Don't Be Hurtin' Lin - The Jeremy Lin Thread 2

bigbob · Post #1201 » by **bigbob** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:21 am

Vae Victus wrote:Lin seemed to have a strong 1st half against the Magic. Started the 3rd surprisingly (although Batum was sick) and proceeded to do jack **** right after. Is the kemba/lin backcourt simply not gonna work at all im guessing?

yes..he played well first half, then disappeared second half. Hes the kind of player that needs the ball, to get into rythm and get into flow. Once you have kemba and lin playing together, where kemba just bricking shots and lin standing in the corner, he goes cold fast. Both kemba and lin need to start working better together...this method of one guy doing something next guy doing nothing is a terrible idea for offense.

TinmanZBoy · Post #1202 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:29 am

bigbob wrote:
Vae Victus wrote:Lin seemed to have a strong 1st half against the Magic. Started the 3rd surprisingly (although Batum was sick) and proceeded to do jack **** right after. Is the kemba/lin backcourt simply not gonna work at all im guessing?

yes..he played well first half, then disappeared second half. Hes the kind of player that needs the ball, to get into rythm and get into flow. Once you have kemba and lin playing together, where kemba just bricking shots and lin standing in the corner, he goes cold fast. Both kemba and lin need to start working better together...this method of one guy doing something next guy doing nothing is a terrible idea for offense.

it has nothing to do with Kemba tonight though...Lin had plenty touches tonight, in general he made good players, but his shots did not fall though...

gafun · Post #1203 » by **gafun** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:34 pm

Li seemed passive in second half. No sure what was going on. Everyone looked so tired. What did they do in 3 days off?

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TinmanZBoy · Post #1204 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:30 pm

gafun wrote:Li seemed passive in second half. No sure what was going on. Everyone looked so tired. What did they do in 3 days off?

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i would not say passive, probably more measured, he has been like this the whole season, he never forces things to happen, instead let the game come to him... kinda a perfect mindset of playing a complimentary role...

TinmanZBoy · Post #1205 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:31 pm

can't wait for tonight's game, which are you rooting for, my dear lin fans? Lakers or Rockets? lol

gafun · Post #1206 » by **gafun** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:36 pm

TinmanZBoy wrote:can't wait for tonight's game, which are you rooting for, my dear lin fans? Lakers or Rockets? lol

Hornets!

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bigbob · Post #1207 » by **bigbob** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:19 pm

anyone notice how teams are double teaming on lin the past few games. Also pressuring him before the backcourt. They don't do it nearly as much to other players on the team, its pretty wierd

bws94 · Post #1208 » by **bws94** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:25 pm

Batum is doubtful. Jeremys will have to step it up if he doesn't go.

Teddyb · Post #1209 » by **Teddyb** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:46 pm

bigbob wrote:
Vae Victus wrote:Lin seemed to have a strong 1st half against the Magic. Started the 3rd surprisingly (although Batum was sick) and proceeded to do jack **** right after. Is the kemba/lin backcourt simply not gonna work at all im guessing?

yes..he played well first half, then disappeared second half. Hes the kind of player that needs the ball, to get into rythm and get into flow. Once you have kemba and lin playing together, where kemba just bricking shots and lin standing in the corner, he goes cold fast. Both kemba and lin need to start working better together...this method of one guy doing something next guy doing nothing is a terrible idea for offense.

Well he didn't disappear in the second half. He just played badly. Shot badly He could have made a difference and he did, for the bad...
He didn't do anything to help this team win last night...NOR did Kemba or Batum. These 3 guys need to play well every night. I just don't know if Lin has that in him. He teases you with greatness and then plays like dog ****......thats who he's been since he left NY

Teddyb · Post #1210 » by **Teddyb** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:47 pm

TinmanZBoy wrote:can't wait for tonight's game, which are you rooting for, my dear lin fans? Lakers or Rockets? lol

Rockets....lol...then when they won and get on the plane it crashes....lol...kidding

bws94 · Post #1211 » by **bws94** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:28 am

Lin to locker room. Jogged in, probably nothing serious.

Teddyb · Post #1212 » by **Teddyb** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:10 am

bws94 wrote:Lin to locker room. Jogged in, probably nothing serious.

he had to pee.....

Vae Victus · Post #1213 » by **Vae Victus** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:53 am

No wonder Byron Scott didnt like Lin. Lin isn't tough enough to play an entire game on a full bladder, boy needs to MAN UP and play with GRIT. Just like they did back in the 80s.

Vae Victus · Post #1214 » by **Vae Victus** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:55 am

Still though that 1st half by Lin against the Raptors was just amazing. I wasnt able to watch the game due to crap bandwidth, what happened in the 2nd that didnt allow him to roll on? I noticed 5 for 13 shooting, zero assists, and 3 TOs, that's not a good. At least he was able to hit his clutch FTs it seems.

nikeykid · Post #1215 » by **nikeykid** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:07 am

that was fun, let's do it again soon

Guitardude · Post #1216 » by **Guitardude** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:24 am

Vae Victus wrote:Still though that 1st half by Lin against the Raptors was just amazing. I wasnt able to watch the game due to crap bandwidth, what happened in the 2nd that didnt allow him to roll on? I noticed 5 for 13 shooting, zero assists, and 3 TOs, that's not a good. At least he was able to hit his clutch FTs it seems.

As someone mentioned earlier, at least one of those TOs was a foul, and yes - Lin was 5/13 from the field in the second half, but he also dropped 17 points on 13 shots, which is decent. I'm sure fatigue played a factor (played 47.5 minutes on a b2b) as to his worse 2nd half, but give the man credit for his talent and willpower.

jcmouse · Post #1217 » by **jcmouse** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:36 am

tonight's game proved that kemba and jlin can play well together. Great!

gafun · Post #1218 » by **gafun** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:17 am

Vae Victus wrote:No wonder Byron Scott didnt like Lin. Lin isn't tough enough to play an entire game on a full bladder, boy needs to MAN UP and play with GRIT. Just like they did back in the 80s.

I do not blame you because you did not watch the 2rd half. Scores and stats sometimes cannot tell the whole story, especially on defense. It was cooled down a bit in the second half. But when we did not have our 3 starters and our bigs were in foul troubles, I could not ask a better game from Lin. Kemba did great too. Finally we seen these two Gs played great together.

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KM6 · Post #1219 » by **KM6** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:21 am

Kemba and Lin can play great together; Kemba and Batum can play great together; Batum and Lin can play great together. They need to be Hornet's big 3, plus MKG and an athletic big like Cody or someone who can get rebound, play defense, and do PnR, stretching the floor is just gravy.

13th Man · Post #1220 » by **13th Man** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:53 am

I'm curious to see what Lin's usage rate was tonight, he plays better the higher his usage rate is. I think the reason why Lin worked with Kemba tonight was because of the absence of Batum. If Lin plays with Kemba AND Batum, his usage rate would be nowhere near it was tonight imo.

The difference was that Lin took Batum's minutes and his shots. Kemba still got his shots in a usual but Lin's 20+ shots was an anomoly. This was a rare night for Lin, he'll probably go back to his 5-10 shots per night when Nic returns.