moofs wrote:Max, I clicked here to see your post, but it opened to page 1. For a second, I thought spolgar's rant was by you.
Which is kinda like showing up to a AC/DC concert and getting an earful of Rachmaninoff. Your somewhat different new style of writing was a little jarring.
MaxRider wrote:IMAN5 wrote:MaxRider wrote:overpaid for what? the owner got all those money back he paid Lin through advertisement already
Even if you break even, or even make a small profit, doesn't change that Lin was overpaid.
he's not overpaid, that's his market value, Morey never overpaid a player
if NYK matched then he's overpaid because NYK has to pay luxury tax
IMAN5 wrote:If NYK match and they were still under the salary cap, Lin is still considered overpaid. I don't understand how you can say the final year of lin's contract isn't overpaying him. Even if it's an attractive salary dump to another team that yaer (which may not happen) Morey still overpaid.
MaxRider wrote:i guess the poison pill contract is very confusing
you see the deal is 3 years for 25 millions
if NYK matched it's 5 million for 1st year, 5 million for 2nd year, and 15 million for the 3rd year
you see how that 3rd year/last year can hit you hard with the luxury tax
for Houston it is 8.3 million per year
you can say 8.3 million is overpaying him
but look around Jose Calderon is getting paid 11 millions
moofs wrote:MaxRider wrote:i guess the poison pill contract is very confusing
you see the deal is 3 years for 25 millions
if NYK matched it's 5 million for 1st year, 5 million for 2nd year, and 15 million for the 3rd year
you see how that 3rd year/last year can hit you hard with the luxury tax
for Houston it is 8.3 million per year
you can say 8.3 million is overpaying him
but look around Jose Calderon is getting paid 11 millions
Calderon gets insulted a lot for being a really good player. I don't understand it, myself.
moofs wrote:To me, the guy sit down instead of crossing the halfcourt line to play defense, hit 53%/90% on threes/FTs, and still be above average.
...and anyone who cares about highlights in judging a players' effectiveness needs to be slapped with a fish until they have better judgment.
On the other hand, if not for people with opinions like that, there'd be less room at for PI!
KiDdFrESh wrote:Would be a pipe dream come true if Morey could trade Lin and picks for Paul!
13th Man wrote:madbucky wrote:bogey_j wrote:Trade Lin
There is nothing wrong with wanting to trade Lin. I happen to agree that it's a good idea to trade for a non-ball-dominant PG who can be a better fit with Harden.
However, making a thread "Trade Lin" immediately after the Rockets lose the series is basically pinning all the blame on Lin. Sure, Lin had a forgetful playoffs. He stunk in game 1, but was having a good half in game 2, then after that he was ineffective due to the injury. Lin's performance was far from the main reason why the Rockets lost. For starters, how about Harden's 39% shooting and 4.5 TO/G in the playoffs?
Lin pretty much matched all his numbers from last year across the board (FG%, 3pt%, ft%, ppg, apg, spg, rpg), while decreasing his TOs. He is a streaky player, so maybe people just remember his bad moments. But seriously, look at his numbers and tell me how he is a worse player compared to last year? I'm not saying he doesn't have areas to improve, I'm just addressing the kneejerk "trade Lin", "he's the reason the Rockets didn't win the series" reactions.
Good post, I agree with everything here. I'm a Lin fan and think that he has more upside than Beverly or AB but I also question if Houston is the best fit for him and vice versa. Beverly seems to fit better for McHale's system and with Harden as well.
I'm not a blind "LOF" as they call it at Clutchfans and realize that Lin has played very inconsistently this year but I also attribute some of this to the coaches' lack of confidence instilled in him. It started when McHale was off and Sampson was benching Lin repeatly in 4th quarters in favor of Douglas. When McHale came back and Lin had his monster 38 pt. game vs the Spurs, rather than praising him McHale criticized him for trying to hit home runs along with an exagerrated 9 TOs (it was only 6 or 7). He basically discouraged this type of play from Lin, hinting that he's playing out of his element and role which the "home run" shots should only be taken by Harden. The 4th quarter benchings started multipling after that and I'm sure this takes a mental toll on a young player. People that have followed Lin through Linsanity knows that he plays his best when he has control of the ball, unfortunately this will never happen playing with Harden and under McHale.
So once again, Lin really has to improve his play this off-season and it starts with his shot. I think he needs a new shooting coach that can help decrease the arc on his shots, I can't stand his rainbow 3's they're like prayers waiting to be answered. He would hit some tough 3's but then miss the wide open ones due to the flaws in his mechanics. He also needs to improve his mental strength, some games he plays with confidence and others totally lost and scared.
Not sure which team he would fit best with right now or if any other team would take him on so his best bet would be to learn how to play alongside Harden or possibly as a 6th man as well in Houston.
