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ChuckBuck wrote:tkf wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:tkf wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:tkf wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:knicks1248 wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9588401/jeremy-lin-says-houston-rockets-coaches-lost-faith-last-seasonJeremy Lin is ready to move on from a disappointing season with the Houston Rockets.Speaking at a youth conference in Taiwan, Lin gave a candid assessment of his first season in Houston, claiming that Rockets coaches lost confidence in him due to his inconsistent play. "I became so obsessed with becoming a great basketball player ... trying to be Linsanity, being this phenomenon that took the NBA by storm," Lin told a crowd of approximately 20,000 at the Dream Big, Be Yourself youth conference in Taipei, Taiwan. "The coaches were losing faith in me; basketball fans were making fun of me. ... I was supposed to be joyful and free, but what I experienced was the opposite. I had no joy, and I felt no freedom." Lin admitted during the youth conference that he placed extremely high expectations on himself upon joining the Rockets. "I was ready to invigorate the entire city of Houston," he said. "I was supposed to save Houston basketball." Lin was one of Houston's marquee acquisitions prior to last season. Following a breakout 2011-12 campaign with the New York Knicks, he signed a three-year, $25 million deal to join the Rockets. But Lin struggled, averaging 13.4 points and 6.1 assists a game, and battled injuries that forced him to miss two games in Houston's playoff-round loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Lin went as far to say that he experienced "emptiness, confusion and misery" at points last season. "The one thing I learned was how empty fame and worldly success really are. ... The desire for success never stopped," Lin said. "If the voice that you listen to the most isn't God's voice, then eventually you will experience that emptiness, confusion and misery that I felt when I listened to the voice of Linsanity." Lin, a devout Christian, told the crowd that he has leaned on his faith in order to reassess his basketball career and his future. The Rockets will be counting on Lin, who will turn 25 on Friday, to help lead an emerging team that features newly acquired star center Dwight Howard and All-Star guard James Harden. God, this dude is so phucking full of himself. God this, faith that, misery, confusion...waaaaaahhh! "I was supposed to save Houston basketball." Sounds like a 5 star toolbag. He really should focus on hitting the gym, do 5000 left handed drives and layups. and not suck so much that Patrick Beverley and Toney Douglas are better point guard options on the roster. Personally i think you are overreacting a little. You have to right to love/hate any player you want but lin seems like a good kid. Also like someone said before this was basically his first full year and he wasnt bad at all. he will get better How is he full of himself, Houston pd him franchise money, obviously your under pressure to perform up to that contract, plus being the highest paid player on the team at the time.. You have to know that houston pump his head to the stars in order for him not consider the knicks.. Houston was the one calling him a franchise player. i thought Lin try as hard as he could (when linsanity was at it's highest) to divert the attention to his teammates in every single post game press conference. You couldn't be so wrong about a player full of himself..try going through what he went through practically over night..This dude didn't just have the city, coast or country rooting for him the entire world..think thats not going to fck your head up some.. He didn't say, "We" he said "I was supposed to save Houston basketball." Even before Harden came aboard, what about Asik, Parsons, Smith, Delfino, etc? Anytime you put yourself before team = TOOLBAG! and this sounds better? "It all falls on me anyway," Anthony said. "I accept that. I expect that. I look forward to that challenge coming here. It's a must-win for us in this building. It's going to be tough. But we have to be ready for that." what a toolbag, playing victim, right? Not that losing falls on the "TEAM".. No it"falls on me anyway".. Lol good try tkf. Comparing a role player to a franchise player! You never cease to amaze me... you know what that kind of logic is just silly.. now what does this have to do with what kind of player they are.. show me where I made a comparison of a so called "franchise" player, with a role player.. what was the comparison? . I mean you do understand what a comparison is.. right.. are you telling me we can't compare what they said? really? that is just asinine and you know it, or you should!! The rockets got lin to be more than just a role player, so please just stop with the silly semantics..... and focus on what was said... isn't that what we are doing? what amazes me is when you have nothing else to say, you throw out the " you are comparing a role player to a franchise player".. NO... read what is being said, if you can't understand or follow the conversation, why bother to respond with such a condescending tone when in fact it makes you look ridiculous... If Lebron, Durant, CP3, or Kobe says what Melo said, you wouldn't bat an eye. It's what superstars or franchise players are supposed to say. When Lin says he's "Houston Savior", he sounds stupid. He's not even the best point guard on the team... As far as ridiculous, you've looked that way in the forum since February of 2011. no it is not ridiculous.. Houston brought him in and made him one of the highest paid players on the team.. so how is that ridiculous? He felt he was bought in to save Houston basketball, who knows what the heck was said to lin. maybe he is putting undue pressure on himself... I think it may have been a bit presumptuous on his behalf, but to call him a tool is ridiculous... again, this attacking former knick players is clearly an attempt to make oneself feel good about the direction this team is going... to me it comes off as if you constant have to convince yourself that you like what the knicks are doing.. If Lebron, Durant, CP3, or Kobe says what Melo said, you wouldn't bat an eye. It's what superstars or franchise players are supposed to say. so what you are saying is, role player as you call him, are supposed to say "we" while star players can say "I"... ok, whatever.. LOL Pre-Harden, isn't Lin getting paid the same amount as Asik? Asik is the first one that got signed by Houston, and Lin has the balls to say "He has to save Houston basketball?" A bit pretentious much, don't you think? Where as Melo is clearly supposed to simultaneously be praised/blamed fairly and unfairly due to being "The Man" in New York. Clearly you rank Lin in the same pantheon as superstars such as Gallinari (LOLOL). Pathetic. I agree it sounded narcissistic. But I think all he's saying that because of Linsanity, journalists were expecting him to save Houston. That probably is not inaccurate - at least pre-Harden - given how hyped up he was. |
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