I guarantee the second Lin screws up all his lovers will turn on him. Im not against Lin playing at all its jst taht i guess our season is that bad that even when a d league player has a decent few minutes he is our next "it" guy lol. Im not bashing anyone im just saying how bad our season has been
Lin gets minutes tonight - book it. Even our blind coach can see this being needed in the last game of a back to back to back situation. And, we don't need to add that Tony Douglas should not play with the way he has been playing. Isn't it ironic that his initials are TD?
no one turned on shump or JORTS when he admitted he was nervous first game of the year versus Boston. You have to be patient with young players
D League Player my ass LOL....
ChuckBuck wrote:D League Player my ass LOL....
Number 17 is fun
I don't want to hear no bullsh$t anymore about nerves or this or that...I don't care that it's the Nets, this boy can PLAY!!!
I have bashed Lin in the past...I now stand correct..Jeremy Lin baby..Bring it on!!!!!
i hope nobody bashes dantoni he has played lin the whole game
JCrusher wrote:i hope nobody bashes dantoni he has played lin the whole game
Cant knock MDA tonight, but seeing how well Lin is playing tonight and last night in the first half vs the Celts raises questions about why Lin didn't get any burn in the seond half?
JCrusher wrote:i hope nobody bashes dantoni he has played lin the whole game
It's more like WTF is wrong with D'Antoni for taking this long to realize Lin is better than TD? Everyone here saw it before D'Antoni.
Im all for giving lin a chance to start. People think im hard on lin but im not i just think he needs a chnace to show what he can do for a few weeks before he deemed a star or bust
What an impressive game for Jeremy. This is what happens when you play with a determination.
Bonn1997 wrote:JCrusher wrote:i hope nobody bashes dantoni he has played lin the whole game
It's more like WTF is wrong with D'Antoni for taking this long to realize Lin is better than TD? Everyone here saw it before D'Antoni.
Don't be hard on TD unless they trade him cause he is our backup 2 unless we get JR.
I hope this performance finally puts Lin ahead of TD in the food chain.
JCrusher wrote:Im all for giving lin a chance to start. People think im hard on lin but im not i just think he needs a chnace to show what he can do for a few weeks before he deemed a star or bust
JCrusher, you do an amazing job of putting non-words in people's mouths.
Why not simply speak for yourself?
Lin had 25 and 7 (with 5 rebounds) and that is good enough for tonight. An amazing performance any way you slice it.
Best part? Knicks win.
misterearl wrote:JCrusher wrote:Im all for giving lin a chance to start. People think im hard on lin but im not i just think he needs a chnace to show what he can do for a few weeks before he deemed a star or bust
JCrusher, you do an amazing job of putting non-words in people's mouths.
Why not simply speak for yourself?
Lin had 25 and 7 (with 5 rebounds) and that is good enough for tonight. An amazing performance any way you slice it.
Best part? Knicks win.
Im not putting words in anybody mouth. Im talking about my own feelings not anybody else. i respect people too much to do that. You are being very disrespectful to me but thats ok because i will still be respectful towards you
nixluva wrote:We still don't know what Lin is yet, cuz he hasn't been tested. I think it's wise to bring him along slowly and let him develop at his own pace. Why force it? If he's a difference maker it will come out eventually. I just don't see how Lin could be ready for the kind of near playoff atmosphere of this kind of game. It's not like he increased the lead when he came in.
Would you call a game in Madison Square Garden against a top 2 PG in the league a test? And what if he GREATLY out played that PG? What if he put up career high numbers against that PG? What if he was almost unstoppable driving? What if he was the main reason for the team winning? What if he played so well that the garden was chanting his name? Would that be a test? Cause it happened and it was like watching Rudy before they made it into a movie.
Oh, and he did the same in high school, and the same against top teams in college. A game against Kemba Walker comes to mind.
It's funny that people don't understand a Coach wanting to bring a player along slowly. No harm comes to a young player when you take a very calculated approach to developing him. Lin got his spot minutes and then a longer look and finally a big shot to prove who he is. Is that not a logical way to handle a young player that you think has talent? It makes perfect sense. Especially since he didn't have a camp with us and very little practice time. MDA has had him playing 3 on 3's on game days with Baron and Jordan etc. Despite what so many think MDA has been working with Lin the whole time.
nixluva wrote:It's funny that people don't understand a Coach wanting to bring a player along slowly. No harm comes to a young player when you take a very calculated approach to developing him. Lin got his spot minutes and then a longer look and finally a big shot to prove who he is. Is that not a logical way to handle a young player that you think has talent? It makes perfect sense. Especially since he didn't have a camp with us and very little practice time. MDA has had him playing 3 on 3's on game days with Baron and Jordan etc. Despite what so many think MDA has been working with Lin the whole time.
i agree. the problem is that some people think that means you hate Lin or you are "putting words in peoples' mouth" as one poster said to me. I think you have to bring lin along slowly since he hasn't really ben around that long. also this was a good game because he was very fresh
nixluva wrote:It's funny that people don't understand a Coach wanting to bring a player along slowly. No harm comes to a young player when you take a very calculated approach to developing him. Lin got his spot minutes and then a longer look and finally a big shot to prove who he is. Is that not a logical way to handle a young player that you think has talent? It makes perfect sense. Especially since he didn't have a camp with us and very little practice time. MDA has had him playing 3 on 3's on game days with Baron and Jordan etc. Despite what so many think MDA has been working with Lin the whole time.
I don't know. He was sent to the d-league which I guess means the organization was committed to him but I don't know how or where you are getting your information that D'Antoni was working with him the whole time. He certainly looked like a world beater at the point compared to Douglas whenever he played and yet until last night he was a garbage time player.
