Not In The Face - The Jeremy Lin Thread 3

[ChokeFasncists]

~lol~ Just because he licks his chops doesn't mean he plays well every single time. (and I'm joking)

Besides, the Lakers year wasn't a normal year. Wasn't that right around the Kobe throwing a fit cuz Lin followed the coach's signals? He probably wasn't thinking about opponents that much then, and definitely didn't have any mood to lick his chops.

NO, that game was in Memphis...
Lin did not play well in DC, I was in the audience that game, lin could not buy a bucket, John Wall also blocked a Lin's attempt three right before the first half buzzer...

Memphis?

I didn't mean the Kobe thing happened in that particular game, I'm saying it was around that time of the year.

I definitely didn't mean totally dominated Wall either.

[PG13]

Lin is Wall's nightmare. It's just fitting that Wall fell asleep on Lin's huge trey towards the end of the game.

[TinmanZBoy]

~lol~ Just because he licks his chops doesn't mean he plays well every single time. (and I'm joking)

Besides, the Lakers year wasn't a normal year. Wasn't that right around the Kobe throwing a fit cuz Lin followed the coach's signals? He probably wasn't thinking about opponents that much then, and definitely didn't have any mood to lick his chops.

NO, that game was in Memphis...
Lin did not play well in DC, I was in the audience that game, lin could not buy a bucket, John Wall also blocked a Lin's attempt three right before the first half buzzer...

Memphis?

I didn't mean the Kobe thing happened in that particular game, I'm saying it was around that time of the year.

I definitely didn't mean totally dominated Wall either.

The DC game was when Lin was still starting, right around when he was removed from the starting lineup........ The memphis game was far away...
Lin has NEVER dominated Wall, you could say Lin has had a couple of good games against Wall in his career.... even the third game during his Linsanity run, Wall scored 31 if I remember correctly....

[ChokeFasncists]

NO, that game was in Memphis...
Lin did not play well in DC, I was in the audience that game, lin could not buy a bucket, John Wall also blocked a Lin's attempt three right before the first half buzzer...

Memphis?

I didn't mean the Kobe thing happened in that particular game, I'm saying it was around that time of the year.

I definitely didn't mean totally dominated Wall either.

The DC game was when Lin was still starting, right around when he was removed from the starting lineup........ The memphis game was far away...

When? That was less than a month ago, not that far; the Charmin' incidence was gonna come soon after. The foul or not to foul was also less than a month away. So, right around that time of the year.

Lin has NEVER dominated Wall, you could say Lin has had a couple of good games against Wall in his career.... even the third game during his Linsanity run, Wall scored 31 if I remember correctly....

I never said Lin dominated Wall. Just because I said Lin never totally dominated Wall to respond to your "a shot blocked" comment doesn't mean that I meant Lin did dominate Wall.

[TinmanZBoy]

Memphis?

I didn't mean the Kobe thing happened in that particular game, I'm saying it was around that time of the year.

I definitely didn't mean totally dominated Wall either.

The DC game was when Lin was still starting, right around when he was removed from the starting lineup........ The memphis game was far away...

When? That was less than a month ago, not that far; the Charmin' incidence was gonna come soon after. The foul or not to foul was also less than a month away. So, right around that time of the year.

Lin has NEVER dominated Wall, you could say Lin has had a couple of good games against Wall in his career.... even the third game during his Linsanity run, Wall scored 31 if I remember correctly....

I never said Lin dominated Wall. Just because I said Lin never totally dominated Wall to respond to your "a shot blocked" comment doesn't mean that I meant Lin did dominate Wall.

whatever, dude...

[dznutzz]

lin gets the upper hand on wall when he's under the radar. otherwise wall is the better player

the only time lin dominated wall was their first summer league game. wall was playing to get in shape whereas lin was fighting for a job

[lin is ok]

lin gets the upper hand on wall when he's under the radar. otherwise wall is the better player

the only time lin dominated wall was their first summer league game. wall was playing to get in shape whereas lin was fighting for a job

wrong . Lin dominated Wall with the Knicks . When it's Lin runned offense . Not Lin standing in the corner Lin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDUASriZ_Y

check this out lin slam dunk - i wished he did is once in awhile more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_GIH5VOi1I

[lin is ok]

maybe dominated is too strong a word, i take that back. but Lin matches up good vs wall.

[dznutzz]

lin wasn't on the scouting report back then. took them a while to figure out his left handed weakness. plus back then it was a condensed schedule. lots of back to backs with little prep time

i've been following lin since he was in the mavs camp after being undrafted. i wanted him to sign with the lakers (they offered him 1y) but instead he chose gsw. i'm not a hater. just being straightforward

[leeramundo]

maybe dominated is too strong a word, i take that back. but Lin matches up good vs wall.

Even if Lin actually dominated every time he played Wall, what point does that prove? Wall has still played better against basically every other opponent historically.

[bws94]

I think Lin has 2 qualities that make him seem more like a 2nd unit guard than starter. One is his handles and being able to get to spaces on the court under pressure. And the 2nd is his puzzling tendency to defer. A good PG doesn't let others run the show as much as Lin does. Even when Kemba has Batum facilitating, he makes sure to assert his ball-handling skills to get the ball to places on the court it needs to be and Batum's not ball great handling isn't exposed as if he's on with Lin.

Lin has a lot of nice PG skills. Good court vision, good passing (but could get better in sense of timing), good penetration/dish skills, gets to the line, explosive and electric in the open court, finishes well at the rim if no shot blocker is in place. On the defensive end, especially if he has good help defense, he can slow down PGs and other players and plays good against post-up type of offensive players, blocks shots, etc. And he can go against 1st unit guys and hold his own. But without the personality quality of asserting his role as PG when PG and stronger handles and abilities to get to places on the court, he looks like a backup. He's not that far away from looking like a starter if he focuses on that during off season. And of course he can start on some teams. I'm not of the opinion that he's 27 and he won't get better as Nash played his best ball past his physical prime (not saying he's Nash but Nash is an example).

[tonman]

lin wasn't on the scouting report back then. took them a while to figure out his left handed weakness. plus back then it was a condensed schedule. lots of back to backs with little prep time

i've been following lin since he was in the mavs camp after being undrafted. i wanted him to sign with the lakers (they offered him 1y) but instead he chose gsw. i'm not a hater. just being straightforward

which means lin made such an impact that teams NEEDED to make an adjustment. he's not the only player who does the PNR.

I watched a clip from a game from his Linsanity days in NY. that floor was so widely spaced that no wonder lin did so well. you had chandler who could roll to the rim AND chandler is a good passer. you had 3 point shooters spaced out and lin knew where they were. where lin got shut down was against a bigger more athletic defender. they were doing the PNR 25-28 feet from the basket.

[phillycheese]

Tendency t o defer - this is his fatal mistake. How many times does Kemba bring the ball up court? At least 95%, but with Lin he will let Lamb bring it too. Even when Roberts is in the same back court, Lin should be demanding the ball. He needs ti assert himself more. Let those guys know they get the ball from Lin, not the other way around. I want more of that from Lin in the second half.

[gafun]

lin wasn't on the scouting report back then. took them a while to figure out his left handed weakness. plus back then it was a condensed schedule. lots of back to backs with little prep time

i've been following lin since he was in the mavs camp after being undrafted. i wanted him to sign with the lakers (they offered him 1y) but instead he chose gsw. i'm not a hater. just being straightforward

which means lin made such an impact that teams NEEDED to make an adjustment. he's not the only player who does the PNR.

I watched a clip from a game from his Linsanity days in NY. that floor was so widely spaced that no wonder lin did so well. you had chandler who could roll to the rim AND chandler is a good passer. you had 3 point shooters spaced out and lin knew where they were. where lin got shut down was against a bigger more athletic defender. they were doing the PNR 25-28 feet from the basket.

You are right. Linsanity is not just Jeremy Lin. it is a type of lineups where players matching his style (heavy PnR, fast pace and dribble toward or around the rim to find open players ). As long as you have a good PnR big guy and some long or mid range good shooters who keep spacing and finding open spots, it would work well. When he plays pg for new team or teamnates, he would instruct players to move around. I can see he could play very well as pg with Batum (SG), MKG, Marvin and Cody. Walker can do well with his own style too and fans love it. it is up to the coach make proper adjustments depends on players performances and opponent lineups.

[Vae Victus]

Eremy Lin is simply unwatchable on offense when he shoots the ball in a non driving situation. I mean my god its an automatic miss for a coupla weeks now.

[TinmanZBoy]

Eremy Lin is simply unwatchable on offense when he shoots the ball in a non driving situation. I mean my god its an automatic miss for a coupla weeks now.

stay with that shooting coach for too long...

[Tracymcgoaty]

its over for lin on this team it seems like. my god the way he has played these 3 games. just below d league basketball. play brian roberts instead hard to watch this.

[Roy Tarpley]

What the hell is wrong with Jeremy? I've never seen him shoot this bad, even on the Rockets and Lakers. He's consistently missing open, uncontested shots. No matter how bad the situations were on the Rockets or Lakers, he at least hit his shots when open.

Now, he's in a good situation but he can't hit the broad side of a barn.

[TinmanZBoy]

i think he played well all three, you know... just don't step on others' feet... he defended well, moved the ball well, did not shoot well

[Tracymcgoaty]

What the hell is wrong with Jeremy? I've never seen him shoot this bad, even on the Rockets and Lakers. He's consistently missing open, uncontested shots. No matter how bad the situations were on the Rockets or Lakers, he at least hit his shots when open.

Now, he's in a good situation but he can't hit the broad side of a barn.

good situation my ass, but still has played like a damn scrub these 3 games just horryfingly awful