slick_watts wrote:I don't think Jeremy Lin is good enough to be a full time play maker since he's extremely turnover prone. I don't think he's good enough to be a full time secondary play maker because his jump shot is erratic. I think that he needs the ball in his hands to score consistently because he can't shoot, and over the long run requires a lot of FTA to be efficient.
Harden plays way better off the ball than Lin, so I think Houston would be better served using Lin more on the ball - even though Harden is probably better than Lin there a well. IMO Lin isn't very good at all, and is a hard player to build a team around since he has so many deficiencies and needs the ball in his hands to have a chance to be effective.
This turnover prone talk is a little overblown. Harden as the primary ball handler actually has more turnovers than Lin. I don't have as big an issue with them because I know they're not a result of consistently, bad decision making. I do agree that Harden plays a lot better off the ball than Lin, so they should use Lin on the ball more. Whether you want to believe it or not, Lin does a pretty good job of distributing the ball, maybe even better than Harden.
Lin has a 3 year contract and an average, starting PG salary. It's highly unlikely that the Rockets are building around him, if they could trade him for a better piece to compliment the identity of the Rockets (and now Harden), they'd do it in a heartbeat. IMO, Morey pretty much confirmed it when he was on reddit, he's all about tradable assets.