tkf wrote:what they really need is a defensive wing player, and for harden to just work on his defense as well. They ran into a pretty good blazers team.. I think Mchale waited way too long to adjust to Aldridge and let him get off big in the first two games, and that killed them.. they are young, this was year one.... they have the assets to add the pieces they need...

McHale is extremely lucky to be back next season. You have Harden and Howard(and a ton of good pieces around them) you need to at least make it out of the first round with that duo.

LegendaryKnicks wrote:

tkf wrote:what they really need is a defensive wing player, and for harden to just work on his defense as well. They ran into a pretty good blazers team.. I think Mchale waited way too long to adjust to Aldridge and let him get off big in the first two games, and that killed them.. they are young, this was year one.... they have the assets to add the pieces they need...

McHale is extremely lucky to be back next season. You have Harden and Howard(and a ton of good pieces around them) you need to at least make it out of the first round with that duo.

WELL THis is the first year with this core group together. Mchale should get a chance to be back and improve upon this season.

mreinman wrote:

LegendaryKnicks wrote:

tkf wrote:what they really need is a defensive wing player, and for harden to just work on his defense as well. They ran into a pretty good blazers team.. I think Mchale waited way too long to adjust to Aldridge and let him get off big in the first two games, and that killed them.. they are young, this was year one.... they have the assets to add the pieces they need...

McHale is extremely lucky to be back next season. You have Harden and Howard(and a ton of good pieces around them) you need to at least make it out of the first round with that duo.

They have no starting PG, Harden went stone cold, and Portland is a damn good team. Despite all that, they were an eye lash away from winning.

That goes both ways, they were also an eye lash from being swept.

LegendaryKnicks wrote:

tkf wrote:what they really need is a defensive wing player, and for harden to just work on his defense as well. They ran into a pretty good blazers team.. I think Mchale waited way too long to adjust to Aldridge and let him get off big in the first two games, and that killed them.. they are young, this was year one.... they have the assets to add the pieces they need...

McHale is extremely lucky to be back next season. You have Harden and Howard(and a ton of good pieces around them) you need to at least make it out of the first round with that duo.

With teams like Indiana and OKC barely getting out of the first round, Golden State out in the first round, these are teams that have been together and are expected to go deep into the playoffs. Houston out in the first round has to be somewhat expected, or expectations for some teams need to be adjusted. Only Miami is a sure thing it seems at this point. Everyone else playing a good team has already fought for their playoff lives. Even with multiple star players, its incredibly hard to advance in the playoffs.

Knixkik wrote:

LegendaryKnicks wrote:

tkf wrote:what they really need is a defensive wing player, and for harden to just work on his defense as well. They ran into a pretty good blazers team.. I think Mchale waited way too long to adjust to Aldridge and let him get off big in the first two games, and that killed them.. they are young, this was year one.... they have the assets to add the pieces they need...

McHale is extremely lucky to be back next season. You have Harden and Howard(and a ton of good pieces around them) you need to at least make it out of the first round with that duo.

With teams like Indiana and OKC barely getting out of the first round, Golden State out in the first round, these are teams that have been together and are expected to go deep into the playoffs. Houston out in the first round has to be somewhat expected, or expectations for some teams need to be adjusted. Only Miami is a sure thing it seems at this point. Everyone else playing a good team has already fought for their playoff lives. Even with multiple star players, its incredibly hard to advance in the playoffs.

The way these playoffs have been going, I wouldn't anoint the Heat so fast. The Nets are deep and tons of savvy vets with playoff experience. Not to mention, they have two closers and one guy (Not your average Joe) who will be a tough cover for the Heat. I will be rooting like crazy against the Nets but I think they will give the Heat a tough series.

Silverfuel wrote:Also Jeremy Lin sucked. 11 pts, 4 assists, 41% FG in 30 minutes. That is another player that is brought up here as if he was the gold standard in point guards and the guy just isn't that good.

Jeremy Lin sucked? as that based on the 1 game you watched in that playoff series??

that assist to troy daniels in game 3 won them the game. game 5 he had a career high 21pts while Harden was dogging it. game 6 he plays great defense in the 4th against Lillard and for some inexplicable reason McFail benches him and puts Parsons on Lillard and you know what happens after that.

Lin was a big factor in the rockets' 2 victories in that series.

SlimChin wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:Also Jeremy Lin sucked. 11 pts, 4 assists, 41% FG in 30 minutes. That is another player that is brought up here as if he was the gold standard in point guards and the guy just isn't that good.

Jeremy Lin sucked? as that based on the 1 game you watched in that playoff series??

that assist to troy daniels in game 3 won them the game. game 5 he had a career high 21pts while Harden was dogging it. game 6 he plays great defense in the 4th against Lillard and for some inexplicable reason McFail benches him and puts Parsons on Lillard and you know what happens after that.

Lin was a big factor in the rockets' 2 victories in that series.

very true, but you know how it goes around these parts.. gotta make lin look bad to justify NY not keeping him...

tkf wrote:

SlimChin wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:Also Jeremy Lin sucked. 11 pts, 4 assists, 41% FG in 30 minutes. That is another player that is brought up here as if he was the gold standard in point guards and the guy just isn't that good.

Jeremy Lin sucked? as that based on the 1 game you watched in that playoff series??

that assist to troy daniels in game 3 won them the game. game 5 he had a career high 21pts while Harden was dogging it. game 6 he plays great defense in the 4th against Lillard and for some inexplicable reason McFail benches him and puts Parsons on Lillard and you know what happens after that.

Lin was a big factor in the rockets' 2 victories in that series.

very true, but you know how it goes around these parts.. gotta make lin look bad to justify NY not keeping him...

Very few who really do that ...

Lin is a good backup PG. The problem is that Houston gave up to top tier starting PG's in Dragic and Lowry. They will regret that for a long time.

Bonn1997 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

tkf wrote:

SlimChin wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:Also Jeremy Lin sucked. 11 pts, 4 assists, 41% FG in 30 minutes. That is another player that is brought up here as if he was the gold standard in point guards and the guy just isn't that good.

Jeremy Lin sucked? as that based on the 1 game you watched in that playoff series??

that assist to troy daniels in game 3 won them the game. game 5 he had a career high 21pts while Harden was dogging it. game 6 he plays great defense in the 4th against Lillard and for some inexplicable reason McFail benches him and puts Parsons on Lillard and you know what happens after that.

Lin was a big factor in the rockets' 2 victories in that series.

very true, but you know how it goes around these parts.. gotta make lin look bad to justify NY not keeping him...

Very few who really do that ...

Lin is a good backup PG. The problem is that Houston gave up to top tier starting PG's in Dragic and Lowry. They will regret that for a long time.

Not sure they gave them up. I think I read those two didn't want to stay in Houston and chose to leave.

fishmike wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

tkf wrote:

SlimChin wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:Also Jeremy Lin sucked. 11 pts, 4 assists, 41% FG in 30 minutes. That is another player that is brought up here as if he was the gold standard in point guards and the guy just isn't that good.

Jeremy Lin sucked? as that based on the 1 game you watched in that playoff series??

that assist to troy daniels in game 3 won them the game. game 5 he had a career high 21pts while Harden was dogging it. game 6 he plays great defense in the 4th against Lillard and for some inexplicable reason McFail benches him and puts Parsons on Lillard and you know what happens after that.

Lin was a big factor in the rockets' 2 victories in that series.

very true, but you know how it goes around these parts.. gotta make lin look bad to justify NY not keeping him...

Very few who really do that ...

Lin is a good backup PG. The problem is that Houston gave up to top tier starting PG's in Dragic and Lowry. They will regret that for a long time.

Not sure they gave them up. I think I read those two didn't want to stay in Houston and chose to leave.

bottom line is Lin is a downgrade over both and I like Lin and wanted him to stay. Pathetic as that is he would easily be our best PG

I think everyone would agree with this but Lin is only 25 and one could argue he is on the same road as Dragic. I mean he was traded from phx for a reason and also a back up in Houston because he hadn't developed yet or he just got better coaching with Hornacek.