ChokeFasncists wrote:Talkin' 'bout bias. But hey he's the owner of the site so he can do whatever that pleases him, freedom of speech be damned; silencing of the opposing voices, controlling the opinions of the masses are the order.
This person has a lot of power in his hands and he knows how to abuse it. It's a case of modern micro totalitarianism. Dark times for Rockets fans indeed. It's funny how every one of his minions just clap without critical thinking. (they sometimes call it circle jerk) And then the mob goes on and proclaim, "how dare you challenge il Duce! You deserve to be banished! We love ourselves! Kill you all!"
Luckily he doesn't have monopoly over the entire internet and we have RealGM!
Anyways, enough of the venting on the dark side of human nature and back to b-ball talk, one important factor that is missing in this "article" is: Lin hasn't been allowed to play his game when he started, therefore the data extracted from this situation isn't exactly pertinent. In other words, the math isn't absolutely scientific, it's man made.
Some other insights in response that aren't exactly being considered in this article but has real life consequences: Lin clearly had a swagger before being mistreated by the coaching staff, Lin's defense has been great, D12 needs a good passing PG to maximize his game and in order to be a contender we need him to be dominant, it's not healthy for Harden to shoulder all burdens offensively and not be a two way player, it's a good strategy against bad teams but can't work against great teams in the playoffs.
EDIT: And talki' 'bout small sample size. One game and someone comes with this this kind of pomposity, no wonder the fanbase/website is so divided, with so much hate and bickering going on.
Hardisty (Clutch) has always been biased so no surprise here with the knee-jerk article. I heard that he went on a purging spree of most Lin fans including the level-headed ones so yeah he can control the opinions on his site to whatever direction he pleases. I was a member there early on and once questioned why he would make a completely separate thread singling out a "dumb" question by Chinese reporter to McHale w/video and everything. I asked him why it was necessary to create a thread for that, obviously Lin is going to have a bunch of questionable reporters with limited basketball knowledge supporting him. I was banned for that, but it was clear to me that Clutch had a thing against Lin fans very early on and since then all he has done was create a culture of hate between the so called factions, LOFs and LOHs, and siding with one group. Pretty sad and disappointing for a site owner to take this stance, I haven't had an account there since and have very little respect for him as being someone impartial.
Now onto the article, he may have a point that Beverley may be a better "fit" with the starters on this team albeit relatively small sample size. But the way that he makes this out to be a slam dunk case was totally unnecessary and immature imo. But that's Clutch for you, the tone of the article is spiteful just like his website.
