Hypothetically speaking. Let's say Lin keeps putting up 1 for 8 or 2 for 10 shooting for the first 10 games with an average of 4 TO's and 4 or 5 APG after opening season. Do you think Coach McHale will have the heart to say "Lin, we're going to bench you because the other guards are out performing you."
Picture this scenario....just picture it. Let's just Lin went a whole month of terrible D-League-esque type basketball. Can you imagination what sort of in-fighting the Rockets are going to have to sit through?
Here is this guy who was awesome the previous years and suddenly he's just, well, absolutely horrible and on top of that, he's the 1st or 2nd highest paid players on the team. Can you imagine what that would do to the entire Rockets organization. The other Rockets are going to protest in disgust. Fans are going to protest in disgust. The Rockets management are going to pull off their own hair.
There is a lot riding on Lin's shoulders. He makes or break the team, obviously.
Another pre-seasoned fan....
Lin is leading all PGs in steals in pre-season...
But this means nothing.
Lakers are 0-7 so they suck. Correct?
Lin is making $5mil this year, If anything I'm pulling my hair over Amare & Melo making $20mil a piece. With Amare another knee injury away from being forced to retire.
Don't make too much out of preseason. Lin was amazing for 25 games not 5 preason games
The best part if it's the Rocket's problem not ours.
He will put up better stats and Rockets will get a lottery pick. 
Will Jeremy Lin become the highest paid bench player ever?
Um, I guess we're forgetting Jalen Rose, Maurice Taylor, Eddy Curry (who some want back), Tim Thomas, and Penny Hardaway.
AnubisADL wrote:The best part if it's the Rocket's problem not ours. He will put up better stats and Rockets will get a lottery pick.
I actually envy them... our team will be on that course real soon, problem is we may owe that pick to another team the way we trade them away..
tkf wrote:AnubisADL wrote:The best part if it's the Rocket's problem not ours. He will put up better stats and Rockets will get a lottery pick.
I actually envy them... our team will be on that course real soon, problem is we may owe that pick to another team the way we trade them away..
Envious of the Rockets who suck at drafting as well as enticing free agents. 
Daryl Morey is so smart he's a dummy.
A big(huge) part of Lin's success at Harvard the D League and NYK was his athletic ability. He is not a great shooter and he was not a good pG in college(although he had the ability to be one with his athletic gifts and size) I mean I saw him in person at Gampel with aggressive end to end speed and ups that allowed him to penetrate against several NBA caliber type players as if he was the best prospect on the court. It was easy to realize right there that this was an NBA player. Now if he has *lost* this athletic ability and has diminished speed and lift due to his knee injury--he's not skilled enough to get away with it and it will show.
Will this Jeremy Lin thread be the silliest stinkiest ever?
Yawn. If you're going to trot stuff like this out, put it in NUPE's barn.
not the highest paid ever... but on year three he'll be entering Penny Hardaway territory
Marbles 21mil in exile has to be a record!
Will Jeremy be able to recoup lost future contracts with Volvo commercials?
Will Jeremy be able to parlay 25 magical NBA games into a 10 year career in the Chinese league?
Will Jeremy be able to understand why an aging Marbury is still able to routinely break his ankles and what's left of his meniscus as Marbles goes for his 6th straight Chinese league championship?
What will Jeremy's half-life be with the attention span of UK posters?
How long will it be before martin and andrew are forced to create a JLin smilie?
The Answer Man Rubs The Sleep From His Eyes at 5AM
Q. jrodmc - Will Jeremy be able to recoup lost future contracts with Volvo commercials?
A. No, but he will make a perfect spokesman for the local Houston Wich-Wich.
Q. jrodmc - Will Jeremy be able to parlay 25 magical NBA games into a 10 year career in the Chinese league?
A. Perhaps. But he must first get over the hurdle of being compared to the great Mar-bu-li.
Q. jrodmc - Will Jeremy be able to understand why an aging Marbury is still able to routinely break his ankles and what's left of his meniscus as Marbles goes for his 6th straight Chinese league championship?
A. "Both teams played hard my man" - Rasheed Wallace
Q. jrodmc - What will Jeremy's half-life be with the attention span of UK posters?
A. Forget UK posters. The attention will be two dates. Friday November 23 at The Toyota Center. On Monday December 17, a few #17 "New York" jerseys will pop up at The Garden.
Q. jrodmc - How long will it be before martin and andrew are forced to create a JLin smilie?
A. Christmas Day, right after Shaun Livingston takes over as the starter
LOL this has gotta be a joke right? the highest paid bench player is Mr. Amare Stoudemire of the NY Knicks. $20 million a year for the next 3 seasons, he cannot guard anybody and he is far from the efficient offensive beast he was in his heyday. there is no reason he should be starting right now; the only reason is to massage his ego.
BigSm00th wrote:LOL this has gotta be a joke right? the highest paid bench player is Mr. Amare Stoudemire of the NY Knicks. $20 million a year for the next 3 seasons, he cannot guard anybody and he is far from the efficient offensive beast he was in his heyday. there is no reason he should be starting right now; the only reason is to massage his ego.
LOL. I was just going to mention Amare too.
AnubisADL wrote:tkf wrote:AnubisADL wrote:The best part if it's the Rocket's problem not ours. He will put up better stats and Rockets will get a lottery pick.
I actually envy them... our team will be on that course real soon, problem is we may owe that pick to another team the way we trade them away..
Envious of the Rockets who suck at drafting as well as enticing free agents.
Daryl Morey is so smart he's a dummy.
yet if we compare records over the past 10 years, I bet they are better than us.. by far... go figure..
Would not be surprised if Lin goes down with injury at some point this season, and Scott Machado becomes the feel good story for the Rockets.
Rockets had Lowry AND Dragic, and got rid of both of them- Morey is an idiot. I wish we could have traded Lin for Lowry.
ChuckBuck wrote:Would not be surprised if Lin goes down with injury at some point this season, and Scott Machado becomes the feel good story for the Rockets.
Scott Machado never came back from the type of devastating injury Shaun Livingston has worked his way back from.
A former first round pick, Livingston could press Jeremy for quality minutes if the Houston natives get restless.
It is very common for people to go into self-denial about things that never went the way they wanted.
Knicks get Lin for nothing and could retain it for wery little in NBA world - some 25 mils. This are pinouts comparing to blotted Stat contract and money we agree to pay to used to be players instead of league veteran minimum.
We let the guy go with all his potential and value.
So now the psychology is kicking in and to save the sanity some Knicks fans want Lin fail miserably so the nightmare will go away, stupid Jimmy and his corporate bbal cronies will became smart, life will be beautiful.
This is normal for weak minds and soft souls.
