NYKMentality85 wrote:Lets be truthful here, Jeremy Lin only has a Player Efficiency Rating of 15.11 which only ranks 36th amongst NBA PG's and/or his Player Efficiency Rating of 15.11 only ranks 142nd amongst all NBA player. He's a decent to good role player but he's far (and I mean far) from being any type of star material. Or anything close to it. I believe it's more than obvious that our current Knicks team doesn't have any room for a young, developing, inexperienced PG during a win now type of season. Why some of us are still stuck on Jeremy Lin of all players is beyond me especially considering the fact he's been replaced by a true veteran at the point in Felton. Just to compare the two...
Ray: FG% of.425, 3PT% of .354, FT% of .787 along with an average of 14.0 points, 5.5 assists, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.3 turnovers per game. Assist Per Turnover Ratio of 2.32. Player Efficiency Rating of 15.16.
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Lin: FG% of .444, 3PT% of .344, FT% of .785 along with an average of 13.1 points, 6.1 assists, 3.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.9 turnovers per game. Assist Per Turnover Ratio of 2.09. Player Efficiency Rating of 15.11.
I'm not quite sure what the problem seems to be.
Lastly; If Jeremy Lin (truly) wanted to remain a Knick (as some say), he'll sign with the Knicks (for cheaper) as a free agent after Houston's developed him for 3 years and if not, then so be it because Lin is getting paid $25,123,938 when compared to Felton who's only getting $12,540,000 over the next three years. And I'm sorry but Lin's current production doesn't warrant a difference of $12,583,938 when compared to Felton. Last but not least by our Knicks front office paying Jeremy Lin as a team we'd have zero chance of extending both of J.R Smith and Steve Novak along with matching Shumpert's team option of $2,761,113 come 2014/2015. There's a bigger picture here and we're better off without him.
In regards to Lin, you can't teach his game IQ, you can't teach his vision, his passing skill, his uncanny ability for spacing and making his teammates pass the ball when he's on the floor, you can't teach his clutch gene, work ethic, and you can't teach his instincts and nose for the ball on defensive end.
You don't succeed strictly based on just talent like the Roses, Irvings, Westbrooks, Currys. You can also succeed based on the qualities above... being smart, being hard-working, having great feel of the game instead of just talent.
Also, you gotta remember those guards have NO ball dominator like James Harden. NONE of them has to deal with being "demoted" from being the main handler to being a corner spot up shooter. NONE. Tell me when Rose, Irving, Wall, Curry had to be that spot up catch and shoot corner shooter. They get to handle the ball, they get to dribble for 10-15 seconds and finding their groove. Lin is not allowed such luxury (except when Harden is out). You can come up with any stat you want, but proof is Lin always produces (38pts on Spurs when Harden was injured) and other performances like OKC (29pts & 9assists) that are not simply the typical brand of "scrubs" or "flash in the pan". Last, you gotta factor in the games played experience too instead of age. A player who keeps improving with only 110 games played, playing at the level he's playing at, it's pretty good, and you can safely say he has promising future. Look back at Chauncey Billups and Steve Nash in their first 4-5 years in the L and can help you relate that "some of these guys need time to develop". You act as if you know for certain that 13ppg and 6apg is Lin's ceiling and he can't improve, which is ridiculous for a guy as hard working as he is.
). Admittedly small sample size. However, I think it has been a while since he has shot > 50% in a game which isn't a great sign...and his true shooting percentage is worse than Jennings and right around Monta Ellis and Ricky Rubio...
