G37 CHA @DEN Notes & Observations

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Jlin MUST rest his ankle until it’s fully healed, even if it takes 2 weeks…he can’t afford to have another game like this again this year…I’m tired of him sacrificing his future opportunities for a team that won’t trust him enough to play the role of playmaker over Batum

I agree Lin shouldn’t play until his ankle really heal. I think after today Cliff should really think about this option not just put Lin on court to make himself felt better. smh!

you have a well deserved cheshire cat grin!

Lots of players had bad shooting night. So what’s the big deal of this? Just move on….

lol hawes swearing for not getting a call.

totally…most of the team would have it as a schedule loss…obviously win is a bonus…despite that, they played hard and closed the gap in Q4

Amazingly, 3-4 Lin misses (including FTs) in the highlights were all long, bouncing on the back of the rim.
That means at least they’re consistent. Perhaps Acbc is correct that the thin Denver air causes the ball to sail long

Batum/Kemba/Lin/Hairston/Lamb/Frank were a combined 7-31 from 3s.
The strange thing is Marvin/Hawes were 5/5

At_The_Hive also mentioned it could be the air. Players & coaches said DEN is hard place to play in.
Personally, IMO it’s the combination of Back-to-Back and thin air in Denver
https://twitter.com/At_The_Hive/status/686383583305547776

Credit to Lin for fighting on defense and orchestrating despite not having good shooting night.
Many players would’ve mailed it in.

I hope he stays healthy and taking care of his ankle….only then he can performs well

Shooting 3s from distance requires exact control of the trajectory and knowing the exact apex of that trajectory. The rainbow must arc correctly. If the ball is just slightly lighter and the air resistance isn’t what players are used to, the ball will sail just pass what is the normal apex thereby causing the ball to hit the back of the rim. Even the way you apply backspin on the ball can affect the lift of the shot. Obviously once you adjust by taking more shots, you can regain your form again.

What’s there to explain? I’ll bet even Stef Curry would struggle in Mile high when he’s injured and tired. I’m merely suggesting that fans stop splitting hairs only on Lin’s head.

IMO, this game was lost yesterday when Clifford over played Lin 40 minutes in a hopeless loss. Clifford is just bad at resource management.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/686442309202780160

yeah me too lol. too bad kemba’s the starting point guard and not lin 🙁

Clifford needs to see that Kemba’s playmaking is only good for himself and brings a string of losses.
Time to let Lin be PG and Kemba be SG but I don’t think he’s brave enough to do so.

Then let Hansbrough get regular PT to bring some toughness and finishing to shake up the hapless big men now

OK the thin air and all the excuses, but this team can’t even beat the Nuggets.

I’m not blaming Jeremy, obviously. A wise coach should have put ball in Lin’s hands and tell him ” I know you can’t play but just keep everyone in rhythm “. Instead Clifford didn’t make a single adjustment.

I don’t know how bad this team can become when Kemba and Batum will chuck balls for different reasons and the return of MKG

I think it’s supposed to be NBA All-Star at TOronto

I agree kemba is no playmaker unless hes setting himself up. Which in other words shouts the word ballhog. By all means kemba is a great scorer, but make him play at the 2 because he just does not get other players involved

James Har en: First Team All-Defense.

https://www.facebook.com/bleacherreport/videos/10153737580151006/

Even BR is making a mockery of James Har en’s top defense.

BrookLin Nets 2016…

Let’s wait who they hire as GM and coach first.

it’s ok with me. I had a bad day after a few good days, and then I had a good day again. It was good to see the amount of distance his misses made, and no way the team is blaming Lin. We can tell he’s hurt.

i saw that too. I think his ankle was really bothering him on the foot flex stroke he needed to elevate.

Thanks…true Lin fans.loves him no matter what…he still gets 7 minutes *clap clap*…some was questioning the minutes he’s gonna get

Lin is a great player and fierce competitor, but he’s not superhuman. No one is.
No excuses, just the facts. He was listed as questionable before the game. And this was after playing 41 minutes the day before — the second most for him this season. And he played with an injured ankle. Because the team needed him, he stepped-up. That’s who he is. And in the thin Denver air that would hamper healthy players. It was painful to watch, though, Lin sacrificing his body to take those charges last night. And I’ve watched almost every game he has played in this season.

In the last three games, Lin is still shooting 44%, and 36% from three-point range. And his teammates are passing to him more (including Batum yesterday), and coach Clifford is trusting him more in key situations. So for me as a Lin fan, things are actually looking up.

Now I’ve gotta go an vote for Lin in the ASG. (= NBA entertainment = popularity contest, re: Kobe the top vote-getter despite an abysmal season)

lol…give it a break man…it was a bad shooting night for him…we acknowledge that

There’s a finite resource level to everyone. We want to believe that we can overcome our bodies by our will power and get that second or third wind when we need it. Science has proven that to be untrue. Our perception of second wind is just that, it’s self delusion.

Last night was yet another illustration of bad coaching by Clifford. When a coach plays only 2 guys heavy minutes and sets them up to score while freezing out the rest of the team, it’s totally detrimental to the overall health of the team. The pieces that get overused become too tired to play both ways and develop extremely bad habits. They then create jealousy and animosity within the ranks. Batum’s injury is a result of overuse. KW will be next.

The players that don’t get used properly are like muscles that become limp with atrophy. That’s a wasted resource that will never become any use if you never use it. The longer you wait, the more difficult it becomes to insert players in. A coach must use their assets and make sure everyone carries their share of the weight. Somewhere along the way, Clifford even forgot that he said guys need at least enough playtime to get into the game and that he’d have 9 guys in rotation. BF1 was a force until it was broken up by the over use of kW and Batum.

IMO, Cliffrod was bought by Cho with the extention to promote CHO’s 2 stars. Lin is but a casualty of that directive.

If Lin was healthy, he’d have taken the ball to the hole instead of shooting 3s.

I see…ahhh

Because Lin’s been so successful playing in Denver in the past, I would imagine the altitude had NO EFFECT on Lin.

But the ankle and head hits and back to back and questionable game status? That’s what did Lin in.

Every season, Lin has an “injury down” game where his tendency to play through nagging injuries catches up with him. Last year it was the Wizards 0-10 against John Wall while injured, this year it’s the Nuggets.

Lin will easily bounce back just as he always has and will.

Not likely, but Ok.

As you’ve said, he took a lot of hits. He also played 40 intense minutes the previous night on both ends especially on defense sprinting/chasing after Redick/Crawford and fighting off screens. I’ve said on my game report that no one could match his defensive intensity. So I think a lot of it has to do with fatigue and yesterday his primary focus was on D and his offense suffered. Well at least that’s my take… not an expert like you 🙂

wow, impressive.

Steve Ballmer took the time to recognize Lin’s contribution & joked around with him?
This is why it’s great to be the high-scorer against NBA teams. They tend to remember what you did to them.
Then they make an offer during Free Agency.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/686599571183513600

Thin air was just one possible factor. Back-to-back after playing 41 min the night before was a bigger factor, I think.

It’s harder to simulate playing great the next day after playing 40+ min.
I mean the stamina can be improved but the body and knees would give out like the example that you gave of a friend who put weights on the ankle to practice jumping around.

There’s definitely trade-off with everything. DRose “too athletic style” was great but not sustaintable in the long term. Duncan’s Big Fundamental without much jumping is definitely more long-lasting and preferable. JLin should follow Duncan’s path for sure.

I thought a better solution would be not launching 3s so many if he kept missing.
He did try to drive closer after missing 3s but didn’t make the drives.
It’s just not his day which is understandable.

I would feel different if he has a string of bad games like this.
26pts-game with great shooting followed by 2pts-game with bad shooting is not the best but not the worst either.

I agree. When I visits mile high, the first thing I notice is how much harder it is for me to breath because of my asthma. That’s why long distance runners will train in thin air to get their bodies to metabolize oxygen more efficiently into the blood stream. Lin was tired and depleted all of his resources in the Cliooers game. Recovery from that state requires time, time which he didn’t have.

Look at it another way. Blood doping was developed by athletes to extend their physical capacity.

“Blood doping is the practice of increasing the nmber of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to enhance athletic performance. Because such blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, a higher concentration in the blood can improve an athlete’s aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and endurance.[1] Many methods of blood doping are illegal, particularly in professional sports.”

Lin was only able to naturally recharge his system a certain amount due to time constraints. When that was used up, he finally hit the wall.

Steve Ballmer said he likes Lin also a a fan of Lin when he just bought the Clippers team… Part of the reason bc they both graduated from Harvard.

Now someone will be fighting for Linsanity Wax trade mark.

it’s an extreme for sure
But there’s always trade-off

Publicity/potential from 40+ games to be a starter somewhere is good.
Multiple 2-4+pts games definitely won’t be good

20+pts average would be extremely good

They were down so much and the game could have run away from CHA in the 2nd if Lin had not focused on stops and caused that 19-2 run cohesion. Other’s scored, rebounded, but that was the only part of the game they were competing and contending, and the rest was trading baskets at best, and kw ball at worse but I didn’t not that too much.

The 2nd shift JLin had in the 2nd half … I felt he was too tired to think straight. Not having the team rely on him, being tired due to the 19-2 run and altitude, unknown amounts of pain that affected his shot, etc. I give him a pass for not being able to gather the loose pieces in his short 2nd shift.

It’s on coaching – overplay JLin on a loss to Clips, on his re-roll, etc. I know JLin asked to say in during Clips, but that was before the re-roll.

Of course, the groomer! Hence no Hairsanity. LOL. Good work Charlie Brown 🙂

number of games lin has played in nba career: 326
number of game he has gone 0-for (minimum 15 minutes played): 9

gs 2
ny 0
houston year one 0
houston year two 1
la 5
charlotte (to date) 1

Someday, I want JLin to do this like he did in Harvard before

3 seconds on the clock…down by 2….Then he does this—and the crowd LOSES their minds!

That goes into the cherished memory book! Good for that player! He goes further, Wow!

https://twitter.com/SwarmnSting/status/686654657909788672

Lol

But you’re not a super elite NBA athlete like Lin who is THE BEST conditioned guard in the NBA and who has historically BEASTED in the high altitude of Denver’s home court.

Exactly.

Are you serious? we dealing with this crap again? Like you have Lin Kemba Roberts Daniels and Lamb
Why do you need more guards like are you plain stupid Clifford?

and the last 4 minutes, which is often sometimes because JLin and others do rally to get the game close.

they are planning for JLin leaving, and I hope they will just trade him away for something but they have to be secure in having a person to do what they think Lin is doing.

Theres off season for that

Oh ok… all lin!

Hornets shooting coach is right.

Lin shoots better with 1-2.

Jeremy Lin working on his 3 pt shot after Hornets practice.

But the HUMONGOUS CHEMISTRY PROBLEM caused by Walker and Batum being uncomfortable with Lin on the court with them is KILLING the Hornets.

Good research, KHuang.
And 1 more thing, he looks like Kemba with the beard so that might play into a factor lol

Hi KHuang. Do you know about the YouTube Channel ProShotShootingSystem? They are strong proponents of the hop there, as well as BBallBreakdown. I love those YT channels and have learned a lot from them over the past two years or so. Personally I like the hop better as well. Why do you think Lin shoots better with 1-2, just subjective experience? Not intended to attack your statement, just honest question out of curiosity.

Even if the Hornets somehow decided to eject Walker and keep Lin, this Mantzaris guy is NOT a NBA level athlete.

Elite athleticism is really critical for NBA point guards in today’s game.

Even off the bench, a guy like Mantzaris would struggle to create his own shot and in stopping opposing point guards off screens (not so much in isolation dribbling where no PG in the entire league other than Lin can consistently stop opponents off the drive).

Just look at how Kemba Walker is more athletic than Mantzaris but is totally ordinary by NBA bench PG athletic standards. Walker is getting BEATEN TO DEATH every game, not just by starters but by 2nd and 3rd string reserves who athletically overpower him. It would be the same with Mantzaris, though Mantzaris would put up much more of a fight defensively than Kemba Walker does.

Seriously, hair that high could actually help defense (blocking view), especially threes.

Excellent analysis!

I took a look at the pro shooting thing that you recommended. GREAT VIDEO.

Interestingly, I saw a CGI clip of a messed up shooter on their video. DEAD RINGER for Errorme Lin when he’s bricking at the line. The form taught by that messed up shooter is exactly what Doc Scheppler is teaching Lin, which is why Lin consistently struggles in shooting when he shoots Doc’s way.

The great shooters like Curry will use a 1-2 even when they seem to hop off two feet. Even in their video, that’s what Curry was doing. It’s the total opposite of Lin who was taught by Doc Scheppler go off both legs the way a girls basketball shooter would do because female hips are angled differently from men.

When Lin does a 1-2 either off his devastating pull up dribble or when curling off a 3 point screen, he’s every bit as devastating as Curry in his accuracy. But when Lin gets his feet set, his hop shot with balanced feet ends up throwing his shooting arm out of whack and he shoots sideways. And when Lin is off balance or slightly injured as a shooter, Lin does a classic 1-2 and hits everything like in the LAC game.

Like I’ve been saying for the last 4 seasons, Lin shoots better when he turns a little more to the left.

Every new coach has a honeymoon period where the players are rejuvenated.

Then reality sets in and the losing returns.

what did you notice in the DEN game?

I’m an advocate of the hop. IMO, it’s ability to take the energy from your movement and translate it into loading gives you a much quicker transition to what you intend to do with the catch and ….whatever. By the time you use the 1-2 rot stop then load to make your next move, you’ve lost a split second of time to who ever is chasing you.

The best shooters now use this hop step. The other big plus is that when you receive the ball in the air and you come to a hop position, there is absolutely no way anyone can call you for travel. The 1-2 will disappear just like the skyhook in 10 years time.

what do you make of KHuang saying Steph shoots the 1-2? I will try to watch for either, just trying to understand.

A lot of his misses are in the Jun Liu highlights … I’m curious what you think integrating it in with the hop or 1-2 discussion. I want to learn what you and ac and chronshifter are saying.

PS, his FTs used to be money but this year they have not been as reliable so not sure what’s up with that.

Okay, I will watch for that. I love how Curry can shoot from any starting position … to me it’s not circus shots but that he’s been in the playground trying to beat his dad his whole life:

BBall Breakdown Hops vs 1-2:

Actually, Lin’s form looked very good in that game.

But he clearly didn’t have his typical explosiveness off the dribble or his lift off the shots.

Lin’s legs were severely hurting him that game, though he is so well conditioned that he was able to make good passes and play hard defense anyway.

Lately, Lin’s form has been looking less like Doc Scheppler’s squared up shot and more like Lin’s right side shooting form from Linsanity and 19 PER LA last season.

Lin should get some shooting coaching from DELL Curry.

That’s what I thought, that the shots going left, short by far, back iron and glass, told me there was pain he’s adjusting to and he was hunting and pecking because something wasn’t consistent that was affecting him. That can only be take-off pain, as that depends on where/how he starts his jump.

If you chase a guard on D, getting pain isn’t as easy to see because you make it up on a cut or screen or next step, so we can’t judge what the injury was doing to him by how well he did on D. The example of that is the re-roll 2 games ago … that was not really a roll, but a hard cut to get around a screen, so who’s to know how much angle caused the re-injury except when it happened. Had he know, he would not have cut as angled or hard.

Jeremy Lin 林書豪 Facebook
“You don’t become great by doing what’s easy or comfortable.”

https://twitter.com/lakersselfie1/status/686721733299167234

Need to have 100% ankle first.

中文专访书豪：乔丹给我建议 还没有女朋友
http://xw.qq.com/sports/20160111011856
腾讯体育1月11日美国洛杉矶讯（首席记者/段冉）正所谓东方不亮西方亮，黑了南方有北方。上赛季在洛杉矶经历了一个不太痛快的赛季，休赛期中林书豪选择加盟了夏洛特黄蜂，虽然即便到了现在，仍然有人在质疑林书豪的防守，质疑他那一个个让人感到眼花缭乱的发型，但你不得不承认，林书豪已经成为了这支球队中不可或缺的一员。
　　没有重现当年的林疯狂，但至少在夏洛特打得非常开心。场均出战26.1分钟，可以拿下12分3.2次助攻，数据上看，书豪似乎和上个赛季在湖人相比没有多大的区别。但如果将林书豪的数据转化为每36分钟的数值，他场均可以拿下16.6分，是他离开纽约之后的最高值。 　
　“现在，我们只想努力拿下一场胜利，”输给快船之后，林书豪告诉腾讯体育。“但我们今天已经打得更加努力，防守也比之前的比赛要更好，只要我们继续打出今天的表现，不远的未来就会有好事发生。”这场比赛，林书豪出战41分钟，拿下了全队最高的26分，外加4篮板4助攻，就和赛后林书豪说的那样，整个赛季，我们看到的都是一个积极向上的林书豪。
　　在客场与快船的比赛后书豪接受了腾讯体育的独家专访，整个过程中他面带笑容并坚持全程用中文。即便是对于个人感情的问题也毫不避讳。
　　乔丹给过我建议
　　腾讯体育：林书豪平常接受专访都是用英文，今天是专门为了中国球迷，书豪要全程用中文，我们一起看看书豪的中文现在怎么样了。首先欢迎回到洛杉矶，另外，这赛季黄蜂队现在打得应该说还可以，不知道你对全队现在这样一个状态感觉怎么样？
　　林书豪：我觉得我们刚开始的时候还打得不错，现在连着输了5、6个比赛，所以我觉得我们现在就是需要，你知道的，一直很用功的打，我们明天要和丹佛打（北京时间11日），所以希望明天可以赢。我知道我们明天打完就回夏洛特了，我觉得在夏洛特打会帮助我们。
　　腾讯体育：你曾经在接受采访的时候说过，这赛季的感觉比去年在湖人要感觉好很多，因为我们确实可以看到主教练非常的喜欢你，是不是因为这个原因？
　　林书豪：没有，我觉得去年，就是我们前一个赛季只赢下了二十几个比赛，现在我们已经赢下了十七个比赛。所以我觉得比较好玩，今年教练让我打很多，我觉得我很喜欢和这些队友配合，像跟肯巴（沃克），你知道，我的队友他们都对我非常好，所以我在夏洛特待得很高兴。
　　腾讯体育：本赛季有时候你会打先发，有时候会打替补，这个对你准备比赛有没有什么影响，或者说你会不会介意先发或者是替补？
　　林书豪：不会影响太多，我的想法就是，每个比赛真的是为上帝打，然后我觉得不管是先发还是板凳球员，最重要就是我是不是一直都是很有侵略性的打法，不管是投篮，或者是助攻或者是上篮，我觉得我需要非常的有侵略性，那是最重要的。
　　腾讯体育：是否已经与迈克尔-乔丹交流过，比如说训练场上啊或者场下，他有没有给你一些建议？
　　林书豪：你知道，他非常有名，所以大部分的时候他不会跟我们，有时候，他去看我们的比赛的时候，他会给我们一些小的建议，大部分的时候都是留给主教练克利福德。
　　在黄蜂，林书豪最明显的一个变化就是打球开心了，不用再担心斯科特的体系，也不用想着过半场之后就将球交给哪个超级球星，这个赛季22.2%的球权使用率同样是他离开纽约之后的最高值。对于一个控球后卫来说，有球在手才是最为重要的事情。　
　黄蜂主帅克利福德是一个防守型的教练，来到夏洛特之后，有些专家媒体甚至认为，林书豪的防守对于球队来说，可能都会成为一种拖累。但很多人不知道的是，这个赛季，林书豪在防守端有了明显的进步，目前为止，林书豪已经在比赛中送出了24记盖帽，仅次于奇才队的核心约翰-沃尔，即便是在场均盖帽次数上，林书豪场均0.71次的盖帽数据也能排在联盟的第三位，在这方面的数据上，他甚至要强过韦斯布鲁克、库里、贝弗利等人。要知道，职业生涯的前五个赛季，林书豪的场均盖帽次数从来都没有超过0.4次，防守端的进步，也是克利福德经常会在关键时刻将书豪留在场上的原因之一。
　　在书豪的帮助下，本赛季黄蜂的表现有了很大程度的提升，虽然最近的六连败让他们的战绩下滑至了17胜19负，仅排名了东部的第11位，但吉尔克里斯特赛季报销，巴图姆和杰弗森这大核心都无法出战，最近一段时间，黄蜂正经历的是本赛季最艰难的一段时刻。而当他们全员健康的时候，这支球队还是十分恐怖的，之前不久，他们还在东部第二的位置短暂停留过。
　　球队伤兵满营，当林书豪刚刚复出的时候，克利福德就迫不及待的将林书豪送上了首发。进入2016年之后，球队伤兵满营的状况依旧没有太大的改观，克利福德也给了林书豪足够的信任。最近的四场比赛中，林书豪场均上场时间上升至了33.7分钟，场均可以拿下17.3分3.3次助攻，投篮命中率达到了48.1%，三分球命中率增长到了40.0%。职业生涯中，我们已经很多次的见到了林书豪迎难而上，而这一次他同样没有选择逃避。
　　想凭实力进全明星
　　腾讯体育：中国的球迷现在都在给全明星投票，很多中国球迷都在投你的票，你如何看待自己进入全明星的这个机会？
　　林书豪：好像两个礼拜以前，我的朋友说我是第八名或者什么，我真的就是很感谢，因为我知道我有很多的球迷，他们每年都是帮我投票，然后我就是希望有一年可以打得非常好，然后真的打到全明星赛，我觉得这会很好玩。
　　腾讯体育：全明星比赛正好是在中国的春节，就是新年之后，所以全明星赛如果你没有被选中的话，你会不会去多伦多去看全明星赛？
　　林书豪：我在金州勇士第一年的时候，我有去看，可是我觉得我在NBA的时候，看全明星赛不是那么好玩。我觉得当球迷的时候，我很喜欢看，因为我比较年轻。然后（现在）我每天都看到这些球员，我不知道我会不会回家，可是我希望到家之后休息一点。　
　过去的三个赛季，林书豪的年均薪资都高达830万美元，而去年夏天，他和黄蜂队签下的是一份2年400万美元的合约，但年薪的缩减，换来的却是林书豪脸上的笑容。上个赛季，林书豪在湖人板凳席满面愁容的脸庞想必大家都还记忆犹新，不用再为能否出场而发愁，不用再忧心多打挡拆会遭到斯科特的批评，书豪甚至开始折腾起了自己的发型，而这是他在纽约那个时尚之都，洛杉矶那个娱乐之都所没有做过的。
　　从莫西干头到大背头，再到小马尾，甚至还有鸡窝头、蘑菇头。书豪造型百变，但不变的是他依旧稳定的表现。在夏洛特这个小城市中，那种关于书豪和教练闹不和，书豪无法和谁谁搭档的新闻都可谓是少之又少。取而代之的是，书豪戴假发演搞笑短片，书豪请求林俊杰邀自己拍MV这样的内容。可能有人会说林书豪有些不务正业，但职业球员也是人，林书豪今年也就才28岁，这更多反映的还是林书豪积极乐观的态度。
　　我还没有女朋友
　　腾讯体育：这个赛季是科比的最后一个赛季，他已经宣布要退役了，你与他还有没有这种私人之间的联系呢，自从离开湖人之后？
　　林书豪：上次在夏洛特打我有跟他讲话，我觉得我看他的时候，他就是很平静，我觉得今年就是他非常感谢，感谢他每一个比赛，每一个球迷，所以我觉得是时候了。
　　腾讯体育：下一个问题，是一个私人的问题啊，中国很多女性的球迷特别关心这个问题，但是你可以选择回答或者是回避，就是她们想知道林书豪现在有没有正式的女朋友，或者说她们还有没有机会。
　　林书豪：没有，现在没有（女朋友）。
　　腾讯体育：就是说大家还有机会？
　　林书豪：我觉得是这样的。（腼腆的笑）
　　腾讯体育：所以下一个问题就是，你有没有夏天去中国的计划？确定的计划有没有？
　　林书豪：现在还在安排，我们现在还没有确定，是6月或者是8月或者是9月，每年一定会去，就是不知道什么时候，也没安排计划。
　　腾讯体育：到时候能不能安排腾讯的网友去机场去接你？
　　林书豪：好，可以可以。
　　腾讯体育：最后请你通过腾讯的摄像机呢，向中国所有你的球迷们说几句话。
　　林书豪：就是谢谢大家帮我投票，谢谢大家看我们的比赛，我知道，最近我们一直输，可是我觉得我们今天真的用百分之百的全力来打，我希望明天可以赢球，可以赢下丹佛。
　　自从离开湖人后，这是书豪第一次回到洛杉矶打比赛。赛后在球员通道里他碰上了快船老板鲍尔默。“Jeremy你今天真厉害，让我们守得很辛苦啊！”鲍尔默过来与书豪打趣。
　　“谢谢，希望下次我能带队赢下你们（快船）。”书豪也玩笑回应。由于有太多的亲朋好友在洛杉矶，书豪接受腾讯的专访后匆匆去与亲友见面。在球员通道里他屡次被认识或不认识的人拦住寒暄合影，虽然时间紧张但他对每个人都笑容相待且耐心与对方合影。
　　“他真是是非常Nice的一个人，”几个刚与书豪合影完的年轻人看着他匆匆的背影小声讨论着，“可惜并不是所有球员都像他这么Nice，多数都不像……”
　　的确，林书豪可能不是NBA最好的球员，但他一定是全联盟最好的人之一。

this is a very old tweet right? not from last night

Thanks for the compliment KHuang, i don’t think I analyzed anything but glad you liked their channel. They have a lot of videos regarding the hop, not just whichever one you watched so def check them out. ProShot advocates Steph Curry is a hop shooter. They also believe his largest inconsistency is his landing, sometimes landing with narrow feet and sometimes landing with wide feet. If you post which video u watched i will watch it to see if it looks like a 1-2 or a hop to me. If you can post any video with time stamps of lin doing the 1-2 i would love to see it as well, thanks.

Khuang and I are never going to agree on this point. He’s always been against Doc and his girlie form. I happen to believe as does Lin that what he teaches has a lot of merit. It’s technically and biomechanically very sound.

I believe that the old 1-2 is a shot that was for a slower game with much less emphasis on 3s. bird, Jordan, Dirk, Allen all were connected to the old ISO game with emphasis on height and elevation to shoot as close to the basket as possible and with as much elevation as possible. Today, it’s about shooting 3s and getting the shot off as fast as possible. That’s a totally different impetus. Any fraction gained by footwork is too valuable to give up by any inefficency.

IMO, it doesn’t matter what sport you play. There is a direct correlation to speed, quickness and elevation by the way you use ground force. If there are extrenious movements, that serves no purpose other than, “that’s just the way it’s been done”, then you are leaking precious split seconds.

The description Khuang made about Curry stopping with his outside leg, then using his inside leg for upward thrust means that there is a split second when nothing is done. If Stef had landed with both feet touching the ground at the same time, his stopping would load his legs and the thrust up wards with both kegs would create a much better result as well as a split second of gain.

I am going to start looking at Steph. From what I saw, hop to Coach Nick is just catching the ball while in the air and loading the forces for the jump on landing. That to me makes a lot of sense in physics, that you use the ground as a way to transmit all the force of landing back into the air. 2 ft are better than one for that.

More as we go …

I think it is by the court, not by players. If you wanna shoot 3s, you go to this court..

He is not a 1-2 shooter, he does 1-2 occasionally depending on the situations

And technically speaking, a hop does not mean both feet have to touch and leave the floor at the exact same time…

That slightly lost time is exactly why Curry is so accurate.

Lin’s the best conditioned guard in the NBA.

The “problem” with that is Lin will play through injuries that would fell any other guard.

Totally disagree.

Curry plants his right foot and shoots off that foot with the left trailing.

He does it smoothly and fastly so that it looks like a hop, but it’s NOT a two legged hop because Curry doesn’t wobble or corkscrew on jump shots.

Lin’s so talented, he can hit shots with any shot form.

But can he hit consistently?

If Lin would stop bricking free throws, I might be convinced that he has his shooting figured out.

Straight from the Dragon’s mouth, ladies. NO GIRLFRIEND!

Every lady fan here’s got a shot.

What?

Google Translate

Chinese Interview with Jeremy:
– Jordan gave advice;
– No Girlfriend Yet

http: //xw.qq.com/sports/201601 …

RUTHERFORD January 11 Los Angeles News (chief reporter / segment Ran) The so-called East does not shine bright, dark South, North. Last season in Los Angeles experienced a less happy season, offseason Jeremy Lin chose to join the Charlotte Hornets, though even now, there are still people in the questioned Lin’s defense, questioning him that one feels dazzling hair, But you have to admit, Jeremy Lin has become an integral part of the team one.

Do not reproduce the forest crazy, but at least in Charlotte played very happy. Games are played 26.1 minutes, scored 12 points and 3.2 can assists, data point of view, it seems, and Jeremy last season compared to the Lakers is not much difference. But if Lin’s data into value per 36 minutes, he averaged 16.6 points scored, the highest after he left New York.

“Right now, we just want to strive to win a victory,” after losing to the Clippers, Lin told RUTHERFORD. “But we’ve played harder today, defense is better than the previous game to, as long as we continue to play today’s performance, the near future will have good things happen.” The game, Jeremy Lin played 41 minutes, scored a team-high 26 points, plus 4 rebounds and 4 assists, on and after the game Jeremy Lin said, the entire season, we see Jeremy Lin is a positive.

After the away game with the Clippers Jeremy accepted an exclusive interview with Tencent sports, the whole process, he insisted smiling and full with Chinese. Even for personal emotional problems forthrightly.

Jordan gave me recommend

RUTHERFORD: Jeremy Lin is usually an interview in English, today is devoted to the Chinese fans, Howard to the whole book in Chinese, we take a look at the book ho Chinese now how. First of all welcome back to Los Angeles, in addition, this season, the Hornets now play should say also, you do not know such a state of the team is now how are you feeling?

Jeremy: I think when we first started also played well, now attached to lost 5,6 game, so I think that we now need, you know, has worked very hard to play, we play tomorrow and Denver ( Beijing on the 11th), so I hope tomorrow can win. I know that tomorrow we kick back to Charlotte, I think Charlotte will help us fight.

RUTHERFORD: You once said in an interview, I feel this season than last year in Los Angeles to feel a lot better, because we really can see the coach is very fond of you, is not because of this reason?

Jeremy: No, I think last year is that we won the previous season only a dozen games, and now we have won seventeen matches. So I think more fun this year, the coach let me play a lot, I think I really like these teammates, like with Kemba (Walker), you know, my teammates they were very good to me, so I stayed in Charlotte very happy.

RUTHERFORD: Sometimes you’ll hit this season starting, sometimes off the bench, ready to play this for you have no influence, or that you would not mind starting or off the bench?

Jeremy Lin: does not affect too much, my idea is that each game is really playing God, then I think whether it is starting or coming off the bench, the most important thing is I was not always been very aggressive style of play , whether it is shooting, or assists or layup, I think I need to be very aggressive, and that is the most important.

RUTHERFORD: whether and Michael – Jordan talked, for example, the training ground ah or the next field, he has to give you some advice?

Jeremy: You know, he was very well known, so most of the time he will not be with us, and sometimes, he went to see our game, he will give us some small suggestions, most of the time is reserved for Coach Clifford.

In New Orleans, the most obvious change is Jeremy Lin playing happy, do not worry about Scott’s system, they do not think over the ball after halftime to which superstar this season, 22.2 percent of the ball with the same usage he left New York after the highest value. For a point guard who has the ball in hand is the most important thing.

Hornets coach Clifford is a defensive coach, he came after Charlotte, the media and some experts even believe that Lin’s defense for the team, it may all be a drag. But many people do not know is that this season, Jeremy Lin on the defensive end has been significant progress, so far, Lin has sent a record 24 blocked shots in the game, second only to the core of the Wizards – John Wall, even in the presence of the average number of blocks, Lin field cap figures are 0.71 times also ranked third in the league, the data on this aspect, he even stronger than Westbrook, Curry, Beverly et al. You know, the first five seasons of his career, Lin averaged number of blocks have never been more than 0.4 times, the progress of the defensive end, but also Clifford often at critical moments will remain one of Jeremy field reasons.

In Jeremy’s help, the Hornets this season’s performance has improved significantly, although the most recent six-game losing streak to make their record slipped to 17 wins and 19 losses, ranked only the eastern part of the first 11, but Gierke reimbursement Riester season, Batum and Jefferson can not play this great core, most recently, the Hornets are going through this season, the most difficult period of time. And when they are full healthy, this team is still very frightening, shortly before, they are still second in the Eastern Conference stopover before.

Team their injury, while Jeremy Lin had just come back when Clifford can not wait to Lin sent a starter. After entering 2016, the team their injury situation is still not much change, Clifford Lin also gave enough confidence. The last four games, Jeremy Lin playing time increased to 33.7 minutes, averaging 17.3 points can be scored 3.3 assists, while shooting 48.1% three-point shooting rate increased to 40.0%. Career, many times we have met Lin difficulties, but this time he also did not choose to escape.

I think with the strength of the All-Star

RUTHERFORD: Chinese fans are now voting for the All-Star, a lot of Chinese fans are cast your vote, how you look at yourself into an All-Star this opportunity?

Jeremy: It seems that two weeks ago, my friend said I was eighth or what, I really was very grateful, because I know I have a lot of fans, they vote every year to help me, then I just want to have a year You can play very well, then really hit the All-Star game, I think it would be fun.

RUTHERFORD: All-Star Game is just the Spring Festival in China, that is, after the New Year, so the All-Star game if you have not been selected, you will not go to Toronto to see the All-Star Game?

Jeremy: I’m the Golden State Warriors in the first year, I had to see, but I think my time in the NBA, to see the All-Star game is not so fun. I think when the fans, I like to see, because I am relatively young. Then (and now) every day I see these guys, I do not know if I will go home, but I hope that after a little rest at home.

Over the past three seasons, with an average annual salary of Jeremy Lin are up $ 8.3 million, and last summer, he and the Hornets signed a two-year contract is $ 4,000,000, but the salary reduction, the result is Lin smile. Last season, the Lakers bench Lin sounded very sad face surely we all still remember, no longer need to worry about whether the appearance, do not have to worry much play pick and roll would have been Scott’s criticism, and even began to toss the book ho From his own hair, and this is his New York in the fashion capital, the entertainment capital of Los Angeles does not have done.

From the Mohicans head to big back head, and then a small tail, and even a chicken coop head, mushroom head. Jeremy modeling Variety, but the same is he still stable performance. In this small city in Charlotte, the kind of book on Howe and coaches and trouble is not, can not, and so and so partner Jeremy news are indeed very small. Instead, the book ho funny wig to play the movie, the book ho request JJ invited himself to shoot such content MV. Some may say that Jeremy Lin some much work, but professional players are human beings, Lin also only 28 years old this year, which reflects more positive attitude or Lin.

I do not have a girlfriend

RUTHERFORD: this season, Bryant’s last season, he has announced plans to retire, you still have contact with him this private between it, since leaving the Lakers?

Jeremy Lin: The last fight I had told him in Charlotte, I think I see him, he is very calm, and I think this year is that he is very grateful, grateful to him every game, every fan, so I think it is time.

RUTHERFORD: The next question is a personal question ah, Chinese fans especially many women concerned about this issue, but you can choose to answer or avoid, is that they want to know now there is no official Lin’s girlfriend, or that they are also There is no chance.

Jeremy: No, there is no (girlfriend).

RUTHERFORD: That we still have a chance?

Jeremy: I think so. (Shy smile)

RUTHERFORD: So the next question is, you have no plans to go to China in the summer? Determine the plan there?

Jeremy: Now also arrangements, we have not yet identified, is in June or August or September, each year will go, just do not know when, there is no plan of arrangement.

RUTHERFORD: the time Tencent users can arrange to pick you up at the airport?

Jeremy: Well, you can can.

RUTHERFORD: Finally, please How about you, to all your Chinese fans say a few words by Tencent cameras.

Jeremy Lin: Thank you for that vote to help me, thank you for watching our game, I know, we have recently been lost, but I think we really give 100% effort to fight today, I hope that tomorrow can win, we can win in Denver.

Since leaving the Lakers, this is the first time Jeremy back to Los Angeles to play the game. After the game the players channel where he met the Clippers boss Ballmer. “Jeremy you really terrible today, let us keep a very hard ah!” Ballmer jokingly came up with Jeremy.

“Thank you, I hope next time I can win you led (Clippers).” Jeremy also joke response. Because there are too many relatives and friends after in Los Angeles to accept Tencent interview Jeremy rush to meet with friends and relatives. In the tunnel where he has been repeatedly know or do not know who stopped greeting photo, although time constraints but he has a smile for everyone and treat each patient with each other photo.

“He really is a man of very Nice,” a few just finished a photo of the young man with the book ho watched him rush back quietly discussing, “Unfortunately, not all players are like him so Nice, most have not …… ”

Indeed, Lin might not be the best NBA player, but he certainly is one of the best people in the league.

What say you 1-2 or hop?

Yeah, MJ is letting Clifford coach.
So far, with injuries it has been abysmal and Kemba/Batum hero-ball is different than the team-ball that we envisioned the Hornets will do.

The great thing is JLin appreciated his fans voting for him.

ha ha, I’m watching steph and he definitely did the 1-2 step shooting from behind half court to end Q3.

https://youtu.be/5dSvsp3dxvc?t=1m39s

I saw the bballbreakdown split pictures and the difference is remarkable.

wait for his recovery then let’s watch it closely.

Gotta fix that hovering hand! LOL

KHuang, acbc, Brent:

So I looked at all the NBA 21 FGA by Curry in last Sac game and it looks to me like besides the layups and twisting circus shots, and step backs, he uses a hop. I think I only saw one you could say was a 1-2, not sure. Let me know if I’m not seeing it right.

http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/201939/gamelogs/

I thought its fixed now…way better than previous years

This kid from Japan is good
Has way more upside than Yuta Watanabe
He might make the NBA someday if coached well at Gonzaga

I’ve concluded that the NBA is racist. Once I start seeing better treatment from refs regarding Jeremy Lin, I will stop saying NBA is racist.

I’m just sick and tired of the ways they try to bring him down in the media. How they say he’s weak, Charmin soft, if you pressure him he will give you the ball. Yet, do you know of any other players who will take a charge from a 7 ft giant or slash through 5 players? Or even doing this on an injured ankle?

NBA is like Hollywood. They won’t accept Asians. Sure, there are the Jackie Chans and the Bruce Lees but that’s pretty much the only roles we Asians get in Hollywood. We cant be the attractive guy or the romantic guy. America is racist. Hollywood is racist. NBA is racist.

More proof racism of Asians exists in the NBA. It’s not just this season, it’s been happening for a long time. Pretty much identical fouls on opposite sides of the court, but Crawford gets the foul, Lin does not.

Well the majority of their audience are not asian so less relate-able to them
Asian movies cast mostly asians too
It’s not racist and things are getting better
Lin is not the only one getting bs calls and non calls
role players/scrubs all do

Lin in the clippers game took most of his shots from a hop step as well.

lol…then knowledgeable people like you should go and assist in correction…

Not racist? U r in for a rude awakening, tom…

Is there a picture or youtube video that differentiate the 1-2 from the hop?

Nice.

Nice pear.

Agreed, but Hornets doesn’t have very good C including Zeller. For the line up changing, there can be improved but not big room. Like Lin played better as starters, but bench will be much worse without him. Of course, Kemba won’t be moved to bench for sure.

i remember when this happened, and it was frustrating. the announcers know for sure it’s a foul. i think it’d be good to make a video compilation.

however, to make a case that it’s racist or somehow focused on jeremy, we’d have to make a comparison to other players. in response to these videos, i see other fans responding, “but you should see so and so, who gets fouled a lot, and doesn’t get called.” I remember a year or so ago, carmelo was making such complaints about not getting any foul calls unless he bleeds. (ironically, lin DID bleed and didn’t get a foul call.)

and i know from just watching games in general, that there are a lot of fouls not called, on a lot of people. in general, it’s frustrating, and it seems like overall unreliability. i still lean toward thinking jeremy does get it worse off than other players, but i think it’s hard to make a convincing case.

still, a compilation video would go a long way.

From Hornets FO’s view, what can be done to make this team better?

Situation: Given current state and the coming brutal January schedule, the chance of getting into playoff is looking slimmer by games. (Well, unless they bench KW and give the offense key to Lin. And we all know it is not possible). It is not likely FO can add any player that could have instant positive impact for the wins. It is not likely the team can come to life with all the offense/defense schemes they have now. We see enough with 30+ games.

So by mid-January, FO would know the prospect of getting into playoff and would probably evaluate the moves to make this team better long term. I think they will continue to lure Batum into playing at 2. They know Lin will opt out. So would they trade Lin to get something back in return instead of letting Lin go without getting anything?

Business is business. As long as someone offers something decent, a trade is possible.

There’s a very good video from Bballbreakdown that featured Doc and the hop step. It’s a few years old but in it they actually time the difference between the hop and 1-2. It was conclusive that the hop was much faster.

The hop step is only part of what Lin was working in with Doc. The stroke mechanics is something entirely different.

If you then look at how Lin made his 3s in the Clippers game, you’ll recognize that he definately shoots from the hop step.

ha ha

just to be clear, if you watch that bball breakdown video someone posted on the hop vs the 1-2, the hop is the catching it in the air part, coming down, then going right back up. Coach Nick advocates it is still a hop shot whether or not you land on two feet at the same exact time after landing from the hop, or if you land one foot first then the other. I’m not sure if this is what you mean when you advocate stephen curry shoots 1-2, just want to remind everyone of this distinction.

It’s only talk…. until he implements some significant coaching changes

https://twitter.com/Sportige/status/686973423390724097

Could the Raptors Sign Charlotte Hornets Swingman, Nicolas Batum, in the Off-Season?

http://swarmandsting.com?p=39431

Hornets should be one of the teams in the running to sign D-Leaguer Robert Roberts (forward)
Good finisher around the rim. Scored 28pts, 39pts

https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/686975660825288705

If nothing changes, Batum will see Hornets is too Kemba-centric and leaves for French-speaking TOR

Cliff’s biggest mistake is to not insist on team-ball allowing Kemba to play hero-ball
There is no team-ball identity in this team being established.
Clifford is too nice to players for his own good

yes, they are very different. Steph Curry was always at the brink of being possibly injured, with those ankle problems. We can see that JLin is more solid on contact so it’s less worrisome.

You are right, with JLin, they haven’t given him a role where his strengths are amplified.

The only thing I can see from this discussion is that JLin has to be able to hit like KT does, when he isn’t given the rock. If he keeps doing that, as he does do some games, then he’ll get his time. And yet, when he is in, they do rely on him to get the team going, so JLin is going to have to settle his brain to have different modes. The one where he makes every touch as SG, and the one where he’s being relied upon to get the team going.

Agreed, Hornets won’t make to playoff if nothing changes. If Hornets doesn’t make the playoff, won’t offer Batum max as well. So Batum will leave for better team and better contract for sure. Same apply to Lin.

That would mean 6 teams in 6 years… *sigh*. Wish he could find stability with a good team real soon.

thats the premise the speculation; batum takes derozan’s salary slot.

yes, the loss of Al Jefferson has proven to be very damaging.
Zeller cannot offer the consistent post-presence to draw defense and provide spacing for outside shooters.

The current Hornets team is so weakened by the absence of inside threat, rebounding and shot-blocking.

Yes, Al is slow but he can go 25+pts and provide better defense than Zeller/Hawes/Frank.
Too bad he broke down too early

très bien oui.

Hmmm.. Not Kemba?
https://twitter.com/NBAcom/status/687006176110862341

If only…

It’s Quebec ^^

This is wrong. It’s actually for Jan for min/game.
Batum played 2 games averaging 39.5 games

Very misleading

This 6’8 can jump can reach will out play Hornets’s “White Men Can’t Jump” bigs.

NBA is rigged by refs… Sometimes it’s really too obvious.

No just like most NBA coaches he allows the designated “star” players to do whatever they want and play hero ball while expecting everyone else to play teamball.

Yay! 🙂
https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/687034887405203458

Hahaha yes and Montreal it’s the biggest city.

awesome acknowledgement. but look for an uptick in … well interesting comments…

As I said, JLin is always so humble and appreciate of his fans =)

Full credit goes to all the fans with their relentless support! You know who you are 😀

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/687038964474105857

Maybe that’s why he’s now being plagued with injuries?

Great work, @psalm234:disqus! Very thoughtful of him for the acknowledgement. It was last week but he remembered 🙂

yes, he’s very kind indeed.
Soo… maybe you’ll come to Phoenix in Jan 2017? =D
Maybe we have JLin mods party lol

talk about yer small sample size! but seriously its not that hard to get this right; obviously its for “since jan 1, not since dec 1”. and this is official nba stuff???
smh.

yup, far left? .. Pisa Tower style lol

wont try to go thru and touch on all yer points possibly in somewhat contradiction to mine but yeah ish smith would not affect lin’s placement. just kick out another guy form the bottom but would make the list.

two other undrafted from that year i found still active and would make the list: gary neal and anthony morrow.

as far as i know landry fields is not currently on an active nba roster
jeremy evans falls into the category of insufficient production to be listed

same with elliott williams.

actually james anderson is still listed (last time i checked) as a roster player (for sacramento).

what else? ok i am going thru and trying to resolve most contradictions.

if yer referring to the top 20 picks yer incorrect in saying all except anderson are still in nba; as i reference udoh (turkey) and henry (d-leauge). are not (#7 and #12 picks).

Or maybe it’s in front of letter ‘O’ in Charlotte?
With Mohawk hair?

idk too blurry

WOW! Great news! This makes me wonder whether I can join this party:-)

No problem, we are just trying to consolidating from some messy data.
Garl Neal’s eligible in 2007 but was undrafted.
Anthony Morrow’s eligilble in 2008 but was undrafted too.

https://twitter.com/MarkAdamsBball/status/687057928671641600

Oooh, my goodness. The crowd is much much smaller than Lin’s signature day last year. The whole team draw much less people than Lin alone LOL

I see, you are correct.

I think they’re making their way down getting all players’ autographs.

I wish that the Phoenix Suns would ditch Bledsoe and Knight and BRING IN LIN.

Lin right now would turn the Suns around if he was allowed to.

How do you guys feel Lin’s agent? Roger Montgomery.

Of course, the Last One wearing a hat sitting and leaning at the left end table is the “main crowd attraction”, Lin!

thanks for the infor on neal and morrow. i just was basing off they were playing first in the same year as lin.

I wonder if this is about John Wall getting better PEDs, given that Rich Paul is a well known PED trafficker for Lebron James and other doped up NBA clients.

https://twitter.com/hornets/status/687063773044031488

He’snt the only one missing layups. Kaminsky has missed tons of layups too. Zeller is not exactly what we call low post threat either. The whole team is horrible in the paint.

Maybe one day Clifford will
figure out that Kemba Walker selfishly breaking the offense actually LEADS to defensive breakdowns.

Here’s what happens when Walker does his loserball iso:

1) Walker’s frozen teammates other than Lin lose their rhythm and intensity, which means they’re out of synch and not fully involved in the game especially on defense.

2) When Walker is focused on selfish stats, he refuses to play defense. That forces the other 4 defenders out of position even if Walker’s man isn’t scoring or assisting.

3) Because opponents don’t have to exert themselves defensively against the frozen out Hornets, opponents can save their energy for offense. And that’s why opposing teams have become so unstoppable especially when Walker’s on the court.

4) By the time Lin enters the game, Walker already has the Hornets behind by 10. It’s been GARBAGE TIME for Lin every game, even when Lin starts because Walker refuses to pass to Lin.

5) Because Walker is not held accountable by the coaches, the players rebel against Clifford when he tries to coach them. Players don’t like it when a loafing “star” caused role players to be yelled at for not covering the star’s refusal to play defense. That’s how good ol McHale lost his job in Houston, and Clifford is headed down the same route!

How many players that can go 1 on 5 and still score the basket?
That last game with the Clippers, he went coast to coast and was bumped and hit with a bloody nose and still the ref still didn’t call a foul. It’s joke in NBA officiating.

the breakdowns are as you say. and more. Panic really – like, what can I do if he won’t play team ball? It’s frustrating for everybody, I would think. Then hey say nice things publicly because they think that will help KW wake up. Actually, people who are self-centered interpret nice statements as true. But it’s no-win, because if you call them on it, they will start to compete with you to win their self-image.

The coach has to step in.

this play needs to be memorialized with 5m views. Somehow, someway by the Social Network masters.

if you count the team owners and their families, that’s negative fans.

does this mean JLP gets more good Lin fans over time? Hope so.

One weird question, is there any player that is considered a good “Volume shooter”? Is Steph Curry?

Are we talking about deer in the mating season?

wow, kids! amazing. There’s no way I could do that.

Unless you are a couch.

It is about that extra quick bounce you get, less about the timing of both legs. If you get what I am saying

Yeah! Lin shouldn’t play at all after a 40 minutes night with a rolled ankle but his defense was so damn good that Clifford didn’t want to pull him out.

The thing is the Suns have never expressed interest in JLin.
Maybe it’s better if they don’t really believe in him

Quote KHuang:

3) Because opponents don’t have to exert themselves defensively against the frozen out Hornets, opponents can save their energy for offense. And that’s why opposing teams have become so unstoppable especially when Walker’s on the court.
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Very true. Offense isn’t just scoring baskets. HOW a team scores is more important. An ineffective offense IS bad defense.
If allowed to run the offense, Lin allows his team to defend better by breaking down (and wearing out) opponents defense. Opponents seem to know this, which is why they literally hunt for his head (with referees blessings).

Just goes to show that the NBA is an exclusive club, and that you either belong in it or not, based on your connections with agents, endorsements, celebrities, etc.

Haha! So He’s the last one…. LOL!

Someone to keep you waiting in line until the final end.

Jeremy approves lol
https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/687088943737602048

is he actually from China or is he taiwanese? I dont think Baseball is that popular in China yet
besides the MLB knows asians can play baseball(mainly pitchers and ichiro)

maybe more trolls and annoy pretend to be fans but not really fans over time

That’s true but if so Lin needs more powerful guy to help him not his sister in law or his current agent paid by case. smh!

I predicted a meltdown long ago. It’s funny to think we were once a top 2 team in the Eastern Conference and now we’re 12th?

Absolutely right.

Suns are a BAD franchise.

Reggie Jackson is an even better comparison.

Lin’s been outplaying Jackson since college.

Jackson earns more than Wall, and Jackson is extremely well respected.

And Lin OWNS him.

Definitely and he is a hard core Lin fan I think

No way PJ outshines Kemba, so low risk move.

Volume shooter implies that the player relies more on number of shots taken rather than making high percentage shots.

So you’re absolutely right, Curry is a super efficient shooter who doesn’t need high volume.

Uh-Oh …

LOL.
https://twitter.com/Oii_Hiro/status/687105638816600065

yep, then in watching the Steph vids too, I agree with you. Steph generally tries to use the hop. He’s so good at shooting he can do whatever he wants to get into that position, and he can also twist in the air for cross court pull-ups, etc. Amazing guy. JLin can prob do ok too, but we just don’t get enough of him shooting in volume this season to see the greatness come out. But I also think he has a ways to go before we can say he’s a SC. As KHuang said, he needs to go talk to Dell who is around the CHA arena …

I believe so. This was from a Q&A today.

Wow… Praying for a miracle…

ha ha, that means last 12 days lol.

nice to see tencent starting to make themselves known in the US.

the best in the world … privilege that is.

Really going to 76?

You just laid it out clearly …. one player’s selfishness destroys the whole team

Awesome! Voted twice today! ?

Feel so good

True fans know this,others are just fly by night

Indeed

But I read the Chinese version, Lin actually said he had lunch with MDA last year…..anyway, sure they still have contact.

He won’t say it. But who wouldn’t and he deserves it. He’s just had not the opportunity like others have had…

If the reunion of MDA and Lin will happen next year and they will reach the playoff that would create a big buzz in the NBA world.

I’d imagine it’s going to surpass the media circus of Linsanity 1.0.

lol…I wont call those Lin fans who are not voting as not “True Fans”…everyone has their own perception and analogy on what ASG is…so be it…

Of course, everyone exercises his/her rights to vote or not to vote. Whatever the case maybe, others and I are just appealing to those who are on the fence about voting for Lin based on stats. Those could be fans or not.

Especially it will happen in NY (Brooklyn Nets) by any chance

Brooklyn Nets arena will explode with a lot of fans and for sure tickets will sell like pancakes but expensive pancakes

but the refs gotta stop treating Lin like a scrub nobody. There were some plays in the Clippers game where Lin got contact like Harden does but no call. And that bloody nose one pisses me off.

Thank you. Because that frankly, is unnecessary and rather insulting to those that support Lin in their own ways. We have to be open and respectful to people and quit with he or she is a true fan due to how much they resemble how I am a fan type of comments.

Keep voting!!!

Do you think MDA will quit his 76ers job for Nets?

Yes refs have blinders when it comes to Lin but most of them are just crooked anyways,you have to understand,these refs are human and most of the time they’ll blow their whistle according to things that they only see and wants to see.

Credit to Tracy. Translation from earlier tweet:

I never watch or participate in any all star games “festivities”. Just as I hate award shows like the Golden globe, Oscars and such nonsense. They are all about self preening and showing off. When people need to pat themselves on the back, it’s not about anything that makes sport or art great, it’s all about the money machine and how to make more of it.

Best part about all-star game break is the break for players to get physical/mental rest. The rest is pageantry.

since we have a lot of free time to the next game, I’d like to address what may be the problem with the Hornets bigs.

It’s been very frustrating to watch the bigs on the Hornets. We keep saying they suck but WHY DO THEY SUCK?

IMO, they lack ground force stability. How is it that these guys get knocked around like a bunch of bowling pins? It’s because they lack the suppleness in their feet to apply ground force to resist being pushed around. Most of us know about Ki force but even we can’t believe it’s mystical powers as seen on utube. But there is some truth to it.

Let’s go about it by showing how easy it is to knock someone over if they lack ground force stability. I’m sure some of you have at least tried ice skating or downhill skiing. You will notice that beginners often lock their knees and ankles and shuffle about on top of the snow or ice. They have little or no connection to the ice or ground below them. If you sneeze on them, they’ll fall over.

I’m not a great skater by any means but even I can sense the ice through the blade of my skates as it cuts through the ice. It’s this sense of the ground that allows me to manipulate the toes, ankle, knee and hip to apply just enough force while keeping my muscles supple to correct any slight slippage.

Anyone who have watch Olympic mogul skiers will marvel at the way they keep their knees bouncing up and down while negotiation their skies left and right to apply constant contact to the snow and ice. They are constantly applying just enough ground force to guide their body down the slope all the while the head and torso remains still. The way they do that is with very exacting ground force stability that keeps their skies always at the right angle to cut into the snow. When I was younger and foolish, I tried Mogul bashing, inevitably my legs would stiffen and I’d bounce off the bumps like a rag doll.

In tennis and golf, the modern strength training includes a lot of work with quarter stability balls that sits flat on the floor while the athletes stand on them wiggling their toes and ankles to maintain core balance. This teaches them to work their lower body stability while lifting or resisting weights. This is what the Hornets bigs need to do.

Tennis players that hit a “heavy” ball stroke the ball with such ease that and yet they produce immense power and spin. The best way to describe it is that they become as stable as a practice wall. No matter how hard you hit the ball at it, the ball always comes back almost as hard. Can you imagine if you can use the stability of that wall and move it to add interest to your power? That’s what good ground force manipulation can do for you. No one did it better than Andre Agassi. His coach said that ” you can’t fire a canon from a lifeboat.”

Both golf and tennis always talk about how power comes from the ground up. To be able to use that power, you need to feel it as if your feet are attached to it like an ice skater can feel the edges of his skate cutting into the ice. It’s that feel that allows us to produce power from the ground up. The bigs in Charllete lack this sense of ground force stability and without that strength, they will be constantly be pushed around under the rim.

The All Star game is partially a popularity contest. Old man Kobe got voted in and Lin is way better than that chucker at this stage.

Hes also very talented

That’s not perfect…. his left foot was 2cm too far to the right on the 4th step…!

Just because some dont believe Lin belongs there doesnt mean they are not true fans
Supporting a player knowing they are not one of the best or even a star
I call that a true fan also

I heard Rich Paul is Cliff’s brother.

Surprised he said that
Still remember him saying he was relieved he didnt make the all star 3 years ago becasue he wasnt deserving
I guess he’s confident this year he will be fine going forward

These kinds of comments make me a little crazy. Like the Asian guy who’s been around the block in the NBA for years now is just not smart enough to know which end is up. The Harvard economics graduate somehow has no clue about business. That the reason he isn’t making a gazillion dollars somewhere as top star PG is because he’s not man enough to hire some Godzilla who’ll pound the big deals out of unwilling owners whether they want it or not. I’m gonna quote KHuang on this, that Montgomery has done a SUPERB job of maximizing Lin’s opportunities in an environment where his value has been trashed by the sabotage of McHale and Scott. And his sister-in-law doesn’t manage his career, by the way – she’s basically logistics, the day-to-day of Lin care. Why drag her into the shade-throwing? Geez…idk….

Most likely yes if it’s a Head Coach position.
Even when MDA signed on to be an Associate Coach, his goal was to use it as a springboard to be a Head Coach next season.

Still, there’s no guarantee owners & GM will trust MDA to be a Head Coach yet.
And who knows if 76ers replaces Brett Brown with MDA? (not likely IMO)

West

https://twitter.com/linspiredinca/status/687163436589948928

not necessarily Zach Lavine was coming off the bench in college
John Wall, Bledsoe, P.Patterson and Cousins were playing on the same team before getting drafted
Of course every one wants to be in it but some know they arent quite there yet

Leonard should be in but its kobes last year everyone giving him a break
Barnes does not deserve any votes same for Pachulia and Kanter
Iguodala has no business being there same got ginobili and parker

Well, the fact is he doesn’t deserve to be there and that’s coming from a big Lin fan.

Lin probably don’t understand the amount of hate he would get by participating in such a game….So much hatred that it’s not worth it.

Would Lin be a better player by participating in such a game?….I think Lin would be better off taking the week off and spending time with family and friend…I remember him playing much better after last year the all-star break…He needed that bit of rest….So I think it would be good for Lin to rest during the all-star festival….The hate is not worth it.

Unless Lin PPG can reach about 15, he should not participate….And I’m pretty sure Lin will not get enough vote anyway…There are too many fan who does look at statistics when they vote…Lin’s stats is not up to par at the moment.

Jlin & mda reunion let it happen. Better in NYC if not in Phillies.

Chaos = Opportunity

Different set of refs. Not everything is racism. People make mistakes. Lin coming down the lane 1 on 5 at speed is very hard. Can’t wait for the play to end to then call the foul, as it has to happen real time.

Any English translations for the answer?…no i guess 🙁

Nice to dream… need a miracle to happen

No worries Mel…thanks

yep, Iggy too high. But he was Finals MVP, so that’s where that comes from.

This is great. Thanks.

BTW…the dinner was last year then….some previous post way down in the thread had it as this year

I don’t think it has anything to do with physical weakness.

I think it has 100% to do with them being totally out of rhythm from being completely frozen out and displaced defensively by Kemba Walker,

It doesn’t matter how strong a guy is physically if he’s in the wrong spots on offense and defense.

When Lin is leading the offense while Walker is off the floor, the Charlotte Hornets bigs DOMINATE on both ends of the court.

Also, they just don’t have quick reflexes to react to rebounds and surprise passes from Jeremy. Unfortunately, you can’t teach that. Notice how Zeller and Batum have a pretty good connection. Batum’s passes to Zeller are relatively slow and telegraphed. And Batum’s turnovers are usually passes that are lazy. Oh and by the way I do think Zeller and Hawes are weak, both physically and mentally, to be “dominant” players in the NBA.

those of you who said he doesn’t want and deserve to go to All-Star can SHUT UP! #NBAVote

woop woop! that would be great for the team and Lin. Tyson is drowning in PHX because Bledsoe has been such a ball hog. he uses Tyson for the excellent screen/picks but never actually passes to him. would be surprising if Hornets pull this off which is so unlikely considering how much they value kemba. plus, kemba is valued by the league at around 2x Tyson at this point

i don’t think they suck. they’re only a few very good bigs in the the league in the first place. guys like Hakeem, Kareem, Shaq, Yao, Duncan, Gasol, Griffin, all have dominate post games. and then there even fewer great bigs that stretch the floor well with their excellent shooting game.. Dirk to name one. guys like Tyson, ED, and Dwight are only good with a great pnr point guard like Nash and Lin. in Charlotte, the bigs don’t have great post games nor are they great shooters. so I would say they fall in the Tyson, ED, and Dwight category but the problem is the Hornet’s offensive system doesn’t do them justice because the primary ball distributors (batum and kemba) aren’t great pnr point guards plus they don’t know how to get the bigs involved

an old grounded Tyson is still better for the hornets team than a fully healthy young kemba

JLin would probably take you on vacation with him to Hawaii this summer if you did.

nah. that probably would make it worst for him. i’d leave it alone. just be a fan and complain on the boards 🙂

oh man…you should…and then hire McHale, Morey and BS…..
you know what to do with em! 😉 lol

Psalm. …did Jlin mention that he check out this site?….if yes….you should set up a page just for him with our suggestions, input,advice or just encouragement for him….straight from us to Jlin ears…hehe…..ps…may be we can even add the excellent stats wukong have so Jlin knows which area to improve on and how he compares to others

there’s a post somewhere on espn maybe says what teams you can buy for 1.5. billion; the nets are one.

Bryan Colangelo the next Nets’ GM?

Former Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns general manager Bryan Colangelo is getting strong consideration for the Brooklyn Nets’ front office vacancy, according to league sources.

– via ESPN.com

Bryan Colangelo, Brooklyn Nets

C’mon, it’s time to get back in NYC!

yep. someone might even say “the plot thickens”. (not me). someone else.

Maybe he’ll get MDA to come to the Nets to be head coach who will then bring JLin to the Nets.

After Ballmer paid $2 billion for the Clippers I doubt you can buy an NBA team for $1.5 billion anymore. And then after they take 1/2 in taxes you’d only end up with $750 million

Wow, it is really getting more and more interesting. Watch out Dolan.

Haha. Instead of posting pic of single ladies to prevent from making this a dating site, maybe we could add a prayer requests section or something similar 🙂

Why do you call yourself a fan if you can’t give your support? That’s what fans are for. Otherwise, I can give a name to those people who doesn’t support Lin as just a plain blogger and doesn’t care if he
Becomes an all star or not. They just want to criticize his performance and doesn’t really support even just a single vote and even if Lin himself is promoting for a vote.

Wow this is getting heavier. Colangelo + D’Antoni + (Nash like type PG?)

Would be excellent reuniting Bryan Colangelo with Mike D’Antoni with JLIN.

Bryan Colangelo has the gravitas to lure good players and good coaches to Brooklyn.

JLIN as starting PG for NETS would be incredible in this scheme.

Clifford invited Thibodeau to training camp(?) this season so he knows what Jeremy can do and Mark Jackson praised Jeremy in many instances and is a pastor… so maybe it could work?

Not young team, team.

Bryan Colangelo liked Lin from the day he first saw him in a pre-draft workout in 2010. “We knew one thing about him after bringing him in,” said Colangelo. “We knew he was one tough kid. “He took one of the hardest hits I’ve ever seen on a court and one of the toughest falls. He got hit from behind, crashed to the floor, eventually got up. We didn’t think he’d get up, to be honest. And he shook it off and continued the workout. “We were extremely impressed by that.”
https://twitter.com/PeteStopTire/status/687331308448563201

This is my opinion. There is a lot of wanting Lin to go here, there and everywhere because of impatience, in my opinion, with where he is currently. This may not turn out how many people want it to. So, if you get your wish, and things aren’t like you wanted them to be, then that’s it. Otherwise it starts to become it’ll be better the next place he goes and keep repeating that way.

I’m taking the other side. I want to see Lin stay somewhere for years. I don’t like Lin as journeyman. I think if Lin plays 28-30 minutes a game and closes on a consistent basis, he’ll learn his team mates, at least most of them and really produce. The more he moves, the more he has to readjust to systems and players. And Lin takes a good amount of time to adjust if he doesn’t have instant chemistry with a player (like Ed Davis for example) as shown with the Rockets, Lakers (except Davis) and now Hornets.

As for MDA, if it is meant to be it’ll happen. None of us knows whether it will or not and even if it does, it won’t happen the way we think it will. Something will be different because, that is the way it is with reunions.

I want to see JLIN stay somewhere for years too.

Stay somewhere for years as a STARTING PG.

The Hornets are NOT that place and likely would never be.

Agreed.

every kid needs a coach like you. It crosses to all physical endeavors.

Of course MDA preferable above all others – JLIN starts as PG without question under MDA.

Thibs might be fine and would appreciate JLIN’s work ethic though, and worked Rose hard but is an unknown quantity.

Mark Jackson would be bad – not sure JLIN would ever get a fair shot to start under Jackson.

Bryan Colangelo has been a pretty good GM.

He was excellent in both Phx and Toronto, as far as I was concerned.

If he takes over as Nets GM, he’ll likely turn those teams around the way he turned the Suns and Raptors around.

Lin playing for Colangelo in NJ would be a good thing.

KHuang remember when I told you few days ago that the STARs Would Having to ALIGN for me to believe JLIN to NETS?

I see some astronomical celestial movements on the horizon.

LOL

Yes, I wish I had Acbc as a coach when I played tennis in high school 🙂

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/687340581190635520

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/687336619213324288

Great find by Richard Yao.

Lin to the Nets solves a lot of problems.

When asked about the ankle, JLin said “It’s okay. It’s definitely the best it’s felt in a long time. Hopefully, I’ll be moving a little faster today”

Translation: It felt better but definitely it’s just OK, not 100% good.
Let’s hope he stays healthy and can be himself out there tonight.

A huge bounce back game coming up! 🙂

we better pray hard for 100% health for the full bounce-back effect =)

Hawks is a team aggressively trap ball handler to the side, and that’s pretty bad to Lin if there is no ball movement or player movement. It would be harder for Hornets without AI so they will trap harder.

What I really hope is that let Lin play a lot more high P&R, instead of starting the P&R from the side, that way Lin had bigger floor to operate with and the ball could easily go both side.

If Clifford don’t adjust, and still run his set where the center will stay at the top of the key, and PG and SG initiate offense from one side of the floor, then we would just anticipate lots of turnovers, and low scoring night.

Good point. JLin’s injury is playing while Asian American. Not really lol, urg. I’ve faced that myself constantly, and by now I’m used to it so maybe who I am invites that dunno. I of course bust a move every day, and that people don’t like because you know, I’m not LeBron so I get phantom fouls.

It’s a v tough balance that I know you understand and have mastered.

If Bryan Colangelo becomes the GM with the Nets, that organization would improve dramatically. Bryan is the son of Jerry Colangelo who is now in charge with the Sixers. He was part of the Suns FO until he went to the Raptors, where won GM of the year in 2007(?).

Lin would then at least have someone who has his back in Brooklin. My preference is still Sixers.

https://twitter.com/monkeyes2/status/687350518075789315

I think he is being used generally as Cliff wanted. The Kemba/Lin chemistry isn’t there, but he’s still out there with him.

this is why lin has ups and down when trying to change his shooting form. You always have to get worse before you get alot better. Can be applied to all aspects of mastering any type of skill.

I hope he doesn’t have to do it much longer. I think that’s what took a lot of the athleticism out of Dwayne Wade, not his age because he’s played differently since about age 29.

Don’t they have Sefalosha too? His length and good footwork can be used to bother Lin if he used strategically. Shroder is an excellent penetrator, so is Bazemore. They are quicker than Lin, but not faster.

The Hornets’ problem is far from over, their bigs are still unable to compete inside the paint. If your big can’t dunk and unable to make layup, it’s hard for your guard to attack the rim.

Does changing shooting form affect free throws too?

Interesting Twitter summary for a potential recruit of D1 college basketball school
It’s amazing how college considers twitter profile as consideration to recruit D1 players.

https://twitter.com/Shifty1st/status/687337056486473728

Listen to one of the podcast and the guest was Lowry, and he said every time he drives in and ban with big, it really really hurts! Also he said he don’t dunk any more since that takes a lot of effort, and still only get 2 points.

Was not a good coach for Warriors. Not very bright..
Recent news indicates that M. Jackson thinks Curry’s (and Golden State’s) style of play is not good for basketball. How do say that about a team that is on a winning rampage?

new game thread
G38 ATL @CHA Game Thread: Bounce-Back Game?
http://www.jlinportal.com/g38-atl-cha-game-thread-bounce-back-game/

After 2 days of rest, Jeremy Lin said his ankle is okay and hopefully he can move faster on-court tonight.
Will JLin have a bounce-back game tonight after having a bad game (2pts, 0-9 shooting) due to back-to-back and ankle issues?

How did JLin bounce back after 5 such games with 0-X shooting in the Lakers last season?

It turns out he averaged 15.4pts/4.4asts/2.6rebs in the bounce-back games.
With 26-39 (67.7% FGM shooting)!

That’s simply incredible in a Lakers tanking season, nonetheless!

JLin Bounce Back games following 0-x shooting game in 14-15 Lakers Season
Feb 11: 0-6, 2pts vs POR => 6-9, 18pts/2/1r vs BKN
Dec 15: 0-6, 2pts/1a vs IND => 5-7, 12pts/5a/8r vs OKC
Dec 3: 0-10, 0pts/5a vs WSH => 5-8, 14pts/2a vs BOS
Nov 16: 0-2. 0pts/1a vs GSW => 6-7, 15pts/10a/3r vs ATL
Nov 1: 0-6, 6pts/6a vs GSW => 4-8 18pts/3a/1r vs PHX

Let’s go, JLin! Let’s pray and hope that he will be close to 100% healthy to have a full bounce-back game

yes, if only Clifford shakes up the rotation to give Hansbrough regular PT

I try to abstract his tennis things applied to Lin into how I apply Lin’s journey to life. It’s good. In literature, there is the journey of the classic heroes, and JLin’s journey is classic and we can learn from it every day. acbc, you are to me a guide along that journey, very much attentive to what you post.

yes, more admission so hopefully it’s on the up-and-up now

I remember DWade got a lot worse injury that sidelined him. Crashing repeatedly to the floor while driving to the rim was super-hard to see.

very true!

I hope if Hansbrough gets more PT he’s able to stay in the game. He picks up fouls very quickly.

noooooooooooo

yes, Psycho T needs to learn not to foul
With regular PT, he might learn not to do that

If Charlotte ran its plays instead of abandoning them for iso, Lin’s big men would instantly revert to preseason form.

boo!