What team should pick up Jeremy Lin?

[DominiqueTB]

Guangdong Southern Tigers need a combo guard when Mudiay declares for the draft.

Nice one ! Or Paris, the ciry has a large asian community !
R.I.P Linsanity.

More realistically, he would be lucky if his next contract is around 6m a year as an average bench PG.
He would be a good fit next to a stretch 4 because he is a great driver.

[6ixSideSniper]

Jeremy Lin should backup Kyle Lowry on the Raptors.

[DominiqueTB]

Jeremy Lin should backup Kyle Lowry on the Raptors.

Greivis Vasquez is not a bad sub.

[6ixSideSniper]

Jeremy Lin should backup Kyle Lowry on the Raptors.

Greivis Vasquez is not a bad sub.

He's pretty terrible, trust me.

[ChampionDrive]

Lin should go to a team where he can control the ball, not be an off-guard and stand in the corner. It was ultimately why Houston was a poor fit cause he had to play alongside Harden and now LA with Kobe.

I remember Lin's stats were really good without Harden in Houston.

[langer]

Jeremy Lin should backup Kyle Lowry on the Raptors.

+1

[Mirjalovic]

Lin should go to a team where he can control the ball, not be an off-guard and stand in the corner. It was ultimately why Houston was a poor fit cause he had to play alongside Harden and now LA with Kobe.

I remember Lin's stats were really good without Harden in Houston.

he is alone now without Kobe.

does LOFs dont know if Kobe injured ? I keep hearing the same bull

[baubo]

Lin should be picked up by a team that then trade/sign for a great P&R center who's great at defense, and 3 floor spacers who can also play defense. But not enough offense to take the ball away from Lin. Then that team would run P&R 100% of the time. That would be a condition in which Lin can succeed.

Otherwise, it's just wrong to expect Lin to perform under such discriminating circumstances like playing alongside Dwight Howard and James Harden. Who can freaking succeed in that environment?

[EArl]

Lin should go to a team where he can control the ball, not be an off-guard and stand in the corner. It was ultimately why Houston was a poor fit cause he had to play alongside Harden and now LA with Kobe.

I remember Lin's stats were really good without Harden in Houston.

Correct me if i'm wrong but are you insinuating that Lin is being held back by Kobe and Harden?

[Bill Bradley]

Lin should go to a team where he can control the ball, not be an off-guard and stand in the corner. It was ultimately why Houston was a poor fit cause he had to play alongside Harden and now LA with Kobe.

I remember Lin's stats were really good without Harden in Houston.

he is alone now without Kobe.

does LOFs dont know if Kobe injured ? I keep hearing the same bull

20/8 off the bench tonight and playing better overall.

[lordjeff05]

Lin is a good player. The problem is he only works in a specific system and he isn't good enough for a team to cater their offense around him. Detroit would have been a perfect fit for him. Pick and rolls wth Drummond and a Monroe with wings spacing the floor.

[madmaxmedia]

Those players don't get those systems built around them based on faith, they get it built around them by earning it, and how else do they earn it unless it's preceded by showing star ability? Your argument basically leaves open the possibility that every player that has never had an entire system based around their talents (and that's the vast majority of every basketball player ever,) could have been a star player, and if they weren't given that, then you really can't say how good or bad they really were. Oh my god, all those poor lost souls, think of all the hall of famers we could be missing out on, if only they were just handed the keys to a franchise based on arbitrary blind faith in their abilities.

FINALLY someone understands what I go through every day!!!

Odom had a breakthrough when he met Khloe, and he found his niche as a basketball player with that newfound confidence. Lin has the talent but he needs to have that personal breakthrough that will trickle out onto the court. I just feel like he has some maturing to do, and when he does, he'll know his place as a basketball player. He probably should seek a sports psychiatrist. The only thing holding Jeremy Lin back is Jeremy Lin.

Or maybe Khloe?

[madmaxmedia]

But otherwise, Jeremy Lin on the market with a deal somewhere between the BAE (2 years/$4.3m-ish total) and the MLE (the $5.3m-ish starting) has a much bigger market for his services than on his current deal.

He's still a good rotational PG in the right system, and he'll find a rotation spot somewhere next season. Hard to project with coaching jobs and systems up in the air, but he'll find somewhere on something like a 2/$7m-ish total salary, i would imagine.

It's hard to imagine a more objective and accurate post than this one.

The only short guy who was ever worth constructing a team around his strengths/weaknesses, was Allen Iverson.

[dc]

Lin should be picked up by a team that then trade/sign for a great P&R center who's great at defense, and 3 floor spacers who can also play defense.

See, but we always come back to the same issue. The team you just described would already be doing just fine WITHOUT Jeremy Lin.

Any team with a starting 5 consisting of 4 good defenders, including a center who can run p&rs, along with 3 guys who can shoot the ball: That's a 60 win team right there as it is.

Basically Lin is a guy who needs everything around him to be catered to him in order for HIM to succeed. He needs all these great players around him to complement him perfectly. At the end of the day, he's a guy who needs others to make him better more so than a guy who can make others better.

And that is a guy who is just not worth the fuss or the trouble of having around, IMO. Maybe as 9th/10th man making $2m a year, but not much more than that.

[ChartFiction]

He is in the upper half of bench PGs. Would be an decent pickup for 4-5 million for some teams. Low bball IQ, but depending on the makeup of the team, if it's a more modern roster with stretch 4s and spacing, he can be effective with his first step. You don't want to depend on him as a ball handler or to orchestrate the offense or pace. More like someone who can attack the rim and just provide buckets and on certain days he can give you 20+.

[dc]

You don't want to depend on him as a ball handler or to orchestrate the offense or pace.

That pretty much describes the job of a PG in basketball. If Lin can't be relied on to do that, he doesn't have much to hang his hat on.

[no dice]

he be a good fit with the mavs. the guys on the mavs are generally mature good dudes. they liked him back in summer league, and he gets to reunite with tyson, whom he had great chemistry with back in nyc. mavs or spurs are good where theres great leadership from the coaching staff rather than being relied on a star player.

[Super_Mike]

If Jeremy Lin can keep playing this aggressive, confident, and reacting quickly and decisively instead of overthinking everything, he can easily be a starter in this league. If he can't, he's a really good backup/borderline starter.

[Shock Defeat]

Lin at best could be a little bit less effective Devin Harris when he just got to New Jersey. He can put up numbers but your team will never be contender if he is your 1st or 2nd option. If he is your 1st option you would be in the lottery.

[2011Champs]

If Rondo leaves I could see the Mavs offering him the MLE and he would thrive under Carlisle. He is an ok/average defender who is good at the pick and roll and is a decent shooter.

I agree but maybe not with the mle as I think that will go to Amare.