u guys should take some time to listen to paul video on youtube. 4 of the TO were due to the clippers game plan on lin...
You know its truly interesting that opponents seem to have more respect for Lin's abilities than most of us as fans. George Karl being one of them, Kobe too. And I don't know if you guys noticed. But during todays game vs the Clippers it seemed to me that Chris Paul was shadowing Lin's minutes and not the other way around. I remember thinking when McHale put Lin in and our bench was rolling "dammit, Chris Paul is coming in again".
Dude, I am a big Lin fan but this bashing of Harden doesn't make any sense. 6-24 happens when you are playing against the best defense in the league, you are injured and the rest of the team is being stifled as well. He tried to take the team on his shoulders. Its worked before, just not that night. No shame in that.
I think everybody should agree with the fact Lin played okay on Clippers (not great and not poor either) plus we got the W. so shall we continue the whole conversation unto next Magic game ?
We beat them by 18 pts without Harden, I'd say the whole team did more than just okay including Lin.. Dishing/driving/passing being aggressive, team ball was beautiful that night..
That's the problem. Guys got to stop giving excuses to Harden. When you have a team, you got to trust your teammate. You don't trust them and think that you can do everything by yourself. That's fail. Your teammate's not doing well and you just stop passing the ball to them. Big mistake. Lin did better PG job, let him do it. Don't take everything on his shoulder.
It doesn't really matter if there is or isn't a gameplan on Lin. Don't use that as an excuse for Lin's performance. I thought he had a decent game today, but turning the ball over three times in a row in the first few minutes is as much Lin's fault for not recognizing the defense as it is the Clipper's success. And they weren't TOs because of Asik or one of the bigs, either. They were telegraphed passes that were picked off by CP3.
Wouldn't quite go that far. Chris Paul is #1 in steals for a reason. 2 of the passes were definitely telegraphed, 1 was a misfire on a cross court, 1 was a slight overpass that the receiver couldn't handle, but one was just anticipation by Chris Paul when he couldn't even see Lin (was screened off the pick and he couldn't even see Lin passing with Jordan cutting off his line of vision). That one was just a great read of the play as it developed. And yes, while Lin has responsibility we have to remember it's not like Lin has played against Chris Paul many times. You don't just play a guy like Chris Paul once or twice, watch the film and suddenly neutralize his ability to score or defend. That's why he's Chris Paul. Might as well beat up on the Rockets defense for not being able to stop Lebron, Durant, Tony Parker or Mark Gasol. Inexperienced also means that most of our roster isn't super familiar with their individual opponents as well as against opposing team strategies.
Not in terms of overall skill, but in that they are tremendously difficult to stop at their position. Marc Gasol is one of the best scoring bigs in the game. Tony Parker is one of the best PG's in the game. There's a long list of players like that including Melo, Harden, Tim Duncan, etc. We just can't expect our inexperienced roster to suddenly shut down players that have a proven track record of being very hard to stop.
This might be the video he was talking about, not sure. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AJXKVOxqkWM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
lol Lin was a big part of a blowout win! If the Rockets people like you would swarm like Vultures on corpse. People only complain when Harden shoots poorly and the Rockets lose. If he shot poorly but is still a big reason why the Rockets blow a team out no one would care.
it's called ball movement and hockey assists. Remember when people would say "yao is agreat passing big man!?!? look at his assists!!" well of course if he gets doubles and he finds Rafer Alston on the perimeter who then makes an extra pass to Battier or Tmac for a bucket, you box score lovers would never notice the Yao pass is the one that made the play. As for the turnovers, well maybe if he played more like Harden and just put up shots rather than try to make plays and pass it off he'd have less turnover.
This game showcase Lin was no scrub. Clippers definitely made Lin a focal point on their game plan. That was pretty awesome how the opponent anticipated Lin was going to drive and pass. Great learning lesson for this kid...he'll learn and improve like always. I'm really loving how our bigs are stepping up and making their presence felt....thats what we need for playoff time.
Hey guys, basketball games scores in the triple digits. Sometimes no matter what you do the other team is going to get theirs. Chris Paul is the #1 PG and #3 player overall for good reasons. C'mon, Lin was not far behind Paul this game, and the Rox won. What more do you want?
JLin overall played extremely well....he was definately the opponent focal point especially Harden was out. You can tell Chris Paul respected JLin game compared to PB. There was a difference on how Chris Paul would dribble against Lin and PB and the way he was guarding them.
