biglove44 wrote:90sAllDecade wrote:I like this trade a lot. we're building a nice solid nucleus of youth with room to sign another max player. Lin needs to develop into at least a 17 and 7 guy over his time here and Harden will most likely be a top flight all star SG as Wade, Kobe and Manu age and eventually decline. He could possibly put up 19 - 25+ points a game with the right system and 18-20 shots a night. He already gets to the FT line like a star, can put up assists and rebound along with solid defense that could improve under Mchale. Asik might also become a true rebounding and defensive monster to be a game changer on that end of the court.
With another superstar potential player move, we could actually do some damage in the future. I'm excited.
Not sure where you came up with 17/7 but those are all star numbers. This was taken from another board, but here are the 2011-2012 stats of PG's that were in Lin's salary range. All but one weren't even close to averaging 13/7.
Player: Points / Assists / Rebounds / Steals / 3PT%
Mike Conley: 12.7 / 6.5 / 2.5 / 2.2 / .377
George Hill: 9.6 / 2.9 / 3.0 / 0.8 / .367
Devin Harris: 11.3 / 5.0 / 1.8 / 1.0 / .362
Jameer Nelson: 11.9 / 5.7 / 3.2 / 0.7 / .377
Goran Dragic: 11.7 / 5.3 / 2.5 / 1.3 / .337
Mo Williams: 13.2 / 3.1 / 1.9 / 1 / .389
People have unrealistic expectations.
I do think Harden/Lin/Parsons will make up the bulk of the scoring though.
I disagree, those aren't necessarily all star numbers at all.
Well, you took Goran's stats while he was coming off the bench averaging 26 minutes, if you look at his 28 games as a starter while playing 36 minutes:
As Starting Guard: 28 games 36.5 minutes FG% .490 3pt% 379 8.4 assists 18.0 pts
Kyle Lowry averaged 14 and 6.6 last year. Aaron Brooks averaged 19.6 and 5.3 one year as a Rocket. None of those guys have made an all star game and all make as much or less than Lin. Also Ty Lawson at 16 and 6.6 who is 24 and makes less than Lin.
Lin himself averaged 14 and 6 in just 27 minutes per game last year. He averaged 18.2 and 7.7 as a starting PG last year in 25 games of the 35 total he played. He is coming off a major injury, but he also just turned 24 and has three years to improve. I just don't agree with you that 17 and 7 is unrealistic, especially since it's just three points more than he averaged last year.