ChuckBuck wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Lin appears more comfortable and confident. For his last 13 games, he's at
15.1 PPG on .497 FG%, 6.8 assists, 3.0 TO, 3.4 Rbs, 1.8 Stls, and 0.7 Blks
I like his versatility. He'd lead our team in steals and actually be one of our best shot-blockers.

Speaking of small sample sizes, how about you break down Feltons best stretch with the Knicks....while ignoring his bad stretch (with injured hands) similar to ignoring Lins bad start.

I agree that it's best not to make too much of small samples - I think the improvement in the last 13 games is intriguing but doesn't settle anything. The best sample is always the career sample and should be analyzed in terms of win shares, wins produced, and any other well-validated stats.

Regarding, Felton, I'd be surprised if he ever had a 13 game stretch where he scored in the mid teens while shooting 50%. I'd be even more surprised if he did anything like that in his first 100 games as an NBA PG.

In 2010 he averaged 47.5% over 16 games in November. In 2009 he averaged 57% over 14 games in December and 48.1% over 17 games in March.

Wow good research smackeddog!

Wow! Based on that info, his other months must have been brutally brutal!

ChuckBuck wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Lin appears more comfortable and confident. For his last 13 games, he's at
15.1 PPG on .497 FG%, 6.8 assists, 3.0 TO, 3.4 Rbs, 1.8 Stls, and 0.7 Blks
I like his versatility. He'd lead our team in steals and actually be one of our best shot-blockers.

Speaking of small sample sizes, how about you break down Feltons best stretch with the Knicks....while ignoring his bad stretch (with injured hands) similar to ignoring Lins bad start.

I agree that it's best not to make too much of small samples - I think the improvement in the last 13 games is intriguing but doesn't settle anything. The best sample is always the career sample and should be analyzed in terms of win shares, wins produced, and any other well-validated stats.

Regarding, Felton, I'd be surprised if he ever had a 13 game stretch where he scored in the mid teens while shooting 50%. I'd be even more surprised if he did anything like that in his first 100 games as an NBA PG.

In 2010 he averaged 47.5% over 16 games in November. In 2009 he averaged 57% over 14 games in December and 48.1% over 17 games in March.

Wow good research smackeddog!

Thanks, though in all honesty I don't know why this thread has turned into a debate about a PGs shooting percentage! It's one of the least important stats for a PG- most of them average in the low 40s anyways. Only in Knicksland can a player work his backside off, play through essentially 2 broken hands, help guide us to a 21-8 record, and get rewarded with nothing but criticism for his FG%. FG% from the PG position! Sheesh!

cooch2584 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Lakers/Clips tonite, looking forward to this one. If anything for the Lakers press conference afterwards.

Yea,if the fakers lose I wonder who kobe throws under the bus.

There has been a lot of that going around with the Lakers this season. Its great watching them become drama central this season as opposed to the Knicks.

Pretty much wasted Kobe's last great year with the D'Antoni hire.

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Lin appears more comfortable and confident. For his last 13 games, he's at
15.1 PPG on .497 FG%, 6.8 assists, 3.0 TO, 3.4 Rbs, 1.8 Stls, and 0.7 Blks
I like his versatility. He'd lead our team in steals and actually be one of our best shot-blockers.

Speaking of small sample sizes, how about you break down Feltons best stretch with the Knicks....while ignoring his bad stretch (with injured hands) similar to ignoring Lins bad start.

I agree that it's best not to make too much of small samples - I think the improvement in the last 13 games is intriguing but doesn't settle anything. The best sample is always the career sample and should be analyzed in terms of win shares, wins produced, and any other well-validated stats.

Regarding, Felton, I'd be surprised if he ever had a 13 game stretch where he scored in the mid teens while shooting 50%. I'd be even more surprised if he did anything like that in his first 100 games as an NBA PG.

In 2010 he averaged 47.5% over 16 games in November. In 2009 he averaged 57% over 14 games in December and 48.1% over 17 games in March.

Wow! Based on that info, his other months must have been brutally brutal!

Nalod wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Why the Lakers passed on Phil Jackson with a win-now roster boggles the mind.

Pretty much wasted Kobe's last great year with the D'Antoni hire.

wait, is the season over already?

Nearly 40% of the season is up, and the Lakers have racked up 16 losses in a stacked West. Unless they move up soon, they'll be doomed to face the Clips, OKC, San Antonio, or Memphis in the first round(if they make it in as a 6-8 seed).

Yup, season's over for them.

smackeddog wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Why the Lakers passed on Phil Jackson with a win-now roster boggles the mind.

Pretty much wasted Kobe's last great year with the D'Antoni hire.

The owner passed over the running of the team to his son, who seems to be very Dolan esq- plus there's some personal stuff going on as well, with them erasing any trace of Phil jackson when he left, including firing guys who were linked to him. Buss's son even hired his friend who works in a bar to be one of the chief scouts! I think the Lakers are about to enter the kind of era we went through the past 10 years (I think Dwight will walk).

I honestly believe it should be illegal for owners of any business to pass the reigns over to their sons- it ain't a monarchy and a lot of peoples jobs depend on them being run by people who are competent.

Exactly. Like I've been saying the Lakers are becoming the "Old Knicks" of dysfunction, turmoil, coaching carousel changes, and wasted potential. This season they put the "Phuck" in "Starphuck" with their "Big 4".

In a year or 2, we'll look back at the D'Antoni Laker era after he's fired and say "Didn't they witness what happened with the Knicks before hiring him?"

Jim Buss = Old Jim Dolan

Nalod wrote:What about mitch kupchak?

Dude is very qualified.

Lil Jim Buss is a moron for sure.

Does MDA's failure really that important to some of you? Seems to be more about him than the lakers.

Could care less about the Lakers or D'Antoni. They rep the so called West Coast/Best coast so they're automatically our rivals due to geography, city size, NBA history wise (Lakers-Knicks, Chamberlain-Reed).

No need to defend D'Antoni, that's nixluva's job already.

Bonn1997 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Lin appears more comfortable and confident. For his last 13 games, he's at
15.1 PPG on .497 FG%, 6.8 assists, 3.0 TO, 3.4 Rbs, 1.8 Stls, and 0.7 Blks
I like his versatility. He'd lead our team in steals and actually be one of our best shot-blockers.

Speaking of small sample sizes, how about you break down Feltons best stretch with the Knicks....while ignoring his bad stretch (with injured hands) similar to ignoring Lins bad start.

I agree that it's best not to make too much of small samples - I think the improvement in the last 13 games is intriguing but doesn't settle anything. The best sample is always the career sample and should be analyzed in terms of win shares, wins produced, and any other well-validated stats.

Regarding, Felton, I'd be surprised if he ever had a 13 game stretch where he scored in the mid teens while shooting 50%. I'd be even more surprised if he did anything like that in his first 100 games as an NBA PG.

In 2010 he averaged 47.5% over 16 games in November. In 2009 he averaged 57% over 14 games in December and 48.1% over 17 games in March.

OK, he may have done it once in eight years - he met the FG% requirement in 2009. What was his scoring? You haven't cited that for any of the samples actually.

And why can't you look that up yourself? I'm not your PA, man! Nov 2010- 18.6 points, 2009 Dec- 15.9pts (on 11 shots per game), March- 12.5pts.

He played the way you seem to want when he played for Brown- more efficient, fewer shots. In fact he seemed to average around 10 shots in Charlotte, and in Denver- it seems it's only when he plays for us that he takes more shots, probably due to the D'Antoni offense.