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biglove44 wrote:In the second qtr, Lin, Delfino and Harden had TO's. I wonder if you understand that while Lin had TO's in the 2nd quarter; he was a big reason why they came back towards the end of that quarter to cut the deficit to 2. Sometimes, when you let a player continue to play on the court/through a couple mistakes, they can get better as the game progresses. Imagine that.

MKL wrote:Lin still ended up with a +6. By stats, Rockets would have still won.

It's unfair to not credit Lin on creating a lead. And at the same time blame Lin for losing a lead.

Try to be consistent. I'm only saying that Douglas is plays as SG and fit in with Harden playing PG. Douglas had NO assists in 25 minutes played.

This is probably not a problem for McHale as long as the team wins. He can use the next 2 season to move Lin or they can sort it out. Rockets are not contending for the Championship anyway.

I would like the management to have a little more consideration for Lin's development though, but McHale is a bigman's coach. He developed Lowry and Dragic out of town.

thelastpope wrote:In the past 11 games Lin is shooting 44% and 34% from 3

aether1234 wrote:Nobody wants Lin how can they trade him ? Hes a garbage player and only good for marketing and thats what the Rockets using him for, but they also needs to win games so they bench him when they need to win

DLaren wrote:

OptimusOne6 wrote:

DLaren wrote:Lin should consider himself extremely fortunate to be with the Houston Rockets. I just took a quick glance around the league and I can't find another team that Lin could force a trade to, and start for.

In the perfect world, what team would you have him traded to?

He doesn't have to start for teams, he just needs to be put in a team and in a system where he will do well and be utilized correctly.

The Lakers would be the perfect team because he would play under D'Antoni, he would learn from Steve Nash, and he would be one of their building blocks along with Dwight Howard.

I could see him doing well in other teams too like Grizzlies, Magic, Hornets, etc.

As a Lakers fan, I wouldn't pay $600 a ticket to watch Lin play basketball.

MKL wrote:Again, lets look at the trend of how McHale deal with PG personnel issues.

He uses a very pragmatic style, McHale plugs a PG in the system and if they fit, they play. If they don't he gets rid of them or freezes them on the bench.

Rockets had 6 PG on the roster during preseason 2011. They're ALL GONE. They have no one on staff to develop PGs. They don't even run sets for Lin.

I'm sure Lowry fought with McHale to get playing time as well, and look where that got him?

freestyler34 wrote:

aether1234 wrote:Nobody wants Lin how can they trade him ? Hes a garbage player and only good for marketing and thats what the Rockets using him for, but they also needs to win games so they bench him when they need to win

This.

MKL wrote:Again, lets look at the trend of how McHale deal with PG personnel issues.

He uses a very pragmatic style, McHale plugs a PG in the system and if they fit, they play. If they don't he gets rid of them or freezes them on the bench.

Rockets had 6 PG on the roster during preseason 2011. They're ALL GONE. They have no one on staff to develop PGs. They don't even run sets for Lin.

I'm sure Lowry fought with McHale to get playing time as well, and look where that got him?

Zubby wrote:

MKL wrote:Again, lets look at the trend of how McHale deal with PG personnel issues.

He uses a very pragmatic style, McHale plugs a PG in the system and if they fit, they play. If they don't he gets rid of them or freezes them on the bench.

Rockets had 6 PG on the roster during preseason 2011. They're ALL GONE. They have no one on staff to develop PGs. They don't even run sets for Lin.

I'm sure Lowry fought with McHale to get playing time as well, and look where that got him?

Houston had 3 Centers during the season all of them are gone... Smith the 4th was pretty much Dleague the whole year.
3 of the 4 PFs from 2011 are gone
2 of the 3 SFs from 2011 are gone
All the SGs from 2011 are gone



They wanted Dragic back and McHale and Morey flew overseas to see him... offered him a contract and he wanted more money.

MKL wrote:

freestyler34 wrote:

aether1234 wrote:Nobody wants Lin how can they trade him ? Hes a garbage player and only good for marketing and thats what the Rockets using him for, but they also needs to win games so they bench him when they need to win

This.

That's just plain ignorant and you know it. Why would anyone agree to this?

nuposse04 wrote:

Aki wrote:lin and parsons (+money filler) for gasol straight up

Rockets can prolly do better then Pau Freaking Gasol for that.

aether1234 wrote:Truth hurts.

MKL wrote:
I'm sure McHale is happy with Harden. Lowry was the oddman out last year. This year it's Lin. I'm not saying McHale is wrong. Just pointing out how he handes PGs.

AggO wrote:the rockets are so boring to watch it's actually amazing.


Harden brings ball upcourt


passes it to Lin at 3pt line


lin dribbles a bit


no moving by anyone


lin passes ball to harden


harden goes iso and takes a shot.




i mean, lin's strength is dribble penetration, yet they refuse to run ball screens or PNR with a bigman like Asik whose a legit 7 footer that cant be guarded by anyone on the BOS roster in the PNR?


truly astounding.

Zubby wrote:

MKL wrote:
I'm sure McHale is happy with Harden. Lowry was the oddman out last year. This year it's Lin. I'm not saying McHale is wrong. Just pointing out how he handes PGs.

You're talking out your ass
You don't even know what happened between Lowry & McHale. It was never reported. What is it McHale's fault Lowry got a bacterial infection, which kept him out for like 6 weeks?

You pointed out the turnover at the PG position... what about the large turnover rate at every other position

MKL wrote:
You're an ass that doesn't listen. How more do I need to spell it out for you?

McHale plays the PG that he believe win games. HARDEN

The previous season, Dragic made Lowry redundant. You think McHale lose sleep over getting them both on the court the same time?

What is your point? You seem to say that Douglas is better PG than Lin, I agree that Douglas is better SG that plays with Harden at PG. Douglas posted ZERO assists in 25 minutes!

I'm saying McHale doesn't develop PGs, especially when he already have Harden on the team. McHale is a bad coach for Lin and wouldn't be surprised that Lin gets traded.

Nothing I say is shocking right?