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

[bigbob]

You guys dont get it. Lin is a top 3 player in this league. He has the same mechanical attributes as Harden and Curry, who were 1st and 2nd in the MVP race last season. Hes basically Curry light (more athletic but not quite the shooter).

I know a lot of you are more educated about Lins career and might think Im exaggerating. However, Im more educated on metaphysics and pataphysics and I have discovered a rift in the space/time continuum behind my refrigerator that leads to an alternate universe where Lin has been made a franchise player by the Philadelphia 76ers.

In this universe he averages 26/5/9 and is first team all-NBA and first team all-defense. Curry is still the MVP but its not Lins fault because Curry has better teammates and coaches. He is still considered better than Harden due to his defensive prowess, though.

Anyone who disagrees with my assessment has an opinion that is baseless because you dont have the knowledge of physics that I do and havent been able to access any of the parallel universes in which Lin is has been given the opportunity he deserves. The laws of physics dictate that there are numerous (arguably infinite) universes in which this is the case. I have only been able to access one so far, but am working on finding ways to access the others.

TROLOLOL, probably one of best posts ive seen so far on lin though. Lin has alot of fans, not just asians(im not) but i thinks most of his hardcore crazy fans are mostly asians. They are the ones who have the most unrealistic expectations of lin, give him an unnecessary burden not to mention a bad name. He is basically the asian lebron in their eyes. If given the chance hes gonna kill everybody, just roll over everyone, score 1000 points in one quarter, go super saiyan, possibly be the first to fly. Hopefully lin doesn't stress out over these morons and just continues to do his thing

[bws94]

Don't want to get into separating his fans by ethnicity and geographical area. EIther you think Lin has greater significance and has to rep his people or not. I think that's putting too much on him. He just needs to play his game, relax, and let his natural abilities come out.

People that think Lin is a miracle worker are over the top. But, this game shows some things dedicated fans were saying is correct. Lin can do well against starters or bench players. It doesn't really matter. He can produce with more minutes. He can step in when a key cog is out, and how much more key can you get than Batum, and play huge minutes and be one of the main guys and as we saw, top scorer. But, he can also botch plays just as much as anyone else as we saw late in the 4th quarter. He's just a basketball player really. His story is a little different, he looks different, but when it comes down to it, he's an NBA player.

[fatlever]

you guys should watch Clutchfans jeremy thread there it's gone to the next level TINSANE that's what they call it.

Hate to talk about that place so this will be my only comment. They should lock up that thread and chalk it up as another loss. But then certain members would have nothing to obsess over, what are they going to talk about, their team?

The only reason why the moderators have kept this thread open is because it generates hits for the forum..Many people keep visiting it.

Also, if you make a google search, it will appear and there's so many Lin's fan out there that some of them may eventually see it and visit the website.....More visitors, more hits, more money.

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about, but whatever.

[fatlever]

What a strange position I find myself in where I feel the need to argue against my favorite player because a few of my fellow fans are overzealous and a bit nuts. I will just lay off the board for a while instead.

Please don't let them stop you from posting here. You've been a very welcome addition so far and having rational Lin fans here helps everyone of us in the long run.

[fatlever]

Hate to talk about that place so this will be my only comment. They should lock up that thread and chalk it up as another loss. But then certain members would have nothing to obsess over, what are they going to talk about, their team?

The only reason why the moderators have kept this thread open is because it generates hits for the forum..Many people keep visiting it.

Also, if you make a google search, it will appear and there's so many Lin's fan out there that some of them may eventually see it and visit the website.....More visitors, more hits, more money.

you're getting this thread confused with the Troy Daniels thread. That's the cash cow.

Flip is on fire. You've made me fall out laughing several times today.

[hood30]

The only reason why the moderators have kept this thread open is because it generates hits for the forum..Many people keep visiting it.

You have no idea what you're talking about. We created this thread for two reasons:

(1) Lin is a member of our team and we have threads for every member of our team.

(2) To provide fans of Lin who are not interested in our team as a whole a place to discuss Lin's play so they don't clutter up other threads (unfortunately we've not been that successful with this goal).

Has nothing to do with traffic or hits.

I meant the Lin thread on Cluthfan.com which is the Houston Rocket fan forum...Lin has been gone for 3 years and instead of locking up the thread like they do others, they have kept it open.....Lin is no longer a Houston Rockets so there's no need to have so much discussion about such a player.

The Lin thread at Cluthfan.com is only use to mock and degrade Lin as the worst player in the league...Every time Lin has a bad game, all the Lin haters post in it reminding everyone how bad Lin is.

[RevolDas]

What a strange position I find myself in where I feel the need to argue against my favorite player because a few of my fellow fans are overzealous and a bit nuts. I will just lay off the board for a while instead.

Same here. I tried to stay away from this thread as much as possible so that real Hornet fans know that there are rarional Lin fans who care about the team as much as Lin.

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[dznutzz]

The only reason why the moderators have kept this thread open is because it generates hits for the forum..Many people keep visiting it.

You have no idea what you're talking about. We created this thread for two reasons:

(1) Lin is a member of our team and we have threads for every member of our team.

(2) To provide fans of Lin who are not interested in our team as a whole a place to discuss Lin's play so they don't clutter up other threads (unfortunately we've not been that successful with this goal).

Has nothing to do with traffic or hits.

I meant the Lin thread on Cluthfan.com which is the Houston Rocket fan forum...Lin has been gone for 3 years and instead of locking up the thread like they do others, they have kept it open.....Lin is no longer a Houston Rockets so there's no need to have so much discussion about such a player.

ya he was referring to the clutchfans thread

i want lin to do well and the team to make and go far in the playoffs. the thing he lacks is consistency. that stretch in new york was a one time phenomena. he wasn't on the scouting report and it was a shortened season so teams can't game plan against him as well. hopefully he keeps it up. he seems to fit well in this system and is surrounded by the right people.

[bws94]

Consistency can only be in approach. Some nights shots fall, sometimes they don't. Lin is ultra-consistent on the defensive end but seems inconsistent in his confidence and aggressiveness on the offensive end.

[Braggins]

You guys dont get it. Lin is a top 3 player in this league. He has the same mechanical attributes as Harden and Curry, who were 1st and 2nd in the MVP race last season. Hes basically Curry light (more athletic but not quite the shooter).

I know a lot of you are more educated about Lins career and might think Im exaggerating. However, Im more educated on metaphysics and pataphysics and I have discovered a rift in the space/time continuum behind my refrigerator that leads to an alternate universe where Lin has been made a franchise player by the Philadelphia 76ers.

In this universe he averages 26/5/9 and is first team all-NBA and first team all-defense. Curry is still the MVP but its not Lins fault because Curry has better teammates and coaches. He is still considered better than Harden due to his defensive prowess, though.

Anyone who disagrees with my assessment has an opinion that is baseless because you dont have the knowledge of physics that I do and havent been able to access any of the parallel universes in which Lin is has been given the opportunity he deserves. The laws of physics dictate that there are numerous (arguably infinite) universes in which this is the case. I have only been able to access one so far, but am working on finding ways to access the others.

If given the chance hes gonna kill everybody, just roll over everyone, score 1000 points in one quarter, go super saiyan, possibly be the first to fly.

Actually, I have figured out how to access a few more dimensions since my last post and in one of them Lin in fact literally goes super Saiyan. It was only super Saiyan 2, but the look on CP3's face when Lin dropped a SS2 spirit bomb on him was priceless. Predictably, CP3 ducked behind Deandre at the last second and he took the brunt of it. This particular dimension was very unstable, likely due to all the energy manipulation going on, so I was only there for a few minutes before it collapsed, but I look forward to finding a similar but more stable version in the future. If the multiverse theory is correct under our current understanding of it this should be theoretically possible.

If you guys think Lin's hair looks cool as three dimensional beings viewing it in two dimensions, you're minds would probably be blown if you experienced seeing it as a higher dimensional being viewing it as it really is in three or more dimensions. I can't even begin to describe it in a way that would make sense to anyone who has only ever viewed our reality in two dimensions, but it was just as striking as Lin's spirit bomb. Some of his styles in other dimensions aren't even possible in ours.

[Braggins]

You guys dont get it. Lin is a top 3 player in this league. He has the same mechanical attributes as Harden and Curry, who were 1st and 2nd in the MVP race last season. Hes basically Curry light (more athletic but not quite the shooter).

I know a lot of you are more educated about Lins career and might think Im exaggerating. However, Im more educated on metaphysics and pataphysics and I have discovered a rift in the space/time continuum behind my refrigerator that leads to an alternate universe where Lin has been made a franchise player by the Philadelphia 76ers.

In this universe he averages 26/5/9 and is first team all-NBA and first team all-defense. Curry is still the MVP but its not Lins fault because Curry has better teammates and coaches. He is still considered better than Harden due to his defensive prowess, though.

Anyone who disagrees with my assessment has an opinion that is baseless because you dont have the knowledge of physics that I do and havent been able to access any of the parallel universes in which Lin is has been given the opportunity he deserves. The laws of physics dictate that there are numerous (arguably infinite) universes in which this is the case. I have only been able to access one so far, but am working on finding ways to access the others.

Grossly over-exaggerating and misinterpreting what I wrote, but I legit lol'ed at that post, and am pretty honored you spent so much of your time writing it.

I think you are misinterpreting my post. It is understandable considering you haven't experienced other worlds in the same way that I have since you have not unlocked the secrets of our current understanding of physics. I am dealing with things on a level that has previously only existed in theory. I wish I could take you with me, but you clearly aren't ready.

I actually made an understatement when I said that Lin has the same mechanical advantages as Curry and Harden. I've seen Lin do things that aren't even possible in our world.

I know these discoveries are exciting and many of you would be interested in experiencing these things for yourself, but I'm worried that if the knowledge I have discovered gets out that it will be used by anti-Lin Rockets/Lakers fans to possible travel to the past in our dimension and eradicate Lin's existence. This could have severe consequences for our reality. We also don't currently know what kind of relationship exists between our dimensions and the infinite others. If they are tethered in any way that would make altering this dimension have an effect on others, then such manipulation by Rocket/Lakers fans could potentially collapse the entire universe. Until the consequences of what I am doing are better understood I must keep the mechanics of this knowledge a secret.

[spaceballer]

The Hornets are doing much better in road game attendance records this year. It may not be entirely due to Jeremy Lin, but I'm sure the fans he attracts around the country to the road games likely plays a significant role.

Bobcats/Hornets:
2011-2012, ranked #27 out of 30 teams in Road Game attendance
2012-2013, #28
2013-2014, #26 (despite being a playoff team)
2014-2015, #25 (first year of rebranding from Bobcats back to Hornets)
2015-2016, #7 (with Jeremy Lin and his legions of fans attending road games around the nation)

The Hornets are filling up the seats. It's quite a jump from the bottom 5 of the league to #7. They're doing better than they were when they were a playoff Bobcats team, or when they enjoyed all the media buzz from the Hornets re-branding.

Perhaps some of it is an artifact of an incomplete season and will even out a bit when the rest of the season fills in with different arenas around the country. But so far, it's looking good.

Jeremy's effect is probably more pronounced for a small market team like the Hornets and their ability to draw crowds at away games than it would be for a larger franchise. Especially given that these crowds are in a different city and not necessarily rooting for Charlotte to win against their hometown team. Though during Linsanity, the sold out tickets made every road game into a home game for the Knicks (like with Raptors fans cheering Lin's gamewinner).

The Rockets experienced a similar bump. Their road game attendance record was ranked higher during the two Lin years compared to the year immediately before and the year immediately after Lin's tenure.

[Vae Victus]

Well hot damn thats one helluva effect. It jives with me going to LAL games and seeing alot more empty seats than usual compared to last year. I dont see as many swarms of Asians either, so there's definitely a reaction to not having Lin around to draw them.

Edit: Note that the Lakers sucked last year too but people still came to watch. Honestly i think the asians were just praying for a 2nd coming of Linsanity and came every chance they can so they dont miss out. I tended to go cuz my bank (EastWest) was giving away box seats and season tickets.

[bws94]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

[13th Man]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

That's asking too much of a $2M role player imo. Outside of Linsanity, I've never considered Lin as big time closer and I don't think he needs to prove that here.

[bws94]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

That's asking too much of a $2M role player imo. Outside of Linsanity, I've never considered Lin as big time closer and I don't think he needs to prove that here.

I don't understand. I think his salary is irrelevant, we know the quality of player he is. Lin has had huge 4Qs for Houston even after playing terribly quarters 1-3. He closed games because he was clutch and made big plays. That's something that helps Charlotte because it doesn't have to all be on Kemba.

[leeramundo]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

That's asking too much of a $2M role player imo. Outside of Linsanity, I've never considered Lin as big time closer and I don't think he needs to prove that here.

I don't understand. I think his salary is irrelevant, we know the quality of player he is. Lin has had huge 4Qs for Houston even after playing terribly quarters 1-3. He closed games because he was clutch and made big plays. That's something that helps Charlotte because it doesn't have to all be on Kemba.

This. He missed a couple of shots so he started deferring uneededly. Still played a good game overall though, nice seeing him string together a handful of solid to very good games lately.

[13th Man]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

That's asking too much of a $2M role player imo. Outside of Linsanity, I've never considered Lin as big time closer and I don't think he needs to prove that here.

I don't understand. I think his salary is irrelevant, we know the quality of player he is. Lin has had huge 4Qs for Houston even after playing terribly quarters 1-3. He closed games because he was clutch and made big plays. That's something that helps Charlotte because it doesn't have to all be on Kemba.

I hear what you're saying but he also has a choker label placed on him as well for some late game gaffs. I don't think his confidence is all there in late game situations, a lot of times he'd rather play not to make a mistake then to go for the win. But then other games he'd go for broke so who knows....I don't lol.

I still have my reservations of him being that type of player, if he was then he should be treated with more respect by the entire league. Personally, I don't expect him to become a big time closer type of player.

[Flip Murray]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

This seems to be common for Lin actually. I feel like he gets the short end of the stick from the refs pretty often

[bws94]

I don't know. Good game from Lin. Very good game for the most part. Made a few TOs he didn't have to make, didn't get a friendly whistle. Just wish he'd look to be more of a game changer in the 4th. That quality needs to come out more in him to help Charlotte win games and take pressure off of Kemba.

This seems to be common for Lin actually. I feel like he gets the short end of the stick from the refs pretty often

Is it because he falls so much in general? Or non-star status? If the latter, he needs to up his game to near-star which he sometimes scratches on.