cw3k wrote:You can develop a player if the player is not allow to plays through his mistake. This is the case for Lin under McHale. Lin has to play absolute perfect to get some play time. If he make any mistake, such as missing 2 to 3 shoots or a TO, he get yanked in no time and put in only in garbage minute. Like last 2 minutes of every quarter.
This is not necessarily a bad thing for him at this stage IMO. His ability to thread the needle won't go away. When he gets to do his thing, the triple threat he originally had (get everyone involved, thread the needle and finish) would still be there but he will also be able to do the small things better in addition to a better stand still shot and being less turnover prone. On the other hand, he would really need to get his midrange back tho, also the floater/teardrop he rarely uses now. We shall see, maybe after Sampson's gone his situation changes, or maybe there'll be a different coach next season? Blood bath between two lameduck coaches in the first round:
Report: Terry Stotts’ coaching staff pessimistic about returning to Trail Blazers
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... l-blazers/
It's win or be fired time, no more fooling around.