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

[bws94]

I really hope that was accidental on Kobe's part. If not, that isn't cool at al. At all.

[PG13]

Another angle of that play? Dirty? or Accidental?

It's instinctual lol

[13th Man]

I really hope that was accidental on Kobe's part. If not, that isn't cool at al. At all.

Me too. I'm trying to like the guy on his way out but he's making it difficult. First with the intentional flagrant hack on Lin and then this... I know everyone treats you like royalty these days and you can get away with sh*t but c'mon man, just take it easy lol.

[bigbob]

Another angle of that play? Dirty? or Accidental?

damn old man kobe, pretty slick but a dirty move all the same. Hes not exactly happy with lin the way things went down last year, how lin played like crap the first 2/3 of the season, did well the last 1/3 then packed up and bolted from LA as fast as he could lol. I heard lakers wanted to resign lin at a fairer price in the offseason, but lin really didn't like the coach, byron scott, the way he kept screwing around with his minutes and making dumb plays and decisions. Otherwise if lins minutes were more consistent and the coach trusted him more I could have seen lin staying on with the lakers.

With lin playing his game as the PG, the lakers actually beat the GS warriors once last year in december and even a second time in march, lost only by 3 points in an away game at oracle arena. Lakers would have won that second game, if not for shady calls and questionable free throws that swung the game in the final minutes towards GSW. Lin locked down curry real good, stopped him from getting too hot. Lakers last season were actually not too bad, there were a ton of close games that could have went either way. They were just short one or two vital pieces that prevented them from being contenders.

The way kobe's playing so well right now and with lin as the pg, the lakers might actually be doing well, perhaps good enough for a 7th or 8th seed in the west, maybe higher even. Actually with hibbert as the center, lin wouldve been in a great position with a solid PnR partner, lakers might have been one of the top 5 teams in the west (not out of the question since the west is pretty weak this year).

I personally didn't like the way that lin left the lakers and abandoned kobe, but I do understand that he was just looking out for himself and made the decision that was best for him. Poor kobe must have some psychological issues, being left behind by shaq, gasol, dwight howard then lin lol...kobe just can't co exist with more than 1 star on the team

[bws94]

A bunch of guys bolted from or aren't with the Lakers from last season. Ed Davis, Wesley Johnson, Wayne Ellington, Jordan Hill, Boozer. I don't think Byron Scott was well liked in that locker room, nor was Kobe easy to play with or deal with. And the new guys like Russell and rookies like Randle aren't extremely happy with their playing time and situation there either. Who needs a coach that throws you under the bus while saying the superstar can do anything he wants? The Lakers are dysfunctional and I feel better for the players like all of those guys above, maybe except Booze, that have found new teams where they fit in much better.

[13th Man]

I like the fact that Lin took the high road as to say that he's looking forward, not behind. The Lakers went in a direction that was best for them with the signing of Russell, they will be fine in the coming years after Kobe and Byron are gone. Lin is at a much better place as well in Charlotte.

I initially thought that Lin would play against the Lakers with a chip on his shoulder but he didn't, he played with the same demeanor as we would against any other team. On the other hand, I noticed that guys like Clarkson and Beverley would try extra hard as to try to prove some point. This is Lin's nature, he's not one to hold grudges or dwell on the past.

[13th Man]

A bunch of guys bolted from or aren't with the Lakers from last season. Ed Davis, Wesley Johnson, Wayne Ellington, Jordan Hill, Boozer. I don't think Byron Scott was well liked in that locker room, nor was Kobe easy to play with or deal with. And the new guys like Russell and rookies like Randle aren't extremely happy with their playing time and situation there either. Who needs a coach that throws you under the bus while saying the superstar can do anything he wants? The Lakers are dysfunctional and I feel better for the players like all of those guys above, maybe except Booze, that have found new teams where they fit in much better.

I like Randle and DR, for the sake of their future I hope that Byron will be gone after he successfully tanks another year (the only coaching thing that he's good at).

[bws94]

I thought Clarkson just was defended well and Lin showed his veteran savvy vs. a young player. Lin just kind of knew what Clarkson would do before he did it. Beverley, OTOH, is a kind of player that likes to disrupt guys and take a mano a mano defensive stance because that's his signature in the game. I don't know if he tried harder with Lin from most of the games I've watched Houston played. He just didn't want Lin to blow by him. Since Lin was in foul trouble the whole first half, and barely played, it was moot. In the second half, Lin was good enough, but whatever effort he made didn't get us a W so Houston wins. I think Lin is far removed from Houston now and it is more he knows some guys on the team and in the arena and says hello to them. Even against the Lakers, it is just play his normal game. When he played the Knicks as a Rocket he had the edge, but that was 2/3 seasons ago.

[bws94]

A bunch of guys bolted from or aren't with the Lakers from last season. Ed Davis, Wesley Johnson, Wayne Ellington, Jordan Hill, Boozer. I don't think Byron Scott was well liked in that locker room, nor was Kobe easy to play with or deal with. And the new guys like Russell and rookies like Randle aren't extremely happy with their playing time and situation there either. Who needs a coach that throws you under the bus while saying the superstar can do anything he wants? The Lakers are dysfunctional and I feel better for the players like all of those guys above, maybe except Booze, that have found new teams where they fit in much better.

I like Randle and DR, for the sake of their future I hope that Byron will be gone after he successfully tanks another year (the only coaching thing that he's good at).

I agree. I feel bad for those guys. I really dislike a coach that throws his players under the bus. There's ways of dealing with a guy like Kobe without having such an obvious double standard for the rest of his players.

[bws94]

I think the Raptors have their Lin voodoo dolls out in hoping he misses Friday's game against them. He has a way of lighting them up in a lot of games. They need to get ahold of Lil' Kemba too, start sticking the pins in that one too!

[bws94]

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[razsan]

Anyone know the extent of Lin's injury?

[bigbob]

Anyone know the extent of Lin's injury?

minor ankle sprain i heard, but lin has had ankle/knee issues in the past. Most of the time minor but hopefully it doesn't end up being anything big this time.

[hood30]

I like the fact that Lin took the high road as to say that he's looking forward, not behind. The Lakers went in a direction that was best for them with the signing of Russell, they will be fine in the coming years after Kobe and Byron are gone. Lin is at a much better place as well in Charlotte.

I initially thought that Lin would play against the Lakers with a chip on his shoulder but he didn't, he played with the same demeanor as we would against any other team. On the other hand, I noticed that guys like Clarkson and Beverley would try extra hard as to try to prove some point. This is Lin's nature, he's not one to hold grudges or dwell on the past.

I totally agree with this...Lin truly doesn't hold no grudges but God knows he had every reason to hold grudges against Kobe and Scott considering the amount of scapegoating that went his way last year.

I'm kind of glad to see the Lakers are worst this year because I felt too many people pointed their fingers at Lin..Now that the team is worse, it could had not possibly be Lin that was the biggest problem...Maybe it was Scott system and Kobe taking too much shot.


I also agree that Clarkson and Kobe were both trying to humiliate Lin by attempting to score on him every chance Lin was guarding them.....My guess is Scott game plan was to take on Lin since Scott views Lin as an horrible defender.

As for Kobe trying to trip Lin..I thought that was a despicable thing to do..Lin could had easily gotten hurt...I wonder whether Kobe would had pulled such a stunt if it was a star point guard...Pretty sure he would not have done so...He did this to Lin because he doesn't respect Lin and hates him, for some strange reason..My guess is it's because of the whole Linsanity thing that happened in NYC...Many black players resented the fact that an asian kid was getting so much buzz..They felt Lin didn't deserve such large attention.

[TTNN]

Another angle of that play? Dirty? or Accidental?

I think that's just how Kobe is, entitled and spoiled. Notice that both of his feet were stepping on Lin's feet and use them as stopper, I think he was old thus took more effort to get up, and that way might be easier for him to get up, and I think that might just be the way Kobe get up every time when his teammates help him. And he might not think about stepping on other people is wrong, or he had the privilege to do that to other people.

At that time, Lin already hurt his ankle thus his is not strong enough to hold all Kobe's body weight if Kobe get up that way, thus he almost fall by not anticipate that much weight on him.

[TTNN]

Anyone know the extent of Lin's injury?

minor ankle sprain i heard, but lin has had ankle/knee issues in the past. Most of the time minor but hopefully it doesn't end up being anything big this time.

He still wasn't able to practice today, so it does not looks minor to me.

The bad thing is that he was not sprain the ankle while he was running, he sprain it while he is coming down from a jump, thus the impact while he is coming down might make it worse , and it could well be high ankle sprain which took much longer time to recover.

[bws94]

I don't think it's major. I think the longest he'll be out is tonight and tomorrow and play next week. In fact, even if out tonight he may play tomorrow night. Clifford is hopeful he'll play, if it was more serious I don't think Cliff would say that.

The team needs Lin. Lin, Kemba, Batum and Cody are needed for this team.

[bigbob]

lins playing style leads to alot of physical contact and the longer he plays in a game the higher the probability of sustaining an injury. Hopefully he refines his game so that he doesn't need to flop as much but still get the calls.

[bws94]

lins playing style leads to alot of physical contact and the longer he plays in a game the higher the probability of sustaining an injury. Hopefully he refines his game so that he doesn't need to flop as much but still get the calls.

Meh, he doesn't flop that much. He's a penetrator and penetrators fall a lot. He takes a good amount of charges from big players. He's a hard-nosed player and he's played every game this year up to the last one and will miss tonight. And he doesn't get a lot of calls also (like a star player would).

If he wants less wear and tear on his body he'll develop more of a mid-range rather than to-the-basket game. He needs to develop that anyway to vary his game and cut down on TOs.

[stepbackjftw]

lin looking soft there. why did he feel the need to help an ass that forearmed you in the face intentionally?

lin should have "slipped" and headbutted him