Knicks · Lin is pretty quick.... (page 1)

Indeed

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/201...

AVERAGE SPEED
Jeremy Lin: 16.66 mph
Derrick Rose: 16.60 mph
John Wall: 16.48 mph
Kyrie Irving: 15.67 mph

Lin wins this battle.

START SPEED
Lin: 13.93 mph
Wall: 13.25 mph
Irving: 12.64 mph

For Rose, BAM has only average speed data.
Lin wins this battle too.

TOP SPEED
Lin: 18.85 mph
Wall: 19.30 mph
Irving: 18.74 mph

Lin comes in second to Wall.

some numbers from http://thebamboxscore.com/2012/02/29/mor.../ ]Basic Athletic Measurement's blog. in progress

The speed protocol that BAM provides for both the NBA and Portsmouth is the ¾ court sprint (75 ft.). Additionally, with our timing gates, split times (data points) are captured, providing more detailed information.

The table below contain two scores. The BAM Total score is a cumulative score for speed, power, and agility. This score quantifies overall athletic intelligence. Highlighting both strengths and weaknesses for each athlete (more in future blogs). The ¾ court sprint is a standardized score for the sprint alone. On test day, the compared athletes had scores ranging from the 70 to the 82.

higher is better. on the left is their sprint time. Lin was the fastest running 75 feet. he's worse than Irving and Wall and tied with Rose on overall BAM. probably mainly vertical jump and leg strength

According to this chart Lin's acceleration is better than Usain Bolt trololololololololol. keep in mind that NBA teams SAW THIS ****** and still PASSED ON THIS NONATHLETIC ASIAN. who could have known? he's asian. no black coach could have possibly known Lin's athleticism merely because the most accurate scientific measurement known to man specifically broke it out for them to see on paper...

his top end speed is lower than John Wall but his acceleration is so good that his average foot speed is better than even Wall's

overall you can see that Lin is a very comparable athlete to Rose. VERY similar.

Rose's BAM scores seem to indicate similar weaknesses with strength and maybe vert. we don't have all the data points because BAM isn't broken down but it's safe to assume that Wall and Irving had much better vertical and strength scores which accounts for higher BAM (this is not specifically laid out in the data but it seems 99% certain that this is the difference). this has 2 indications:

First, in terms of actual basketball, because of Lin's superior acceleration and comparable speed Lin loses nothing to any of the most athletic point guards in the NBA in terms of penetration and fast breaks with the lone exception of finishing with dunks. even from an athletic POV he's very comparable to John Wall or Rose. he has some weaknesses including jump which obviously is important for finishing but has the advantage in acceleration, which is even more important and probably the #1 most important physical asset for a PG. this is also why even black racists have had to concede "Lin's first step"

Second, this makes sense in the context of his off season routine. The guy who runs Sparta spoke that Lin specifically asked to jump better off 2 feet and get stronger in the upper body. we don't have the BAM breakdowns but it's certain Lin himself saw these numbers, saw his run speed and running explosiveness was good but he probably got outperformed at generating power jumping off 2 legs and ******

Wow. Amazing. But these are the kind of objective analysis that the FedEx Truck driver guy saw and predicted that he would be a successful NBA player (amongst many other stats).

The other things we should all notice -- Lin scored a fairly comfortable 19 pts and had 13 assists. He could have easily been in the 20's if one of his 3 pointers would have dropped (which he has done ok shooting up to this point). Even without it, his numbers do not seem to be dropping as most predicted (of course very small sample size, but having watched the last 10 games or so, who here thinks it will drop way below current levels?

CoolColJ, thanks for the sats, but puzzled why you felt the need to included the following:

he's asian. no black coach could have possibly known Lin's athleticism merely because the most accurate scientific measurement known to man specifically broke it out for them to see on paper

this is also why even black racists have had to concede "Lin's first step"

Are you trying to make this into something that it isn't?

Andrew wrote:CoolColJ, thanks for the sats, but puzzled why you felt the need to included the following:

he's asian. no black coach could have possibly known Lin's athleticism merely because the most accurate scientific measurement known to man specifically broke it out for them to see on paper

this is also why even black racists have had to concede "Lin's first step"

Are you trying to make this into something that it isn't?

Not me, I was quoting someone else

Knicks tested him in agility drills when they had him for a draft workout and his numbers were off the charts and they still drafted Andy Rautins over him? SMH

CoolColJ wrote:

Andrew wrote:CoolColJ, thanks for the sats, but puzzled why you felt the need to included the following:

he's asian. no black coach could have possibly known Lin's athleticism merely because the most accurate scientific measurement known to man specifically broke it out for them to see on paper

this is also why even black racists have had to concede "Lin's first step"

Are you trying to make this into something that it isn't?

Not me, I was quoting someone else

Knicks tested him in agility drills when they had him for a draft workout and his numbers were off the charts and they still drafted Andy Rautins over him? SMH

I don't quite understand the original writers racial points. I'm sure there are a few "black racists", but I don't think that had anything to do with Lin not being a Knick. Perhaps what the writer was trying to say is that there's a bias towards black athletes that works against an Asian with similar abilities. I don't think it's a racist plot or anything done intentionally.

As for the Knicks, MDA liked Lin's talent, but didn't feel he was a lock to be successful, due to his weaknesses. Lin wasn't a strong shooter, nor was he very strong in the upper body before the draft. Lin could get into the paint and attack the basket, but MDA wasn't sure about the rest of his game. Still he had enough respect for Lin's game to agree with Glen when they had a chance to bring Lin to the team this year.

In terms of the Rautins pick, I think Walsh probably just liked Rautins and saw a chance for him to play a meaningful role off the bench. Rautins was also successful for a much more prominent school and they just had more familiarity with him.

There were a few scouts and a few guys here that believed in Lin's talent from the beginning. Glen Grunwald believed in him as well, or else he wouldn't be here.

I just read the original link from Slam online, but it doesn't make any mention of black coach or black racists...not sure why even put race into the discussion of a speed test.

CoolColJ wrote:

Andrew wrote:CoolColJ, thanks for the sats, but puzzled why you felt the need to included the following:

he's asian. no black coach could have possibly known Lin's athleticism merely because the most accurate scientific measurement known to man specifically broke it out for them to see on paper

this is also why even black racists have had to concede "Lin's first step"

Are you trying to make this into something that it isn't?

Not me, I was quoting someone else

Then please exercise some better judgement when reposting things other people say. Better yet, post your own opinion.

ChuckBuck wrote:I just read the original link from Slam online, but it doesn't make any mention of black coach or black racists...not sure why even put race into the discussion of a speed test.

Those weren't from the article, it was a copy and paste from another message board.

I am sure his total BAM got better with last off-seasons training. Added 3.5 inches to jump and 15 lbs of muscle. Also don't forget this testing was done before his knee surgery.