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2094233, Lin Lights Up The Garden (NY vs. Hou.)
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 08:17 AM
OH YEAH! I ain't forget!

This is night where yall said Lin was supposed to light up the Garden.

He got lit up for a triple dub last night by Calderone.
His team comes in one game under .500.

The last time the Knicks played the Rockets was the only game this season where we were not competitive.

LEGGO!
2094236, Cenario and I will be in the house!
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 08:38 AM
2094237, Btw any of y'all ever want Knicks or nets tickets
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 08:43 AM
A guy at my job has two sets of Knicks season tickets in 223 and 225 and I think similar nets tickets (he says its the deal that comes with food).

He'll sell most of the tickets for me at face value If he still has them available so jut in I me some time before te game you wanna go to and ill ask him.
2094240, Cool. Will do.
Posted by BSharp, Mon Dec-17-12 08:49 AM
2094253, Appreciate It Fam
Posted by RexLongfellow, Mon Dec-17-12 09:05 AM
Might have to take you up on that...depending on the $...might have to catch them playing the Hornets or something...lol
2094258, EHHHHH if youre gonna get the tickets at face value
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 09:12 AM
might as well try to see a good team.

I mean theyre cheap considering usual stubhub inflation, availability, etc. But its not like getting $30 seats.

Basically for 225 and 223--expect to pay around $100 per ticket --which is face value.

I will ask him though if he'd sell the tickets to wakc games like the Hornets that usually don't sell for cheaper.
2094393, Good Look
Posted by RexLongfellow, Mon Dec-17-12 11:39 AM
Not that I got $ like that, but if tickets are cheaper to see a wack game so be it.
I just like going to games, no matter who it is (I went to a Wizards/Suns game back in my college days, only because my brother likes Jordan and I wanted him to see how wack he was with the Wizards...he dropped 44 that night)
2094255, 1) Pretty sure it was only me that said he'd light up the garden
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 09:07 AM
2)pretty sure before the season started I came off that statement.

That Being said....that game against ny kickstarted him for a bit...havent seen too many rox games recently so I don't know if he's gon back to not being aggressive and chillin in the corner, shooting 3's but we'll see tonight.

2094338, so you rollin with Lin tonite??
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 10:52 AM
lol
2094341, rolling with? no
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 10:54 AM
ideal situation is knicks win and Lin plays well.

not like when spree returned to the garden. I was rooting for spree to put up numbers and get the W and cursing dolan along with him.

spree for van horn...where they do that at?
2094345, LMAO!!!
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 10:58 AM

>spree for van horn...where they do that at?
2094661, god damn, who wasn't Van Horn traded for?
Posted by Bombastic, Mon Dec-17-12 07:44 PM
>
>spree for van horn...where they do that at?

Just the Sixers alone traded him for Tim Thomas & Anthony Parker, traded Dikembe to get him back, then later traded him for Glenn Robinson.

And if I recall correctly, Dallas was still trading him like a year or two after he stopped playing.
2094266, oh I said it
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:23 AM
though his SA outburst isn't likely to be replicated.

though he hasn't played well or consistent, scheme, personnel, and youth aren't all that conducive to Lin doing Lin things.

I believe the Knicks got caught up in the Lin shit, and got smoked because of it in Houston.

I don't see that happening tonight, and he'll get a nice show of support, and have a moment or two.

the Knicks should win by 10 tho.
2094282, Think Melo will go?
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 09:39 AM
2094285, probably back for nets and/or bulls
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:42 AM
they can beat a middling team like houston on a 2nd of a back to back w/o him.
2094292, they were talking like melo was ready against cavs but was held
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 09:48 AM
out.

then again, you can't trust anything out of msg when it comes to injuries...or anything.

being 100% for Wed is more important though obviously.
2094325, This could be a thank god it snowed moment btw.
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 10:29 AM
.
2094340, shawn bout to put this ultimate jinx on...live and in person..
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 10:53 AM
2094362, got my Lin Knicks Tshirt ready to go
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:09 AM
2094365, so glad i didn't buy one...i'd seriously have a dilemna tonight.
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 11:10 AM
only old players knick jersey I'd actually would have worn in a return game is Ewing's. b.c who's buying a Ewing Sonic jersey??

oh and starks
2094386, its was 9 bucks at city sports
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:36 AM
You coulda always taped up the 1 and

changed Lin to MeLo
2094401, i'm sure we'll see something like that tonight lol
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 11:43 AM
>You coulda always taped up the 1 and
>
>changed Lin to MeLo
2094852, too easy.
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 11:28 PM
2094375, Always tough on me when my two teams go at one another
Posted by MistaGoodBar, Mon Dec-17-12 11:26 AM
I think I'm more concerned w/NY winning than HOU, cuz I want NY to stay atop the East. I want a NY/MIA ECF.
2094408, Melo GTD, Sheed and Camby Questionable
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:48 AM
.
2094428, stat should practice tomorrow.
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 12:21 PM
Amare Stoudemire (knee surgery) could be cleared for practice on Tuesday, according to the New York Post.

Mike Woodson said that STAT was getting closer, and even if it doesn't happen on Tuesday, it's clear that Stoudemire is inching closer to a return. While his exact role is uncertain, Stoudemire should be owned in all formats at this point.
2094581, rob mahoney gets it (swizzy)
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 04:31 PM
Discusses if they can play together. Either the sub pattern has to chance, coaching has to change, or Lin's getting dealt. It's early, so I'd think 1 or 2 get worked out before we get to 3. Daryl's nuts, so anything possible come deadline

the real kicker is the rocket's pnr personnel, and how tyson chandler with no offensive moves, is a game changer as a roll man.

http://nba.si.com/2012/12/17/jeremy-lin-james-harden-houston-rockets/?sct=hp_t12_a5&eref=sihp

The off-ball issues are one thing, but Asik adds another complication to the way that Lin plays with the ball in his hands. Lin did an outstanding job of producing in New York through a bunch of lineup combinations, but one of the universals was the presence of center Tyson Chandler — a limited offensive player in a general sense, but one whose strengths provided Lin with all kinds of room in the pick-and-roll. The threat of a lob looms through almost every stage of a Chandler pick-and-roll, and with defenders having to account for that possibility, Lin was able to dash to open angles or pull up for uncontested looks.

Playing with Asik is entirely different, despite his improved offensive game. Opponents often opt to leave Asik uncovered until the last possible moment, when they’re able to bother his shot attempts around the hoop or foul him outright in a prudent play of the percentages. (Asik shoots 57.1 percent at the free-throw line.) Lin, meanwhile, is smothered throughout the entire sequence. Several defenders often blanket the attempts Lin is able to create, as his pick-and-rolls with Asik involve two players who must work toward and score from the same tiny semicircle around the hoop.

2094609, yeah we see how much felton benefits frrom chandler
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 05:21 PM
dude be creating that vertical space (c) spoelstra

i dont' know when chandler got so good around the rim.
2094617, playing with CP3.
Posted by Guinness, Mon Dec-17-12 06:03 PM
they were doing that PNR lob constantly on the hornets.
2094620, yeah i remember it in n.o. but not in dallas so much
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 06:07 PM
And not just the lobs, but his ability to finish round the basket and get off boards/tapouts
2094621, i definitely didn't see him as much then.
Posted by Guinness, Mon Dec-17-12 06:12 PM
and he kind of dropped off the map with two seasons of injuries in NOLA and charlotte before reappearing in dallas.
2094624, I read that earlier
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 06:13 PM
Actually a fair and well balanced article with good critiques.



>Discusses if they can play together. Either the sub pattern
>has to chance, coaching has to change, or Lin's getting dealt.
>It's early, so I'd think 1 or 2 get worked out before we get
>to 3. Daryl's nuts, so anything possible come deadline
>
>the real kicker is the rocket's pnr personnel, and how tyson
>chandler with no offensive moves, is a game changer as a roll
>man.
>
>http://nba.si.com/2012/12/17/jeremy-lin-james-harden-houston-rockets/?sct=hp_t12_a5&eref=sihp
>
>The off-ball issues are one thing, but Asik adds another
>complication to the way that Lin plays with the ball in his
>hands. Lin did an outstanding job of producing in New York
>through a bunch of lineup combinations, but one of the
>universals was the presence of center Tyson Chandler — a
>limited offensive player in a general sense, but one whose
>strengths provided Lin with all kinds of room in the
>pick-and-roll. The threat of a lob looms through almost every
>stage of a Chandler pick-and-roll, and with defenders having
>to account for that possibility, Lin was able to dash to open
>angles or pull up for uncontested looks.
>
>Playing with Asik is entirely different, despite his improved
>offensive game. Opponents often opt to leave Asik uncovered
>until the last possible moment, when they’re able to bother
>his shot attempts around the hoop or foul him outright in a
>prudent play of the percentages. (Asik shoots 57.1 percent at
>the free-throw line.) Lin, meanwhile, is smothered throughout
>the entire sequence. Several defenders often blanket the
>attempts Lin is able to create, as his pick-and-rolls with
>Asik involve two players who must work toward and score from
>the same tiny semicircle around the hoop.
>
>
2094625, Damn Melo out
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 06:17 PM
2094626, probably for the best, we got Nets on Wednesday
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 06:19 PM
>
2094658, Lin 22pts 4 rebs 6 assist. BOOK IT.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 07:39 PM
2094707, on target for at least that thru a half
Posted by Bombastic, Mon Dec-17-12 08:49 PM
2094733, Accurate stuff
Posted by topaz, Mon Dec-17-12 09:16 PM
2094753, *TAKES A BOW*
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 09:42 PM
2094762, Damn gotta give you dap!
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 09:46 PM
2094663, You can see Lin wants this
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 07:46 PM
2094664, Imma need Brewer to pretend like he belongs in the league
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 07:55 PM
2094665, booing Lin when he touches the ball is what's hot on 7th ave?
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 07:56 PM
niggas acting like he's bron circa 2011.

anyway, Jeremy just does not know how to give the ball up on a 2 on 1. damn near botched 2 of em.

i can only imagine what him and jr would be like on the break.
2094666, Straightening out Knick fans that was cheering him early on
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 08:02 PM
FUCK THAT!

You not down with us, you get booed, not cheered in the Garden. It was fun while it lasted but its over now.
2094667, i guess kobe was down for the cause..
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 08:07 PM
>FUCK THAT!
>
>You not down with us, you get booed, not cheered in the
>Garden. It was fun while it lasted but its over now.


FOH
2094671, basically n/m
Posted by Bombastic, Mon Dec-17-12 08:18 PM
2094670, you know what would be better. silence. or stopping him.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:17 PM
or better yet, booing the knicks for letting him get good looks.

booed on every touch, that's reserved for villians. zo. bron. wade. et al.
2094672, He is a villain now
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 08:22 PM
2094669, j lin aint no bitch...
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 08:15 PM
2094673, Lin cooking with MSG right now.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:22 PM
2094675, how long you had that one queued up?
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:23 PM
2094677, I can't take credit for that, BUT Its always nice to use.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:24 PM
2094678, I need him to consistently play with confidence
Posted by d., Mon Dec-17-12 08:24 PM
he can't just fade into the background and become "another guy"

I like how he's been able to run some pick n roll at the top and take
people off the dribble tonight--as opposed to being a spot up shooter,
which is not his strength
2094674, Right now this mugg IS lighting up the Garden
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 08:22 PM
2094676, MSG is like Jeremy's power source
Posted by jrocc, Mon Dec-17-12 08:24 PM
i still believe we'd be just as good with Kidd and Lin starting as we would with Kidd and Felton starting. the key being Kidd of course.


*edit - mild unintentional racism
2094679, lol
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:25 PM
2094682, I'll allow it (c) Mills Lane
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:29 PM
2094681, i like jr going to the rack. dont want him falling in love with his j goin 3-18
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:27 PM
2094683, LMAO!! these niggas real mad right now.....
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 08:30 PM
Jlin is used to this type of shit tho...niggas dont know they adding fuel to the fiyyahhh
2094684, Lin kinda scared of tyson there
Posted by electricflower, Mon Dec-17-12 08:30 PM
2094685, or maybe he never is confrontational b/c
Posted by electricflower, Mon Dec-17-12 08:31 PM
of his tebow personality
2094688, Chandler playing that old school Knick ball.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:33 PM
2094686, Asik got the touch of a newly blind dude reading braille
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:32 PM
2094690, they need a real 4 so all Asik does is dirty work.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:35 PM
if McHale is any kinda coach he'll show him one move and tell him to do that move and only that one move.

anything else would be uncivilized.
2094692, I'm a bulls fan, I hate we couldn't keep him but...dude hands suck.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 08:38 PM
2094687, jr n lin wit dueling airballs. lmao
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:32 PM
2094689, NBATV be wildin with these recreated beats
Posted by d., Mon Dec-17-12 08:34 PM
just played a fruity loops version of Frontin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKMKXVyGvI
2094691, jr picking up his 3rd. just..this nigga.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:37 PM
2094694, we could use a little melo tonight....
Posted by My_SP1200_Broken_Again, Mon Dec-17-12 08:41 PM
2094695, the clock's struck 12 on this team w/o Melo. pumpkins, mice, n rags.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:41 PM
2094698, JLin got a season high already...lol
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 08:45 PM
2094705, season high first half
Posted by jrocc, Mon Dec-17-12 08:49 PM
he had 38 against San Antonio
2094709, shit i meant that..my bad..
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 08:50 PM
2094700, Knicks lost to the Rockets with Melo in the lineup
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 08:46 PM
Knicks just gotta improve on defense. Shumpert would make a huge difference.

2094711, the havoc shump is gonna wreak...lawd.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:51 PM
2094713, Amare going to practice with the D-League squad
Posted by jrocc, Mon Dec-17-12 08:54 PM
they should let him run a couple games. like they do in baseball. that would be dope.
2094714, w/ sheed out, might need him sooner. 2nd unit has no big that can score
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:57 PM
2094717, way to go Cope.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 08:59 PM
2094722, Kidd's been exposed 1 on 1 these last few games.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:01 PM
great help defender, but if you match up right, he's ripe for abuse.

and tyson for all the DPOY, has slipped as he's gotten better offensively.
2094727, cmon fam last game he was checking Kobe.
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 09:08 PM
2094725, COPESANITY
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:06 PM
2094726, Felton's little flashes of hero ball are so aggrevating
Posted by Organ, Mon Dec-17-12 09:07 PM
2094728, WHAT YOU SAID!!!
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 09:09 PM
2094729, WOW
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 09:11 PM
2094730, ugly(c) Bubba Sparks
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:14 PM
2094731, Felton imma need you to stop
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 09:14 PM
2094734, Garden is a tomb right now.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:16 PM
2094736, all cope everything.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:17 PM
2094737, Getting blown. This is bullshit.
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 09:17 PM
2094741, YALL MUSTA FORGOT (c)Roy Jones Jr.
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 09:20 PM
Linsanity Nigga!
2094743, I think Jeremy Lin is in felton's head. he's played awful both Hou games
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:22 PM
2094742, Knicks need Shumpert so bad
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 09:21 PM
2094746, copeland got the game of a dude who listens to jurassic 5.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:25 PM
2094747, haha
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 09:28 PM
2094763, He never gets injured cuz he recognizes the threshold of negative stress
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2094770, wild jansport strings in his locker
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2094773, He was that little peazy headed kid from back in the day.
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2095033, This exchange is wonderful...
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 11:27 AM
2094748, CLUTCH CITY NIGGA!!
Posted by LAbeathustla, Mon Dec-17-12 09:28 PM
you know how we do the knicks..
2094749, oops bigoted term post deleted.
Posted by Radio Rahim, Mon Dec-17-12 09:32 PM
-smuts
2094754, Theres multiple reasons why Felton should sit
Posted by Starks dunked on Bulls, Mon Dec-17-12 09:43 PM
>Felton being the main one.

where the court vision?

wheres the ball movement

he takes wayyyyyy too many shots

and misses too many layups

2094759, True. Nigga how did D'Antoni have the nigga movin that rock
Posted by Radio Rahim, Mon Dec-17-12 09:46 PM
but with Woodson he get the green light!
He was runnin that pick and roll and pick and pop.

he need to get everyone some fuckin looks. Felton is capable of way better
2094756, Ray Felton tried 2 hard, and not having our team finally caught up to us
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 09:44 PM
we needed Melo, STAT, and Shump.
2094765, thats a bad sign then. cause I thought they would handle these chumps
Posted by Below The Mason Dixon, Mon Dec-17-12 09:50 PM
with ease. and figured lin wouldn't shit the bed.
2094764, When Melo comes back, does Cope go to the bench? Just askin.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:49 PM
2094789, There's no minutes for him when stat is back
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 10:25 PM
2094801, cope >>>>>>>>>>>>> stat
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 10:32 PM
2094813, Stat looked good in warmups posting up 5'9" dudes
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 10:44 PM
Nah but on the real he's moving fluidly for a dude who had knee surgery. Cope already runs like he has 35 yr old sheed knees.
2094823, that's the thing about stat, he'll look great for 10 games
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 10:54 PM
then go for an mri for soreness, and come back with plague and be out for 6 months.

cope. he's the asik of sf's. aesthetically his game offends me. Im happy for the kid. if he can parlay it into 6-8 mil someday, good for him.
2094832, RE: cope >>>>>>>>>>>>> stat...REALLY???
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 11:03 PM
One is a rookie with a career high.
One is a perennial all star olympian, who was an MVP candidate the last full NBA season played.

Can we please with the hyperbole!
PLEASE!!
2094837, sigh.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 11:14 PM

http://i.imgur.com/sIdmS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R5HPS.jpg
2094766, Lin will go back to being garbage tomorrow
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 09:51 PM
2094768, that's 3 hours from now.
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:53 PM

tonight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0

I couldn't help it. let me have just this one.
2094767, GOOD EFFORT......GOOD JOB......GOOD EFFORT!
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2094771, rockets worst defensive team in the league, somehow shut the pnr down
Posted by themaddfapper, Mon Dec-17-12 09:56 PM
3's didnt fall.

Melo creates so much space.

And look, I love Chandler for all the intangibles....but this DPOY shit? He doesn't block naan shots, and people get WAAAAY too many looks at the rim. I mean right thru uncontested.

and it's happened twice against houston. not a good look.
2094772, Didn't watch the game but let me guess..
Posted by SeV, Mon Dec-17-12 09:59 PM
Knicks weren't able to shoot 65% from 3?

Lulz
____________

Dallas Heatvricks BACK 2 BACK CHAMPS!!
2094774, LMAO
Posted by Bombastic, Mon Dec-17-12 10:05 PM
>OH YEAH! I ain't forget!
>
>This is night where yall said Lin was supposed to light up the
>Garden.
>
*checks that box off*

>He got lit up for a triple dub last night by Calderone.
>His team comes in one game under .500.

and leave .500
>
>The last time the Knicks played the Rockets was the only game
>this season where we were not competitive.
>
the second time the Knicks play the Rockets, they are again not competitive.

>LEGGO!

EGGO!
2094775, You got that.
Posted by subjctmattr, Mon Dec-17-12 10:08 PM
2094857, http://www.gifbay.com/gif/that_asian_dancing_guy_from_obama_hq-10386/
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:32 PM
2094867, lin still shooting too many 3's....8 of 9 from 2s
Posted by Cenario, Mon Dec-17-12 11:35 PM
2094869, God, I love the internet:
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:36 PM
Enjoy these. Almost as good as Taiwanese news Cartoon recaps

Photoshop-Lin's story Chapter I: Secret of shooting
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=230879
Translated from a Chinese site with broken english which makes it even better

Photoshop-Lin's story Chapter I: Secret of shooting:
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=230882
dyin at gollum
2094964, Yo Kobe's face when Lin 'gets it' is fucking fantastic
Posted by T Reynolds, Tue Dec-18-12 09:37 AM
one more dish please loooooool
2094970, lol this was great
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 09:49 AM
Photoshop-Lin's story Chapter I: Secret of shooting
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=230879
Translated from a Chinese site with broken english which makes it even better
2094890, Quick Review W. at MSG vs Knicks
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Dec-17-12 11:45 PM
Its actually easier to write these watching games from home cause you can replay shit. We had good seats 2 rows behind bobby boxscore central aka press row,shouted out Spero Dedes and Alan Hahn.

I was telling Cenario early on that they ran two plays they havent run all season or for a long time for lin.

1) was a backdoor cut on the baseline for an easy lay up and one was the baseline backdoor that I think went to Marcus Morris (he got fouled). They ran that a lot with Harden in the first 3 games, but stopped using it til now.

Overall a great team effort. Still disgusted by the defense in the first qtr. We cant let teams shoot 65%.
This was the first and best game that Harden and Lin had together. They took turns with the rock and it improved both of their efficiency. harden's turnovers went down, he shot a nice percentage, and Jeremy shot a nice percentage, though his turnovers went up.

I dont know if Mchale was saving it for this game or what--but they definitely ran stuff to get Jeremy loose. If Asik didnt have brick hands jeremy woulda easily had a double double. Props to McHale for leaving jeremy in through the timeout to get his applause. Thats probably the last time Jeremy gets any cheers in the Garden.

Harden--great efficient game. Amazing at getting to the line.

Jeremy good game-- a little sloppy on the drive and on fast breaks, and the shot still wasnt falling but great job of being agressive.

Asik-- has started to regress. He needs to just calm the fuck down when he catches the ball--gather and go up.

Parsons-- good solid rock of a game even though Stephen A has NEVER HEARD OF YOU!!! EVER!!
http://youtu.be/z_ghOeVsYuI (1:45)

Morris--hit some nice big shots

Douglas--playing solid off the bench still on both ends

Delfino-- Hit some nice 3s to close us out

We got Philly on Wednesday. Hopefully Jrue is back.

the Knicks are a different team without Melo.

That starting 5 with Brewer and Copeland, ugh.
2095010, GOT DAM ASIK GOT SOME STONE HANDS!! LOLOL
Posted by LAbeathustla, Tue Dec-18-12 10:45 AM
that niggs fkd off like 5 dimes
2094911, Talk About a Bad Sports Night
Posted by RexLongfellow, Tue Dec-18-12 12:32 AM
Between them and the Jets...sigh
Can't win them all though
2094953, any one know why jr only played 20 min?
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 09:08 AM
he was the only knick with a knack early on (c) clyde
2094974, he had a stupid foul
Posted by DonKnutts, Tue Dec-18-12 09:50 AM
Woodson gave him that "shieeeeeeeeet" look and took him out
2094987, oh, me and shawn were trying to figure it out cause he was
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 10:01 AM
playing well offensively and we needed the offense

we figured he did something dumb.
2094969, RE: Lin Lights Up The Garden (NY vs. Hou.)
Posted by DonKnutts, Tue Dec-18-12 09:48 AM
NEW YORK – Across from the visiting locker room inside Madison Square Garden, the door swung open and Jeremy Lin walked out with a smile stretching the length of Seventh Avenue. For the way he had been torturing himself, for the way the Knicks had gone to great lengths to minimize his legitimacy, Lin's face was flushed with sweet freedom.
"That was awesome," Lin beamed to a Houston Rockets official awaiting him. "That was so much fun."
The Knicks had wanted so badly to embarrass him Monday night, tried so hard that they lost a sense of themselves and twice now let Lin and the Rockets blow them out of the building. They had trashed him publicly and privately upon his departure to Houston as a restricted free agent, treating Lin like a momentary fairy tale free of substance and staying power. For one more stubborn night, Linsanity lived in the Garden.

All over again, Lin broke down defenders, pushed into the paint and scored on runners and layups and whizzed passes to uncovered shooters beyond the 3-point line. All over again, Lin had the game on a yo-yo here, had the Garden mesmerized. Jeremy Lin had 22 points and eight assists in the Rockets' 109-96 victory over the Knicks, Lin had validated himself.
He's no superstar in the NBA – and never will be – but he has a resolve, a fortitude that commands respect. He's never cowered, never backed down. The Knicks were waiting for him – unbeaten in the Garden, best record in the Eastern Conference, celebrating themselves as championship contenders – and Lin and James Harden dismantled them.
"I am glad this is over," Lin told Yahoo! Sports late Monday night. "This is a little bit of closure."
He had left behind the interview podium, the locker room and stood in an empty Garden. Finally, he smiled and allowed, "But I did have fun playing them."
The time of his life. Again.

Amid the Knicks' urgency to chase a championship, they're better off with Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd. Lin is better with this young, rebuilding roster in Houston, where he can succeed and fail at a different pace. Nevertheless, Lin never deserved the disdain and resentment heaped upon him on his way out of New York, the way his talent was easily dismissed as a mere Mike D'Antoni systematic creation.
Carmelo Anthony sat out Monday with a bum ankle, but the Knicks had 'Melo in Houston a month ago and still lost by 28 points.
"They are missing very key guys and I think right at the top of the list is Shump," Lin said. This was the closest thing to a dig that Lin delivered on his return to the Garden, listing reserve guard Iman Shumpert over Anthony, the MVP candidate.
'Melo never wanted Lin with the Knicks. He cramped his style, his space and played that D'Antoni pick-and-roll basketball that Melo loathed. Mostly, he resented the adoration of Lin that came with a blitzkrieg of tsk-tsk-tsks targeted at Anthony for past failures within the context of team. Anthony has come back with a vengeance this season, playing the most mature, most inspired basketball of his life.
Nevertheless, Linsanity is a lingering nuisance to 'Melo and some within the Knicks' core. Most of his teammates loved him, but some never got past petty jealousies. Once and for all, the Knicks wanted to humiliate Lin and puncture the romance that resounded with Lin at the Garden, pop him like a balloon floating down out of the rafters, losing air and altitude at a rapid rate.

Knicks center Tyson Chandler drilled Lin on a baseline drive, a blow to the head that inspired a flagrant foul call. Lin popped up, a smile awash on his face.
"He hit me hard," Lin said. "I still kept coming though."
He never stopped. This was the best of Lin: Instinctive, creative and working in synchronicity with Harden. After a troubling performance on Sunday in Toronto, Lin called his play "terrible," and those within the organization could see him fighting with himself.
"He's hard on himself, the way Shane Battier was here," GM Daryl Morey told Yahoo! Monday night at the Garden. "But Shane had more experience, more to draw from."
Something about the Garden loosened him up again. Something about the muscle memory of those magical 48 days a year ago, when Lin transformed himself from a D-League call-up to a global phenomenon. When Lin listened to the Knicks' advice to get himself an offer sheet for them to match in restricted free agent, he gladly obliged. Lin never wanted to leave New York, and never signed that $25 million offer sheet with an expectation that it would go unmatched.
"Houston kept telling me they didn't believe I'd end up with them either," Lin told Yahoo! Sports recently. "If I don't sign this, I don't have anything else to sign. I was signing it, and I was fully expecting to go back to New York."

Finally, he found his way back on Monday night and Linsanity lived again. On his twisting walk out of the interview room, through the corridors and toward the court level where family and friends awaited him, Lin seemed appreciative of the polite ovation that met him with the introduction of starting lineups, with the No. 17 Knicks jerseys that people pulled out of drawers, with the way that New York still remembered the spectacular regular-season run it had with this un-drafted kid out of Harvard, out of nowhere.
"I saw so many of the same people, the same season-ticket holders," Lin said on his walk through the corridors. "It was like yesterday."
Yesterday is gone, and Lin will forever be a shooting star in the Knicks' sky. He'll never be a franchise player, but Lin belongs and that's something that he desperately wanted the Knicks to see in these two games this season. He wanted them to see that he had staying power, that he had nerve, and so here he had come into Madison Square Garden breathlessly bursting to the basket, getting hit the way that they've hit him since he left town, and ultimately getting to his feet again.
Family and friends awaited him in an empty Garden late Monday night, and Lin excused himself and started walking toward them. For those unforgettable few weeks as a Knick, he made the Garden so loud, so alive. Linsanity made a noise that no one will ever forget here. Now, it sounded so different as a Rocket, his ability to take on the Knicks, take on this magnificent arena, now inspiring an uneasy, stunned silence.
The Knicks had wanted to dismiss him as mythology, a fleeting pixie that had come and gone with magic dust. They wanted Jeremy Lin to go away, never bother them again, and yet he had done it again here. Jeremy Lin is a good player, and perhaps simply he wanted the Knicks to see it for themselves on Monday night.
For everything that's been transposed about it – the look, the sound, the circumstances – Linsanity lived for one more stubborn night at Madison Square Garden.
2094980, i dont really believe this
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 09:55 AM
>The Knicks had wanted so badly to embarrass him Monday night, tried so hard that they lost a sense of themselves and twice now let Lin and the Rockets blow them out of the building.

it sounds good for the story but looking at the way they defended him i can't see how they were trying to embarrass him. He pretty much got in the lane at will. If that was their defense to shut Lin down, then we are a horrible defensive team ya know lol.

maybe felton was trying to go hard at lin on offense but its hard to tell, felton been pressing so much lately..he seems to play his worst when he's trying too hard...the rockets and nets games.

2094978, What was the reaction to Chandler's hard foul like at MSG?
Posted by T Reynolds, Tue Dec-18-12 09:53 AM

2094982, it was mixed..probably cheers for the hard foul but boos
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 09:56 AM
from people that didn't think it was a foul/ or a flagrant.
2094985, from one angle it looks like was going straight up but in the replay
Posted by T Reynolds, Tue Dec-18-12 09:59 AM
you can see him mushing Lin's face with a hard forearm

Lin smiling at the foul was sportsmanlike
2094991, lol yeah i didn't think it was flagrant live
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 10:05 AM
>you can see him mushing Lin's face with a hard forearm

but then i saw this pic.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1222415!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/tyson-chandler-elbow-lin.jpg
>
>Lin smiling at the foul was sportsmanlike

saw that on the highlights...dope.
2094998, Seems that with such a good night... Jeremy was really..
Posted by mtbatol, Tue Dec-18-12 10:18 AM

( •_•)>⌐■-■ ... (⌐■_■) - styLIN on NY
2095001, lol subjtmattr lol rexlongsilver lol
Posted by Guinness, Tue Dec-18-12 10:28 AM
eat dirt, fellas
2095011, JUST SHOOT FEARLESSLY
Posted by Guinness, Tue Dec-18-12 10:45 AM
2095022, lol at anyone taking this as a jab to Melo
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 11:03 AM
"They are missing very key guys and I think right at the top of the list is Shump," Lin said. This was the closest thing to a dig that Lin delivered on his return to the Garden, listing reserve guard Iman Shumpert over Anthony, the MVP candidate.
2095027, i saw that in 2 places. Ian O'Connor was really on some shit-stirring
Posted by themaddfapper, Tue Dec-18-12 11:15 AM
anyone with half a brain would realize shump would be far more disruptive to what the rockets do (score) than what Melo would be to what the rockets don't (defend)

2095032, Thats not even the full quote. He goes on to name Amare and Melo
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 11:24 AM
2095036, Theres a great quote somewhere on Felton
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 11:28 AM
and how he plays poorly in these "revenge games" or these perceived "revenge games" that he keeps creating for himself for some odd reason.
2095039, You Can Tell the Media Really Wants to Start Some Ish
Posted by RexLongfellow, Tue Dec-18-12 11:32 AM
Which is why I didn't believe most of what they said about Melo and Lin having beef...they were writing all that crap while them 2 with Chandler are chillin' in LA at dinner.

As for Felton, maybe it's the bone bruises in both hands, but he does seem pressed at times to prove himself. He's still playing very well, but he'll have a game or 2 where he tries to go Kobe...until he realizes he ain't Kobe
2095049, lol basically.
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 11:40 AM
>Which is why I didn't believe most of what they said about Melo and Lin having beef...they were writing all that crap while them 2 with Chandler are chillin' in LA at dinner.

they did it last year when they were playing together so this doesn't surprise me at all.

melo coulda came to the game tho lol

btw how come amare don't sit on the bench during games..he needs to learn the defensive schemes.
2095066, stats working in the back. treatment or whatever. dunno abt melo.
Posted by themaddfapper, Tue Dec-18-12 12:11 PM
2095073, during the game? why can't he get treatment/work out b4
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 12:16 PM
and sit wit his team during the game...at home?
2095051, LOL
Posted by Guinness, Tue Dec-18-12 11:46 AM
>He's still
>playing very well


SO LIN IS PLAYING POORLY BUT FELTON IS PLAYING "VERY WELL"

2095078, So 16 and 6 isn't Better Than 11 & 6?
Posted by RexLongfellow, Tue Dec-18-12 12:25 PM
With a much higher 3point% (the stat you so desperately love)?
2095085, no, dude.
Posted by Guinness, Tue Dec-18-12 12:46 PM
their TS% is almost identically poor, their assist to turnover is similar and lin is much better at rebounding and steals. felton scoring more is not a good thing whatsoever - it just means an inefficient scorer is shooting too much.

the point: both are average. anyone praising felton while criticizing lin is a fucking idiot.


2095098, RE: no, dude.
Posted by RexLongfellow, Tue Dec-18-12 01:15 PM
>their TS% is almost identically poor, their assist to
>turnover is similar and lin is much better at rebounding and
>steals. felton scoring more is not a good thing whatsoever -
>it just means an inefficient scorer is shooting too much.

>the point: both are average. anyone praising felton while
>criticizing lin is a fucking idiot.
Point 1:
No matter how you slice it, 16 and 6.7 is better than 11 and 6.0
I also love the fact you say much better rebounder, when one is at 4 and the other is at 2.8. He's also MUCH better at steals, from a robust 1.8spg compared to a measly 1.2spg. Why not say that Lin is way more of a dominant shot-blocker as well?
Point 2:
I'm shocked that you didn't bring up 3 point %, which is something you said you swear by. Take more 3's and drive to the rim. Felton's shot very well from 3 while Lin hasn't.
Point 3:
I wasn't one of the people hard on Lin. I said he can be playing better, which he can. But I wasn't bashing him on any stretch

2095140, stop being dumb.
Posted by Guinness, Tue Dec-18-12 03:12 PM
16 isn't really better than 11 when both players have 40% FG and a 50% TS. the knicks and rockets shoot 47% from the floor as teams, so the more either one shoots, the more he lowers his team's overall efficiency. in this case, felton is doing more damage to his team's effectiveness because he's taking more shots.

you dig?

also, i like 3PTs because they aid TS%. felton ruins his solid shooting from deep with too many shitty midrange jumpers - that's why his TS% sucks. he should just take threes and score around the hoop (he's not very good at that, though).

http://vorped.com/bball/index.php/player/shotchart/1029-Raymond-Felton/season/2012-2013-REG

LOOK AT ALL THAT GARBAGE FROM MIDRANGE. DISGUSTING. he's the only guy on the knicks still playing stupidly, and that's why he's the only one who hasn't improved this season (unlike anthony, jr, etc)
2095116, RE: no, dude.
Posted by murph71, Tue Dec-18-12 02:01 PM
>their TS% is almost identically poor, their assist to
>turnover is similar and lin is much better at rebounding and
>steals. felton scoring more is not a good thing whatsoever -
>it just means an inefficient scorer is shooting too much.
>
>the point: both are average. anyone praising felton while
>criticizing lin is a fucking idiot.



Huh?
2095083, Heres the Felton quote, its from a knick blog lol
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 12:41 PM
knickerblogger.net/rockets-109-knicks-96/
Hilarious!

Quote:
On a night when the Knicks desperately needed their floor general to throw it into third gear and manage a heady brand of hero-free ball, hangups and hallucinated marquee beefs, Raymond Felton figured out a way to rev the ****er all the way to ninth, sending smoke and sparks and liquid rubber and panic fumes spewing forth like a sarin cloud and choking out the offense at every conceivable turn.

In sane person’s speak, tonight Felton was much more liability than asset – on both ends of the floor. He managed to hit a handful of mid-range jumpers, yes, but only because the Rocket guards were daring him to do so, taking away any and all lob options as long as they could and banking on what has to be,

at this point, the most obvious scouting report in the entire NBA: If you’re matched up on Felton, chances are he has a grudge against you. Doesn’t really matter if it’s real or not, just GO AFTER HIM. Sadly, with D-Will heading to town for a rubber match, Ray won’t have much time for lamentations. Time to brush it off and move on, Ray. And by it, I mean, of course, that that medium sized alpine mountain range on your shoulder.
2095050, Now Stephen A backtracking?
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Tue Dec-18-12 11:42 AM
According to clutchfans

Stephen A gave Lin a lot of credit this morning. He said he thinks Lin "will be a star player in 2-4 years" and the only reason he supported the Kidd/Felton duo was because "With Amare/Melo you only have a 2 year window" and "Lin and Melo's games take away from each other".
2095052, smdh...lol
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 11:51 AM
i hate stephen a smith so much.
2095070, this nigga.
Posted by themaddfapper, Tue Dec-18-12 12:14 PM
yo you really don't have to be accountable to the shit you say nowadays, do you?

I mean the world finna end so, I guess there's gonna be no video or computers so fuck it, right?

cause when the knicks were off to a hot start, this cat couldn't wait to shit on Lin.

now it's a "window" situation.

smmfh. shameful shit(c)Clay
2095074, yeah he flip flopped on Melo d'antoni and lin at during points
Posted by Cenario, Tue Dec-18-12 12:17 PM
last season. lol