http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iai8VT6h5o8

-We haven't had a wild hundred post in awhile. :) From the man who has the same birthday as Kobe Bryant. Who knows if he'll be a Rocket this year - but wherever he ends up - barring injury he is gonna have a nice year.

-Predict his statline for 12-13 as a Rocket (or other team).

-Truth whats the statline this year that'll make you retire from posting?

R-ealistically with all the weapons itll be hard for the scoring avg to be much higher than 14-15 - but I expect much higher %ages and 3pt%ages. Assists will go up. Consistency WILL be better.




-----

From the rest of his summer

It sounds like Jeremy's summer training is going well. Here is a quote from his shooting coach:

Doc:

"He is extremely motivated to be better come September! His shot is now repeatable perfection..thats 78% on all 3's�All situations�The next step is lots of pick up applying it in those conditions!"

http://instagram.com/p/a-Pg4YuP1T/

and then this small blurry penis dude is making threads on Patrick Beverly's and AAron Brooks backup come on man we gotta do better in life.
27 DNP's 4pts 3 ast due to mop up duties traded by all star break

Igbo's and all other big dick Nigerians relying on blurry dick Chinese to revive the economy, while getting exploited.

Eh! Oh!

with an issue he knows/cares nothing about. i care and it came off kinda bad, dogg.

But sometimes you gotta let outta pocket clowns know you're not fuckin around.

It's a rare approach for me.

i ain't pressing you to apologize or nothing--i'm not that type--but you simply took it too far and i know you're aware of it.

>i ain't pressing you to apologize or nothing--i'm not that
>type--but you simply took it too far and i know you're aware
>of it.

But it did one of the things I wnted it to do post 23. Dude finally came out of character for once.

Folks on here I tell ya

he can be offended and express that without invoking global politics and all the horrible ancillary issues that come with it.

Gang up on Shawn all you want, though. His feelings obviously mean less than yours.

this sets a precedent. bottomline.

to parallel dick size stereotypes with the real life goings dealing with a country and its people

>to parallel dick size stereotypes with the real life goings
>dealing with a country and its people

I get the alias and all....But why r u always talking about other men's dicks?

If you want to come out or something there are folks on this board that could care less....People should be allowed to be free....

>
>
>I get the alias and all....But why r u always talking about
>other men's dicks?
>
>If you want to come out or something there are folks on this
>board that could care less....People should be allowed to be
>free....
>
>

Dude responds super racial to a little comment about penis and you respond to me about why i made that comment that can be glossed over you truly are a corny turkey cornball brother dude.

edit, actually you know what...i just realized

youre the weirdo whos ALWAYS commenting on ppls dick sizes, so that probably wasn't racially motivated at all...


my bad. carry on.

edit

>>
>>
>>I get the alias and all....But why r u always talking about
>>other men's dicks?
>>
>>If you want to come out or something there are folks on this
>>board that could care less....People should be allowed to be
>>free....
>>
>>
>
>Dude responds super racial to a little comment about penis and
>you respond to me about why i made that comment that can be
>glossed over you truly are a corny turkey cornball brother
>dude.


Dog...this is no diss...I'm just noticing a pattern...But really, if it is the case, u shouldn't try to hide it....

As for Shawn, I could see how he would be led to believe that u got super stereotypical about an Asian man's junk.....(But even if u didn't mean it that way the blurred small junk line is plain perplexing within the context of the OP...)

As for the Maxx barb....Go ahead with that bullshit...lol

That's respectable if he's still on the Rockets.

i'd bet my life on it.

>-Predict his statline for 12-13

>-Truth whats the statline this year that'll make you retire
>from posting?

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2050980&mesg_id=2050980&listing_type=search#2052263

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2056858&mesg_id=2056858&listing_type=search#2057105

doing either one

i'm not sure how many PGs in league history have put up that kind of scoring avg with 2 20+ ppg scorers in the lineup. can't be more than a handful.

hardaway in the TMC days. prolly KJ. nash in dallas maybe. earv definitely. not a whole lot.

parsons might be up in the high teens too. lin'll settle somewhere in the 13-15 range. the high assists is def in play tho, that team's gonna score like crazy.

pretty sure i already said that.

good assist numbers. something like 6-8 apg. he'll share playmaking duties w/ harden. turnovers should go down too.

i don't see dude's numbers exploding all crazy or anything. he is what he is, a decent starting point guard. somewhere in the 15-20 range. his career best yr @ the end of the day might be a 16 & 8 or some shit.

i do see his efficiency and ball security improving. his shooting %s will go up, TOs down. he needs to become a better defender too.

He's basically either great or he's garbage, there's no middle ground with you.

john paxson wasn't. d fisher wasn't. kenny smith wasn't. mario chalmers ain't.

dude needs to run the offense, defend his man and hit open shots. do those 3 things well. that's pretty much it.

lin's a role player. why would anyone expect him to avg 18 and 8? nobody in the NBA avgd 18 ppg & 8 apg last yr. shit is fucking retarded.

i predicted 17 and 7 on 40% and 20 wins.

sometimes i swear you're completely detached from reality, my dude.

you're running around boldly proclaiming that lin won't ever put up 18&8 or 16&9 or whatever. like those are average, run-of-the-mill numbers or some shit lol.

nobody in the league puts up those numbers. there's only a handful of cats in the last decade who've done it (CP, deron, westbrook, nash, lebron)

saying lin isn't on that list isn't saying anything of real significance.

>sometimes i swear you're completely detached from reality, my
>dude.
>
>you're running around boldly proclaiming that lin won't ever
>put up 18&8 or 16&9 or whatever. like those are average,
>run-of-the-mill numbers or some shit lol.
>
>nobody in the league puts up those numbers. there's only a
>handful of cats in the last decade who've done it (CP, deron,
>westbrook, nash, lebron)
>
>saying lin isn't on that list isn't saying anything of real
>significance.


This^^^^^

Bookmark it.

and more of the same will do for me - 13/6/45%/35%

I'm not sure why people have denounced him so quickly. It's fine that people criticized his performance this past season (though people calling it "bad" is a stretch), I'm just not sure why OKS has concluded that he can't improve when other guys get the benefit of the doubt. Yeah, "Linsanity" is over, but that's not a fair expectation anyways. It was his first full season and he was inconsistent. That doesn't sound like a death warrant on a career to me.

I can't really call it regressing because his #'s was solid. But watching him play, you can tell he was either shaken with his confidence (being benched in crunchtime hurt), still a little banged up, or adjusting to Harden and some of McHale's coaching (which I believe had the biggest role)

Having D12 there helps the entire team, and reduces his expectations. He has a chance to develop. Problem is, I don't know if he will with that coaching staff and that team.

His assists should go up though. He was solid handling the ball. He'll be better as a defender...won't be Beverley, but definitely won't be a liability. Decent defender.

Scoring will go down

So, a Lin season should be 13, 7.8ast, shooting 44% from the field, and hovering around 39% from 3. He'll have games where he can shoulder the load, as I see him playing some 2 guard, with a lineup of him, Beverley, Harden, Parsons and Howard at times.

He's the 3rd or 4th option at this point. His biggest thing to learn now is when to get Harden the ball to bypass Howard, and when to wave off Harden and get D12 the ball at all costs (he can work a good pnr with Howard). His toughest assignment now will be to keep everyone happy and keep the ball moving

13 and 5 while shooting 44% and 35% from 3....

Serviceable numbers...Nothing great or inept....Lin will play his role, even if he's traded...But its the turnovers that will be the most important factor in his success or lack there of...

but intangibles off the radar..he's going to help us win and that's all that counts

for the most part he was the rockets 2nd option last yr before parsons + reduced minutes took him out of that role
this yr he needs to be a clear 4th option from the gate
concentrate on defensive improvement and running that half court when dwight is wrestling in the post with his hand up

That won't happen....Lin won't even have the ball in his hands enough to get 9 assists per game...Harden will be the primary ball handler...

.

>.

Whether he's on a bad team or good team. Whether he is an all star or in the dleague.

I was a Rockets fan before Lin and Yao - so ill still root for them too. Now if a Lin team played a Rockets team in the finals? Thats a tough one.

It was out of pocket. Its out of character for me so I think it caught a lot of folks off guard. Like I said, I get why people would be upset about it but not apologetic.

It got his clown ass to come out of character cause he was rightfully upset in post 23. Good. Dude runs around posting out of pocket shit behind an alias and a character. I said my shit. Under my screen name. Nobody hacked my shit. It did what it was supposed to.

Sometimes folks just need a little dick check from time to time (pun intended?). Asian stereotypes aren't cool either. Especially when the OG post had nothing to do with no shit like that. I didnt attack one of his "big dick" players, nothing.

Thats the first time he ever came out of character. Im moving on and won't say anything like it again with him.

this is the fucking internet. get that shit off your chest. you aint a saint. your allowed to snap off on cats just like anyone else & whoever dont like it tell em to suck your small teeny tiny yellow dick

(for the record i truly have no desire to get into a discussion abt you or any other dudes dick size)




does it even matter?

Nods....

i'm not at all offended...

I got him to come out of character nah homie nothing you say can upset me, you probably got clowned in real life by your girlfriend about it and it was right time right moment for you to snap but lets get to the facts of life right now

Fact of the matter is you ride for Lin because he asian not because he is a great ball player just like whites who only watch basketball when a white American is doing well and not for the love of the sport.

WHen it comes to basketball your dude who you ride for got exposed for what he is he is not a starting point guard in the nba and on a Rockets team with two pgs who are better players then him only reason why he would play above them is because of his contract no other reason why. He should be happy Harden came over because that gave people like you a an excuse for his weak play but your dude proved he is a cowardly lion when the going gets tough he tucks his balls and becomes a pussy westbrook put that pressure on him and he ran when mario muthafucking chalmers and norris cole embarrassed him, shumpert saved him when rubio and jose was lightin that ass up.

He had a good run but so did collison and flip murray and nobody makes threads on these niggas

So like i said earlier i predict he will be coming off the bench and average 9 pts 3 ast with 4 turnovers now hit my damn theme music

http://youtu.be/7cPqVuq3DDw?t=3m37s

See this is perfect a basketball post where you talk about Lin. I don't agree but I can fuck with this. Not his or my dick size.

Again out of character. You typed a long ass response with so e actual analysis instead of just dick siZe one liners. Thanks and peace.

>He had a good run but so did collison and flip murray and
>nobody makes threads on these niggas


If you want to clown Lin for falling off...that's fine...but to put his "run" on the same level as flip and Darren collision is simply not accurate...

Lin put up some numbers ridiculous damn numbers for that run.... I mean he put up numbers in his first starts in the nba that only people like Wilt and them put up in their first NBA starts....

Collison nor flip did anything close to that so you shouldn't be comparing their "runs"...

Lin busted a lot of ass during that run..... lots and lots....against all stars.... Deron Williams.... the 38 he put on the Lakers Kobe was guarding him for some of that....

I don't give a fukk how far he falls all.....he ain't got to give back them ass busts he put on them dudes.....

Bob Beamon ain't have to give back his medal or record after he never jumped even close to that far again...

all that "if he were black he'd just be an average player" shit is that bitch ass isiah Thomas type of shit......

Lin did that shit...he's talented...in the right circumstance he could be an effective ball player...he more than proved that...

if someone wants to pull for the guy to get that fire back....fukk it...I'm pullin for the guy..he brought some excitement to the league and whupped up on some all stars during his "run".

it's not that serious.

people have said worse

and yes ...sadly, China is raping Africa....not at all symbiotic relationship

again, i ain't the apology police and i know shawn a good dude, but that was just extra.

what Shawn says to piss off a msg board troll?

Nah.

shawn took it africa to insult "blackness"...if he'd kept it here and partied on the social and economic ills of "blackness" in america, which we're all familiar with, i doubt there'd be much understanding. if he'd partied on high crime rates and poverty, dudes would be yelling foul ball.

again...all i'm saying is this sets a bad precedent.

this is where mods should actually enforce some rules, so shawn doesn't feel it's necessary to fight fire with nukes.

but, i get it. believe me.

this is where mods should actually enforce some rules

>this is where mods should actually enforce some rules


Yeah...the first rule that should be enforced is pointing out when Smash-Yo-Bitch is on his troll-just-to--be-trolling bullshit...

He started this crap...Now he wants to come off all serious now...lol...This fool calls people out of their names and disrespects people so much it's not even funny....And he tried to slyly throw a little Asian dick joke humor in the mix....

*I see it*....

so, yeah, mods should have called him out on the asian joke right away. because if rule are so loose around here that it's just gonna be all-out racial insults...yeah, too far.

>so, yeah, mods should have called him out on the asian joke
>right away. because if rule are so loose around here that it's
>just gonna be all-out racial insults...yeah, too far.



My dude....

you're so offended by what Shawn said when you got shit like this out there...

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2102936&mesg_id=2102936&page=

Stick to the sports agendas and take that fake indignance shit over to GD, it'll play better over there

That post is a bad look for a lot of cats

And Shawn is a good dude...wasn't offended in the least by what he said, especially since dude came at him first

Cats gotta realize that Jigga line rings true...don't let me do it to you dunny cause I'll overdo it

lets not forget all the "Jrue Holiday looks like a slave" jokes that people giggle and laugh over.


>you're so offended by what Shawn said when you got shit like
>this out there...
>
>http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2102936&mesg_id=2102936&page=
>
>Stick to the sports agendas and take that fake indignance shit
>over to GD, it'll play better over there

>lets not forget all the "Jrue Holiday looks like a slave"
>jokes that people giggle and laugh over.
>

with you and truth, the carry over from hurt agenda-related feelings to PERSONAL assessments of me has been ASTOUNDING in the past year. and it's because BOTH of you poked at me with your inferior fandom (you with that o-state b-ball garbage and him with brad beal's ram man built ass )...and now you both feign insult about things i say that everyone here says.

so, here's what i'll do. both y'all on zeno and 2008-B9 status with me right now. i'll just CB EVERYTHING y'all say directed at me.

now, we ain't even got no problems.

there is a world beyond sports that we can talk about

you've said worse than shawn (so have I)...i guess it sucks that the search function works huh?

no one really cares

relax

I mean like it wasn't subtle. Dude just kinda went in on an Asian stereotype early in a post that had no shit about it. Ill be honest- when I first saw it I thought he was calling lin the blurry dick asian.

But yea that wasn't a subtle jab at me at all. No mistake to be made.

I mean maybe its just cause its his schtick but again I'm happy dude finally got serious for once.

over a small comment Shawn
>made when he may or may not have mistook a comment to be a
>racial slur
>
>relax, again....it's not that serious.
>

over agendas if I remember correctly you were saying that Rivers was better than Beal

crush on Jamele Hill

i mean, you can cyse it like i'm "busted" here, but i have no ulterior motives.

again, i'm not being indignant. i've suggested no apology. i know enough of shawn to now he meant no ill will. my point is that if stuff like that happens and the goal is to then out-racial insult each other, it's gonna get ugly on this board.

and you're doing pretty much the same here.

I didn't give them much time to do anything. It mighta been 30 minutes max before I responded.

But I didn't "take it to Africa". I mean my barn was specifically pointed at him because he's Naija - or at least claims to be- and that's his online character. It wouldn't have made any sense for me to drop a bomb on black Americans. It woulda been outta place and really just a huh?
>
>shawn took it africa to insult "blackness"...if he'd kept it
>here and partied on the social and economic ills of
>"blackness" in america, which we're all familiar with, i doubt
>there'd be much understanding. if he'd partied on high crime
>rates and poverty, dudes would be yelling foul ball.
>
>again...all i'm saying is this sets a bad precedent.
>
>this is where mods should actually enforce some rules, so
>shawn doesn't feel it's necessary to fight fire with nukes.
>
>but, i get it. believe me.

>again, i ain't the apology police and i know shawn a good
>dude, but that was just extra.

I think it was extra for a logical reason...

I think homie took Smash's initial post as some small-dick Asian shit...I think that set Shawn off and made him go to a place where we are not used to seeing him go...A place where Shawn now understands was harsh....

But...

When we are confronted with what we PERCEIVE to be racial barbs at times we fire back accordingly....Not saying dude was all the way in the right....But I can see how this all went down...

>It was out of pocket. Its out of character for me so I think
>it caught a lot of folks off guard. Like I said, I get why
>people would be upset about it but not apologetic.
>
>It got his clown ass to come out of character cause he was
>rightfully upset in post 23. Good. Dude runs around posting
>out of pocket shit behind an alias and a character. I said my
>shit. Under my screen name. Nobody hacked my shit. It did what
>it was supposed to.
>
>Sometimes folks just need a little dick check from time to
>time (pun intended?). Asian stereotypes aren't cool either.
>Especially when the OG post had nothing to do with no shit
>like that. I didnt attack one of his "big dick" players,
>nothing.
>
>Thats the first time he ever came out of character. Im moving
>on and won't say anything like it again with him.

if people don't have anything meaningful to contribute to a post with a clearly indicated thread title, they can move on. to pop some small minded personal attack shit that is TOTALLY irrelevant, he opened himself up for whatever he got. good job.

>>It was out of pocket. Its out of character for me so I
>think
>>it caught a lot of folks off guard. Like I said, I get why
>>people would be upset about it but not apologetic.
>>
>>It got his clown ass to come out of character cause he was
>>rightfully upset in post 23. Good. Dude runs around posting
>>out of pocket shit behind an alias and a character. I said
>my
>>shit. Under my screen name. Nobody hacked my shit. It did
>what
>>it was supposed to.
>>
>>Sometimes folks just need a little dick check from time to
>>time (pun intended?). Asian stereotypes aren't cool either.
>>Especially when the OG post had nothing to do with no shit
>>like that. I didnt attack one of his "big dick" players,
>>nothing.
>>
>>Thats the first time he ever came out of character. Im
>moving
>>on and won't say anything like it again with him.
>
>if people don't have anything meaningful to contribute to a
>post with a clearly indicated thread title, they can move on.
>to pop some small minded personal attack shit that is TOTALLY
>irrelevant, he opened himself up for whatever he got. good
>job.
>
>

i swear the last few Rockets games i watched last season: Lin dribbles the ball past half court, passes to Harden and then rushes to the corner and waits with the rest of the team to see what play Harden is going to make. most times never seeing the ball again that possession. i'm sorry but that's not a point guard. if that's how they plan to use Lin, then i fear we're never gonna see his true potential.

interestingly when Harden ain't playing you get games like this against the Spurs ... http://youtu.be/W4BwCVbVFMo (38 pts, 7 asts, 3 rbds, 2 stls, 2 blks)

not saying he's going to go off for nearly 40 or even 30 every game, but he clearly has more talent than they're allowing him to show. not sure what the game plan is going to be now that Howard is in the mix, but it will be interesting to see if Harden still gunning this year or not.




sigh, we should have kept him. i still stand by that.

Lin goes for 19 pts 11 rebs

http://youtu.be/Fv0PEul_kg4

The problem with your theory is that Harden is one of the most efficient scorers in the NBA when you look at him statistically across all categories.

I do agree though that having Lin pass to harden and run into the corner is silly. Not because it takes the ball out of lins hands necessarily - but because it then conversely puts Lin into a situation where he is most inefficient.

Watching rockets games I do think there's space for mchale to get them to share the ball more. There was one sticky point during our mid season losing streak and then again towards the end of the season where harden was forcing lots of shots and trying to drive and dry fouls and not getting calls. Jeremy can really help on nights like that.
I've said this before but I was surprised after watching jeremy in NY - how good of a passer/playmaker he was in Houston. He had better vision and court sense than I remember him showing in Ny and showed he wasn't as turnover prone as we thought him to be.

On the flip side it's Jeremy's responsibility to get better as a shooter so he can k mock down open looks he's presented with.

There might just not be much for him to do.

But if he can improve those #'s and play solid d and get some steals, he'll show his worth.

would be about 50-60 over the course of the season.

Maybe thats generous, maybe thats conservative - but off the top of my head. Id say that #. He also made some plays so I dont wanna totally disparage him. But his stone hands and weird finishing near the hooop (not counting every pass he took - but just times when he blew a play I think Dwight would finish - or one that Tyson woulda finished.


that comes out to .6-.7 more assists per game

new window of passes that he wouldn't even throw or shouldn't throw to asik

there are also passes you'd throw to 12 that you just won't throw to asik.

I'm excited to see it. He ayes well with Tyson

He plays passing angles very well

Problem is other areas of his d...he gambles a lot and he has a tough time keeping cats in front of him. Plus, since he does gamble, he bites off fakes

I can't criticize him TOO much for not being able to keep cats like Westbrook and Curry and Parker in front of him, but he'll get better with his defense.

Plus, the Rockets as a whole are a terrible defensive team. Only 3 players were actually decent to good defenders (Beverley, Parsons, and Asik at times)...so I can't put it on him completely

seems appropriate.

what the shit.

-----------
Y'all stupid...should've tanked for Lebron/Wiggins in 2014 -Rex LongFellow

It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

and stop being so goddam racist

edit: it was more the randomness of going in with a horribly offensive stereotype out of nowhere in a location with few to none of the group that just got racially attacked that i was going for.

-----------
Y'all stupid...should've tanked for Lebron/Wiggins in 2014 -Rex LongFellow

It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-wagner/china-and-nigeria-neocolo_b_3624204.html

Slightly more geopolitically aware now.

He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!(c)Shawn Connery

14.5, 7.5 1.75 spg %46.5 fg %36.5 3ptfg

oh and re: the video,
I hate when athletes play dumb.
jeremy lin you're a harvard econ grad.
you can't say you don't want to be defined by linsanity
and then say it in the damn video.
mind you you trademarked the phrase.

don't become a cynical dumbass. you know better.

>oh and re: the video,
>I hate when athletes play dumb.
>jeremy lin you're a harvard econ grad.
>you can't say you don't want to be defined by linsanity
>and then say it in the damn video.
>mind you you trademarked the phrase.

>He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to
>the morgue!(c)Shawn Connery
>
>14.5, 7.5 1.75 spg %46.5 fg %36.5 3ptfg
>
>oh and re: the video,
>I hate when athletes play dumb.
>jeremy lin you're a harvard econ grad.
>you can't say you don't want to be defined by linsanity
>and then say it in the damn video.
>mind you you trademarked the phrase.
>
>don't become a cynical dumbass. you know better.
>
>
>
>
>

But in the video wasn't he saying he DOESN'T want to be defined by linsanity? Do you just mean he should t be bringing up the phrase if he doesn't want to be tied to it? There was some confusion in the clutchfans post cause the guy who posted the video called the post return of linsanity- and doe
Posters there thought that was the actual name of the video. If that were the car then yea, that's be dumb.

I'd love to really sit down and talk to jeremy. Unfortunately in some ways he seems kinda smart dumb. His family and friends kinda describe him with this sense of goofy aloofness. So he could just be one of this books art Asians. I'm interested to find out more a out his take on Christianity. Is it more evangelical or more social justice.

>I'd love to really sit down and talk to jeremy. Unfortunately
>in some ways he seems kinda smart dumb. His family and friends
>kinda describe him with this sense of goofy aloofness. So he
>could just be one of this books art Asians. I'm interested to
>find out more a out his take on Christianity. Is it more
>evangelical or more social justice.
When he said that dumb shit on the Knicks that he was 85% away from being 65% ready to play, I had the side-eye like YOU went to HARVARD?

More than likely, he's still adjusting to THIS level of lights. They died down a lot in Houston because the media isn't nearly as aggressive and because of Harden and now D12. I just think that he's not quick with media responses and is still learning how to handle them in the spotlight.

He'll NEVER live down Linsanity. That's a plus and a minus. If he doesn't stick in the league, the media will use that to kick him when he's down. If he gets somewhat respectable #'s, he'll look like an average PG. If he does, or somehow exceeds it, the lights get brighter no matter where he goes. He'll be a beacon for Asian-American NBA players, and he's not ready to carry that torch by himself.

He's gotta learn to have better answers with the media though.

and team lin could have worded it so much better
"i don't want to be defined by my past"
"my past was my past, my future is now"

but when you use the word you don't want to be linked to? cmon.

do I think he set out to do that? prob not. is there some smart person on his team who shouldn't let that pass? definitely. considering he had to do audio they knew would be part of the video.

he's literally just using the word to say he doesn't want to be defined by it. there's nothing unclear about what he said.

and re: the trademark. you trademark something that's yours so that others don't make a profit off of it w/o you getting a cut. i'm sure there were plenty bootleg linsanity products out there before that (think my brother has a shirt actually). it doesn't even mean you're going to do anything with the trademark, just that no one else can w/o your consent.

But yea jeremy still does them OKS #s

Smh

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=AiAVXlpLr8vyFVrenyJqWbSkvLYF?gid=2013020510

Lol funny enough though he played some of his best ball vs gstate

3-1

19.8 pts 6.8 ass and 2.5 rebs on 48% and 50% from three.

>http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=AiAVXlpLr8vyFVrenyJqWbSkvLYF?gid=2013020510
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>Lol funny enough though he played some of his best ball vs
>gstate
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>3-1
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>19.8 pts 6.8 ass and 2.5 rebs on 48% and 50% from three.





considering he was playing against an actual, elite point guard worth talking about

of course hes gunna show out....


....then flame out vs any other team.

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/full-speed-ahead


Full Speed Ahead
August 12, 2013 1:04 pm EDT
Q&A with Jeremy Lin on offseason improvement, mental toughness and putting everything in proper perspective

Jason Friedman
Rockets.com

HOUSTON - You likely need no introduction to the Jeremy Lin story. Since he burst onto the international stage in early 2012, his every pass, dribble and shot have been dissected in ways the 24-year-old never could have imagined or braced for back when he was entering the league as an undrafted rookie out of Harvard. Now, however, the newness of that unexpected fame has faded, making way for a new normal: a reality that�s less about learning how to handle life beneath the microscope and more intent upon his perpetual quest for self-improvement � both on and off the court.

Rockets.com�s Jason Friedman caught up with Lin over the weekend, and what follows is a transcript of a conversation touching upon everything from the intricacies of playing the point guard position to accepting the elements of life that lie outside of his control.

JCF: How would you compare this summer to last year�s? I know last year was so chaotic for you, not just switching teams, but also having to rehab coming off of knee surgery. I assume this offseason has been a completely different experience for you from that standpoint.

JL: Last year was a lot more rehab-oriented. Last year was actually a very frustrating summer of training because I was supposed to be ready a lot earlier, but the first two to three months of the summer just didn�t go as planned. This summer has been filled with great health, allowing me to work on different things every day. It�s been a lot easier in terms of knowing what each day is going to bring; I�m not sitting here guessing whether my knee is going to feel good or if I�m going to be able to do this or that. I know what I�m doing, I have a great team around me, and this year things have been so much more focused and everything�s been going according to plan.

JCF: So what are you primarily focused on from an improvement standpoint? I imagine shooting is probably right up near the top of the list.

JL: Yeah, shooting and doing a lot of lefty stuff � hopefully that will show that I�ve gotten a lot better at those things.

I would say another big thing has been posture. That might not sound like much, but it�s a big deal for me because it made me slower in the past. That�s more of a defensive-oriented improvement I�m trying to make.

JCF: So when you say posture, do you mean it in terms of improving your defensive stance from a balance standpoint so you can more readily and efficiently change directions? Can you go into some detail regarding the recognition of that being an issue and how it�s supposed to manifest itself into on-court results?

JL: My strength coach, Daryl Eto, thought that I had really bad posture and knew that that meant, as an athlete, I was moving less efficiently than I should be. So we addressed it and he came up with a plan to specifically improve that.

It can be frustrating at times because it�s like relearning the most basic of basic things which in this case is your stance and basic movement patterns. It�s not easy to relearn something at the age of 24 that you�ve been doing since you were a kid.

JCF: And this is something that is designed to help you more on the defensive end?

JL: Yeah, the idea is not so much to be more upright, but to have less concave of a back. One example is that if you look at Derek Fisher in his stance, he looks like an athlete. If you look at me, I look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame (laughs).

JCF: I remember when we spoke earlier in the summer you mentioned that another thing you wanted to focus on was improving your mental toughness. How does one go about the process of making yourself mentally tougher and stronger?

JL: I think a lot of it comes from your mentality in training. For example: working on how your mind responds in certain situations like when you miss your first shot of a game or a drill. So whether I�m playing pick-up, or in a league or I�m just doing shooting drills, I�m constantly saying, �Next one�s in, next one�s in� in order to train my thought process so that my confidence never wavers and I never even allow any sort of doubt to trickle in.

JCF: Because mental toughness is more an intangible than a tangible thing, are you able to notice actual improvements in that area, or is that something that you really can�t know until the real games start and you�re in the heat of the battle?

JL: You can notice improvement. There are little things here and there that show your progress. But at the end of the day, it�s kind of like taking a big test: you can prepare and prepare and prepare, but if you freeze when it really counts then it�s all for nothing and you�re not going to get the results you worked for.

So I�m training every single day and I can definitely see how things are better and different, but at the end of the day, the only results that really matter for athletes is what happens during the game.

JCF: Well you�re a Harvard guy, so you should be used to cramming for tests and then acing them, right?

JL: (laughs) Not the acing part, but the cramming part is definitely something I�m familiar with.

JCF: Well to that end, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about the playoffs. You and I have spoken before about how your play the last few months of the season really picked up from how you started � you hit nearly 40 percent of your 3s from February 1 on, for example � then the playoffs began, you got hurt in the first half of Game 2, and your year ended on a negative note.

Now that you�ve had a few months to distance yourself from that postseason experience, how do you look back on it now? Can you put it all in the proper perspective and rationally realize that a disappointing couple weeks shouldn�t diminish the significance of months of significant improvement?

JL: It definitely didn�t end the way I wanted it to end. I try to remind myself of those times when I�m training.

One of the worst feelings as a player is the feeling of being out on the court and feeling like you�re unable to do anything or unable to make an impact or unable to control the game, especially as a point guard. I have that memory, I know what it feels and tastes like. Throughout the offseason I�ve been trying to keep that fresh in my mind while I�m working so that I don�t ever have to feel that again.

JCF: The last time we spoke was when you were in LA and the team�s informal mini-camp had just begun. I�ve talked to people who were there and watched you play, and the consensus seems to be that you were looking quicker and stronger than ever before. Are you able to gauge where you�re at as a player versus where you want to be from workouts like that?

JL: It�s tough to say because it�s so different in the summer. People�s mentalities are different, the intensity isn�t the same, there is no structure and so you get a lot of people freelancing and some people are just naturally better at that than others. So only so much can be taken from that.

For me, my focus is just to keep getting better, keep getting better and I trust that, when the time comes, the results will be there. In a lot of ways, it�s just learning to leave the unknown to God, and what I�m not that great at I�m going to keep working on it. Whether I have a good workout or a bad workout, I can say that I�ve put in the time and usually what that means is I�m getting better.

So I guess what I�m saying is my measure for success isn�t so much determined by how I do in those specific workouts.

JCF: That�s fair, and it also brings me to my next question which is to get you to try to assess where you think you are as a point guard. It�s no secret that this league is filled with so many very good, great and Hall-of-Fame-caliber point guards. Where do you feel like you�re at, especially as a guy who naturally came into the league approaching it more from a score-first mentality to now transitioning to more of a traditional playmaking role, especially given that you play with an All-Star who�s exceptional with the ball in his hands in James Harden, and another superstar in Dwight Howard who�s going to need the ball a good bit as well?

JL: You know, I haven�t really thought that far ahead. Honestly, I don�t know how to respond to that question right now. It�s a good question, but for me I haven�t really thought too much about that because I try not to worry too much about that sort of thing because you just never know what�s going to happen. Someone can get hurt. Someone can get traded. And suddenly everything you spent all this time thinking about is completely different. You just never know.

So for me, the summer is a time when I don�t really think about all that excess stuff. Each and every day is just about: how can I get better every day? I�m not too worried about fitting in because I don�t yet know what that�s going to look like. I won�t have a tangible understanding of what everything will look like until we all get together for training camp. But from a skill standpoint I know very clearly what I need to get better at.

It is a league full of great, great point guards. But one thing I learned through my first few years in the league is just to work, work, work and focus on that because everything else is out of your control. Would I have known that my first breakout game was going to be against Deron Williams? Of course I couldn�t have ever imagined that would happen, that I�d have a great game against him and be right there with him when it comes to going back-and-forth. I had no idea. That�s not what I was planning for, but that was just the result of all the work I�d put in every single day. That�s the only thing I can control.

JCF: That�s an awesome answer which is too bad because now it means I�m about to make the worst segue of all time. I wanted to steal a question from Zach Lowe who likes to pose this query to point guards: We all know this is a pick-and-roll league and in Dwight Howard you now have perhaps the premier pick-and-roll roll man on the planet. So when you�re running the pick-and-roll, what are you reading, what are you keying on so that you can exploit the defense? Are you focused more on your defender, or the big man charged with defending the play?

JL: First and foremost, I look at the big man who�s guarding whoever is setting the pick. That�s the first read because if he�s not there then you don�t have to worry about everything.

Then it�s important to see how he�s playing you because if it�s a Miami trap type thing, you need to know ahead of time that, �I need to get the ball to my big or to some other release, and I need to do it quickly.� Now if it�s Tim Duncan and he�s kind of �soft� showing and he�s kind of zoning you up, then you know you�re going to have a little more time to make your decision and he�s not going to give you anything right away; you�re going to have to be patient. Then there are some guys who just aren�t disciplined and you can split the screen and blow by them, or some guys are slow and you can exploit certain things. So that�s the first thing I look at.

Now the fact that Dwight Howard will be rolling down the paint is going to greatly affect how that big man plays me � how much space he gives me, how far up he gets on me, how much he commits to me � Dwight Howard is going to change all of that. Every team is going to approach it differently, but the end result is we�re going to have a lot more space to operate just by his mere presence on the floor.

JCF: I don�t want to ask you to give up any of your secrets, but is there one strategy for defending the pick-and-roll that you�re more wary of than others, or does it really just come down to the personnel in charge of running that strategy?

JL: I would say it has way more to do with the personnel. A great defender like a Tyson Chandler can play multiple types of pick-and-roll defense and do them all well whereas some guys just can�t do any of them well. And then when you look at systems, a team like San Antonio isn�t going to let you come off the pick-and-roll and get a layup, but you might see another team � and it doesn�t matter what system or coverage they run � you�re going to find a way to get a layup against them.

So much of it just comes down to who that big man is, how agile he is, how he uses his hands, how much he sells out, etc. Some guys, if you watch their feet carefully, they�ll sell out a lot of times and you can just tell when they don�t want to play defense. You can just look at their body position and know they�re not interested and know that you�re getting a layup. But you�ll never see that from a Tim Duncan.

JCF: No, you most definitely won�t. Wrapping up here, you�re about to embark on a nearly month-long trip to Asia. What�s the gist of what this trip is all about for you?

JL: It�s everything from endorsement appearances: public appearances, photo shoots, commercial shoots. That�s one aspect and the other is a basketball camp that we�re doing for the kids which for me is all about giving back to the game and growing the game. Then I�ll also be doing a lot of charity work; there are certain things I�ll be doing in Taiwan and China that are on my heart. Then the last thing is my evangelical event to share my testimony. Every year I write up a testimony about what God has taught me in the last year and I share that with whoever will listen.

JCF: Do you feel like your life, after the roller coaster and the resulting international celebrity, has at least reached some sort of equilibrium, if not normalcy, now?

JL: Oh, for sure. It�s much more normal now. Part of it is things have died down a bit from the whole Linsanity era but the other part has to do with adjusting and coming to accept that this is my life and this is what my life will look like now � that�s just the reality. So it�s a little bit of both, but it�s definitely a lot more normal than it had been in the past. That�s one thing I love about coming back home (to California): when I do come home, everything seems a lot more normal.

JCF: So it sounds like over the last year or so you�ve learned how to better deal with the inherent instability of life in the NBA. To a certain extent there�s education, to a certain extent there�s acceptance, and then to a certain extent it�s just the realization that so much is out of your control so you just have to focus on how you�re going to respond to whatever situation comes your way.

I know that makes it sound so simple � and I know it�s not � but is that basically what this last year-plus has been about for you?

JL: Yeah, I would say that�s true for everybody in their life, but it�s just been more magnified for my life over the last year. You summed it up really well. It�s just learning to take what comes in the journey of life. For me it�s understanding how to respond or react, or to be that person who uses the platform in the way God is calling me to do.

For me, going back to Asia and doing these things, that�s important to me because it reminds me: this is why God has put me here � it�s for this evangelical event, or the charity work, or growing the game. Even the endorsement side, it�s building the brand or building the platform and gaining that leverage so that when you do want to do something or do have a message, people will listen. I think it�s all intertwined with the bigger picture.

JCF: Last question, Jeremy, and it�s far and away the most important: Have you completely caught up on your Naruto watching, or are you still way behind?

JL: (laughs) I�m in a serious stall. I was going strong for a little bit and then once my training ramped up it kind of got lost in the shuffle. But that�s a great point you brought up. That�s the most important thing and I will absolutely get back on that (laughs). My little brother loves watching so he talks about it a lot. I need to be able to keep up with the conversation.

JCF: Well I don�t know how much free time you�re going to have in Asia, but maybe when you�re hanging out in your hotel room you can crank out a few episodes here and there.

JL: Sounds like a good plan. I�m on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5RzI6_4-_jQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnTK5tRnpdw&feature=youtu.be&t=1h6m12s

Lol none of his jokes translated. The crowd was just stone faced on his one liners and laughed at other shit.

Overall he was pretty honest. Talked about thinking he was going to be the cornerstone of the franchise, to being worried about losing his job as a starter in December.

what are yall gonna say when he balls this year - whether its as a starter or as the 6th man?


In his one game off the bench he looked great and had more freedom. Im fine with that role too. Like I said, this was never about Beverley - cause Beverley is a hell of a player too. But no he can't be because that would shit on the story of Morey being a shitty shitty GM.


You cant have it both ways guys.

I made a post about how he sonned Jrue and got accused of being hype about a preseason play. Obviously Im a bigger fan of Jlin, but Beverley is a hell of a player.

Personally I think Lin is a better fit with the first unit cause hes a better playmaker and scorer. Beverley is a better defender and an elite rebounder at the guard spot.

Lin is able to run the pick and roll better and Beverley's energy is good for the 2nd unit.
Lots of people think because Lin's a better scorer we need him off the bench because the second unit gets stagnant. Its a great lucury for the Rockets to have


Here's a picture of the kid with Bev

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22668142@N00/10218053563/

Cause we sure ain't talking bout how good he's playing and the 8-8 from the line

They finna get top 10 production from the pg spot for 6 million bucks.

show me, don't tweet me (c) KD

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2050980&mesg_id=2050980&listing_type=search#2164050

First it was Shump
Now Beverley


He might end up being the Matt Flynn of PGs

>First it was Shump
>Now Beverley
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>
>He might end up being the Matt Flynn of PGs

stick to what you know fam...not sure what that is tho?

Shump was a first round draft pick for the Knicks who needed help at the guard position.

Shump can run the 1 or the 2

Shump showed that he was a beast on the perimeter D during Lin's 2 weeks of fame

Shump handled the rock when Lin got hurt and played solid all the way to the playoffs

Shump was giving Wade the fits before he got hurt...





Jeremy Lin was a good story, but a guard that can't go left and doesn't D up isn't going to cut it.



The Knicks knew what they had in Iman and said fuck it...when he comes back, he will still be more effective with his perimeter D than Lin and if you think Lin is better than Shump or Beverley then you are Shawnmeslanted or crazy.




Stick to what you know and that is not winning shit in basketball...


Sorry ass franchise

>Shump was a first round draft pick for the Knicks who needed
>help at the guard position.

valid
>
>Shump can run the 1 or the 2

No shump played poorly at the 1 which is why the knicks were using melo at the point before melo said um, play lin.

>Shump showed that he was a beast on the perimeter D during
>Lin's 2 weeks of fame

valid
>
>Shump handled the rock when Lin got hurt and played solid all
>the way to the playoffs

No, when Lin got hurt baron davis started handling the rock. Shump averaged 8.6 points a game in April once lin went down. In fact, that month was his lowest scoring month that season (it got lower every month)
>
>Shump was giving Wade the fits before he got hurt...

those 19 minutes?
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So if shump made lin expendable, why did the knicks go out and get felton. Not only did they get felton, they played kidd and prigioni at point before they played shump at point.

shump played 22 mins a game last season son.

And i'm a huge shump fan btw.

The notion that shump can play the 1 is laughable.
Shit coming into his third year dolan was considering trading him and he hadn't sewn up his starting spot

And like you I'm a shump fan

fire under him. I'm still not sure how good he can be on offense. Obviously his defense is amazing (although he had some brain farts last season) but last season, he was way too passive on offense especially since he was often guarded by 4's.

lmao just stfu and sit down. you made something up, got called out on it, and now made up an irrelevant plea. Just take your L and keep it moving.

Cool?

Got me


Shump still better than Lin



Beverley too



Will Bynum too

And I'm offended that he felt the need to apologize.

Anyone suggesting otherwise is a heartless pussy dripping
with double standards.

That's not real nigga shit there.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but the first wrong sets
the ground rules.

You wanna talk about little dicks, be prepared to have your
country's economy pissed on

If I was Shawn, I woulda talked about e-mail scams, terrorists
murdering college kids in the middle of the night, and the most
fucked up corrupt, cheating ass scumbag politicians in the world,
like, by far.

Dick talk is only appropriate if you're actually interested in
my dick, as some of you probably are. That's a sexuality discussion,
however, and is a different matter. Simply state whether you like
dick or not, and then I can choose to ignore it.

If you're doing it to be cute, be prepared for me to dig up sexual
stories about your girlfriend. Don't be talking about another nigga's
dick on some agenda shit. Nah.

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

lol at that dude. Like I said. I was happy. He trolls hard - that was literally the first time Ive seen him switch up his troll game cause his panties got bunched up. I won.

of shit in a discussion about professional athletes

http://soundcloud.com/djshinobishaw
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http://twitter.com/DJShinobiShaw
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PSN: ShinobiShaw

"Arm Leg Leg Arm How you doin?" (c)T510

who else gets to play in the country where his parents were fuckin born. Gimme a fuckin break

>who else gets to play in the country where his parents were
>fuckin born. Gimme a fuckin break

>what are yall gonna say when he balls this year - whether its
>as a starter or as the 6th man?

seeing that he avgd 12pts last year, how would you define Lin "ballin"?
like, what kinda stat line would that be?

i must admit, you making a lotta dudes mad by rooting for a dude that barely avgs double digit points.

you think Lin is worth the $15M he is due next season?
i believe his contract was 5/5/15 guaranteed, right?

Pick one.

Second for the love of God can we stop with the $15m question?
The question is will he have been worth $25m over the 3 yrs of his contract.

The 15m is a balloon payment of the 6.6m he's owed and his full cap hit of $8.3 mil

The only person that matters to is the owner. That number doesn't affect the teams ability to conduct business one bit.

OK.

>OK.


I hate these statistical prediction. Ive never really made one in my two years of following Lin. I generally dont like to make them for players because it really depends on the situation. I watch every game so the main question for me is whether or not he's helping them win. Last year, i'd say yes he was well worth the $5 million (since you want to play the $15 million game).

Without him, the Rockets wouldnt have made the playoffs. He had some great games, good games, and bad games. Id say a decent year for a first year starting pg.

This year he could come off the bench. Im not even mad at that. He'd have the ball with more room to operate- and could play a manu role for the Rockets. Isay manu cause thats more of his game that Crawford or JR Smith (not better than them). He's just more of a playmaker than he is a scorer. He gets some steals and also makes bonehead plays like Manu. He's gonna play a key role to the Rockets success or lack there of.

I think this year he will clearly be worth $5. We'll see how he finishes this year before I make a prediction for two seasons from now.

I just dont understand how people can watch him play in a game like last night or any games hes played well and say he sucks. Like that shit is just clear hate. As one of his biggest supporters on the site ive always been fine pointing out his weaknesses.

And yes he is my favorite player because he's Asian. Absolutely no shame admitting that.

as far as the rox not making the playoffs without him,
i highly contest that
some great bench players in recent years that come to mind are:
odom
fish
jr smith
j harden

yeah, its cool you root for him cause he asian in a league dominated by blacks. but to say he is TOP TIER production levels is just wrong.
he may sell $25M worth of jerseys, hoto dogs and tickets, but i dont believe he is worth $25M on the court

kinda like random black folks rooting for the oddball black hockey player off GP.
or tiger before he became tiger.

maybe Lin is a force in the locker room leading the team prayer or something. i dunno.

based on his play, stats and contracts of his peers?

ps what was your point in naming the different great bench players?

Ive also never said he was top tier

i think dude is good roster filler
not an impact player
but he's worth 200 replies on OKS tho

>And yes he is my favorite player because he's Asian.
>Absolutely no shame admitting that.
In that case then you should have no issues w/ folks not hyping him up b/c he has slanted eyes. White folks have yellow fever so they are w/ y'all so no need to feel lonely.

Lin is a streaky shooter who excels at a high paced game. If you put his Harvard brain to a test in a half court game then his splutters unless his shot is on. Dragic on the other hand is a much better decision maker & can get to the cup as well as Lin, their shots are a wash....but Dragic is slightly better. Dragic is also a better on ball defender than Lin who is just a ball hawk. Everyone knows Morey let Dragic walk to keep the Asian contention from the Ming era happy.

Is what George hill jeff teague and mike Conley have done to earn longer contracts than lin at approximately the same $ figure and no one says shit
If you just don't like him say so.

14 and 6 will get you 8 mil in this league. It's a reality. accept it.

>Is what George hill jeff teague and mike Conley have done to
>earn longer contracts than lin at approximately the same $
>figure and no one says shit
>If you just don't like him say so.

i've said that
get your panties out of a bunch and realise you guys are cysing a lower mid-tier (at best) player

I wasnt the one who made this post go 200+ replies.

So now your argument is hes not worth all these replies on OKS, christ. LOL

People have all kinds of different agendas on this board. Im not the sole one upping this post so that it has 200 replies. You have a lot of guys who hate him for whatever reason come in and thats actually at least half of the lin posts.


See here you are contributing to the problem. How many posts in this thread in the last 30 minutes are by you?

>I wasnt the one who made this post go 200+ replies.
>
>So now your argument is hes not worth all these replies on
>OKS, christ. LOL
>
>People have all kinds of different agendas on this board. Im
>not the sole one upping this post so that it has 200 replies.
>You have a lot of guys who hate him for whatever reason come
>in and thats actually at least half of the lin posts.


yeah, im not saying he's not worth 200 posts
he clearly is
he is a lightning rod for madmaking
you did good
shit, half these posts was about lil dicked azns

When panties and bunches get tossed around its to suggest said panty wearer is less than a man.
I'm gonna suspect this is your go to when logic fails.
Gotcha.
I was just about to get my innanet thug on but the God said chill �
You have a good one champ

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http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2215262&mesg_id=2215262&page=#2259060

interesting because he's not that good in the open court. Yes he likes high pace, but he's much better in the half court high pace than he is in the open court high pace.

>interesting because he's not that good in the open court. Yes
>he likes high pace, but he's much better in the half court
>high pace than he is in the open court high pace.

Manu?......dude isn't even on Dragic's level"
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Lin is a streaky shooter who excels at a high paced game. If you put his Harvard brain to a test in a half court game then his splutters unless his shot is on. Dragic on the other hand is a much better decision maker & can get to the cup as well as Lin, their shots are a wash....but Dragic is slightly better. Dragic is also a better on ball defender than Lin who is just a ball hawk. Everyone knows Morey let Dragic walk to keep the Asian contention from the Ming era happy.

keeps popping to that filf post

http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingDrives.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=DVS_TOT&sortOrder=DES

in 10 years Uncle Truth gonna be at the Call Center breaking these printouts out of his double pleated dockers. Like yo, Jose, check this shit out fam.

But anyway it's 6 games, too small to sample.

You think Rose is staying a 28% shooter?

this cant be life

he was really working on that jumper over the summer though.

>he was really working on that jumper over the summer though.

The offense looks shitty. Its basically 2 different offenses with either Lin or Harden with the ball. When Harden has it he shoots or goes to the hole. If Lin has it, he drives.


Asik dropped at least one dime that jeremy gave to him. There was another where Jeremy passed to Harden for a 4 point play but oddly didnt get the assist. But yea right now our offense is a lot of ball stopping and iso or pick n rolls. Were not getting a lot of assists.

To compound that--were shooting 30% from 3 so even kick outs for wide open looks are bricking.

are you off the he's not that good train?

>are you off the he's not that good train?

Not really, he's a solid guy to have off the bench but if you have to rely on him as your starting pg you're not going to win a lot of games

Cry

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>>are you off the he's not that good train?
>
>Not really, he's a solid guy to have off the bench but if you
>have to rely on him as your starting pg you're not going to
>win a lot of games
>

50? a lot of teams would take 45 wins.

honestly, i respect that a whole lot more than people that declared they'd be watching him like a hawk while he recovered from an injury in preseason and then declared that they weren't interested anymore once his jimmy started falling.

but the numbers are what they are and the "goalposts" haven't really moved...http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2215262&mesg_id=2215262&page=#2215274

the 18ppg on 50% shooting is impressive but averaging almost as many turnovers as assists is not, I'm sorry.

good. And its the line you run repeatedly.

now you are saying he's a solid guy to have off the bench but not a starter.


That's called moving goalposts unless you are claiming an L (again)

that's just my opinion. He did lose his starting job to a guy they got off the scrap heap in the euroleague. That's not any kind or agenda spin or something I made up, that actually happened and it happened for a reason.

AT ALL.

Now you're saying he's a solid backup.

Either you're moving goalposts or admitting that you were wrong originally.

not that hard.

Could come in and do what he's doing.

could come in a take his spot...

Oh wait, that already happened, lol

You gonna drag this out, and them we gonna have to dig
ship up that you said

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lol

he lost his job to a d-leaguer. Try as you might, there's no getting around that FACT.

>Every thing I've said is the indisputable TRUTH

I guess predictions don't count as things you said.

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He did play for the knicks and played well. Then he went to the rox, got paid andplayed well.

Lol.

towards the end and sat out the rest of the season. Tried to play chicken with the Knicks and they didn't blink. They didn't feel he was worth paying starting pg money so they let him walk. He went to Houson and got benched for guy off the scrap heap. End of story.

let's break it down.


>RE: With Knicks he had a nice run of about 20-25 games

um, so he WAS and IS good enough to play

>kinda got exposed towards the end and sat out the rest of the season.
How did he get exposed..bc he had one bad game against the heat? lol. He was playing well up until the point he got injured.

>Tried to play chicken with the Knicks and they didn't blink. They
>didn't feel he was worth paying starting pg money so they let
>him walk.

Lie...Knicks would have easily matched if not for the luxury tax ramifications. Why you blatantly lying lol.

>He went to Houson and got benched for guy off the
>scrap heap.

Meanwhile, he's playing a bigger role with more minutes than he did last season. Houston found a way to utilize his skills by staggering the time he shares the floor with Harden.

>End of story.

If you manned up and took your L, but dragging this out is more fun.

just give it up.

is glad they didn't match that bs ass contract, Houston is stuck with him and they only reason he's getting run know is to try to boost his trade value so they can dump his ass.

and shooting 51,44 and 82.

yes, mchale is playing him down the stretch in close games to boost is trade value lolz.

you really are that old angry dude on the stoop mad that the kids playing ball in the park are having fun.

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He's putting up numbers against potential lotto teams that Patty Mills or Nate Robinson can run out of the gym. Dude was pretty mediocre against CP3 & Clips in 2 games so far. Holla at me when he puts up numbers (besides turnovers) against a team that plays playoff intensity defense in the regular season like Indy.

Or the time he went for 20-11 vs the bulls on Christmas Day.

Or that other time he went for 21 vs the spurs last season.

What about that game he put 29 on OKC the game harden dropped 40- that game had no intensity.

You wanna get all box score bobby - he had 20-8 vs the clippers this season too. Didn't know they were an elite playoff defense.


Oh I know I know. Time for goalposts to move. None of this matters for Jeremy Lin. Well have to wait until April until he does something in an actual playoff game.

>Or the time he went for 20-11 vs the bulls on Christmas Day.
>Or that other time he went for 21 vs the spurs last season.
>What about that game he put 29 on OKC the game harden dropped
>40- that game had no intensity.
LMAO at you listing ramdom REGULAR season game.....like I said Patty mill & 'em have dropped 25 & 5 in back to back games in the REGULAR SEASON. Shyt, Nate took over 4th quarters against the Heat & the Nets in the POST-SEASON but yet he's rotting at the end of the bench.

>You wanna get all box score bobby - he had 20-8 vs the
>clippers this season too. Didn't know they were an elite
>playoff defense.
CP3 mopped the floor w/ Lin......Bev actually fared better against CP. I p.s. Do you mean Lin dropped 20/8 in two game combined......lol.

>Oh I know I know. Time for goalposts to move. None of this
>matters for Jeremy Lin. Well have to wait until April until he
>does something in an actual playoff game.
I hopped on this agenda when he was wetting the bed in the OKC series. That was also Pat Bev's breakout series. Ain't Nobody Got Time To follow Lin's mediocre ass for 81 games. See Ya

He's putting up numbers against potential lotto teams that Patty Mills or Nate Robinson can run out of the gym. Dude was pretty mediocre against CP3 & Clips in 2 games so far. Holla at me when he puts up numbers (besides turnovers) against a team that plays playoff intensity defense in the regular season like Indy.


You said against a team that plays playoff intensity defense in the regular season like Indy. I named you 3 instances of regular season vs playoff intensity defense minded teams last season. If we go back 2 seasons we'd find more.

Like I said once I pointed to facts you moved goalposts and said he needed to do it in the actual playoffs.

He missed playoffs his first year and last year he got hurt.


And LMAO at you just jumping on that agenda in the playoffs. You been saying your typical snarky/snide one lines that most people ignore about Jeremy Lin since the beginning/middle of last season.




>>Or the time he went for 20-11 vs the bulls on Christmas
>Day.
>>Or that other time he went for 21 vs the spurs last season.
>>What about that game he put 29 on OKC the game harden
>dropped
>>40- that game had no intensity.
>LMAO at you listing ramdom REGULAR season game.....like I said
>Patty mill & 'em have dropped 25 & 5 in back to back games in
>the REGULAR SEASON. Shyt, Nate took over 4th quarters against
>the Heat & the Nets in the POST-SEASON but yet he's rotting at
>the end of the bench.
>
>>You wanna get all box score bobby - he had 20-8 vs the
>>clippers this season too. Didn't know they were an elite
>>playoff defense.
>CP3 mopped the floor w/ Lin......Bev actually fared better
>against CP. I p.s. Do you mean Lin dropped 20/8 in two game
>combined......lol.
>
>>Oh I know I know. Time for goalposts to move. None of this
>>matters for Jeremy Lin. Well have to wait until April until
>he
>>does something in an actual playoff game.
>I hopped on this agenda when he was wetting the bed in the OKC
>series. That was also Pat Bev's breakout series. Ain't Nobody
>Got Time To follow Lin's mediocre ass for 81 games. See Ya

>You said against a team that plays playoff intensity defense
>in the regular season like Indy. I named you 3 instances of
>regular season vs playoff intensity defense minded teams last
>season. If we go back 2 seasons we'd find more.
Indy is really the only team that prides themselves on playing D during the regular season game-in & game-out....Didn't Rio & the Heat pulverize Lin during Linsanity when they made it a point to check the dude?

>Like I said once I pointed to facts you moved goalposts and
>said he needed to do it in the actual playoffs.
I ALWAYS have stated the I need to see cats doing something in the post-season before I jump on their bandwagon. For example, I wasn't hyping Kawhi when folks were waxing poetic about him during the regular season including Pop.


>He missed playoffs his first year and last year he got hurt.
Excuses, excuses, excuses .....let's just hope he doesn't injured his boobies again this post-season & get outplayed by his backup.

>And LMAO at you just jumping on that agenda in the playoffs.
>You been saying your typical snarky/snide one lines that most
>people ignore about Jeremy Lin since the beginning/middle of
>last season.
I snark at anybody & everybody any chance I get if they have a nut-hugger fan base......I'm the type of dude that will kick a man in the nuts when he's down (see the post I made about Dirk).

game? lmao.

He had 14 and 8 and 6 and 7 and shot fine in both games.


LOL @ lets see him show and prove against the best defensive and best overall team in the league before he gets any credit.

lol

>LOL @ lets see him show and prove against the best defensive
>and best overall team in the league before he gets any
>credit.
The post-season is the REAL season. Putting up number against bottom feeders, some of whom happen to be taking is called empty stats. In the post-season cats are going to play D on par to Indy's regular season intensity, if Lin ain't up to the task for Indy then he might as well glue his butt to the bench & let Pat Bev run the show.

well against Indy or another high intensity defensive team in the playoffs?

If that is the standard for Lin, he already won.

no one in the lin brigade is surprised. We all said he needed to improve his jumper to become a better player. He said he worked on his jumper. He got better. It ain't rocket science.

its sad.

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>cause you thought one of us would do it--even though I don't do that with jeremy Lin posts. Then you got called out for being wrong, got embarrassed, and went in defense mode.

there are already a million posts out there about a dude who's "not that good", lol

>>cause you thought one of us would do it--even though I don't
>do that with jeremy Lin posts. Then you got called out for
>being wrong, got embarrassed, and went in defense mode.

What am I wrong about? Did Beverly take his job or not?

>What am I wrong about?

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=21&topic_id=88436&mesg_id=88436&page=2#88625

>
>>What am I wrong about?
>
>http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=21&topic_id=88436&mesg_id=88436&page=2#88625


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benched for Patrick Beverly, they try to "Cuban B" that shit, lol

last night patrick beverley started. he played 27 minutes.
last night jeremy lin came off the bench. he played 30.

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yet no one doubted he was one of their best players. criticizing someone for not "starting" is only relevant when it has affected their playing time. Lin's PT has actually gone up this season.

L.

>Lin's PT has actually gone up this season.

He's coming off the bench so that he can have the ball in his hands more.

He's playing more minutes and he's in the game in crunch time.

lost his job last year it was because Beverly is a better defender and Lin's shot wasn't falling and when his shot wasn't falling he was a liability on the court

started all 82 games. is playing better this year. just take the L, truth.

He started every game last season except for the last game of the playoffs when he played with a chest injury after missing the previous two.

Truth...u my dude...But you got to run for the hills with this one...It ain't worth it...lol

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benched in the 4th quarter and Beverly was playing more minutes than him in a lot of games down the stretch.

I'm let y'all cook now, but how about this, who wants to bet me that he'll shoot over 50% all season? or just the rest of the year? or the rest of the month?

keep redefining the term "good" and you'll never have to admit he's good, great plan! your standard for him now is shooting 50% as a PG, which happens like once or twice a season. of course no one would bet on that.

dude shoulda just took his L 2 years ago and kim.

Instead, Truth went crazy when lin struggled for a bit last season and got a little help from spm, ill jux, etc... now he the only idiot in here defending his ridiculous stance.

parameters of what they thought he could do. First they started out at 18&8 then I even let them back it down to 17&7. Those are the numbers THEY through out. Until he hits those averages I'm good.

(c) your dumb ass.

lmfao.

yeah i predicted 16 and 6 on 40% on a losing team before they got harden. Of course, those numbers are gonna change with Harden genius.

In any event, I'll take 18 and 5 on 50% and a winning team over what I predicted.

You took a huge L on this either way.

>(c) your dumb ass.
>
>lmfao.
>
>yeah i predicted 16 and 6 on 40% on a losing team before they
>got harden. Of course, those numbers are gonna change with
>Harden genius.
>
>In any event, I'll take 18 and 5 on 50% and a winning team
>over what I predicted.

lol@you thinking he'll keep that up all year

the point is that he can put up numbers that aren't 16 and 6 40% on a 20 win team that are better but your dumb ass will stay say he didn't reach that prediction.

Meanwhile anyone with a brain knows that he's good and that he's better than felton lolz

>parameters of what they thought he could do. First they
>started out at 18&8 then I even let them back it down to 17&7.
>Those are the numbers THEY through out. Until he hits those
>averages I'm good.


so if he was shooting 60% with 25 and 5 you'd say "NOPE! He didn't get to 7 assists!"

>
>so if he was shooting 60% with 25 and 5 you'd say "NOPE! He
>didn't get to 7 assists!"

but now that he did you still won't admit that he's good. your point is moot.

not sure what to make of it yet
this whole agenda started off a hot streak
so i'm not being moved either way yet, it's a long season and consistency seems to be his main issue

enough to play in the nba and that he'd never score 20 again.

The rest of your post is cool though.

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/402555958859014144/photo/1


Not that they needed help, but Sony just got some extra sales or people who want to buy it but cant.

your avy btw.

No more bottom feeders to pad stats against......shooting streak where art thou?.....Dude was the Weak-LIN-k tonight

he terrible send em to the dleague.

Nobody said Dirk couldn't score anymore........the point is/was Dirk isn't a leader & doesn't make his teammate better. Of course he still plays no defense & his rebounding numbers are laughable. Monta is out there playing like an all-star & playing the role of a go-to-guy in crunch time meanwhile Dirk just puts up 20 on 15 shots w/o drawing a double team & calls it a day. Dude is basically no better than Ryan Anderson at this point.

Hopefully the back isn't recurring.

He'll be starting for at least the next month

Btw

https://twitter.com/nbastats/statuse...43326406049792

FG% on Drives (*min. 5 Drives/Game)
1.@JLin7: 63.0%
2.@KingJames: 61.5%
3.@tonyparker: 57.3%
4.@dwyanewade: 56.9%
5.@mconley11: 56.8%

>FG% on Drives (*min. 5 Drives/Game)
>1.@JLin7: 63.0%
>2.@KingJames: 61.5%
>3.@tonyparker: 57.3%
>4.@dwyanewade: 56.9%
>5.@mconley11: 56.8%

He doesn't have a floater like Top5/Conley nor can he absorb contact like Wade/Bron but he has the ability to slither b/w defender & finish AT THE RIM. All he has to do is implement the PnR to get into the paint & force the defense to either help or stay.......teams aren't going to help off Beard/Parson spotting up nor Dwight/T-Jones rolling since they have been paying for it dearly. Thus, late/half assed rotations have clearly made life easier for Lin & he has taken advantage by making the most of his opportunities. It seems like has strayed away from the long 2pt shots...it's either drive on the PnR or spot up at the 3pt line when Beard or Parson are running the show.

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time.

put a fork in this poAst just like Anthony "Bust" Bennett

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NEW YORK -- New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton was arrested early Tuesday morning on three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, according to a New York Police Department spokesman.


Felton was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a firearm, which are felonies, and fourth-degree possession of a firearm, which is a misdemeanor, the spokesman said.

Felton is expected to appear in criminal court in Manhattan later Tuesday morning. The charges don't stem from him using the firearm in a menacing manner but of possessing a gun he wasn't registered to have, according to the spokesman.

Felton, 29, turned himself in at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday and was questioned at the 20th Precinct in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, hours after the Knicks' loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the spokesman said.

Felton signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Knicks prior to the 2012-13 season.

He has struggled this season, and the Knicks offered him in several trade packages prior to the Feb. 20 trade deadline but could not complete a deal.

New York City has strict gun possession laws.

In 2009, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison after accepting a plea deal on a firearm charge following an incident in which he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his thigh when his gun accidentally went off in a Manhattan nightclub. He faced a minimum sentence of 3� years if convicted at trial.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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for every 2 assists came a turnover
basically it's a must that houston move him and that 15 mil this offseason

4 teams in 5 years

for all the Morey is a genius talk

this contract and signing was still unnecessary

and I think we can say now, didn't work.

I forget the Floyd quote, but I'm starting to think he was right

Lin will get you numbers on a terrible team (like the NYK and the LAL this year)

on a good team he's just a role player and/or backup.

giving him props. LoL

Why do it to yourself again?

>giving him props. LoL
>
>Why do it to yourself again?

of course I rooted for him when he was a Laker, I had no choice.

Or when he consistently gets minutes on an nba team?

Those stats that you said he wouldnt.

And when you were 'giving him props' in 2013, he was a laker?

Stfu and go make a I hate gays post

>Or when he consistently gets minutes on an nba team?
>
>Those stats that you said he wouldnt.
>
>And when you were 'giving him props' in 2013, he was a laker?
>
>Stfu and go make a I hate gays post


lol

15,5, and 4 +21 in 18 minutes in a blowout vs the bulls.

Thanks Truth I needed this game for Survivor

I still have my logon so I guess not lol

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You said he didnt belong in the nba. Your jeremy lin agenda is the biggest L in the history of ok sports.

You’re still hurt by that.

Like we forgot all those Ls.

Sorry Truth, nothing personal. But All Stah used to fight against rounding. I gotta stay consistent.

And not lasting in the league. He dropped 38 on the lakers and you never recovered

on somebody's roster.. about as far as I'm willing to go with it



way too much hype for that little talent. Maybe R/NBA scarred me. Dudes on their trying to convince me Melo fucked up Linsanity. And that dude should be an all star

Guy was a decent role player for like 17 other teams, but Melo was “jealous” and ruined his career by.....coming back from injury and after he left by choice, saying his contract was “ridiculous” (due to the poison pill aspect of it, not because he got paid.....Melo and Lin been cool). Reddit fans are retarded.

well the highlights of Bron, Wade and Rio stealing a man's soul on family Television anyway.



Dude not wanting to even bring the ball up the court LOL.

The only bailout in that game was getting the ball to Melo (as far out of Lin's hands as humanely possible)


The Heat exposed him. And that was that.

in arguably the biggest media market in the nba

total nobody coming out of the ivy league with zero profile to having a long NBA career and pocketing some decent money. W

What we even talking about?

>What we even talking about?

He's a novelty act at this point. We all know how big the NBA is in China.

If his name was Jerry Long he'd have been gone.

good for him.

in a lot of ways Toronto is the perfect place for him right now. Like he said right after the move it felt like a cheat code for him to be able to join a contender like that. Despite Tor being #2 in the east right now, I feel like the East goes through them. All roads to the ring still go through Gstate but this is the most vulnerable they've looked to me the past 3 seasons.

After the knee injury last year and how he started the season, i was worried Lin might be done. He looked so slow at the beginning of the year and I remember how Zach Lowe wrote a blurb on how he was basically done. The week after that blurb, he ended up stepping it up and got hot and became one of the better bencg guards in the league. He's lost a step with his burts, but he's learned how to adapt his game to play within the margins a bit.

Everywhere he goes he helps boosts team culture and has just been a consummate pro


The Toronto fan base is perfect for him and the roster allows for him to play a mix of 1/2 which is a perfect role for him. I really hope he can stay injury free for awhile.

>in a lot of ways Toronto is the perfect place for him right
>now. Like he said right after the move it felt like a cheat
>code for him to be able to join a contender like that. Despite
>Tor being #2 in the east right now, I feel like the East goes
>through them. All roads to the ring still go through Gstate
>but this is the most vulnerable they've looked to me the past
>3 seasons.
>
>After the knee injury last year and how he started the season,
>i was worried Lin might be done. He looked so slow at the
>beginning of the year and I remember how Zach Lowe wrote a
>blurb on how he was basically done. The week after that blurb,
>he ended up stepping it up and got hot and became one of the
>better bencg guards in the league. He's lost a step with his
>burts, but he's learned how to adapt his game to play within
>the margins a bit.
>
>Everywhere he goes he helps boosts team culture and has just
>been a consummate pro
>
>
>The Toronto fan base is perfect for him and the roster allows
>for him to play a mix of 1/2 which is a perfect role for him.
>I really hope he can stay injury free for awhile.


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He clearly belongs in the nba getting reg minutes.