Super Lintendo: The Jeremy Lin Thread

[MKGsMotor]

We have to keep in mind that the minutes Lin plays with fatass he will be reduced to a spot up shooter. I cant wait to see our second unit though, could be better than our first lol

[fatlever]

Has there been confirmation that the 2nd year of the deal is a player option? I haven't had a chance to scan twitter today.

[AhUtopian]

Is contract details disclosed?

[Roy Tarpley]

Looking at the current roster, my guess at a minutes distribution would be:

C Jefferson (30), Kaminsky (9), Hawes (9)
PF Zeller (22), Williams (22), Hawes (4)
SF Kidd-Gilchrist (28), Batum (20), Taylor (0)
SG Lin (18), Lamb (15), Daniels (10), Hairston (5)
PG Walker (34), Lin (14), Roberts (0)

Actually, the Hornets guards rotation, aside from Walker, doesn't look so great. Hairston and Roberts have terrible shooting numbers. Lamb has underwhelmed. Daniels, I remember from his Houston days, is a deadeye 3pt shooter but he's one-dimensional so couldn't get more than 15-20 minute a game. No wonder Lin chose the Hornets, there's no competition for playing time!

[nikeykid]

i doubt batum comes off the bench for MKG, sounds like he's slated to be the 2. jlin would back up both kemba and batum.

[MKGsMotor]

Looking at the current roster, my guess at a minutes distribution would be:

C Jefferson (30), Kaminsky (9), Hawes (9)
PF Zeller (22), Williams (22), Hawes (4)
SF Kidd-Gilchrist (28), Batum (20), Taylor (0)
SG Lin (18), Lamb (15), Daniels (10), Hairston (5)
PG Walker (34), Lin (14), Roberts (0)

Actually, the Hornets guards rotation, aside from Walker, doesn't look so great. Hairston and Roberts have terrible shooting numbers. Lamb has underwhelmed. Daniels, I remember from his Houston days, is a deadeye 3pt shooter but he's one-dimensional so couldn't get more than 15-20 minute a game. No wonder Lin chose the Hornets, there's no competition for playing time!

Lin wont be starting SG. Batums starting at SG and MKG at small forward. Lin will probably ser 20-25 mins at second string pg and small spurts of playing sg next to kemba

[BlackOutBuzz]

Looking at the current roster, my guess at a minutes distribution would be:

C Jefferson (30), Kaminsky (9), Hawes (9)
PF Zeller (22), Williams (22), Hawes (4)
SF Kidd-Gilchrist (28), Batum (20), Taylor (0)
SG Lin (18), Lamb (15), Daniels (10), Hairston (5)
PG Walker (34), Lin (14), Roberts (0)

Actually, the Hornets guards rotation, aside from Walker, doesn't look so great. Hairston and Roberts have terrible shooting numbers. Lamb has underwhelmed. Daniels, I remember from his Houston days, is a deadeye 3pt shooter but he's one-dimensional so couldn't get more than 15-20 minute a game. No wonder Lin chose the Hornets, there's no competition for playing time!

Batum and MKG will start at the wings, Lin will backup the 1 and play some 2 as well. I really can't see more than 10 guys getting minutes, save for blowout situations. In fact Clifford likes using 9.

PG: Kemba, Lin
SG: Batum, Lamb
SF: MKG
PF: Zeller, Kaminsky
C: Al

9th man is probably either Marvin or Hawes. Marvin if we play more small, with Cody/Frank sliding over to the 5. Hawes if we insist on having a dedicated backup center and keep with rigid positional requirements.

[qiantom]

With the current roster, the only perimeter guys that should get meaningful minutes are Walker, Lin, Batum, MKG and likely Lamb. About 140 minuets to split between these five. Lin should be able to get plenty of minutes.

[Eoghan]

I'm still lost on why he took so little money. Extremely happy, but confused.

Maybe his market value is that low. #biznation

[spaceballer]

Is contract details disclosed?

Only if someone leaks it. No official disclosure yet, not even after signing.

Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

http://www.nba.com/hornets/hornets-sign-free-agent-guard-jeremy-lin

[Roy Tarpley]

Thanks for the thoughts. I'd love to see a 6'8" Batum at SG but can he handle the quicker guards? Has Batum ever played SG? At Portland, he was a SF while Matthews played SG.

[6_Rings]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/hornets/status/619168210873622528[/tweet]

he seemed so happy signing on for peanuts.

then again.

not playing with Kobe = priceless.

[-Ian-]

[MasterIchiro]

Cho looks like a **** Ninja in that pic.

[cw3k]

I'm still lost on why he took so little money. Extremely happy, but confused.

Maybe his market value is that low. #biznation

Probably he doesn't want to put pressure on himself. Beside, Hornets has no room anyway.

In the past 3 years, he has been carrying that 15m per year price tag. And took **** load of heat on it

[RealHusky]

I'm still lost on why he took so little money. Extremely happy, but confused.

Maybe his market value is that low. #biznation

When Reggie Jackson signed for $16M per year, Lin is worth as much. There is no chance his market value is that low if he did sign for $2.2M per year. I still suspect Hornets used the MLE on him and he is getting $5.5M. At $5.5M, he is still way undervalued. If Brandon Knight ($14M) and Reggie Jackson ($16M) got those money, Lin should have got something close to that. To me, he is better player than both TBH. I am pretty sure Lin signed one year with second year being a player's option. He will get paid plenty once he get a chance to prove himself vs. locking in to a long term bad deal right now.

Anyway, I think Jeremy will get a chance to prove himself. He is a great player who has played for coaches that did not utilize his strength. Lin was easily the best player on the Lakers last year. If given the chance, I think Lin will explode since he is more complete player today than back in 2012. Lin has a very quick first step and he was the best finisher around the rim in the NBA right after Lebron James. I expect Lin to get around 30 mins per game. With that type of minutes, Lin should average 16 points+, 8 assists per game.

I love Kemba Walker. I will never forget the NCAA championship run he had with UCONN. He is a great teammate and he is a great player in a fast tempo system.

I think if Hornets pair Kemba with Lin along with a PnR big man, the offense will look dynamic. The Al Jefferson centric offense won't work. GSW's small ball offense is the future and Jin and Walker would both thrive in that type of offense.

[riversupremo]

I'm still lost on why he took so little money. Extremely happy, but confused.

Maybe his market value is that low. #biznation

Probably he doesn't want to put pressure on himself. Beside, Hornets has no room anyway.

In the past 3 years, he has been carrying that 15m per year price tag. And took **** load of heat on it

Yeah, I think he's probably looking for this kind of situation where he can reinvent himself again and get off the spotlight for a change. I love this signing. Hoping he thrives here.

[fatlever]

Looking at the current roster, my guess at a minutes distribution would be:

C Jefferson (30), Kaminsky (9), Hawes (9)
PF Zeller (22), Williams (22), Hawes (4)
SF Kidd-Gilchrist (28), Batum (20), Taylor (0)
SG Lin (18), Lamb (15), Daniels (10), Hairston (5)
PG Walker (34), Lin (14), Roberts (0)

Actually, the Hornets guards rotation, aside from Walker, doesn't look so great. Hairston and Roberts have terrible shooting numbers. Lamb has underwhelmed. Daniels, I remember from his Houston days, is a deadeye 3pt shooter but he's one-dimensional so couldn't get more than 15-20 minute a game. No wonder Lin chose the Hornets, there's no competition for playing time!

Here is my breakdown from page 6

My best guess at the new rotation. 10 man rotation, since I don't see Clifford using more than 10 on a regular basis.

PG: Kemba (34), Lin (14)
SG: Batum (22), Lamb (14), Lin (12)
SF: MKG (30), Batum (10), Marvin (8)
PF: Zeller (22), Kaminsky (18), Marvin (4), MKG (4)
C: Jefferson (30), Hawes (14), Kaminsky (4)

Total Minutes

Kemba 34
MKG 34
Batum 32
Jefferson 30
Lin 26
Zeller 22
Kaminsky 22
Lamb 14
Hawes 14
Marvin 12

That 2nd unit will feature a lot of Lin/Frank and Lin/Hawes pick and roll/pop + one of either MKG or Batum out there for some defense.

Roberts, Daniels, Hairston, Harrison + another big will round out the bench.

[fatlever]

Thanks for the thoughts. I'd love to see a 6'8" Batum at SG but can he handle the quicker guards? Has Batum ever played SG? At Portland, he was a SF while Matthews played SG.

Doesnt matter too much. MKG can guard anyone from PG to PF. If MKG needs to cover a quicker SG, no problem. MKG routinely switched on to the opposing team's PG last year in the 2nd half to shut them down.

[MPM]

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