Super Lintendo: The Jeremy Lin Thread

MasterIchiro · Post #181 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:00 am

13th Man wrote:Like to add that I'm almost excited as Lin to hear that he has a coach that believes in him again. Speaks volumes to what he's been through the past 3 seasons.

He made it sound like he hasn't had joy playing the game in the past 3 seasons either, since his breakout year with the Knicks!

Liver_Pooty · Post #182 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:02 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
13th Man wrote:Like to add that I'm almost excited as Lin to hear that he has a coach that believes in him again. Speaks volumes to what he's been through the past 3 seasons.

He made it sound like he hasn't had joy playing the game in the past 3 seasons either, since his breakout year with the Knicks!

Just let Lin play pick and roll off the bench, and everything will be fine. Do anything else, and he will struggle.

lazard · Post #183 » by **lazard** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:03 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
13th Man wrote:Like to add that I'm almost excited as Lin to hear that he has a coach that believes in him again. Speaks volumes to what he's been through the past 3 seasons.

He made it sound like he hasn't had joy playing the game in the past 3 seasons either, since his breakout year with the Knicks!

Hard to enjoy the game when you're playing next to the black holes that are Harden and Kobe.

kinein · Post #184 » by **kinein** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:04 am

LofJ wrote:Wow, I hope this is true. I definitely expected him to end up in Dallas or Houston. If he can learn to cut down on his turnovers he'll be a heck of a player for us.

http://pippenainteasy.com/2014/08/11/top-10-point-guards-nba/

Read the turnovers for the top 10 in that list. Then:http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/linje01.html

See the per game stats tovs for lin year after year.

My point this urban myth about turnovers needs to go away especially for high usage guards

catch20two · Post #185 » by **catch20two** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:11 am

MasterIchiro wrote:
13th Man wrote:Like to add that I'm almost excited as Lin to hear that he has a coach that believes in him again. Speaks volumes to what he's been through the past 3 seasons.

He made it sound like he hasn't had joy playing the game in the past 3 seasons either, since his breakout year with the Knicks!

If you seen how his teammates treated him over the past 3 years you would understand. Egotistic players like Harden and Kobe used to belittle Lin after every mistake. He was almost a scapegoat and every mistake he made was magnified because he was the chinese guy. It was like LP and Slam on Kemba for Lin in Houston and LAL.

KembaWalker · Post #186 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:13 am

lazard wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:
13th Man wrote:Like to add that I'm almost excited as Lin to hear that he has a coach that believes in him again. Speaks volumes to what he's been through the past 3 seasons.

He made it sound like he hasn't had joy playing the game in the past 3 seasons either, since his breakout year with the Knicks!

Hard to enjoy the game when you're playing next to the black holes that are Harden and Kobe.

Nothing rejuvenates your love of the game like 30mpg of Cliffords patented Alfense.

-Ian- · Post #187 » by **-Ian-** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:14 am

As of the moment...

LofJ · Post #188 » by **LofJ** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:15 am

kinein wrote:
LofJ wrote:Wow, I hope this is true. I definitely expected him to end up in Dallas or Houston. If he can learn to cut down on his turnovers he'll be a heck of a player for us.

http://pippenainteasy.com/2014/08/11/top-10-point-guards-nba/

Read the turnovers for the top 10 in that list. Then:http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/linje01.html

See the per game stats tovs for lin year after year.

My point this urban myth about turnovers needs to go away especially for high usage guards

Thanks for pointing this out, her per 36 turnover rate isn't that bad.

KobeBryant24 · Post #189 » by **KobeBryant24** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:15 am

KobeBryant24 · Post #190 » by **KobeBryant24** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:16 am

Enjoy the Lin fan boys!

Liver_Pooty · Post #191 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:20 am

KobeBryant24 wrote:Enjoy the Lin fan boys!

Can't get any worse than the UCONN gang we have. Thanks, though.

13th Man · Post #192 » by **13th Man** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:21 am

KobeBryant24 wrote:Enjoy the Lin fan boys!

Right on cue with the trolling from the Stalkers/Haters.

Braggins · Post #193 » by **Braggins** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:27 am

Man, you guys sure were starving for the front office to throw you a bone. Good signing but I'm not sure why everyone is so ecstatic. He takes our bench from crappy to possibly not crappy (if the defense can hold) and doesn't really move the needle much if you are looking big picture. People ready to anoint Cho the emperor of Charlotte for a guy he signed with the MLE lol.

Elden Payton · Post #194 » by **Elden Payton** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:29 am

KobeBryant24 wrote:Enjoy the Lin fan boys!

The Lakers only have enough room for one set of fanboys.

Post #195 » by **fatlever** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 4:44 am

I forgot Hornets are playing a preseason game in China this year. Lin + trip to China + MJ = $$$$$

vorbis · Post #196 » by **vorbis** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 5:14 am

this signing made a lot of sense. what's surprising to me is that it got done. Lin surely had options. this offseason really has changed the entire culture and roster of the team. roster spot by roster spot, the players being brought in are all productive and accountable for open jumpshots. concessions are being made on defense to accommodate players that function naturally in the pick and roll and with open looks. really interesting to see.

tonman · Post #197 » by **tonman** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 5:22 am

EmpireFalls wrote:Lakers fans I've talked to are either laughing at us for signing him or telling me what a steal Lin is.

Considering his known inconsistency, this is about what I would expect. I fear for our bench's defense (Lin+Kaminsky defending pick and rolls sounds a lot like hell) but for the money we'll be paying him it's a great deal IMO.

Lin is average defensively. Some parts of his defensive game is weak. Per 48, he leads all PGs in blks and is 17th in steals. can't be all that bad defensively if he can do that.

Post #198 » by **fatlever** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 5:22 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/619006406910459906[/tweet]

Yet, if you look at his profile, he has 17K followers.

therebirth · Post #199 » by **therebirth** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 5:24 am

I think the FO is bringing in basket ball players instead of athletes

BlackOutBuzz · Post #200 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Thu Jul 9, 2015 5:27 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/NaylorMichael/status/619006531871207426[/tweet]

:lol:

Never change, Rick.