NumberTwoPencil wrote:Yeah, the Rockets lost and, yup, Lin had too many turnovers. However, he played a pretty good game and I'd argue, though apparently McHale doesn't see it this way, that Lin's turnovers were not too bad (say three or more of them were team/coaching problem) and his missed shots were mostly last second take one for the team shots.
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It's tough though to know where Lin should play. He plays best when he dominates the ball, but can you really justify him dominating the ball when you have Dwight and Harden? I like him most when he's scoring, so that why I'd have him as sixth man- also seems to make scrubs better and seems to play better with scrubs, so it's probably where he's best suited. I think McHale is right bringing him off the bench.

Bonn1997 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

NumberTwoPencil wrote:Yeah, the Rockets lost and, yup, Lin had too many turnovers. However, he played a pretty good game and I'd argue, though apparently McHale doesn't see it this way, that Lin's turnovers were not too bad (say three or more of them were team/coaching problem) and his missed shots were mostly last second take one for the team shots.
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It's tough though to know where Lin should play. He plays best when he dominates the ball, but can you really justify him dominating the ball when you have Dwight and Harden? I like him most when he's scoring, so that why I'd have him as sixth man- also seems to make scrubs better and seems to play better with scrubs, so it's probably where he's best suited. I think McHale is right bringing him off the bench.

In the five games he's played with Harden in Houston, Lin is averaging 24.0 points on 47% shooting.
Here's an interesting article on Lin
http://www.red94.net/stats-say-jeremy-lin-playing-like-might-worth-15-million-salary/13397/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stats-say-jeremy-lin-playing-like-might-worth-15-million-salary

Awesome read. Thank you.

The same guy that allowed Marv Alpert to walk over money, the some ******* that gave Larry Brown 30MM to go away, Isiah 20MM, paid a lawsuit for 11MM.

And we are searching for a guy that can get everyone invovled and make guys better. But, we can give a roster spot to someone that couldn't excel in the D League.

Embarrassing

dk7th wrote:here is harvey araton's article from the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/sports/basketball/jeremy-lin-got-away-from-the-knicks-then-got-better-with-the-rockets.html?hpw&rref=sports

sigh

Again, where the hell was all this Jermy smarm last season, when our starting PG couldn't throw the ball in the ocean for two months. It's easier to pick on FatRay and Picasso than JKidd right?

And there's no such thing as too small a sample per se. Rather, it would be too small a sample to justify a specific conclusion. Unless you can put the two together, you're not making sense.

NYKBocker wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

fishmike wrote:jrod I dont participate in such silliness.
True or false:
Lin would be the best guard on our roster right now.
Lin would have resigned but Dolan and MSG totaly phucked it up

Yeah, come on Jrod. You can do better.

Yes, Bonn, you're right, I need to work on my knee jerk reactions to small sample sizes.

Again, where the hell was all this Jermy smarm last season, when our starting PG couldn't throw the ball in the ocean for two months. It's easier to pick on FatRay and Picasso than JKidd right?

Romantic - being outplayed by Patrick Beverly and Toney Freakin Douglas.
I wanted Lin back and it sucked that he's gone, but he made his choices and our idiot owner lived up to his personality. Move on boys.

In other, actually related news, Shump tries to make amends to the breathing little turd-god with 9 dimes.

There were a lot of posters here, myself included, that were pining for Lin. We just stopped mid-season because we wanted to concentrate on the Knicks and other posters asked us to stop mentioning Lin.

In regards with Lin being outplayed last year. I watched all Rocket games last year. He was not outplayed by Beverley or TD. Sampson did not like Lin and it showed. McHale I am not sure but he is a horrible coach and I think he listened to Sampson a lot.

Interesting. Now on top of actually being statistically better, it's the coach's fault too. You forgot the injury excuse, too.

Trust me, I understand that the pining never went away.

Pining for others is part and parcel of the whole Knicks sports fan mental negativity. From Crawfish to Ray to Gallo to Moz to Lee. It never ends.

jrodmc wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

fishmike wrote:jrod I dont participate in such silliness.
True or false:
Lin would be the best guard on our roster right now.
Lin would have resigned but Dolan and MSG totaly phucked it up

Yeah, come on Jrod. You can do better.

Yes, Bonn, you're right, I need to work on my knee jerk reactions to small sample sizes.

Again, where the hell was all this Jermy smarm last season, when our starting PG couldn't throw the ball in the ocean for two months. It's easier to pick on FatRay and Picasso than JKidd right?

Romantic - being outplayed by Patrick Beverly and Toney Freakin Douglas.
I wanted Lin back and it sucked that he's gone, but he made his choices and our idiot owner lived up to his personality. Move on boys.

In other, actually related news, Shump tries to make amends to the breathing little turd-god with 9 dimes.

There were a lot of posters here, myself included, that were pining for Lin. We just stopped mid-season because we wanted to concentrate on the Knicks and other posters asked us to stop mentioning Lin.

In regards with Lin being outplayed last year. I watched all Rocket games last year. He was not outplayed by Beverley or TD. Sampson did not like Lin and it showed. McHale I am not sure but he is a horrible coach and I think he listened to Sampson a lot.

Interesting. Now on top of actually being statistically better, it's the coach's fault too. You forgot the injury excuse, too.

Trust me, I understand that the pining never went away.

Pining for others is part and parcel of the whole Knicks sports fan mental negativity. From Crawfish to Ray to Gallo to Moz to Lee. It never ends.