I posted the following and am curious what you all think of this as a solution (as well as some other solutions (like more Lin - Melo P&R's, Melo post ups, etc.):
Regarding Lin, I think there is a semi simple solution, or at least aid to his getting so many doubles. If you watched Chris Paul against the heat, time and time again he never tried to go through or around (generally) the doubles, he just dribbled backwards and the double team broke off. Even if the double stays you now have more of an angle and more space to hit the open man (which is why the doubles are broken Off imo). You can just start a new attack at a different angle. Repeat if necessary.

Lin often missed the open man as the double was on top of him. He often tried to go around it but I don't remember him backing away from it. Now Paul is an incredible PG so I don't know how difficult it is to back up with your dribble, away from the double team - it doesn't look so hard. I believe Baron did it quite a bit against the Heat.

First Step: Smother- As Jeremy Lin (1) dribbles on top of the key and Amar’e Stoudemire (4) sets a screen for him to begin the pick-and-roll process, Stoudemire’s defender traps Lin. Van Gundy, ”I would trap Lin hard and trap him early. ”He won’t fall apart in a hard trap, but when a guy’s on a roll, you can’t let him play with the ball.” Lin, although very lethal is also extremely prone to turnovers ( evidenced by his 8 against the Heat) and by trapping him on top of the key it won’t allow him to get comfortable and drive to the lane like he wants. This small piece of info from the ESPN article was very interesting, According to Synergy Sports, Lin’s turnover rate in the pick-and-roll soars, from 5 percent when single-covered to 22 percent when the D sends help. Certainly this would be a great first step in trying to stop Lin.

Step Two: Closing Out- As shown by the diagram Lin (1) is now trapped and he will not be able to pass out to whomever is rolling off the screen. Lin is instead forced to pass out to a teammate on the perimeter which allows the defense to easily rotate and avoid the trouble of Lin penetrating to the basket. Van Gundy feels that the key to applying this formula effectively is, “not letting Lin split the defenders — (giving) him daylight (or) he’ll shoot the gap for an easy look — or pass to Tyson Chandler (5), roaming the baseline.” The defenses goal in this situation should be to force Lin to have to pass out to a perimeter player thus doing their job by eliminating all other options for Lin. ”The more rotations you’re in, the harder it is to defensive rebound,” VanGundy says. “There’s always a risk in putting two defenders on the ball, but with Lin, there’s greater risk in not doing it.”

Step Three: Recovering- The third and probably most important step is to recover. The defenders must be able to reset their positions and, once again, force a man-to-man situation, where the ball is not in Lin’s hands. “When you’re deciding to hard trap a point guard in a pick-and-roll, it’s really about who they’re playing with,” Van Gundy says. “You’re more exposed to teams that shoot the ball well.” Like the Lakers this season the Knicks have not really been a threat from the outside. Carmelo Anthony/ Bill Walker (3), and Landry Fields (2), have really been disappointments this season from the outside. Anthony is shooting 30%, Bill Walker 33%, and Fields 28%, from the 3-point range this season. (Chandler is the odd man left out here but he isn’t exactly a 3-point threat so there was no real need to mention him as a threat from outside). Lin isn’t exactly a 3-point specialist either as he is just, “3-for-14 in catch-and-shoot opportunities this season.” Opposing teams don’t really have to worry too much about the Knicks beating them from downtown.

Taken from: http://www.rantsports.com/courtcrusades/2012/02/25/linsanity-three-steps-to-stopping-jeremy-lin/

misterearl wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:I like the dribbling back idea. It's brilliant. If Lin dribbled back like Paul, he has the speed and the quickness to bust the double, but we hope he will pass the rock long-range.

We already have a guard who specializes in dribbling back. Yeah, sure.... let's turn Lin into Toney Douglas. That's the ticket.

Sheesh.

Hahahahahaha, terrible. I don't want to bury any more guards.

I don't appreciate you trying to turn this thread into trash. I am bringing up a valid point so stick to the subject and avoid the hysterics.

misterearl wrote:emsurfer - what hate are you talking about? In what Evander said? Stop with the drama. The routine of backing up is EXACTLY what has Toney Douglas nailed to the pine. You could look it up on the video.

There is a huge difference between basketball theory, or as you say - "it doesn't look so hard." - and actually playing the game.

If you think that a counterpoint (complete with a first hand quotation) to what you think is preciously "valid" is hysterics, that is hysterical.

I think anyone who has played sports or done anything in life, can say that theory and practice are two different things. Well, we are on a message board, so get used to the theory. And when I reference actual play, that is about as close to practice as we can get on a message board. Nothing hysterical here.

Eventually Lin will be able to do the long range dishes with doubles on him, but that is awfully hard with long and quick defenders on you. The team is new as far as playing together goes, that will come in time.

Watch what Paul does:

loweyecue wrote:The premise of the article is we have bad or non existent three point shooting. Isn't the solution somewhat self evident? This is why people have been calling for JR/ Novak to get time with Lin.

Totally true, we need JR and Novak out there when Lin is out there. But, we still have the problem of those doubles on Lin which I was bringing up. Another poster on a different forum mentioned using JR to bring the ball up at times and that could help Lin, if need be.