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2075367, i agree.
Posted by Guinness, Mon Nov-19-12 11:36 PM
he's an average PG, even while shooting terribly. at 24, there's no reason he can't become an above average PG with some improvement.

i'm not a stat hard-liner. the idea is to figure out why some guys succeed and how other players could be better used. in this case, lin was better in NY because he was going to the basket much more aggressively and drawing twice as many FTs. but that caution has an upside: he's turning the ball over half as much now, while maintaining a similar number of assists (per 48). as a result, his drop-off isn't as pronounced as a points-obsessed simpleton might think.