draw the line with criticism, and also to realize that there doesn't always have to be balance to the criticism if your favorite player is getting criticized. The fact is- -Jeremy Lin is a decent PG with some potential that has a decent amount of improvement he needs. -Harden is an elite top 5 scorer in the league, but has some improvement to work on if he wants to make the transition from dominant scorer to MVP candidate. -McHale's results for the season have been very, VERY good. Nobody expected this team to produce this much, and get this far. He deserves SOME credit. However, he does make some mistakes during the game that he seems to be working on such as subsitution patterns, defensive gameplan tweeks, etc. What people need to understand here is that these are 3 individual scenarios that should be criticized individually. Just because Lin has a bad game doesn't mean its Harden or McHale's fault just as its not necessarily Lins fault if McHale screws up his subsitution pattern that creates mismatches that the other team exploits. So whoever you root for just freaking except that they aren't perfect, all of them have contributed to the successs and the failures of this team this year individually, and STOP POINTING THE FINGER at everyone else.
The irony is that Rockets fans who dislike LOF should also dislike McHale. Lin fans: puts Lin over the concept of team ball McHale: puts Harden over the concept of team ball disclaimer: not saying Harden is selfish at all (according to the Ibaka thread). he's probably put in a situation where he is the leader of the team, but his specific leadership duties are muddled due to the uncreative McHale offensive and defensive system.
how does mchales handling of harden different than the other's teamns with 1 superstar handling of their best player?
As a Rockets follower from the Pro-Lin camp, this is tame compared to what the Tim Tebow worshippers did to the Jets forums. They're like rabid dogs over there.
I can appreciate your enthusiasm and passion for your guy, unfortunately, the goals of Rocket fans and goals of Lin's fans do not always line up, which tends to flare up often, specifically when Lin is not helping the Rockets win and also when the Rockets win and Lin doesn't play well. This is a Rockets board and when a player, any player, plays terrible in a game (a playoff game no less), he is going to get crucified. That is just the way it is. I am sorry the board makes you so angry and doesn't like your Jeremy Lin first attitude. Perhaps these boards would be better suited for your needs: http://www.jeremylinmania.com/ http://www.jeremylintastic.com/ http://www.talk-sports.net/nba/fan.aspx/Jeremy_Lin http://jlinfans.net/ Yea, not really. Winning always comes first.
You talk a lot of about Lin-bashers, then top it off with the last sentence which isn't related at all to the off the court fan drama. Projection much buddy? And anyways, why do you care what other people think about your hero? Have a little more confidence in yourself and stop caring about the approval of you or your hero. If he's truly an underdog, then look up what an underdog means! Once any of you do that, you'll find it less tempting to bash on other Rockets during wins where Jeremy doesn't put up great numbers.
What the hell are you saying with your condescending az voice? I don't want the Rockets to win? That I don't care about the Rockets? GTFO.
