TPercy wrote:@ Swish
Can your blind ass read? I said RECENTLY, as in after all star break, He had a great game playing at SG shooting at 66% and dropped 18 pts against the NETs, and he then had another great game last night shooting at 10-15, playing more agressively getting into the paint, 25 pts, 6 ast and only 1 turnover!(very good for him). Am I insinuating anything? I'm no fanboy I'm happy to see him playing well and I addressed it.
agree for the most part....
I think Lin's injury/surgery, meniscus tear, is catching up with him
Physically, he seems to be a bit slower, not as quick, not as explosive/jumping ability, and this has hindered his abilities on both DEFENSE and OFFENSE
Even for Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, MWP, and some other players that has had surgery, just isn't the same physically
Though both looked very good with the alley hoop yesterday, a bit of a flashback when they were Knick's with a similar play
Lin has even more trouble getting around screens and opponents tend to pick on his inability to defend at a high level
Most importantly, he is lacking the confidence, fan support/energy, and play calling/team mates willing to allow him to use his ability to penetrate/facilitate with the proper ball movement/player movement/picks both on and off the screen, and shooters to spread the floor
Maybe he has to hit the weight room again, the lock out in 2010, he did a lot of basketball drills/gym work that elevated his speed/jumping ability/explosiveness/balance/flexiblity/ and his body/ball control while taking contact
But with Byron Scott, he seems to be "screwing with Lin's head" playing him some nights and NOT playing him at all on others, and giving him a very short leash while allowing Nick Young to take as many poor shots he wants
It is what it is, it is part of the reason why Lin's was such a great underdog story, as many Asians simply lack the physical abilities to play basketball in the pro level, even more so at the Guard positoin that requires more speed, quickness, athleticism, length/reach, that most Asian lack
Obviously Yao Ming was an exception but then again he is like 7-6 with a 1 inch vertical jump
I do think that there is a bit of extra motivation for players/teams to wanting to play well against him because many players in the league didn't feel he deserved such a contract
Then again, I do think there is a bit of "dicrimination" against Asians in the NBA, even when Yao Ming played
I can tell you from the experience I have seen, growing up in NYC, with street ball/pick up games/tournaments, in general, African Americans DO NOT feel Asians, in general, should be able to do better than the average black person *even the ones that can not play at all*
However, in the right price, with the right pieces, I think he can still be a very good rotational player, a team like Dallas would be ideal for Lin and requniting the chemistry he had with Tyson Chandler and Parsons, in addition to the shooters/scores in Dirk/Monta Ellis
A contract similar to what DJ Augistine/Bayless got last season would probably be the market value for his playmkaing abilities, possibly as a 6th man that can start at times
In Houston, he was a poor fit with Harden, as Beverely was by far the better fit with his ability to play DEFENSE, while Lin played OFF the ball more with Harden's SUPERSTAR status to penetrate/finish/and facilitate
He was acquired with Asik as a poison pill that made it hard for New York to match *though they spent that money on players that were much more than Lin's salary in AB, Kidd, Novak *who struggled for the most part without Dantoni's system and Lin's ability to penetrate/finish/facilitate
However, the games that Harden was out, majority of the times, Lin played VERY well with glimpes of his days in NYK
It is very possible that a team will value what he brings to the basketball and on top of that, the business side, he brings the possiblity for endorsements for the Asian market and oversea's for Direct TV in China and countries with Asian populations
He is a player that we should probably look in to this summer for about 3m *I think he is a fair value play with DJ Augistine/Bayless*
