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Jeremy Lin: Asian American, Harvard Grad... NBA great?
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Ninja Scooter
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Lin sucks. There are dozens of D-League players that can do what he's doing.
Lin is an awesome person. He does not suck
Ninja Scooter
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I'm sure he's a swell guy, but as an NBA basketball player, he's mediocre as fuck. 10 ppg on 30% shooting is D-league status.
Dreams-Visions
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agreed. it is what it is.
beat
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So you think that's what we can expect from him for the season? It's not a shooting slump?
entremet
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Well Lin would've paid for himself with drawing crowds and merc. It's not like Dolan has cared about winning, though the Knicks look good right now I must say.
Ninja Scooter
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It's may be a slump, but between that and every year and game he had prior to "Lin-Mania" where he struggled to even make practice squads tells me that is closer to what he really is than that short stretch on a crap team in NY. He is who we thought he was. He's a volume scorer who isn't very efficient and plays crap defense. There are literally dozens and dozens of players that can do that on practice squads and d-leagues all over the country. He's just not that special.
I don't agree, but I am bias i would not trade Lin for anyone in the NBA.
The Insane Dufresne
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Ninja Scooter
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I can think of another word you can fill in there for "bias" but whatevs.
AgentChris
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Maybe his favorite player is Jeremy Lin.
Ninja Scooter
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I don't care if Jeremy Lin is his son. Saying "I wouldn't trade a guy averaging 10ppg on 33% shooting for ANYONE" is dumb.
heck yea!
Gully State
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Watching him play like shit is so disappointing...The guy has no faith in his shot...Maybe he should've spent the summer actually training instead of going to Taiwan/shooting Volvo commercials..
entremet
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People are also forgetting that he was playing in D'Antoni system and Knicks roster at the time was plagued with injuries, plus not being on scouting reports, etc.
He a good back up point guard, who can contribute in the NBA. He's not starter material and is definitely overpaid, but I can't blame him for taking the guaranteed cash.
He a good back up point guard, who can contribute in the NBA. He's not starter material and is definitely overpaid, but I can't blame him for taking the guaranteed cash.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Didn't Lin also benefit from the Knicks running so much iso and the Rockets don't?
Barack Lesnar
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It's a different system in Houston. He just needs more time to adjust to it. The season is young. Anyway, his numbers would be better than Felton's if his FG% wasn't in the gutter. I'm sure it'll go up. More rebounds, 25% better FT%, almost 1 full steal more, 1/2 a block per game to Felton's zero, he's a better player.
beat
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I disagree; he's been average on defense. He's not a lockdown D player, and he ball-watches too much to just play his man straight. Still, he makes up enough for his occasional lapses in concentration with steals that I think he comes out, well, average on D.
And he put up pretty good numbers in the D-league last year if memory serves.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Worst defense for a player ever.
By that logic, I can make that exact same fucking argument for Felton...or any other PG for that matter. LMAO
evil solrac v3.0
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you can have your favorite player but at least recognize their skill level.
he did that in half a season and is regressing already.
lol wut.
Read through the thread, I was never that positive about Lin as a basketball player. He is worth a lot of money anyway and Dolan made a bad business decision. He happily overpays for unplayable or uninsurable talent with no marketing value, but let a player with tons of marketing potential walk away, for free. You at least do a sign and trade with something like that, or let him go mid-season. Plenty of teams would like an instant infusion of Chinese ads on their court, and more international broadcasts in China.
beat
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Heavy was referring strictly to Lin and Felton's numbers this season. Man, people are in such a hurry to bash Lin they won't even read what they're supposedly replying to.
RangersFan
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to be fair to lin, the trade for harden forced lin into almost the sg role in the beginning of the season which he has no business being in with his shot. i think his numbers will improve, and obviously felton's numbers will come down much like the knicks winning %. anyone who thinks the knicks are for real hasn't followed this team long enough.
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