JamesLin wrote:Jeremy Lin will not come back in Game 5 because of these obvious reasons:

1. No team in NBA history has ever EVER EVER come back from an 0-3 deficit in the playoffs
2. Jeremy Lin has not been playing over a month, left alone never played in playoffs
3. Jeremy Lin needs to rest to heal from surgery. Too young to kill his future career for good.
4. Jeremy Lin is going to be a restricted free agent, why get back into the game for nothing ($800,000) compared what he will be making in future.
5. If he does come back in Game 5 (forced, for sure), I know somebody gotta take Jim Dolan and Kristin Dolan out of business.

Don't ever try to rationalize heart. The mind can't go there (even though I typed this post...)

If Lin can play he will play.
1. Linsanity never happened before, so point 1 is a goner.
2. Good point, but he doesn't have to be the savior. Melo and Stat are playing well. Lin is just another body out there and a bit more. I like Snyko's remarks. 15 minutes of Lin would help us.
3. He is and has been on a rehab program. If he is ready, he plays.
4. See heart comment. It isn't about money and he isn't playing on a bad injury. It's MINOR!
5. He can't be forced to do anything, ridiculous, that is the tabloids talking.

gunsnewing wrote:Funny now Steven A is on the radio pleading for Jeremy Lin to give him at least 15mins. That its been 5 weeks since the surgery. This after he & Kay wanted Lin benched for Baron Davis

yeah and this is the same Stephen A when D'Antoni resigned—was calling Lin a D-leaguer. And Kay is a clown who knows crap about the NBA.

Standard practice.

Media just needs crap to talk about.

How can anyone assume his effectivness given his time out EVEN if he was healthy?