G02 LAL@PHX Game Thread

Last night’s game was painful to watch, but this is a new game and new opportunity. Lets gooooooo Lin!!

Agree, I’m not sure why so many injuries, but the team can not afford any more. They need all the help they can get to make it to the play offs, which is what I’m hoping for Lin.

Just updated my browser java JRE….darn, everytime I load the page the first time, there is a runtime error on disqus 🙁

Just seem like one fluke injury after the other. Players play like all the times with bruises and cuts but somehow Lakers got the worst deal one after the other. Not going to blame for the training camp. Used to train hard that way but none of us sufferred from any injuries. Pray that injury stays away from Lakers from now on.

Agree. JLin always readjusts himself all the times. It will get better. Like he said, “If you don’t learn anything from it, then it’s just a waste” something like that.

its compatibility issue with Win7/latest browser together with its middleware (java)…no biggie 🙂

Looks like Media and Fans of lakers expectation is getting lower, with JRandle being out.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-poll-lakers-20141029-htmlstory.html

The Lakers’ season will depend on whether BS pulls a D’Antoni and lets Lin play his game.

I just want to lin to get the best stats that he can this season for his new contract next year

He needs to figure out a way so that kobe can get his points and sit, and then let the tam play team ball. Kobe is the cog in the middle of the wheel and it is becoming more apparent.

I don’t like loosing( haha ), super competitive. I also want Lin to be successful this season, so he can get a big contract and be romanced by a contending team.
If a team plays cohesively, they definitely have a better chance at succeeding, but this team so far hasn’t shown any hint of it, thus far. Hope for the best going forward tho.

I did not add it….I don know how to load it….sorry….big boss is not at home now…LOL

Lakers need…

1) Better spacing, a reliable 3pt shooter would help a lot.
2) Kobe / Lin to become more like dual daggers, each drawing defense away from the other.
3) Lin more practice with Boozer, and more minutes with Davis.
4) A capable big, Hill’s not cutting it, neither is Sacre.

LOL He is having so much fun at the game that silence from him for almost 2 hrs now:-)

Yep, I think their injury exception will be spent on another big.

Ya, that’s about all we can count on at this point. Hopefully Scott can rally all of them together to trust in Lin’s bball IQ.

This is very true………….

it just don’t stop.

https://twitter.com/billoram/status/527643069014093824

Maybe I’m alone in this but the game thread didn’t show up on the homepage for me. I got here by clicking on one of the “recent comments” listed on the homepage.

I see it there….hmmmm

Need to refresh the site before u can see the new thread if it’s created after you sign in..

They aren’t even guarding Lin on the 3 pt line.

yes, LIn drive

This is going to be a bigger lost than last night if the pace continues.

It’s there for me now. It wasn’t before. Thanks.

yeah…and its too early

No D no O. long season

at this rate they may set the record for most loses to start the season.

worse than pre-season games. what happened?

0-20 something?

I am not a BB savy, but should we blame for BS only cares about D?

Looks like they are tanking on purpose. Ug.

They can tank. I don’t care, as long as Lin has a good stat for his contract year.

No ball in hand, no stat

WOW Left for a couple minutes and they have a comeback.

I changed it back to the game since you said this.

I’m impressed you are commenting when you are at the game. Nice!

What’s your point exactly web?

Lin looked confident, talked to his teammates, a bit frustrated being behind

As soon as Boozer went out of the game, the Lakers started playing better. They are now spacing the floor.

We are all good! thanks!!

Kobe is back in. All the ball movement has stopped.

Agreed.

Must be @psalm234:disqus

JLin is still out.

What is up with lin?

You’ll met up with KHuang?

The group out there is doing well. Davis looks better than Boozer out there.

Boozer looks slow, bricks a lot and turns it over a lot.

3s are the downfall for lakers

Disagree with Lin’s 2nd TO, should’ve been on Price. Right thru his hands.

Doesn’t contest 3s, doesn’t shoot much 3s.

I don’t know the rules, but remember when Asik missed the catch, it was always Lin’s TO?

amazing! LAL only took 1-2 for 3s. SUN 8-16 from 3s.

They basically are playing within a shorter imaginary 2.5 pt line.

Kobe didnt pass to lin for open 3

Doesn’t Ed have more rebounds than Boozer and Hill combined? Why isn’t he starting.

Finally he attacked the basket.

Almost went in… oh well.

Give JLin another 0.1 to compose himself, he will probably make it.

Believe JLin is guarding another player not Thomas.

Boozer was horrible.

No 3pt strategies, poor defense, over-conditioning, ineffective rotation pattern (despite the injuries), etc.

I’ve pretty much lost my faith in BS, my hunch was right, Karl was the coach to get.

Robert Horry is talking non sense. It is not like lin had many open lanes at all…It was purely the “give the ball to Kobe” offense.

for the past 2 years, so used to be in mute when watching, now I still mute it ^_^

anyway, how are the LA commentators, worth listening to?

They are ok…if you minus “KOBE is the god part”

Why is so many ppl hate to see Lin going pass 1st in 1st Q? I think that is a good way to approach.

Too early to tell. It took a beat down last game for Kobe to let lin run the offence. This is Kobe’s team and Scott knows which side of his bread is buttered. Let’s just see what happens in the second half.

Scott may have to let the losses run its course for Kobe to realize that he can’t do it by himself anymore.

he’s keeping this scrub team alive. no one else is doing anything noteworthy.

I care very much. Why is so special about Price and deserve to play longer time???

Its really Kobe show. Dont fret. Lin was open a few times but Kobe didnt pass to him or anyone

because he did nothing? LOL

I’m cool with the “it’s Kobe’s team” part, what I find unacceptable are the lack of perimeter defense (or an effective D overall) and NOT shooting 3s. Also, not running set plays for the Lin/Davis duo.

Yep that’s why it drives me crazy to watch Kobe.

is kobe giving anybody an opportunity do anything? BTW if you can’t come here and give a credible critique that the team looks bad, and is a scrub team, perhaps this is not the place for you. Perhaps you need to go back to jeremylin.net

I sometimes feel so ridiculous that when those commentators say they got move the ball. But they really mean he. This also happens to Houston of course.

They could’ve hired ME for that, for half the money. 🙂

I hope Lin can find some rhythm 2nd half. He is just so lost with those starters.

I think we have to give Lin and Kobe time to learn to work together. It is going to take a lot more games since most of the training camp and preseason Lin was not playing with Kobe. As long as there are no shortcuts, (like benching Lin) I think they can work it out eventually.

d*mn joyce!!! point taken.

Why is Boozer even in the starting lineup?

Not today.

When?

When he least expects it.

Good.

Be ware of the rules of joining this site. We hold “be polite and respectful” very much.

3 out of 4

playing for Suns…

feels has more than that

we are not seeing enough Lin and Davis. That was one takeaway from preseason and nonexistent now.

somehow Lin was pretty slow passing to Kobe, don’t know why.

Davis really should start, Hill was horrible sometimes.

Lin not happy hill didnt set screen. They talked bout it

sigh…game is getting away

Lin with great defensive rotation covering 3 people

My..gawd..Lin outrebound Hill…

LIN is mad…he should….no one is listening to him

He should be vocal….

one and done

The team lacks cohension right now. It looked like Lin was calling a pick but Boozer didn’t understand?

Lin is MAD

He seems to be vocal

Take out Hill and bring in Davis. I don’t understand the insistence on Hill.

wow Sun is scoring at will….the 3s are killing LAL. ….hope 4th Q can do better…

Can I join you guys here? JLnet is 99% trolls now, with that other 1% being me lol

Welcome Buzz.

should have replaced long ago

back to the drawing board…..:(

Nothing they can draw…..this is not about execution

Wow Lakers

Is this JLin playing poorly or is this the scheme Scott had planned? Seems like they played the same way when Nash was playing with the starters too.

at least MDA was fun to watch, Byron Scott team is painful to wacth

BS scheme

To the brightside. You rather face good teams when you are still not a team

You just

30 pts game and Kobe is padding his stats

This is seriously demoralizing. Expected or not.

I think Byron Scott needs to revamp whatever offensive strategy he is teaching. Maybe it’s just me but I can’t detect any. No spacing, ball movement, picks nothing.

nothing on the bench

Yep

Agreed.

second

What is the point of scoring 30+ when your team is losing by 25

This is the default. Kobe does this.

Got to be better than this. JLin was making 100% of the play calling in the second unit. He’s must be running some kind of system devised for the starters that feature Kobe and feeding the bigs. Not a PG centric system.

Yeah, he has a lot of personal pride. I like it that Lin got mad too. But even though Lin gets mad, he doesn’t try to take over. He should though.

I just mean I wish all other teammates except Lin are having the same attitude right now. HILL, Boozer, Wes are like the walking dead. It is really not easy to get Lin jumping on the court yelling, and I already have seen 3 times this season

Good to see long discussion of Lin n Kobe

You mean they are talking now?

The game is not over yet…catchable…..

scrubs time?

I have a feeling that Lakers want to tank but let Kobe get his stat. They do not care about other players’ stats.

Bumgarner is king

yes

I love it! Thanks @psalm234:disqus

Lin a total non factor. Is he even coming back?

Last game by 1! Can’t get closer than that.

so painful to watch and waste of time and money….its all Kobe against all, no teamwork.

Procrastination paid off for me in this particular case.

Another reason why I dont mind Jeremy coming off the bench.
So he can get himself some stats too! Gotta have some acceptable stats to hopefully get another good contract and/or to go to a decent team next season.

does not looks like

They should just shooting nothing but 3s. Maybe they will get lucky and hit 20 in a row.

PHX is going to be fun. they have 3 quality guards in a tailer made system

practice time for scrubs

Finally they called a ser….a triangle.

Enough of this. Good night all.

Staying up for @psalm234:disqus’s game report…

Yes, save some money. Opt for the free streaming.

I feel bad for you guys on the East Coast staying up this year and going to sleep feeling lousy

Your point exactly?

Alright that’s it… I don’t like your mocking tone

refund?

It’s going to get far worst before it gets better.

The Clippers, oh god 🙁

If someway, somehow the Lakers beat them, I demand you attend all Lakers’ game because you’d clearly be a miraculous lucky charm of omnipotent force.

I get a good basketball argument, but if he’s going to mock people who PREFER to watch Jeremy, who sacrifice their sleep just to watch his game, he’s better out.

No refund necessary, I’m here for the process and jouney. Winning is only a marker nothing more, nothing less.

He didn’t say anything about Jeremy though, just Lakers.

Should I tone down my trolling a bit = =. Don’t want to wake up someday with 0% structural integrity left.

Blaming Lin on this will be 10x more ridiculous than blames him when he is in HOU

Me to, I am here for the journey, but Scott has to switch up the starting line up, and add Davis to the mix with lin and do some pick and rolls.

That triple at the bottom of the 9th had me peeing my pants…

Saw a few of the so called JLin fans in Twitter blamed him to death in the last few days. Very sad! Huge sacrific and adjustment for JLin for this Kobe centric team.

Whew. Thanks 🙂

Again…I think…no post game thread tonight.

Just bandwagon fans who lack real basketball savviness, not real fans of the sports or Lin.

We should’ve gone for the Good Koach (George Karl).

Free therapy!

Shots fired 🙂

Even Lin/Boozer can work to an extent if Kobe would just let Lin playmake.

That’s why I think there are more trolls that came out when Jeremy was traded to the Lakers.

gotta agree there

That image of Jeremy who stomped and dribbled HARD is stuck on my mind right now. He’s pissed to death. The other guys on the floor don’t know where to position themselves in a set play.

go go go…you will be our eye there….would like to hear your first-hand reports!

Really, I feel it is the same amount of trolls, lol.

But anyway I was reading the guy’s other comments (can’t see his posts in his history here except for this page) and he doesn’t seem like a troll to me though. Did he get any warnings at least?

I see what you’re saying. Still, I just expected more of a game plan tonight.

vigilante

This is all BS.

I would have loved to see that. Kobe and Scott probably liked that. He yelled at Boozer too huh..LOL

BS talking BS, I call BS.

LOL… seriously?
>

Exactly.

Mod caught double posting…

Trying to justify putting lin on the bench so that kobe can get his points without looking like they are tanking

what does he want from Lin? Kobe was playing the Kobe ball for the whole game.

I can’t believe they are tanking. I think there is less of a chance to tank with Lin coming off the bench, but in for the ride I guess.

Maybe he wants Lin to be like “Hill you come over here and set a screen for Kobe, and Wes stand in the corner for the three, oh and Boozer cut to the…”..Opponent” Hey, that’s a pretty nice play”

do what without the ball? and Hill not cooperating?

Couldn’t have been asking for more than what GSW paid Kerr. Lakers have the money if they really wanted Karl. The tanking theory (to not lose first-round pick to Suns) seems to hold some water.

Lin interview: said he tried to be more assertive tonight, he is trying do everything he can to figure it out

…while Kobe’s off the court, in other words Lin back to bench?

Lin: need to get on the same page and regroup on defense. Says “I’m frustrated,” but going home to figure out what he needs to do and what changes he needs to make

Hmm…

Horry finally made some sense.

Well, whether Scott is typically right or not, here he is right. Lin, like pretty much everyone else besides Kobe, is just taking up a position, just occupying space, but otherwise doing nothing to be a factor in the game. All he’s doing is looking for Kobe to do everything, like, again, pretty much everyone else. Not a fan, at all, of Kobe iso-ball, but here Kobe is really left with no choice, as everyone else is doing nothing, playing so passively, no sense of urgency, no aggression. Lin has looked pretty much useless these first two games, as has most of the team. The team looks just really, really weak, completely out of sync, flaccid defense, impotent offense, just completely overmatched. This could be an even longer season than initially feared.

Coach Lin.

At least Horry is calling him out. Random story: when I was young, my mom had a business and Horry came in to the store. She had no idea who he was but asked if he was a basketball player because he was so big. He said he was for the Lakers and signed a piece of paper for her.

Highlights from Blaiyan.

The bigs aren’t working for points. Seems like they are expecting the guards to penetrate and draw away the defense so they can get layups and wide open mid range jumpers. (excluding Davis). Sometimes the only other option left is Kobe, but once he gets the ball, everyone just stands there.

[SHORT VIDEO] ==> "10.29.14 Game #2 — Short Video — Jeremy Lin & LA Lakers Crushed By Phx Suns 119-99" http://t.co/0e9nUrz1g6 #Lakers #NBA— Paul Villarreal (@CNM_JLin_Vids) October 30, 2014

No, for the first time in his career, Kobe truly seems ready to defer the playmaking role. This is Lin’s opportunity to do so, and instead he is stinking it up by being so frustratingly passive. He’s capable of so, so much more than how tentatively, sloppily, and amateurishly he’s been playing so far. He’s been looking like how awkward he looked when he got those few garbage minutes as a Warrior.

He no longer has a destructive influence to his ego in McHale. He has no excuse now. He simply must get himself together, somehow get his confidence where it needs to be, and run this team the way he is capable of doing, a la the pre-Melo-return Knicks. I think, at this point, Kobe would be glad and relieved to see this.

I gotta say I’m pleasantly surprised at hearing that. Horry hasn’t exactly been a fan of Lin, so this is unbiased opinion.

The rest of the team will need to buy in on JLin to be the playmaker esp Kobe himself.

They have no offense to speak of.

I hope the team, Lin, Kobe and Scott would have a heart to heart take on how we should play off each other.

As a PG Lin need to be assertive on what he needs in order to run offense and pick the play for his team mates.

Lets see, how they regroup on next game, since they are some time to recoup and evaluate things.

Jeremy post game interview

PPL KEPT want LIN to ASSERT HIMSELF MORE! WANTS HIM TO PLAY LIKE PREMELO NYK DAYS. They have to understand, it was coached by MDA. ALSO…..given the current situation, the only way Lin can ASSERT himself is to JACK UP SHOTS. SO…PPL HATE ISO BUT WNATS LIN TO BE HARDEN. GREAT!

This is the first time I saw Brent scream on a post…

Dannnng, cold blooded IJ, cold blooded…

Lin doesn’t have a lack of respect issue on this team with any of his teammates except for perhaps Randle, and he is no longer an issue. That may change in the future if he continues his sorry play, but he really has no excuse right now not to be the playmaker that he has the capability of being. Everyone on the court right now is open to having Lin as the playmaker. His job is to create for the offense, for himself and for his teammates. He’s not close to doing that at the moment. He is capable of doing this at a much higher level than most, but, at this point, he is not coming close to doing so.

What lin was really saying,I am trying to figure out how to work with kobe.

Also how to get Hill moving…

That is exactly half of the problem.

Hi all, first time here. sick n tired of the other site.

That’s over my pay grade.

You lose ur cool just lin did. Its not you. Lol

Welcome @PPP, we have trolling mod here 🙂

Yeah, Jeremy is very frustrated with Hill.

Add up the fans who keep hammering that “I TOLD YOU LAKERS SUCK!”, without backing it up with something objective from the game. Those fans seems like they have an agenda.

No. That is a comment that is demonstrative of BB ignorance.

Lin is accepted as the playmaker presently. All his teammates and coaches are open to his being the playmaker. He does have the ball in his hands and has the opportunity to be the playmaker. The fact that he chooses to largely do nothing with that opportunity is a commentary on nothing but his lack of adequate play. He’s not doing his job, and he’s not doing so due to whatever limitations he has been imposing on himself, not, unlike in Houston, due to limitations placed on him by the coaching staff, the management, some of the other teammates.

Scott doesn’t coach much on the offensive end. These two games have been the kobe show.

I guess Kobe just burnt me as well. LOL

He is the play maker. The problem is his team mates don’t know where to place themselves in a set play.

Davis needs to replace Hill…

That is tells me they don’t know the sets.. Scott/Kobe said all of this tonight, we will see what happens the next game.

just not one the court at the same time much…lol

This the first time I saw Brent say more than 5 words in a comment, lol

He must be really mad.

On the contrary, besides injuries. It was actually about no one can run his offense.

You can post your frustration all you want. Just don’t drag other people and make fun of their choice to watch Jeremy even if he’s playing bad.

@psalm234:disqus suppose to be creating a Mod discussion channel. We spoke about it some time ago.

Lets see once he is back

Yeah Brent, just pick up the phone and call! LOL

That’s is for a regular team. For a new team……this is expected. Well coached or not

If he can provide a logical explanation why he has to drag people from the East coast and feel sorry for them for watching Jeremy, then I might change my mind.

Haha, didn’t even have to count to 10.

Lakers really tanking imo, they just let kobe to gets his points to pass mj and get their pick back from the suns.

Lin n Davis were so good together in the preseason and you dont see them play together much these past 2 games. Even when they were on the court, there were almost no pnr involved the two. Very strange.

keyboard is old I guess….

Absolutely, if going by talent and impact ability alone, Davis should absolutely be the starter, just as there shouldn’t be any debate about who the starting PG should be now that Nash is gone. To be certain, Davis is no great center, but compared to Hill or Sacre, Davis is a Rolls Royce — a statement which really is more a reflection on how lacking Hill and Sacre are as legitimate NBA players.

need new keyboard, new router…what else?

New Lakers coach?

Hey wu kong! Where is your report!?

Funny kobe has to give these statements. Nice for Lin, long term and now.

oh ya @disqus_dVLDET9zJ7:disqus – report report report 🙂 and pictures would be nice as well

But didn’t MDA call plays for him or give him different offensive sets to use? Hence Lin referring him as offensive genius.

We’re expecting the good stuff tomorrow. Not a day late lol

Oh. You have got to tell us your observations. Not trying to sound like a spoiled brat but…RIGHT NOW!! (｀ε´)

A couple points to make before we start pointing fingers:

1) It’s not the coach. This team’s roster is flat out bad.
http://www.clublakers.com/lakers-discussion/laker-scouting-reports-t115206.html
I think laker scouting reports is the most trustworthy analysis of all the laker players – I like it because it takes a look into the advanced stats, breaks down the good and bad of each player, and also looks into their growth. Basically it says that aside from Lin, Davis, Randle, and Kobe, we got a bunch of players that have fatal flaws in their game. If they fix them, they could be serviceable. Right now, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

1a – offense) We only have 2 offensive threats right now. Lin+Davis and Kobe. Actually, that’s our entire offense. I don’t count long 2’s from Hill, Sacre, or Boozer as offense – that’s a losing strategy, not offense. If you can think of another offensive resource we have, let me know.

1b – defense) On defense, we have no interior presence aside from Davis. A good interior presence erases defensive mistakes – right now, we don’t have that, so any mistakes we make will end up in an easy bucket. It’s why I really liked Asik, even with his rubber hands.

2) On Lin & Kobe gelling/communicating
Looking at Kobe’s reaction to Dwight, I think his form of communication is through conflict. He responds to conflict and doesn’t seem to hear anything else. People who are that way are usually difficult people, but one positive note is that they don’t get hurt by conflict; they respect it and enjoy it.

What I’m getting at… is Lin needs to yell at Kobe. This is more personality and communication theory than basketball, but Kobe is one of the few people that being sharp with is how you talk with him. In one play Lin was off in the side with an open 3 and Kobe is fighting off 3 people; I think Lin needs to yell at Kobe for the ball, not in an angry way, but just with some amount of force behind it.

Spoiled troll…

Nobody’s comparing Scott to Pop. At the same time, Pop himself wouldn’t be able to do much with lacking talent, and this team that Kupchak has F-ed up into assembling, has a glaring paucity of talent, made worse by all the injuries.

I travelled all day today… at airport by 4:30am got into my home at 8:00 central. grabbed something to eat watched the game and now at nearly 12:32 going to bed… I was on taiwan TV 🙂 will post stuff and catch up tomorrow. got pics got some video… but right now headed to bed.

What are you smoking? If you think the 1st unit is not built around Kobe, then you have not being paying attention. No what Scoot/Kobe wants lin to do is whip hill/boozer into shape, because we all know their pathetic play they should not even be in the starting line up. Now that kobe has publicly stated that he wants lin to orchestrate the offense we will see if it changes. Lin did not play with the starters during the training camp so he still has to learn their tendencies/.

Hair is overrated.

LOL … naughty IJ out in Phils 🙂

Careful you are beginning to sound like a troll.

Yay. Can’t wait!
Good night!

yell at kobe … yeah. I wanna see kobe answer that one after his statements about wanting lin to take over ha ha.

great!!! cant wait….tomorrow is fine…unless @disqus_HmSLGZ4iV2:disqus and @joeteam:disqus comes trolling

better be a good one! lol

send acbc!

You want some milk in it?

Kobe beef.

Blue one with orange-like hair and wings.

Too “old” to eat and need too “long” to cook:-)

they will come …

We’re ready…

Looking at his posting history, I didnt see him at foul…hence my call to give him a call.
I may be wrong…but we dont know…though…cheers mate

probably they way he had it worded…to me…it looked innocent on the surface

lol, dinner is not important. skip it , upload, and eat breakfast tomorrow

https://t.co/yMQQJKcuhs RT @MarkG_Medina Byron Scott believes Lin was hesitant. Lin thought he was attacking but he said he'd watch the film— Jake (@CowhideGlobe) October 30, 2014

XD Look at my post, then read joyce’s, I feel like a troll.

Instigating to me.

Yes, don’t leave us hanging – your comments are the only bright spot from tonight’s game!

I didn’t see that. I gave up watching then. Please do a vine on that.

The last thing I needed to see in this board is something instigating.

South of where? I’m in Hong Kong.

LOL. This is good.

LOL…sorry I was referring to Southern part of States…I dont think its available in Asia

How Phil got Kobe to change a little was to talk to him like an adult. Phil asked Kobe would like to be Captain one day of the Lakers? How would he go about gaining his team’s trust? Kobe wanted to be captain and answered the questions himself about sharing and trust.

In negotiation, don’t throw up a wall of accusations because once the person you are talking to gets that way, they no longer are seeking answers to solve a mutual problem. They are focused by their anger to confront your accusations only.

Kobe needs to be reminded of not his personal legacy…but the team’s legacy and how he hands over the reins to the next generation. Does Kobe want to be known as the selfish player who decimated the lakers to become a lottery team and a joke? Kobe has to decide if he bleeds purple and gold or if he he only cares about himself.

yes and Jlin implored him to move his a rse…

I will be most interested in “what the Lakers plan is about”.
and also how to get Lin to sign your jersey ^_^ I’m going to LA to watch 4 consecutive games at the end of Nov.

I don’t recall ever seeing Leffe in the States, but vaguely remember Stella might be available. I’m no beer connoisseur, but I can tell that Belgian beers are indeed better.

nice observation.

When you have PGs like Nash and Lin running your system, it’s not tough to be crowned the offensive genius.

Welcome.

Alright, he is whitelisted. His previous posts about basketball is returned, except this one. People can participate as long as there’s no instigating other users. Pure basketball talk as much as possible.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Hey guys. Mind if I join here? The other site is killing me right now.

Thanks for hearing me out IJ, appreciate it. 🙂

Hopefully this dude won’t make me look foolish, lol.

And me too! lol

Nonono. Can’t wait for tomolo morning as it will be pass my midnight here. Need it now:-)

I hope so… else your work is futile.

welcome, that site is definitely out of hand. I sent the moderator a tweet today, and he said he was trying to clean it up. whatever that means.

Welcome to the refug…er, I mean Sanctuary of Basketball Sanity.

If you and 311 didn’t vouch for him I wouldn’t bend.

So @psalm234:disqus went to sleep already? Why that…… leaving us hanging! lol

Why do guys know about this more than I do? lol

lol…as mentioned earlier…the entire team look lost…they just need to regroup and move forward…Every game is a lesson itself

How dare he! The nerve…

“Be Polite” and “Be Respectful” are the keys to this site. Just be even more restrained even when we are frustrated at JLin’s stuation.

Once the roaches are in, it’ll be tough to get them all out. Especially if they’ve been given time to breed.

JLin Fan from Australia –

“Be Polite” and “Be Respectful” are the keys to this site. Just be
even more restrained even when we are frustrated at JLin’s stuation.

You make me crack! Can’t stop laughing here. @psalm234:disqus where are you?

Just finishing his 10th course….hurry up already.

Thanks for reposting that. I have to keep on reminding myself in the past week or so:-) Have deleted so many posts in the middle of and/or writing.

So what is it then? 🙂

We gotsa save the poor non-trolls from that site.
I only know about this one because someone, I think Isabeli mentioned it yesterday. I didnt even know about it, so glad I saw her comment cuz JLnet has officially been conquered by basement dwelling trolls.

hahaha…we are trolling well…but cant match @disqus_HmSLGZ4iV2:disqus

Not gonna bite that bait, don’t wanna get banned. LOL

The only viable recognized offensive threat the Knicks had during linsanity was Chandler. Fields, Novak and Shumpert became stars by believing they could contribute JUST as Lin showed they could as well.

To get to the NBA, you’ve got to have some skills. Most of them can shoot or play offence and defence to passible levels. The difference between “stars”, “starters” and “bench scrubs” is razor thin. Not comparing ordinary NBA rank and file with guys like Lebron or MJ. Given a chance to shine they can do amazing things…that’s why they are in the big leagues.

The difference is that lin has the ability to find each of their sweet spots, while finding them open opportunities to make it happen. That’s what makes lin so special.

I don’t agree with your accessment of the lack of talent. What I agree with is that injuries has made it impossible for Scott to field a real team. Young, Xavier, Randle and others all can make contributions. What’s needed is for Kobe to say ” be the facilitator for everyone on the team and not only me”.

Ha, I’m new to Michael, but have read some posts previously. I have to say Brent still wears the crown. 😉

It took him team mates who are so lost on offense and who don’t get rebounds (yelling at Amar’e and Melo) to throw tantrums.

Exactly, breakfast is the most important meal not dinner, especially late dinner. We’re concerned about your health, psalm…. NOW, GIVE US THE REPORT!!!

Riiiiight… lol

You mean you are concerned about his health, if he doesn’t deliver that report soon 😛

True that!

So I went to the other site and saw KHuang’s game report. For everybody’s sake I copied it here:

I was at the game.

I deliberately have not looked at anybody’s observations here in order to present myself in the most self-biased way I possibly can!

Here’s what I saw:

1) Lin was NOT BAD AND NOT GOOD. He was frozen out by the starters all night long, and he had two turnovers that came from trying to force feed guys that did not make clean cuts. But Lin COMPETED and made some athletic plays. Most impressively, Lin battled hard against the very talented Eric Bledsoe who I frankly thought was going to just light up Lin on isos. But Lin pretty much shut down Bledsoe except for one move when Bledsoe rubbed Lin off Jordan Hill and also handcuffed Isaiah Thomas whose main basket on Lin was a fast break layup off a turnover. Lin didn’t do much, but he wasn’t allowed to either.

2) The starters including Bryant were AWFUL. Wes Johnson continues to play his way out of the NBA with bad decisionmaking, poor defense, and weak shooting. Jordan Hill got battered like a little kid and was thoroughly intimidated inside. Carlos Boozer blew himself up, hucking away like 8 turnovers and bricking shot after shot. Kobe Bryant was terrible too, breaking the offense just so he could get his low efficiency 30 and getting badly lit up like a Christmas tree by Marcus Morris who we know isn’t exactly a scorer. The combined suckitude of the starters was what lost the game, not Lin’s inability to do anything.

3) The bench, specifically Ellington and Clarkson and especially Ed Davis, weren’t bad. Davis was a MAN and more than held his own tonight. He was the best player for the Lakers, though he still got bashed around pretty hard by the aggressive Suns big men. Ellington found his touch and shot several nice jumpers. Clarkson made a few good moves against the Phoenix bench. Sacre struggled mightily, as he needs a good point guard like Lin to play his game. Ronnie Price looked decent dribbling the ball upcourt, but he was murdered by Bledsoe and then Thomas all night. As zero as Lin played, he was still far less of a net negative than Price.

I am a Suns fan and was actually cheering for the Suns. That put me in the minority of the fans in the arena because it was mainly a pro Lakers crowd. Lin didn’t get as positive a response in warmups as he did when he was a starter for Houston, but the crowd in Phoenix is never anti Lin.

The fascinating matchup for me was Lin vs. Bledsoe. Bledsoe seems to have a good boxscore game because he lit up Price pretty good, but I don’t remember him doing very much against Jeremy Lin. Lin stayed with Bledsoe the whole time and pretty much negated Bledsoe. Bledsoe also ILLEGALLY HACKED THE CRAP OUT OF LIN’S DRIBBLE, and the refs didn’t call it. That made Lin’s handle look worse than it really was, but on the other hand the refs did not hit Lin with phantom fouls either so it was a draw. Lin and Bledsoe matched up very well and negated each other, which is a big deal because I watched Bledsoe utterly terrorize Ty Lawson not long ago.

Believe it or not, I thought Lin didn’t do poorly. I am not saying he played great or even well, but he had a really bad team situation with a very old and selfish starter unit while also being matched up against one of the very top guards in today’s game. Lin held his own and tried hard to get his team to play together, but the starters are just too old and selfish for even Lin to solve at this point in the season.

On Jeremy throwing tantrum-like antic (per John Lee) – The one episode where Lin jumped up and down in utter rage in the 3rd quarter was FRIGHTENING.Lin was enraged at the starters for their utter unwillingness to run the offense properly. I’ve never seen Lin that angry.Lin cannot play teamball when 4 other starters are playing lazy selfish isoball for their own stats.

On the offense: The bench players ran the Princeton just fine in the 2nd quarter when Kobe Bryant was mercifully yanked off the floor.The bench brought the Lakers all the way back, but then Scott reinsterted Bryant and that pissed away the Lakers’ momentum.

oops…i got a little carried away with food

Thank you so much, now @psalm234:disqus….?

So when the mods over there said they are trying to clean things up, they are literally cleaning out the eggs…got it.

nope .. although I’m falling asleep now :]
I’m not thinking straight now, maybe I should postpone short update to tomorrow?

the nerve is falling asleep :>

WOW! We are going to break the record of this tread in no time if we continue this pace. Good job everyone.

No No No you can’t hang us like this. Give us a tidbit first:-)

1/3 of the posts are posters imploring psalm to write a report.

LOL That’s true!

Good to see some smile from JLin:

@JLin7 with Palo Alto Alumni after the game against Suns. (via zacharyhall IG) pic.twitter.com/wVgbQpnWEI—

Blame Brent.

I expect Brent to post again in uppercase letter..

I thought you were taping @psalm234:disqus ‘s eyes open so he can finish his report.

UPPER CASE is taller, hence can support his eyelids better

Here is something completely non-related, worlds best DJ https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153865159065241&set=vb.102478020240&type=2&theater

@psalm234:disqus, KHuang says hi….

Have you finished on your observations?

Stop throwing tantrums! Just read the report from KHuang lol

As more refugees, such as myself, evacuate from the old turf, we’ll be surpassing 1,000 in no time. I was really tempted to advertise, but was concerned about luring the trolls here too.

Bah, maybe I should do it anyways and just let the Mods here ambush them, it’d be therapeutical. 🙂

Already read it twice. KHuang is so even-headed when not in Hulk mode, and being a Suns fan he presents a fresh perspective.

Thanks for Part 1!

What were top 5 observations that you spoke of earlier?

Thanks, @psalm234:disqus! Great report. Now, you may sleep 🙂

What in the world is a Hulk mode? lol

KHuang gets into Hulk mode when he comes across someone he considers a racist troll.

Please allow me to demonstrate:
http://media.giphy.com/media/Vd5pKsDKZ0r3a/giphy.gif

Ah the conspiracy theory of Hulk’s…..ripped up shorts

Maybe Kobe is challenging Lin to take over him..

The last time I saw Jeremy get frustrated like that is when Melo and Amar’e missed a rebound on that Bucks vs Knicks game..

You need to go over there more often and discretely advertise this portal and bring over more sane posters from that nuthouse over here(That’s how I learned about this site).

but last time BS said will play the PG role too..

At the moment you can take his spot… 🙂

Sure….open 3s but not taking them….

wow…was that really khuang….now I’m starting to wonder if Khuang and @psalm234:disqus the same guy?…hmmmm

Trolls gotta eat! We want food!

Not yet.. LOL

Due to server caching, there is a delay (1-2 hrs) for new posts to show up on the homepage. So usually the author will post the link to the new post in the previous thread so that at least people will know about it immediately.

Better give it now before Brent starts typing in uppercase again… lol

Hi guys just want to share this great documentary with all of you, wish Lin is part ot it…..

Thanks a lot for the reports, a good read while I flashing my new router….hehehe

Troll is burning the bridge, great

my goodness.. Sleep Brent :]

About to…start to feel sore now….ouch

Imo, the term “OWNED” is only applicable to Spurs. I’m slowly finding that term overrated. with fans saying it left and right. One team can’t really “own” another team unless you won the ultimate goal over that that team:a CHAMPIONSHIP.

I think u can start a new post based on this observations…..maybe as a pregame thread?

I would suggest not to advertise. The other site seems not keen on other sites promoting there. Like John Lee said, it might bring more trolls here.

I think you’re one of those who usually quote the “emperor with no clothes” phrase with regards to McHale,am I right?

Welcome @JeremyLinthebest:disqus. Feel free to browse, you’re just in time for the good stuff.

Thanks @psalm234:disqus for staying up to do this report for us. Can’t thank you enough. Can’t wait for the fuller report tomorrow.

Was so exhausted and took a long nap in between your part 1 and Part 3. Now I feel like more humane again and can last thru the evening:-)

what’s scarier: Lin stomping or Brent yelling (in all caps)?

Indeed! I had high hopes for Lin when the trade happened. I still do. The rest of the crew really needs to genuinely invest in Lin now. Their captain Kobe has given him the green light to take charge, and my sincere hope is that the coach downwards will all fall into line and just listen to Lin. I always think of those times when Lin would grab the coach’s clipboard and diagram some play. This guy can clearly lead a team. Guys just have to buy in.

🙂

Feel free to trawl over the goodies here.

@psalm234:disqus Thanks for your detailed and insightful thoughts on this game. If possible, I’d like to get your permission to translate this summary into Chinese and share with all the “depressed” Lin fans on the Baidu and Hupu Jeremy Lin fan forums. I’m sure that they will definitely enjoy and appreciate the first-hand perspectives from a savvy basketball observer like you. Thanks again!

Believe @psalm234:disqus goes to take his much needed sleep now. Think he is glad to share. However not sure what will be the best: translate this initial report or wait until he finishes his product tomorrow.

Right, I still remember your refreshing and entertaining narrative of Rockets’ preseason game in Manila last year… 😉

I’m kinda wondering about the same thing as well. But I guess I’ll just translate this part first and wait for his permission and additional stuff, if any, later.

@psalm234:disqus did a better job of rotating moderators here than how Byron Scott is managing his player rotations.

thanks for the detail update

We have it a bit easier on our timezone though… 🙂

That’s very true:-)

I know. LOL

This is a much better place! I was wondering why many long time posters disappeared from other site….

Welcome! Hope you enjoy this site. Please observe the rules that are specifically stated on the homepage.

Welcome @MoominFloren:disqus! You’re just in time for the good stuff. Feel free to browse.

Basketball is STILL a team sport. You wouldn’t get the ultimate prize in this league if you’re not a team player. Imo, if you ask majority of the players in this league, their ultimate goal isn’t really to win an MVP or any solo award like that, but their ultimate goal is to win a ring/s.

Same here. Welcome.

Just saw these tweets from Germy ‏@GermyDaeun.

T-mac is in the China getting interview,he will join the Lakers practice in 11/3
Not officialy join,they’re gonna test him,who make this happened?T-mac said:Kobe did
Source came from China though,just saying,not really sure

Anyone know who T-mac and what post he plays???

Welcome Lilly. Glad that you find us:-)

Finished my treatment few weeks ago. Still dealing with a little side-effects from radiation treatment itself. However, this whole issue of cancer and treatment also trigger my other health issues that used to be under control but now flaring up. Very frustrating at times. Seem like one step forward and two steps backward in a sense. May take a while to get things under control again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_McGrady

great to hear the treatment is finished. hope you get stronger every day

My second sentence says it all. ” Fields, Novak and Shumpert started to believe…” When you have the ability to actually impact a selfish player like JR Smith and have Woodson tell him NOT to overpass the ball, then you have something very special. Lin has that ability to turn guys from having no idea what to do, to knowing exactly what they need to do.

MDA knew that and just let him do his thing. I think Scott was doing that as well with Randle and the second youth unit. Lin has that ability to create patterns of play for everyone on court that maximizes their potential.

The physical talent to get to the top is why they ARE in the “bigs”, what they lack is the mind to harness that ability. Young and Johnson are exactly those guys. A good field general or quarterback could make them believe in what they are capable of..

Lin is a transformative alpha player on the level of a Lebron. The difference is Lin does it with his mind. Coaches and scouts call it intangibles…NO, it’s absolutely quantifiable. Houston looked like a well oiled machine with guys knowing exactly where to go. When lin left the Knicks, they still had that residual effect and it took them to their best year. Lin had established patterns of play for them to do each of their own best things. Eventually they’ll forget it and go back to doing the things they’ve always done before. Physical gifts like Lebron come once in a generation, Lin on the mental side is equally amazing.

Tracy still trying to chase a ring?

After viewing what Psalm24, Khuang and other posters from various sites my take on what is happening with lin/kobe/bs. Lin has stated that he wants to be s starter, then i think that kobe/bs are challenging him this season to establish his leadership role with a very young team. Kobe knows that lin has the smarts, but kobe needs to bring that fire out of lin to put his imprint on the offense of this team. Kobe said it best when he said that he wanted to establish a relationship like he had with Fisher. It doesn’t matter if kobe gets the ball an shoots, lin needs to get the other players to cooperate on the 1st unit. Boozer/Hill are lazy players with small bball IQ, and want to take the easy road and shoot jumpers. I think with lin yelling at Boozer/Hill and slamming the ball down is a great start. Also Scott needs to stop giving Boozer/Hill too much of leash for mistakes because those 8 TO’s from Boozer was pathetic

I remember him joining the Spurs in 2013. Too bad, because of that one 3-point basket.

Thanks for the info. Wonder whether he will be a good take for Lakers???

Yeah, see the footage below.

I really think this year they have only 2 goals 1) Lakers tank 2) Kobe gets his superstar stats to compete with MJ. Other than those 2, they can be careless. Lin is in a very difficult situation. If Nash could not make out of it, what Lin’s chance is?

Disclaimer, ” reading this could lead to late nights and sleep deprivation”. Lol

STOP ALL THIS SHOUTING, I CANT GET ANY SLEEP,

A good and bad twin plot, could be….

would it be easier for Kobe to ask Lin to step up? why hog the ball to the extreme to get Lin being more aggressive? (maybe it is a cultural difference in Asia. i dont understand it)

Just ask, is this something I can say to my mom?

thanks for your explanation

Thinking about Friday…BGriffin and DJordan vs Boozer and Hill. Yikes.

Good one, Joyce.

As Jeremy said in his interview, he will figure out how to run the team.

Welcome Lil

Is that mean he is really piss? I never listen to him I am too lazy to listen/read anything that are too long unless they very exciting.

Good thing I read it in the morning.

Well losing 1 pt is losing. Losing 100 pts is still losing. To me the most important task for JLin is finding his role and getting a niche with his teammates after staying healthy. Until JLin finds his way to work with Kobe and the rest of teammates, we will experience growing pain with JLin. In the mean time my hope and prayer is that they learn from these losses. Otherwise, history is going to repeat itself for the rest of the season.

As much as I like TMac, I do really hope LAL is not considering a soon to be 36 year old! Else its gonna be another Nash. I’m pretty sure he still can shoot, but in today’s fast paced game, that aint enough and to remain healthy

LOL…. we are at peace indeed 🙂

Welcome @jeremylinthebest:disqus

I guess he is.

This rant is good, I’d paste it but it will probably get frozen by the sensors. I think it’s in Jeremy’s nature to get the team involved, pass first. But Boozer and Hill are just terrible. In this line-up he needs to be a shoot first PG:

https://twitter.com/RichleeMd/status/527831000571994113

http://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/2kre90/jeremy_lin_stop_being_the_problem_by_becoming_the/

You can advertise in a way that not really advertise. This is what I used to do in jlindotnet. If I see someone complain about no moderation then I reply to that person, “mod not really active in here but if you want more moderation go to Jlinportal”. Don’t put the link just the name of the website.

Or you can talk about what you like/don’t about jlindotnet and jlinportal. Always try use the website name instead of link.

I went back to jlindotnet a few times per week but now too unbearable so I stop going there altogether.

Just saying that most trolls in the past used the name similar to yours so we little uncomfortable with the name.

Welcome T

Welcome Yas, you can join.

Well the Clips and Warriors’ bigs will school them how a big man should play.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. It’s because @jlin_fan_from_australia:disqus and I do the “Welcome newbies!” part

She is not a man (refresh)

Dont worry about trolls, we have bigger ones here, Mumintrollet

Trolls here are Snufkin 🙂

One more question, in “Lin tried to follow the plan to be 40-60 as the floor general running the offensive sets, go through PnR plays and balancing to feed Kobe touches to do his thing”. Does it mean 40% for being the floor general and 60% for feeding Kobe the ball?

LOL someone must repeatedly push to wrong button.

you got it right 🙂
Kobe was dribbling-dribbling in what it seemed to take forever (5 seconds) enough to eat “beef/pork jerky” and swallow them haha..

The consensus out there:

1. Boozer, Hill, Johnson are TERRIBLE (say it like Barkley’s “Turrible!”).
2. More J-Ed PnR
3. Replace Boozer or Hill with Ed Davis
4. Jeremy shouldn’t feed Boozer/Hill till they set picks
5. Johnson, get out of the way whenever Jeremy drives!
6. Kobe, pass the ball!
7. From Lakers fans sites: Jeremy, you’re OUR second option so call the shots!

Imo, Jeremy can take over like when he was in Knicks, the problem is the rest of the cast. The Knicks Brady Bunch had Novak (3 point shooter), Fields and Shumpert who are constantly moving, and Tyson who sets good screens.

Do you think Lin not being aggressive is because he was discouraged doing that in Hellston? Remember during Linsanity, he tried to score whenever he had the chance? Then in Hellston, McFail would limit him how many shots he could take?

There are only 3 players that are good at setting screen. Lin, Kobe and Davis.

I don’t think so, I think it’s because he has no teammates cooperating on the same page, and no room to drive.

Yes as far as we can see. But Lin hasn’t practiced with Boozer and Hill. Nash mess up the pre-season practice chemistry. I’m disappointed that Nash who’s supposed to be a great premier HOF PG isn’t there to help them sort it out even if he can’t play.

I think Jeremy is trying to do what he does, get the ball to the team and get them involved. A pass first PG. But Boozer and Hill aren’t getting anything done with the ball.

An earlier interview of Lin talking about Nash. He said, Nash told him it is easy to rack up point but the right play is to involve teammates 1st.

Good post.

What do you think Lin has to accomplish in order for Lakers to offer him a decent K to stay with Lakers as a starting or back-up PG? After all, if he’s going to be with Lakers for just another year, all that rebuilding will be wasted.

Hill is 2nd best behind Kobe? LOL

I’m trying to send an encouragement to Jeremy to find his inner “LinBeast” mode that Kobe wants him to take on boldly :] Please retweet to many Laker-related twitter handles so it gains some traction.

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/527881118612488192

Nice, I like it. Didn’t notice Kobe’s reaction while watching.

No worries. Didn’t know if I said something offending prior.

They could not even run a PnR correctly..

Better not…he can be way better.

I offcially gave up Hill already. Whatever he does is just ICING ON THE CAKE

are any as good as Asik? lol, ok, that is the past …

i guess thats the flip side. but they are type of veteran who are not so egotistical, so should be willing to work together with lin

not an offensive threat yeah. read somone even say he’s least skilled starter in the league

but, looking at that lin frustrated play, hill was looking for the pass to post to boozer i think, thats why he was standing around? so to me, just familiarity, like reading lins body language to see what lin really wants him to do

it is difficult to see them get blown out, but imo its worth being patient and getting on the same page with teammates, rather than focusing on how aggressive he looks

I don’t think he meant Lin should be a Derek Fisher type PG in his playing style. He’s saying that he and Derek Fisher argued and bickered and challenged each other made them both better and they still had a great relationship and one of his favorite teammates. He doesn’t want Lin to play like Derek Fisher but to bicker back at Kobe if he see’s Kobe doing something wrong. That he’s giving Lin permission to do this. That he’s not going to be retaliated against for it like he would with Harden or McHale and get benched if he steals the spotlight from Harden.

Joe, we can blacklist based on IP address. It’ll be more difficult to change ISP provider or change IP.

Even when mods are not around, users can always flag them 5 times for the comment to disappear as spam. If the positive majority self-police the troll comments, we’ll have an ideal 70%positive 30% concern.

Since we have a lot of newcomers, let me extend the warm welcome and give some guideline :]

Remember, it’s ok to have differing opinions. But it’s not ok to be disrespectful of other people’s opinion or be overly negative. Without hope, people die.

Please see the Site Rule for newcomers. Remember #1 rule is “Be Polite and Be Respectful”
http://www.jlinportal.com/website-rules-must-read/

And let’s set good example by NOT starting name-calling (i.e. “McFail”, “Hellston”) however tempting it might be. Let me explain. It’s very tempting when we have anger to lash out but it’s good to exercise self-control not to start fights. Once we do, people lose objectivity and just focus on inflicting plain and exacting revenge.
No good basketball discussion can take place. We have enough stress in real-life. Let’s use JLin’s basketball adventure as something good and positive.

As I tell my kids, if you unintentionally insult someone, apologize and praise them 5 times. It will work wonder :] Thank you for your cooperation.

I think you mean “NOT starting name calling”

I agree Lin should never lose his identify as a playmaker like Nash.

But he should also learn to be balanced in attacking when he’s open because it will give more spacing for his struggling teammates to shoot. Lin is capable of more than 5FGA per game. But it’s okay, it’s an adjustment time for Lin to find his role. It’s also important to listen to what Kobe wants to mentor him to do.

Chauncey Billups and Nash come to mind when they would simply use their scoring to keep the defense honest. Once defense overcommits, they can set up their teammates well.

yes, corrected :]

No swastika please .. haha. Melody objected :]

Seconded.

In addition, if someone does start name calling or even insulting you personally, don’t argue back, that just escalates the hostility. Just flag the comment and the mods will take care of it. No really, we actually do here.

“You don’t have to look over your shoulder anymore
like with other teams.”

I like that Kobe understands Lin’s history with the Rockets.

But Scott hasn’t instilled that same sentiment for Lin.

Wow, the other forum is in complete ‘blame Lin’ form. The forum is no longer a ‘Lin fan’ forum, but ‘everything’ is Lin’s fault site. Even previous Lin fan posters are stating that the fault is; Lin doesn’t shoot enough, Lin isn’t aggressive enough, Lin isn’t alpha enough, Lin is ptsd, Lin is trash…. Can’t tell who are fans and who are trolls.
Come on, the whole team has some major issues. Blaming it ‘all’ on Lin’s contribution or lack of is just ridiculous…smh

If that is the case, I want to see Kobe help yelling at their zombie teammates next game. talk talk talk……communicate

It is funny how the old place has become “that which should not be named”.

Making play includes attacking. I think that is what Kobe and Scott want. What they failed to understand is their version of “attacking” is different from Lin’s

I want to see Kobe asking for the ball and Lin ignoring him 10 times.

I don’t fully agree w/Lin following Nash as being primarily a playmaker (especially on this team). The NBA is less team focused now than the past. Lin can shoot and that seems to be what is needed more right now (among other things of course).
I know this goes against Lin’s belief, but he needs to get his first, because I’m not sure this team is capable of getting very far since they don’t have much to work with.

lol…that would be a way for Lin to challenge Kobe, as he asked for. I’d cheer Kobe on, along w/Lin.

Keep your head up. We are with you.

Don’t leave your son over there too.

I’d also love to see Lin take on the “shoot 1st/pass2nd” guard role to establish winning ways first so his teammates can fall in line.

In this 2-MVP heyday, Nash is very balanced in scoring and making plays. That’s why he got 18.8pts/10.5asts. Lately he couldn’t score much, that’s not the version Lin should emulate.

As a leader, Lin would need to learn how to inspire his teammates to follow his lead. If he and Kobe make some shots, it would inspire the deflated teammates to play better.

The reality is this is a new team so it would take time to learn the offense and execute flawless teamwork. In the process, Lin and Kobe cannot let the team suffer multiple blowouts. They need to inspire them as a leader by scoring first. At least keep the game closer.

I hope Kobe, Lin and coaches discuss about this approach so the team would play better next game.

Hmmm. So that’s what do here… lol.

Just like what I think, Lin thought he is assertive while Scott and Kobe thought he was passive. They are completely not on the same page. I can not wait the moment of them clicking..

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/527933677301272577

You are kidding me!

I am still working on believing right now…lol

will not be in the near future, I am 100% sure. But that is ok

that’s one quick birth :>

Sometimes I do feel Mark like to generate some drama or add some fuels to it.

However, there’s plenty of conflict quotes from Bryant and from the coach. Kobe was quoted here:“I told him that’s a big urban legend of me. I want to score. That means coming off of picks, catching and shooting. You handle the ball and you run the show.”

However, I thought the coach was asking Kobe to play PG, as he said it will save his legs to have ball in his hand, instead of coming of picks. Hmm, Lin for sure will think a lot, which way to follow then?

So Kobe had 25 FGA last game, and the rest of the starters got 25 FGA together. So do you think Kobe’s be aggressive means he wanted Jeremy to yell at him so that Kobe will not shoot 25 or he wanted Jeremy to be aggressive like him, grab 50% of the remaining FGA, and shot 12 time instead of 5 FGA only?

Lin would have to ask Kobe to clear up his expectations.
I’m trying to remember DFisher approach. Perhaps a little of both on 12FGA even when Lin missed and being more vocal on court with Kobe to break Kobe from his Mamba trance.

classic mob mentality

maybe Kobe meant for Lin to yell more aggressively, “Kobe, you’re being TRIPLE TEAMED. PASS ME THE BALL!”

To be fair, some shots from Suns were well contested…but in general it was bad

We probably will see a game where Lin yelled the f word to Kobe and got a T from Refs…

If Scott think like this, he is an idixt…..IMO

Drama = clicks = $, just math.

It’s just too many variables in this team to take care of at the moment. Whether it is Princeton or Triangle….players need more time to get familiar with these formation. At the moment seems like most of them are learning on the fly.

Bottom, they can not even run PnR….so….forget about those set now.

As predicted b4 the TC, focus too much on help defense will only results in scrambled D rotations. Which usually ends up with a wide open 3s.

SBNation correctly points out that while Kobe asked Lin to run the “offense”, Kobe also needs to do his part.

https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/527919652043624448

Have not gone back to watch one of the preseason games where JLin lead the 2nd team. It was more “free flowing” and good movement. Still getting used to watching all these “confusing” formation.

Me 3

kobe is kobe. he also chose the coach he wanted. if scott start to think different than kobe he’ll be fired. so we must wait if kobe, with his style of play and his willing to stay on the court, get injuried.

if kobe stays on the court, unless jeremy starts to be selfish and hit shots, nothing will change.

Think JLin needs more than one season in LAL to establish himself as the floor general. Only if he remains in LAL ….

bryant tried the same last season: ball in his hands, iso… but he’s not that young anymore. he’s been smart this time cause he plays less than 30 minutes. but that’s because the game’s over by the end of 3rd quarter. if he’ll countinue to play like that Kobe will get hurt. then we’ll have to see what happens.

kobe chose scott so scott is just a puppet in kobe’s hands. unless jeremy prove to kobe he can run this team without him and make them winning, nothing will happen.

kobe must be out for a while if we want to see some good basketball.

yes, very different approach indeed. This is refreshingly LA not to tow company-line

what’s TC stand for?

I don’t like how Laker related blogs, tweeter pinning lack of offense on Lin just because Kobe and Scott said it.

yeah, it’s good to have discipline not to read the comments 🙂 I’m sure there are Kobe fans who think he can do no wrong.

But the article is good to point out it takes two to tango.

the good and the bad haha .. but only a few bad seed

much more of course .. but the entertainment value is not to be underestimated :]

No pregame thread? Are we waiting to hit the 1k mark?

LOL I’m yet to ban one. Thinking hard on one of them but give it a pass. Decide to change my tactic a little. Give a new comer a head up first about the rules before I act upon the post. Okay. Let me ask a silly question: “How do I ban the poster? Just flag the post will do the job? Down voted?” Once I do it, will @psalm234 have a way to look at the post to justify why I do it? I need to be familiar on how to. Thanks a bunch @psalm234:disqus

Soon. Give it another 10 minutes. It will hit the 1k+ hahahahaha

almost there..

@psalm234:disqus Thanks for giving permission to @steve_chou:disqus the permission to translate. Sorry if I overstep your boundary to give early permission. As I visited Chinese fansites last night, saw lots of glooms and dooms. Hence I felt like every JLin fans needed a good in-game report for them to find some comfort. Hence, I posted your report of this tread in Twitter, FB. Pardon me if I was out of line.

Please start looking at the IP logs to see if people have multiple identities here. This is a key to preventing weird convos and devolving the community.

This is the allowed behavior that has that site tolled out.

should start the new post now, and by the time it reaches 990 , Brent will find he is the only person left here…….

you mean Forgiveness?

That place place was OK when you had less then 200 posts per thread ( emmm 3 years ago ?).
Hopefully this site can be a more civil jeremylin.net of old.

They advertised it? Where / how?

@psalm234:disqus last night when you said you understand “what the Lakers plan is about”.

Is that what you mentioned in Part 3 – the plan is “to do whatever to make Kobe happy”?

training camp?

Jeremy Lin, a starter for now, relishes fresh beginning with Lakers
Posted by JLin
By Ben Golliver
http://www.jlin7.com/blogs/news/15726608-jeremy-lin-a-starter-for-now-relishes-fresh-beginning-with-lakers

Training camp

I don’t know. If you want to reach him, try to PM him at his site or twitter.

No, I don’t need to reach him. I saw Wu Kong here but did not see jp. Just hope he can be here too.

Ouch that hurts:

Penny Lee‏@penny10654
Cheer up,Jeremy!@JLin7 (via statjbd’s IG)

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/527731178971725824

Sometimes he does come and chat, Dorothy.
Brent and I bounce back ideas back and forth with jp and wukong on the sites.

Nicely done!

Thanks to your diligence, of course! Your idea for the title tag change to ‘Jeremy Lin Portal’ from ‘JLinPortal’ certainly helps a lot :] Where do you find the Google Search rankings BTW? Is it updated weekly?

Off topic: Read a tweet said that PB was hurt. Have no desire to search R news. Anyone knows what it’s about?

Hamstring, guy is injury prone.

tripping is a foul b/c it causes injury. The man is a dangerous player.

Yes, a few things (observing coaches interaction with Kobe, Jeanie Buss pre-game interview, Kobe’s quest to surpass MJ as #3 scorer record, PFV great analysis, Byron is hired to please Kobe) certainly put this point as an emphasis.

I knew this before but I didn’t realize how much it influenced offensive style and coaches interaction.
I realized Kobe won’t change his playing style if it prevents him to reach his goal (#3 scorer passing MJ) since he’s been obsessed to beat MJ since 19 years ago.

No doubt about it. Just glad that JLin stays healthy after playing with this kind of dangerous player.

I also like zxcvb’s postings, hope the person can come over.

It was sore yesterday night, but today….we are fine. Thanks!!! Still waiting Ins Co. to respond

for letting himself got tripped by Bev LOL

whoa.. I didn’t know you were in car wreck?
Everyone ok?

Yep….lucky…..spent a lot on the car tho…..well, only important thing is the whole family are good!

Wonderful news. That’s very good. Hopefully the insurance/car issue will be solved soon.

Cars are getting more and more expensive.

Sounded to me it was entirely the other party’s fault.

Soooo…are you getting a brand-spanking-new 2015 Sienna after the settlement comes in? 🙂

Inflation. I remember back in ’89 gas was under a dollar per gallon, and base model Camry’s were under $20K.

You did the right thing. Give 1-2 warnings. You can mark the comment as Spam or delete them.
After the fact, you can PM me or Tweet me. There is a Moderator Group but I need to enable the notifications first.

Good to hear the fam is ok and well..
Do defensive driving, just like Byron wants 😀

LOL I think Brent is anti-tanking :]

Even LBJ is sucking bad. New team, new system, gotta be patient.

hope everyone recovers nicely and no bad dreams.

you are awesome!

No idea but it sure is pretty.

That was true even in mid and late 90s

@disqus_3ojL2FVU9I:disqus , did you ever get my PM to thank you?
Not sure if people get notifications on PM now.
Also, if you have twitter, let me know for backup communication :]

Look, I know it’s easy to do, but the problem here is disingenuous people cause the whole forum to skew toward false discussion. Then what’s the point ?

Much awaited JLin’s TWCSN interview on “Connected With…Jeremy Lin”

The guard talks about overcoming tough times and situations on his way to the NBA and Los Angeles.

http://www.twcsportsnet.com/videos/2014/10/30/connected-with-jeremy-lin-preview-october-30-2014

I see what you are saying now on the options of marking the comment. Ok. It’s good to know as more people are joining the sites. It’s going to get Linteresting soon:-) Just need to learn my niche first:-)

it should be in youtube soon, I would think

It’s obvious that the Cavs should have LeBron come off the bench and start Marion instead. LeBron would probably be a better fit leading the second unit anyways. LOL