The Official Lin Net Thread

[NyCeEvO]

Kobe, Wade, and Reggie Miller were at times the best player at their respective position (especially the former two being there for years). Even when D-Will was a top-2 PG in the game, he'd eat you alive. Comparing 2014 D-Will to 08 D-Will is like comparing two completely different players.

I don't think I've ever seen a guy who is considered the best at what he does not be an assassin on the court.

Lin has doubters for a number of reasons. The aforementioned guys just had hecklers who wanted to see them fail but few could legitimately doubt their overall greatness.

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[shakendfries]

Dissecting quotes is a fool's errand, but no matter how you cut it Lin's quote sounds closer to a player who's accepted being a cut below "elite" rather than one who's motivated to try his damndest to make his mark among the best at his position

Former Weber State star Lillard responded to criticism with 40-point game in Blazers’ win over Warriors.

"I'm constantly a little disappointed by Damian Lillard. … I just don't see enough consistency from Damian Lillard to say he's a star in this league," Bayless said.

Shortly after Bayless' remarks, a post on Lillard's Instagram account read, "You gotta learn that you ain't gotta react to everything, just let the clowns do what clowns do, and watch the show."

John Wall keeps a list of criticisms on his cell phone

John Wall keeps a list on his phone of the slights and criticism he hears, reads and perceives. He updates it whenever he comes across a new form of disrespect and reads it for motivation before he steps on the floor for every practice and game.

"I'm one of the most complete point guards in the league," Wall, 24, said Tuesday after the Washington Wizards concluded their first training camp practice. "I rebound, I assist, play defense, steal, score. I don't get why I'm overlooked. I'm still trying to figure it out."

By comparison, Bojan addressed critics & the Nets making the postseason a few weeks back

“I think we can,’’ Bogdanovic told the Post. “They can write what they want. … But we’re going to work hard to give it our best. When we get in a game, we have a chance to beat anybody. It’s going to be tough, but if we play like we practice, we have a chance.”

That's a far cry from "I don't care"

I'd personally be satisfied if Lin turns out to be an average starting PG like Dragic or even slightly above average like Teague, but I'd be concerned if he isn't expecting more of himself. Granted, Teague and Dragic haven't really made any public statements addressing criticism so there's no telling how players of their caliber deal with criticism

[MrDollarBills]

“I’m not bothered at all,” Williams said. “Being here, I’ve got thick skin. He has his opinions, and that’s fine. I can’t change his opinions, so we’ll leave it at that.”

http://nypost.com/2015/04/16/deron-williams-joe-johnson-respond-to-paul-pierces-criticism/

The greats find a way to channel criticism rather than shying away from it

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Let's just hope Lin can channel criticism rather than remain indifferent like Deron

D-Will's skin wasn't so thick when Hollins told him he was garbage right to his face.

He's a pussy, and a coward.

[TerryTate]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

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As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

From his first NYK buzzer beater in TOR all the way to last season's CHA start ($120m Batum out-toe), Lin has consistently played great against the Rapts. Huge following of Asian-Canadians in the crowd makes it almost feel like home games for Lin.

[TerryTate]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

From his first NYK buzzer beater in TOR all the way to last season's CHA start ($120m Batum out-toe), Lin has consistently played great against the Rapts. Huge following of Asian-Canadians in the crowd makes it almost feel like home games for Lin.

I know, I'm Asian and was at both games. Kinda felt bad how his career played out after Knicks. Sign with Houston, then they traded for Harden who became core piece and he was kinda tossed aside. Traded to Lakers and you know everyone's gotta cater to Kobe. Felt like he wasted 3 years behind great players, but honestly not great team players. Great to see him be an integral piece to the Hornets run. The Hornets are going to miss him huge.

[steady]

Dissecting quotes is a fool's errand, but no matter how you cut it Lin's quote sounds closer to a player who's accepted being a cut below "elite" rather than one who's motivated to try his damndest to make his mark among the best at his position

Former Weber State star Lillard responded to criticism with 40-point game in Blazers’ win over Warriors.

"I'm constantly a little disappointed by Damian Lillard. … I just don't see enough consistency from Damian Lillard to say he's a star in this league," Bayless said.

Shortly after Bayless' remarks, a post on Lillard's Instagram account read, "You gotta learn that you ain't gotta react to everything, just let the clowns do what clowns do, and watch the show."

John Wall keeps a list of criticisms on his cell phone

John Wall keeps a list on his phone of the slights and criticism he hears, reads and perceives. He updates it whenever he comes across a new form of disrespect and reads it for motivation before he steps on the floor for every practice and game.

"I'm one of the most complete point guards in the league," Wall, 24, said Tuesday after the Washington Wizards concluded their first training camp practice. "I rebound, I assist, play defense, steal, score. I don't get why I'm overlooked. I'm still trying to figure it out."

By comparison, Bojan addressed critics & the Nets making the postseason a few weeks back

“I think we can,’’ Bogdanovic told the Post. “They can write what they want. … But we’re going to work hard to give it our best. When we get in a game, we have a chance to beat anybody. It’s going to be tough, but if we play like we practice, we have a chance.”

That's a far cry from "I don't care"

I'd personally be satisfied if Lin turns out to be an average starting PG like Dragic or even slightly above average like Teague, but I'd be concerned if he isn't expecting more of himself. Granted, Teague and Dragic haven't really made any public statements addressing criticism so there's no telling how players of their caliber deal with criticism

if he didn't believe in himself he would not have battled so hard to get back to a starting position.

He is probably less public about it than before because he has gotten so much dissing in press over years

[ChokeFasncists]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

From his first NYK buzzer beater in TOR all the way to last season's CHA start ($120m Batum out-toe), Lin has consistently played great against the Rapts. Huge following of Asian-Canadians in the crowd makes it almost feel like home games for Lin.

I know, I'm Asian and was at both games. Kinda felt bad how his career played out after Knicks. Sign with Houston, then they traded for Harden who became core piece and he was kinda tossed aside. Traded to Lakers and you know everyone's gotta cater to Kobe. Felt like he wasted 3 years behind great players, but honestly not great team players. Great to see him be an integral piece to the Hornets run. The Hornets are going to miss him huge.

Friggin cheap a$$ OKC owners and stupid Presti!

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

Really looking forward to BrookLin; it must be good, talkin' 'bout a match made in heaven!

[anthoang]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

Lin paired up in the PnR with an athletic big man who can finish at the rim would dominate games. We saw how he dominated with Tyson Chandler(NYK) and Ed Davis(LAL). Omer Asik(HOU) and Spencer Hawes(CHA) blew many easy layup attempts.

Not sure if Brooklyn has an athletic big man similar to Chandler and Davis? I could be wrong.

[TerryTate]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

Lin paired up in the PnR with an athletic big man who can finish at the rim would dominate games. We saw how he dominated with Tyson Chandler(NYK) and Ed Davis(LAL). Omer Asik(HOU) and Spencer Hawes(CHA) blew many easy layup attempts.

Not sure if Brooklyn has an athletic big man similar to Chandler and Davis? I could be wrong.

Yea, Lin and Chandler (with Novak in the corner waiting for the 3ball) made Linsanity. It was nice to see that. Ed Davis and Lin was nice, but neither got enough time and there were just too many chuckers on the Lakers and not enough set plays run. It was just Kobe and Nick Young dropping (Please Use More Appropriate Word) shots.

Don't think they do..... if I were them, I would try and trade Lopez (he's expiring and probably unlikely to re-sign) for an athletic big man. MAYBE Bennett can be that guy, if he loses some weight

[Kswiss]

As a Raps fan, I think Lin is literally, the best thing to happen to the Nets since the KG/Pierce (though it crippled the franchise for a few years). He finally gets to run the team as the primary ball-handler vs. taking a backseat to Harden, Kobe, and Kemba. He is not an all-star yet (probably be next year with all those China votes lol), but I honestly believe he's one of those players that makes his entire team better. Not sure how he'll play with Lopez, but I would love to see him next to a big man who has hops and can roll to the basket well.

Lin paired up in the PnR with an athletic big man who can finish at the rim would dominate games. We saw how he dominated with Tyson Chandler(NYK) and Ed Davis(LAL). Omer Asik(HOU) and Spencer Hawes(CHA) blew many easy layup attempts.

Not sure if Brooklyn has an athletic big man similar to Chandler and Davis? I could be wrong.

Yea, Lin and Chandler (with Novak in the corner waiting for the 3ball) made Linsanity. It was nice to see that. Ed Davis and Lin was nice, but neither got enough time and there were just too many chuckers on the Lakers and not enough set plays run. It was just Kobe and Nick Young dropping (Please Use More Appropriate Word) shots.

Don't think they do..... if I were them, I would try and trade Lopez (he's expiring and probably unlikely to re-sign) for an athletic big man. MAYBE Bennett can be that guy, if he loses some weight

While Lopez may not be an extreme athlete, he's worlds better than who Lin has been feeding the past couple years. I mean the corpse of Boozer, the corpse of Hawes, Zeller (bless his gentle soul lol), rookie Kaminsky, Sacre, Omer "stonefingers" Asik... The only competent big he's had in the last 4 years is Ed Davis and they were forcibly separated to ensure as many L's as possible. I'm not counting Dwight Howard because he was injured most of the season and also he hates PnR for some reason. He has potential to be a good finisher though. Lopez has great length, power and finess, he just hasn't had good guards to feed him the ball until this year. Also he's a decent athlete with great hands so I think he will actually be a great fit with Lin

[anthoang]

Lin paired up in the PnR with an athletic big man who can finish at the rim would dominate games. We saw how he dominated with Tyson Chandler(NYK) and Ed Davis(LAL). Omer Asik(HOU) and Spencer Hawes(CHA) blew many easy layup attempts.

Not sure if Brooklyn has an athletic big man similar to Chandler and Davis? I could be wrong.

Yea, Lin and Chandler (with Novak in the corner waiting for the 3ball) made Linsanity. It was nice to see that. Ed Davis and Lin was nice, but neither got enough time and there were just too many chuckers on the Lakers and not enough set plays run. It was just Kobe and Nick Young dropping (Please Use More Appropriate Word) shots.

Don't think they do..... if I were them, I would try and trade Lopez (he's expiring and probably unlikely to re-sign) for an athletic big man. MAYBE Bennett can be that guy, if he loses some weight

While Lopez may not be an extreme athlete, he's worlds better than who Lin has been feeding the past couple years. I mean the corpse of Boozer, the corpse of Hawes, Zeller (bless his gentle soul lol), rookie Kaminsky, Sacre, Omer "stonefingers" Asik... The only competent big he's had in the last 4 years is Ed Davis and they were forcibly separated to ensure as many L's as possible. I'm not counting Dwight Howard because he was injured most of the season and also he hates PnR for some reason. He has potential to be a good finisher though. Lopez has great length, power and finess, he just hasn't had good guards to feed him the ball until this year. Also he's a decent athlete with great hands so I think he will actually be a great fit with Lin

We'll have to wait and see if "Brooklin" is similar to Linsanity. I'm assuming Bogdanovic is that knock-down 3-pointer shooter?

[spaceballer]

Inaugural podcast of "Locked On Nets" with their first interview guest Howard Megdal (writer for USA Today, Nylon Calculus, Vice Sports, Politico). Topic of discussion is Linsanity on the Nets in this coming season.
https://audioboom.com/boos/5064264-locked-on-nets-9-19-16-is-linsanity-back-with-howard-megdal

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GQ has a new article out referencing JLin's Facebook Q&A last week and his aversion to hot liquid foods. They've produced a lot of articles on Jeremy (including having him on their cover), since he's a pop culture icon beyond just basketball, so he's able to attract off-court articles and publicity from mainstream venues like GQ Magazine, not just the niche sports venues like ESPN or SI that are more limited to the smaller sports enthusiast audience. Even last year while he was on the small market Hornets, GQ published several articles following his hairstyle.
http://www.gq.com/story/jeremy-lin-hates-all-soups?mbid=social_twitter

Now that he's back in NYC, Comedy Central (who is headquartered here) filmed a fun segment with him, including what looks like a scene outside of Barclays. Not sure which Comedy Central program it will air on. Not even sure if it's one piece or multiple, since he seems to be dressed differently in two scenes, unless one is him out of wardrobe. And apparently the script seems to say "Jeremy Lin causes a fight..." And he's delivering pizza for some reason. Those seem to be comedians/comedienne Jordan Carlos, Ben Rameaka, and Giulia Rozzi with him.

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Jeremy probably has Nov 9th on the calendar now if he did not before.

The silly Knicks strike again.

Nets Daily has a nice roundup of the pundits pushing back against the false narrative the Knicks are putting out about Jeremy.
http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/9/18/12963426/pundits-blast-knicks-diss-of-jeremy-lin

[ChokeFasncists]

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Jump shot! Glad he's working on it and feels good about it. Shooting three off dribble at a high percentage would be particularly good for this team. 800 shots a day, sounds about right.

at endorsement for his "allegedly overly hardcore" fans.

[ChokeFasncists]

Lin paired up in the PnR with an athletic big man who can finish at the rim would dominate games. We saw how he dominated with Tyson Chandler(NYK) and Ed Davis(LAL). Omer Asik(HOU) and Spencer Hawes(CHA) blew many easy layup attempts.

Not sure if Brooklyn has an athletic big man similar to Chandler and Davis? I could be wrong.

Yea, Lin and Chandler (with Novak in the corner waiting for the 3ball) made Linsanity. It was nice to see that. Ed Davis and Lin was nice, but neither got enough time and there were just too many chuckers on the Lakers and not enough set plays run. It was just Kobe and Nick Young dropping (Please Use More Appropriate Word) shots.

Don't think they do..... if I were them, I would try and trade Lopez (he's expiring and probably unlikely to re-sign) for an athletic big man. MAYBE Bennett can be that guy, if he loses some weight

While Lopez may not be an extreme athlete, he's worlds better than who Lin has been feeding the past couple years. I mean the corpse of Boozer, the corpse of Hawes, Zeller (bless his gentle soul lol), rookie Kaminsky, Sacre, Omer "stonefingers" Asik... The only competent big he's had in the last 4 years is Ed Davis and they were forcibly separated to ensure as many L's as possible. I'm not counting Dwight Howard because he was injured most of the season and also he hates PnR for some reason. He has potential to be a good finisher though. Lopez has great length, power and finess, he just hasn't had good guards to feed him the ball until this year. Also he's a decent athlete with great hands so I think he will actually be a great fit with Lin

Agreed, tho BroLo might not be a highflyer like Chandler, Ed Davis or DAJ (Dam you! Lin, DAJ, Dirk, Parsons, Matthews; definitely contender, talkin' 'bout misfortune), he is the most skilled and can certainly dunk pretty well:

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[anthoang]

Brook Lopez can definitely dunk.... can he finish alley oops?

[fafan]

Brook Lopez can definitely dunk.... can he finish alley oops?

Of course he can if he would like to roll deep enough.

[spaceballer]

It does look like he filmed more than one scene for Comedy Central. The pizza delivery scene had him in a red shirt. He's wearing a different shirt in this scene filmed in front of Barclays. Someone recorded footage of him doing a jack-in-the-box prank while selling tickets in front of Barclays in the Comedy Central bit.

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He's using NormaTec devices for his legs for recovery after workouts. His younger brother, who signed with a team in Taiwan, and teammates use the same thing. The devices go for 2K each.

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ESPN E-Sports segment about JLin's endorsement of a DOTA team, and the involvement of other celebrities like Rick Fox and Shaq in the E-Sports scene.

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New interview with JLin's shooting coach Doc Scheppler on Brook-Lin.com.
http://brook-lin.com/exclusive-doc-scheppler-interview-jeremy-lins-3-point-shot-brooklyn-nets/

[ChokeFasncists]

Brook Lopez can definitely dunk.... can he finish alley oops?

Sure. I'm sure there will be a lot of spectacular BrookLin alley oops. It just won't be as spectacular as ones with ultra athletic bigs like Ed Davis, D12 and Chandler.

[Paradise]

I loved this part. Reminds me of Ray Allen's workouts.

“He’ll have a higher shooting percentage because after he takes his warm-ups an hour and half before the game, and does his regular pregame shooting twenty minutes before tip-off, he won’t have to sit on the bench and get cold before he goes into the game. The fact that he’s a starter and is always warmed up will help his percentage by itself.”

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