Jeremy Lin getting bullied on the Rockets

[Mr MoJo Risin]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LREKotbqpBI[/youtube]

[Scraptor]

Here's the play where Lin takes a hard fall and the Rockets basically ignore him. What a bunch of d**ks. I wish I knew what these announcers were saying, but it's probably like, "These Rockets, what a bunch of d***ks."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK7BrRrtZ5I[/youtube]

Props to Bev for giving a crap about his teammate.

[markdeez33]

None of that was Lin's fault.

If they blame him, so be it. There's plenty of teams that would love to have Jeremy Lin.

Still wish the Knicks would've found a way to keep him, but he took that poison pill offer, and that was all she wrote.

[thug-lyfe]

We know Dwight is a huge douche but Harden too? Back in OKC he was always a humble, no-nonsense type of player. Didn't know he was a huge jerk too. **** those two

Man, if I was Lin, I'd whack my fists onto those two knuckleheads, flip the finger on them and demand a trade to get out of that locker room

Hope he goes back to the Knicks. At least he was loved there

[moocow007]

DH on last nights game:

"WE missed some free throws"

On the last play:

"Guys just messed up on the play...it happens".

LOL.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mcten/status/398698104699883520[/tweet]

Dwight = Lone Ranger, the rest of his teammates = Tonto

[Mr MoJo Risin]

NBA memo: Bullying not tolerated

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/99479 ... -tolerated


The timing of this is a coincidence?

[moocow007]

Watch Lin call the play at 0:07 and get totally ignored.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9dClaPKgk&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

Mchale is mostly to blame imo. It's a coach's job to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Holy cow. Wow. As soon as Beverly chose to pass the ball to Lin, Harden basically gave up on the rest of the shotclock.

[moocow007]

Found this on clutchfan

(This was originally posted on the Rockets FB by someone that apparently attended the Clippers game):
"Wanted to post my observations from the game last night but will lead the analysis to the pros on the site. My sister and I sat right behind Rockets bench which was great but we had 5 or 6 hecklers sitting right beside us that were super annoying. They were talking trash and screaming literally the whole game. I want to punch them in the face First, Jeremy looked good during warmups. He was making a lot of his jump shots. Not sure if they showed this on TV but Parsons, Harden and Lin have a new pre game ritual. Harden and Parsons facing each other with Lin facing away from them. Harden brushes Parsons hair, Parsons brushes Harden's beard. They do a couple other things that I missed then at the last second Jeremy turns around and they all bow towards each other.

First half was really hard to watch. Looks like dwight and Harden were super lazy on defense. Dwight constantly looks to throw outlet pass to Harden or Parsons. Jeremy was getting really frustrated. There was a play where Coach Mchale was yelling at Jeremy to run a certain play (Index finger and pinky finger raised). Looks like this is a type of "horns" play where they set double screens for Jeremy at the top of the key (one pick on each side). Jeremy calls the play, Harden gets the ball and goes iso and misses.

Mchale then calls time out and yells at Jeremy. Jeremy yells at Mchale back. I heard Jeremy say something like, "I AM trying to run the play." Mchale then yells at Harden and Harden just walks away from him. Mchale then looks at Jeremy and shrugs his shoulders kind of like, "there's nothing i can do."

Jeremy reall looks like he is not having a good time playing. He was constantly being yelled at by Dwight and Parsons between plays. To be honest, I really don't know why they were yelling at him. There were couple time where Jeremy wasn't even involved in the play. In 4th quarter, Jeremy checks in at 8 minute mark on his own. He looked at Mchale while walking to check in kind of like asking "I'm checking in right now right." Made me think maybe they have set times they check in? At the end of the 4th, AB was set to check in for JEremy during garbage time. Jeremy was playing well. I saw AB walk back to the bench on his own and heard him say to Mchale, "Jeremy's doing his thing. Just let him play."

That statement basically describes the problem in a nutshell.

[moocow007]

NBA memo: Bullying not tolerated

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/99479 ... -tolerated


The timing of this is a coincidence?

I don't think so.

[frothbrain]

lin should reunite with dantoni in la

[Seralin]

Another sad thing for the Rockets is that they are also about to lose Asik as well. Offensively he is pretty much ignored, not because he cannot contribute, but because with Dwight coming in, he was excluded from the plays, not only when Dwight was in, but when he was also out as well. As a result, he does not seem to even want to fight for offensive rebounds. (and I also admire the fact that he actually shows in his face that he really tries extremely hard to hit his free throw attempts, still sad to see an NBA player displaying so much struggle during free throws)

[mhsiao]

NBA memo: Bullying not tolerated

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/99479 ... -tolerated


The timing of this is a coincidence?

I don't think, it has something to do the whole Miami Dolphins situation.

[kingkirk]

I'm not sure why they're annoyed Jeremy took that shot. Why did Parsons pass it out to him at quarter court with 3-4 seconds left on the clock.

What is he meant to do?

[Juggynaut]

Lin is the Rocket's scapegoat. Rockets play well praise Harden and Dwight. Rockets doing bad blame Lin.

[DoubleLintendre]

I'm not sure why they're annoyed Jeremy took that shot. Why did Parsons pass it out to him at quarter court with 3-4 seconds left on the clock.

What is he meant to do?

I think the whole Lin issue (hey, the NBA addressed it) extends to more than taking the last shot, or even the debacle with Blake getting open. I don't think it's about race as much as some Lin-fanboys would like to say. Trust me, Asian American Studies was (sadly) one of my majors. I think it might be more related to Lin's laid-back personality and Chinese/Christian background.

On the court he plays hard and in the off-season he works hard on his game. He's very coachable-- and that's where I think he might be taken advantaged of.

He's a hard-worker but I think he tends to take things hard on himself and bottles up negativity he encounters on/off the court. Sometimes that makes a person work hard until they feel "they get it right" and the criticism stops. This may be related to growing up in a Chinese family, where the way you are pressured to improve academically or competitively is by being compared to other people, criticized for little mistakes, and not receiving positive affirmations when you achieve great things. From seeing a bit of Lin's family life, he seems to have it pretty good with how his family treats him (they seem to be nice at least). But, still I think he's inherited the quality of learning to constantly take criticism and deal with it all internally. This "turn the other cheek" quality might also reflect his Christian background as well.

So you have Lin in the locker room, and when his teammates are shouting at him for something or his coach is telling him he's doing everything wrong instead of voicing his opinion or standing up for himself-- he just holds it all in. So I can imagine that over time he does become the whipping boy for the team. When things go wrong you can take it out on Jeremy because he's not going to fight back or assign blame to his teammates/coach/trainers. You can see a bit of this in his body language on the court. He looks miserable, but probably keeps it all to himself. Don't notice it? Did you see the post-game interview that was posted a page or two back?

That's why you have Aaron Brooks saying to the coach "Jeremy's doing his thing. Just let him play." Jeremy doesn't want to cause trouble by speaking up, and so his teammate does it for him. I like Jeremy Lin and all (my name is DoubleLintendre), but in order for him to really stop any degree of bullying he's going to have to speak up and defend himself more often on/off the court. Not just in responding to hounding by the coach, but when he really disagrees with what someone is saying-- he pushes himself to express what's on his mind.

He's a great guy: we all see how he works to improve himself and be a good teammate. I think though in order to get the respect he deserves from the guys he plays around and for-- he has to challenge himself in a different way than just putting his head down and taking it all the time. It's something that will help him be happier and more in control of his situation. If he keeps doing what he's doing, I don't see how he wouldn't be bullied by coaches or teammates wherever he ends up playing. It's really not his fault he's being treated badly by his teammates-- however it's up to him to draw the lines for his own sake.

[PSPUMD]

^Well~ i just hope if this is the case which probably is,
when he hits his boiling point and start freaking out on people to letting them know, hopefully
is not too late ~ .....usually is though

[evitcanI]

Lin has been playing well, and he has the right attitude to fit into a winning team. If the Rockets don't appreciate that, then they deserve to lose. I hope they trade him, as well as Asik.

[adrenaLINe]

Have we become so soft that athletes yelling at each other about in game performance in the emotionaly charged moments after a loss is considered bullying? By this standard Jordan never would have been able to come within 100 yard of the arena because of all the restraining orders his teamamtes had against him. Man the F**k up, be a competitor, let it fuel you. This isn't kindergarten...show some f**king testosterone.

There's a difference when the guy yelling at you is also out there giving 110% himself. Kobe and Jordan excelled on both ends of the court.

It's a whole other thing watching Harden play lazy hero ball, not giving a **** on D, and then yelling at you for taking a bad shot when Parsons SHOULD have taken the three but YET AGAIN pump fakes, drives nowhere then has to dish the ball back to Lin with 3 seconds left. Dwight can't make a free throw and screws up the switch on the final play.

THESE are the guys yelling at Lin.

Sure, it's unwarranted. It's **** being a overpaid rotation player...the stars yell at you. That's not bullying, that's the nature of professional sports. He can dry his tears with the tens of millions of dollars he makes to eat the occasional pile of unearned ****. To equate it to systematic bullying like an outraged soccer mom is weaksauce.

Lin isnt the one crying... what most "people" on here are saying... is you cant be playing like cr@p on D fense... shoot 9 for 24 on offence like Harden did, or shoot under 40% FTs and miss assignments like Howard did, and be blaming your most efficient player for the game...

[adrenaLINe]

I've read through some of the comments, but I don't want to go through 10 pages so if this is cover, my apologies.





Is it me, or is Steve Nash holding on to Lin and if that is the case, shouldn't there have been a foul call on Nash? Having said that, I await as Laker fans will want to flame me for even suggesting it.

it was a smart play by Nash.. refs did not call a foul...

blame goes to the players who did not switch... as Lin was being held

[adrenaLINe]

Did this title just say "Jeremy Lin getting bullied on the Rockets."

LOL

He just got yelled at for screwing up. Stop being so soft and sensationalist.

Seriously, the Lin Fan boys are crazy. First they can't grasp him coming off the bench is a better role for him vs starting, and now when he screws up and is informed of it, hes getting bullied. The excuses never end.

no buddy from what I read MOST Lin fans wanted him on the bench... so he could create for the second team...

and I would not say he is being bullied.. but being blamed for the loss...

or I should say he would have been blamed for the last second shot and the loss if the video of Nash holding onto Lin didnt come out...

regardless of how bad his teammates played...