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After the Lakers fifth loss in a row to start the season, James Worthy offered a candid opinion on Jeremy Lin. “He’s a work in progress. He’s a (two) guard trying to learn how to be a point guard”, he said, implying Lin is still in development mode. “I’m not sure if he has a killer instinct yet." “He’s thinking too much. He just has to go out and play”, James Worthy said.

After the game Lin was dejected, almost morose, unable to focus on the questions he was being asked, as if he was still back in the game, in those last two minutes when the Lakers were very close to tying the score. But he could not find a way to make it happen which was disheartening for Lin. Wanting to win is not a Jeremy Lin issue, nor did James Worthy imply that it was.

Jeremy Lin wants to win badly, for himself and for the team. But he has yet to demonstrate a willingness and desire to take the game over which was James Worthy’s point. He just can’t give the ball up and expect someone else to make the play. He has to direct everyone.
It doesn’t get any easier for Jeremy Lin either. On Sunday it is Kemba Walker. And on Tuesday Mike Conley.

One Love wrote:Glad we paid Lin $16 mlion instead of Isiah $7 million (who wanted to play for the Lakers)... It is OFFICIALLY TIME to put this on the FRONT OFFICE... We could have made a handful of moves which would have made us relevant... Couple avenues:

1. Isiah ($7m) & Ariza ($8m).
2. Deng ($10m) & Lowry ($12m).
3. MCW (draft pick) & Ariza or Deng.

I preferred Elfrid to Randle but will let that to as Randle was the safer bet... The reality is simple, the FO needs to make some moves...

Tonyism74 wrote:Kobe is the issue; if you were playing with Kobe, your game would be limited and sacrificed. Not that Kobe isn't a good player, but he dominates the ball and the 24.

Major Tom wrote:This team is a Nick Young short of winning.

One Love wrote:Glad we paid Lin $16 mlion instead of Isiah $7 million (who wanted to play for the Lakers)... It is OFFICIALLY TIME to put this on the FRONT OFFICE... We could have made a handful of moves which would have made us relevant... Couple avenues:

1. Isiah ($7m) & Ariza ($8m).
2. Deng ($10m) & Lowry ($12m).
3. MCW (draft pick) & Ariza or Deng.

I preferred Elfrid to Randle but will let that to as Randle was the safer bet... The reality is simple, the FO needs to make some moves...

ChokeFasncists wrote:Lakers Hall of Famer Questions Jeremy Lin’s Killer Instinct

http://lakeshowlife.com/2014/11/05/lake ... -instinct/

After the Lakers fifth loss in a row to start the season, James Worthy offered a candid opinion on Jeremy Lin. “He’s a work in progress. He’s a (two) guard trying to learn how to be a point guard”, he said, implying Lin is still in development mode. “I’m not sure if he has a killer instinct yet." “He’s thinking too much. He just has to go out and play”, James Worthy said.

After the game Lin was dejected, almost morose, unable to focus on the questions he was being asked, as if he was still back in the game, in those last two minutes when the Lakers were very close to tying the score. But he could not find a way to make it happen which was disheartening for Lin. Wanting to win is not a Jeremy Lin issue, nor did James Worthy imply that it was.

Jeremy Lin wants to win badly, for himself and for the team. But he has yet to demonstrate a willingness and desire to take the game over which was James Worthy’s point. He just can’t give the ball up and expect someone else to make the play. He has to direct everyone.
It doesn’t get any easier for Jeremy Lin either. On Sunday it is Kemba Walker. And on Tuesday Mike Conley.

Someone tells him he's putting shame on God? God demands him to play better!!!

Kobe's gotta realize that it's much better to have Linball keeping everyone involved and the game close and then have him take over late than to have him keeping the game close by himself and then have Lin take over at the end. Of course, Lin's gotta tone down on his turnovers to gain more trust.

ScHoolBoy B wrote:Kobe is only taking those shots because nobody else is willing to take them. Stop blaming Kobe for taking shots, you should be used to it by now after 18 years in the league. I mean were you pissed that he scored 81 points with X amount of shots? No, because we/HE won that game.

Besides, once Nick Young comes back I'm sure Kobe would be a more willing passer because he knows Swaggy can create his own shot and score the ball at will. With Nick Young's presence in the line up the scoring load Jeremy is suppose take on will be off his back. That should be a little reassuring to Kobe and definitely help Jeremy Lin.

cw3k wrote:

ScHoolBoy B wrote:Kobe is only taking those shots because nobody else is willing to take them. Stop blaming Kobe for taking shots, you should be used to it by now after 18 years in the league. I mean were you pissed that he scored 81 points with X amount of shots? No, because we/HE won that game.

Besides, once Nick Young comes back I'm sure Kobe would be a more willing passer because he knows Swaggy can create his own shot and score the ball at will. With Nick Young's presence in the line up the scoring load Jeremy is suppose take on will be off his back. That should be a little reassuring to Kobe and definitely help Jeremy Lin.

I think that is full of it. You can see people are moving and actually working hard when Kobe didn't get the ball and shoot it. Don't get me wrong, I like Kobe, but taking 40% of team shot attempt is nothing short of selfish. This Kobe actually make Melo and Harden unselfish.

crazyeights wrote:

Major Tom wrote:This team is a Nick Young short of winning.

This is why I hope by the time Swaggy returns we've lost 15+ games. I don't want even the slightest illusion that we should be a .500 level team.

In order to make the playoffs now (45 wins), we'd need to play at a 58.44% winning clip. It's impossible without a huge, mid-season overhaul. And from the way Mitch and Jimmy have been running the show, seems unlikely they'd deviate from their long term plan.

It's going to be a long year, but I hope it's not a fruitless one. Keep the pick.

cw3k wrote:

ScHoolBoy B wrote:Kobe is only taking those shots because nobody else is willing to take them. Stop blaming Kobe for taking shots, you should be used to it by now after 18 years in the league. I mean were you pissed that he scored 81 points with X amount of shots? No, because we/HE won that game.

Besides, once Nick Young comes back I'm sure Kobe would be a more willing passer because he knows Swaggy can create his own shot and score the ball at will. With Nick Young's presence in the line up the scoring load Jeremy is suppose take on will be off his back. That should be a little reassuring to Kobe and definitely help Jeremy Lin.

I think that is full of it. You can see people are moving and actually working hard when Kobe didn't get the ball and shoot it. Don't get me wrong, I like Kobe, but taking 40% of team shot attempt is nothing short of selfish. This Kobe actually make Melo and Harden unselfish.

Kilroy wrote:

cw3k wrote:

ScHoolBoy B wrote:Kobe is only taking those shots because nobody else is willing to take them. Stop blaming Kobe for taking shots, you should be used to it by now after 18 years in the league. I mean were you pissed that he scored 81 points with X amount of shots? No, because we/HE won that game.

Besides, once Nick Young comes back I'm sure Kobe would be a more willing passer because he knows Swaggy can create his own shot and score the ball at will. With Nick Young's presence in the line up the scoring load Jeremy is suppose take on will be off his back. That should be a little reassuring to Kobe and definitely help Jeremy Lin.

I think that is full of it. You can see people are moving and actually working hard when Kobe didn't get the ball and shoot it. Don't get me wrong, I like Kobe, but taking 40% of team shot attempt is nothing short of selfish. This Kobe actually make Melo and Harden unselfish.

Wtf you been?...

Did you think Kobe used to play like Nash before this season?

I'm just going to say, I'm not going to have a lot of patience with the 'Vict-Lin' narrative if that's where this is going... Lin has been in the league long enough that he needs to start shouldering his share of the blame for the performance of the teams he's on.

LApwnd wrote:

crazyeights wrote:

Major Tom wrote:This team is a Nick Young short of winning.

This is why I hope by the time Swaggy returns we've lost 15+ games. I don't want even the slightest illusion that we should be a .500 level team.

In order to make the playoffs now (45 wins), we'd need to play at a 58.44% winning clip. It's impossible without a huge, mid-season overhaul. And from the way Mitch and Jimmy have been running the show, seems unlikely they'd deviate from their long term plan.

It's going to be a long year, but I hope it's not a fruitless one. Keep the pick.

with the 6th pick.....PHO SUNS select ...... ...thanks again Nash!

Marionettetc wrote:99% of your posts are about Lin,

and you posted in another thread he's the only reason you're watching lakers games.

I'm going to guess this whole obsession is some sort of asian pride thing, because Lin's talent level in no way warrants the kind of stuff you're saying about him.

"Lin keeping the game close"? You're serious? Lol