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

[anthoang]

He should just go back to his normal hair from previous years, not like he's got Steve Nash hair issues lol. Both the spikey hair and bowl cut look ridiculous.

I think he lost a bet with his brothers. He's gotta keep his word and stick with this haircut this season.

[dznutzz]

he's trying to emulate steve nash.... and it starts with having strange hair

[Little General]

We have a lot of Kemba / MKG / Al (j/k) / Frank fans here, but you don't see those fans posting pictures of their favorite players smiling or giving a teammate a high five like it's something notable.

I'm glad Lin appears to be happy with his teammates and I'm glad he and his fans are around, but my comment was actually sincere - is Lin looking happy a departure from how he normally looked or something? Just seems odd to me.

Off the court everything was okay, I guess. Except there were a few things with the Laker organisation. For instance like Kobe calling teammates soft like charmin, and also texting Lin at 1AM with: I hope you’re absolutely pissed off at the way the season’s going. Nice teammate right? And Kobe pretty much own the Laker team, so you know how it goes.
*edit: And I almost forgot how Kobe yelled at him on the court for following the coaches directions.

There were more problems on the court. Due to bad coaching, you could see that Lin was underutilized. Lakers was obviously tanking the season, so when Lin was playing well, he would get benched, which was frustrating to see for the fans. There were inconsistent playingtimes, weird substitutions, weird atmosphere, etc. And losing a lot of games and getting lots of hate on social media didn't really help.

The situation just really sucked. So seeing that the Hornets are actually winning, makes for a better situation overall. Wins = happy times, losses = everyone going ape****. At least that's what I have perceived.

*edit: Here is a link from ESPN about what pretty much happened after Linsanity.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12561636/inside-jeremy-lin-life-linsanity-new-york-knicks
It's a pretty freaking big article so I probably think you won't read it lol. But if you scroll down and read the text on the right, you might get what it's about.

[spaceballer]

When did he get a "China agent"?

infinity88 @linfinity88

@JLin7 (weibo) Thank you to my China agent & the team for coming to see me in Charlotte 謝謝我的中國經紀團隊來夏洛特看我 #WASatCHA

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/669683647629299712

So Jeremy's got THREE different agencies and representational teams simultaneously on his payroll now? Is this new additional agent being paid like Montgomery on a percentage income basis? Or like Tanner on a per service/hourly fee?

[blueice]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

[lin is ok]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

that was some impressive D from Lin. but yes i admit he wan't going offensively in the 4th. overall it's not great but solid

[lin is ok]

lin has almost become a PJ - defensive type.

[tamao]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

mavs he come next year
should not be staying, kemba playing too many minutes even though he cannot guard his own grandma.

[victorhe]

Lin needs to play better to earn the trust from Clifford again. Lin is forcing a little too much. Why force so much? Just play like a calm batum and play smart. Be aggressive when needed but don't force the issue.

[blueice]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

that was some impressive D from Lin. but yes i admit he wan't going offensively in the 4th. overall it's not great but solid

He's playing fewer and fewer minutes, I'm quite worried tbh...

[blueice]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

mavs he come next year
should not be staying, kemba playing too many minutes even though he cannot guard his own grandma.

Uh...why will he go to Mavs?? Mavs doesn't really want him as lots of people said this summer...

[tamao]

It's great that we won, but does Lin still want to be a starter? He hasn't been playing solid at all...

mavs he come next year
should not be staying, kemba playing too many minutes even though he cannot guard his own grandma.

Uh...why will he go to Mavs?? Mavs doesn't really want him as lots of people said this summer...

watching Mavs now, they desperately need an upgrade at PG position, Faton might work in the East not in the West.

[cw3k]

Lin is doing fine.

I think what is going on now is the same as Rockets when they got Harden. You do see similarity.

1) No one was expecting the team to do good. But they beat everyone's expecting.
2) They have no star and they need one to attract another star
3) They have a lot of caps space coming up next season.

Because of the team beating everyone's expectation, they are doing #2 to create a star. On the team's roaster, there are only 3 person that are on a long term contract and not on the rookie contract: Kember, MKG and Lamb.

We already know Lamb's ceiling, so he is strike out.
MKG is injuried
So Hornets only hope is Kemba

Kemba has been playing a lot of minutes in the last few games to buff up his stats. From now on, Kemba will be playing 40+mpg or more to get him into the All Star game.

* Batum is on a 1 year lease. While he is playing exceptionally well, the Hornets organization will not put much into him until he is resigned.

[TinmanZBoy]

just the skill level, no obvious improvement, you could even say he regressed a little bit on certain areas, and those out of chart intangibles are gradually gone year by year... Lin is a hard worder, but hard work might not be enough... there has to be strong wills, the will to be great, I don't see Lin ever having that, he is just the happy kid playing the sports he loves, i guess that's more important for him, probably not enough for his fans...
I personally hope lin goes back to the solid starter level, like his first year in Rockets... but I am not optimistic at all, a lot of guards improved a lot the last three years in front of our eyes, lin hasn't...;-(
i am seriously losing my beliefs in him, still a big fan, rooting for him... but will not expect greatness from him, probably should never have expected that in the first place, pretty sad ;-(((

[Roy Tarpley]

I really think Lin is like one of the running backs in the NFL that need 25+ carries to really bust open a long run in the 4th quarter.

Today, he started off trying to get teammates involved. He passed to Zeller, who bricked an open three (can we agree that the Zeller 3pt shooting experiment should end now). He passed to Lamb on a fast break, who promptly bobbled it and turned it over. Then Lin started trying to get aggressive, but with tunnel vision and just bowled into Nene or turned it over. Otherwise, he was just a human cone camping out in the corner. Overall, a passive game from Lin that was limited because he got in early foul trouble. Despite the foul trouble, I still think Clifford took Lin out too early in the 2nd quarter.

[bws94]

Lin played great offense in the 2Q. When Lin gets a solid mid-range jump shot that he creates, and we've seen him do that, he'll be fine. He tries to get to the rim too much, guys know his tendencies now. His skill set is great, he can do hesitations better than he used to. He just doesn't always remember to do so.

His defensive play was a pivotal play in the game. But he has to turn it up offensively and start dropping dimes like Batum does before Charlotte sees the full spectrum of what he's capable of doing.

[TinmanZBoy]

nobody is holding him back in the Hornets...
it is his own skill level setting himself back...

[lin is ok]

nobody is holding him back in the Hornets...
it is his own skill level setting himself back...

come on he is on a short lease . admit it . last bench player in. definitely not allowed to play through his mistakes.
not part of the final lineup if every hornet player is hitting on all cylinders. for him to slip in. either kemba or lamb has to regressing. these 2 have alot of space to try while lin sits on the bench.

[bws94]

nobody is holding him back in the Hornets...
it is his own skill level setting himself back...

come on he is on a short lease . admit it . last bench player in. definitely not allowed to play through his mistakes.
not part of the final lineup if every hornet player is hitting on all cylinders. for him to slip in. either kemba or lamb has to regressing. these 2 have alot of space to try while lin sits on the bench.

Er, Lin finished most of the games. Even when he wasn't playing well.

Lin will find his groove. He's already made a bunch of winning plays in games. Even in today's game, that defensive play on Neil was key to starting the comeback.

[lin is ok]

anyway i am glad he team looks good . as a lin fan , i relieved about this when i look at how the lakers and rockets are imploding. just wished he was on a longer lease