Jagger-meister wrote:NyCeEvO wrote:Jagger-meister wrote:v
Spin doctoring at its finest. The only thing I got from this is the part that said he is "hoping" to play in a week or TWO. Two more weeks for real?
I believe in actions not words. You can wax poet about Lin's competitive nature all you want. The proof is in the pudding and he isn't pushing to get back anytime soon. I've seen this song and dance before when he skipped the playoffs with the Knicks.
You're not Lin nor his doctor. Other posters have provided reports to substantiate their defense, you've provided conjecture.
Taking your personal recovery from a hamstring injury as the standard for Lin's hamstring recovery period (especially with it being the second time this season) is not sufficient.
If you have nothing else to back up the "soft" claim other than a personal bent, don't post it in this thread. Otherwise, it will be taken as trolling.
-NyCe
Are you holding everyone to the same journalist standards as me? So I am not allowed to state my opinion on here unless I'm treating Lin as his physician. Got it?
I don't know what your problem is with me? You attacked me after like my 3rd post ever joking about you were going to ban me with other posters and that's OK? I'm guessing you were the mod who try banning me after my 9th post also? Do you care to share why you did that sir? Or is it because you thought I was another poster despite not having proof yourself? Please answer this because you are being overly aggressive with me and I just joined this site. Is this how you welcome everyone?
Actually, you can take a poll of the long time Nets posters on here. If anything, they'd probably say I've been too lenient in allowing posters to derail and go on tangents that are really just concealed trolling.
As I've said in numerous posts over the years that I've been a regular poster, opinion and discussion is fine. What is not ok is perpetuating unsubstantiated claims as fact?
People claim Lopez is soft. They at least give some level of evidence with tape from the games and rebounding numbers, which are supposed to imply an unwillingness to battle for and attack the boards.
You're claiming that Lin is soft based on his stint with the Knicks, which happened a half-decade ago, and people who were actively watching Lin disagree with you on. Posters have also done their due diligence in putting forth a cogent evidence that not only is Lin wanting to get back, it's management that is holding him back out of due diligence.
Your response to this was that you believe in actions, words. Well, we believe in facts too and no one will let facts get in the way of an opinion.
Also, when you sign up at RealGM, you are prompted to read the TOS, rules and regulations. Most skip right by that but we do have standards for what is considered baiting, trolling and other activities worthy of temporary suspensions. Regardless of whether posters read it or not, they are applicable to each and every poster.
If you simply said that it was your personal opinion that Lin was soft and left it at that, that's fine. But when you assert to others that Lin is soft, have little to no evidence to support one's claim and stand in defiance of other people's persuasive evidence only to continue to tout that your belief is correct, that is considering trolling (a suspension/banning worthy offense).
Moderators have posted at the start of this thread and throughout this thread that baiting and trolling will not be tolerated for myriad reasons. It is not for us to repeat these things to every new person on the board. The onus is on each new poster to do their own due diligence and to make sure that they are within bounds.
Words can be used to do a lot of good things. People in communities have different opinions. That's what diversity means. But we're not going to allow unsubstantiated rhetoric to impede or hinder the process of free-flowing expressions of the diversity of opinions. That is what your comments on Lin's "softness" are doing right now.
Regarding your bans, they came from two other moderators, not me. If you are running into problems with most other posters as well as multiple moderators, maybe the problem isn't with everyone else.
