stuporman wrote:I watched those highlights of his game again and there were a couple of calls missed on Knick players that should have been and ones. Douglas got popped on his finish and Chandler got hammered by Deron on his back on one of the alley oops from Lin. The way he splits the defense is very reminiscent of Nash.
The thing that brought a tear to my eye was the way he found guys at the hoop. All the time the pickers would be rolling to the hoop wide open and Douglas could never deliver a pass to them but Shump would occasionally find them. With Lin there would be 2-3 guys in between him and the picker with another coming to help and he still would get the ball to the man in the place only they could get it. So very Nash-like!
Obviously Nash is an incredible shooter and one of the best PGs ever but it's hard to not see the dribbling, passing and vision that Lin has that can remind of Nash. How cool would it be if Nash comes for the MLE next season to tutor the guy so after he retires Lin can take over. Lin will have his up and downs this season even if he impresses at times, he still could use another season or two to polish his game even more and who better to learn from than Nash.
+1 On top of it all, both Nash and Lin are great people (I look at them and say those are guys I'd want to hang out with), very humble, always talk team first, play for the WIN not for stats, smart, never talk trash, loyal, always play hard, were always underrated for their appearance, and both from the Bay Area in Cali.
I'd add that Lin, though his shot is improving, will probably never become the shooter that Nash is because Nash is arguably the best shooter in the history of basketball (I'm not kidding, you look at his FG% and the kinds of shots he takes and makes), but Lin makes up for that by being much better defensively and on the boards, and with better size and athleticism. Anyway, don't need to compare too much more, but would love them both here and for the long term.
@ the looney tunes sound effects
