G38 POR @ LAL PreGame Thread+Poll

haha

3rd yay me. I want to give a shout out to our posters, we have have some pretty smart and knowledgeable posters and in the words of the late Stuart Scott; booyah!!

Respect to Stuart Scott, BOOYAH!! =]

Jeff Mangurten (@JeffGurt)1/10/15, 10:23 PM
Gasol set his career high of 46 points in his 940th NBA game.

28pts/6asts LINSANITY!

just did!

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I’ve seen DEN trying to trap Lin successfully to give up the ball so others have to make plays themselves.

SINGLE-COVERAGE on Lin with athletic defender might be too much for Batum to do. I’m not sure he can keep up with Lin’s speed and will affect his offensive output.

Lin’s handle has been good enough to draw multiple fouls if he’s trapped.
I want to see Lin/Black combo multiple times tomorrow badly! 😀

No, THANK YOU, Sir! =]
Ok, who else are with US?

Linsanity!!!!!! BooYah!

I think Portland actually did assign Batum to guard Lin maybe 2 seasons ago. The Spurs also recently got Leonard to guard Lin. I think it works.

Yes! !!! 100 percent Linsanity. .. keep it going guys and gals

I think Lin might focus more energy on defending lillard so 15/5 from me, but hope I’m wrong and you’re right!

What’s up with Kobe?

In the last three Laker games, Kobe has either played miserably or not even bothered to show up at all. So now there is rampant speculation that something is seriously wrong with him. The most obvious possibility is that he has an acute injury. There was even a rumor that Kobe had undergone an MRI scan.

But this is clearly not the case. In his last game played, Kobe shot 2 for 12 with 6 turnovers in 27 minutes. Although his terrible performance contributed heavily to the Lakers blowout loss, Kobe did manage to snag 8 rebounds. No human being could manage to jump up and grab 8 rebounds in an NBA game if they were suffering from a of bone fracture or sprain. No dose of pain killers would make that possible. In fact, during Kobe’s post game interview, he appeared relaxed and certainly wasn’t grimacing from pain. However, his illogical excuses for his poor play as well as his unusually soft-spoken tone of voice, made him seem less self-confident than usual.

It’s also possible, if unlikely, that Kobe injured himself away from the court subsequent to his last game. But regardless of when Kobe was injured, why would it be necessary to keep it a secret? If he’s injured, he simply needs to sit out games until he has healed, just like any other player.

To understand the actual reason for Kobe’s mysterious behavior, let’s review the 5 stages of loss and grief: 1) Denial
2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance.

Kobe is grieving for the loss of his NBA playing career. Until fairly recently, Kobe was still at the Bargaining stage.

Kobe’s bargain was as follows: If I sit out and rest some games, if I restrict my minutes, if I avoid the more difficult types of shots, and with the help of medication, maybe I can continue playing at a high level.

As is inevitably the case, the bargain has failed. After playing for 3-4 games in a week, Kobe is either unable to play in the next game, or tries to and ends up embarrassing himself. Although Kobe is the master of IDGAS, even he has begun to fear humiliation. Therefore, he has reached stage 4: Depression, which I previously described as follows:

4) Depression takes a variety of forms in different people. Not clear how it will look on Kobe. Perhaps a lot of games missed on short notice.

This seems to be an accurate description of the current situation. With the All-Star break more than a month away, and no let-up in the NBA’s rigorous schedule, Kobe and the Lakers FO will be forced to face reality: Kobe has no choice but to retire.

Magic was down by 19….now only down by 2

Blazers time out

Magic up by 2

What about his contract if he decides to retire ? Is money the reason he refuses to retire officially ?

M by 2 again

I agree,and as a poster with an institute read into the situation that perhaps after your analysis that the Lakers and Kobe are working on a deal to buy him out of his contract.

ok score tied in Trailblazers/Magic game 68-68

Magic up 70-68

good thought. Lin did say something about defending Lillard better
But just in case Lillard is tired in the B2B game, we can have full blown Linsanity ..hehe

End of 3 72 70 blazers

Lillard 8 pts Aldrige 23 pts

Tied again

How you feeling JT. Better today?

want POR to get tired.

you mean my sore joints, 2 Ibuprofens and a hike and I’m 36 yrs old again lol. Kobe so soft, jk.

Question for those who know more about NBA: If and if KB decides not to play for the rest of his contract, what will be the scenerios for:
1. Retire
2. Medical reasons
3. ????
Finally, does it affect with Lakers’ (oops, forget about the term) money?

I know the sentiment. Just having fun here:-)

8 min 40 sec left

I’ll try my best for you ..hehe

I can only dream, how long this winning streak will last ?

B up by 1

Sorry, can you not spam the forum please? Maybe try to incite conversation instead of one off posts that don’t really add value to those who are already following the game.

Funny. For me soreness can be real bad the day after, but much better after 2 days.

It’s early days. Kobe could show up for the shoot-around tomorrow as if nothing is amiss, and go on to control the floor tomorrow night.

The only reason my radar went on scan about something being odd was because Kobe blew off one home game, and didn’t even bother to show up in street clothes to support the Lakers if he couldn’t play.

We’ll see what tomorrow brings. There are three home games in a row. But if there is something afoot between Kobe and the FO about early retirement, I don’t expect Kobe to leave any money on the table.

LMA 33 min
Lillard 31 min

Awesome! Come on, OT!

Wow Lillard’s back must really be bothering him, only 12 pts against Orlando!

Now 91 pts, hmm probably no OT =/

Yes you have a point here.

The magic is falling apart at the wrong time

*Bleep* I need 75 dollars, stat!!

JEREMY LIN QUARTERLY SUPPORT CO

that pic.. everyone making sure the franchise is ok 😛

Ah dang! It’s for shipping in US only..

Anyway here’s a video: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1584684771766125&set=vb.1456505354584068&type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me

Yup the darn racist refs…trying to mess with Jlin indirectly…hahaha

Trailblazers 93, Magic 87

Magic just chucking 3 pointers, game is over already.

Nikola Vucevic, C 34 points

Must be easier to score for him today since Jeremy is not there to block his shots 😛

I’d make a suggestion to Jeremy of items in the boxes:
– Hand-signed Charmin Bear plush toy
– Instructions to do SWAGPoutSkipDance
– Piano+Guitar Duet CD with @disqus_SyuAk23JI7:disqus

– …

Magic 89
Trail Blazers 99

39 sec left in 4th Qrt

Magic 90

Trail Blazers 99

Magic 92

Trail Blazers 99

This is interesting to say the least. Our bench beat the Magic starters last night with ease, and the Trailblazers starters are struggling to hang on to win..LOL

Happens to good teams who underestimate their opponent and end up having a close game.

No, I think not. Most starters win games. Trailblazers are the at least #2 in their conference and are on target to be one of the contenders for a championship, The Magics are considered a bottom feeding team. So no, I think not the nature of the sport. I think Trailblazers didn’t do their homework on this team and they took them for granted.

The best defender on Lin is the bench. So I would make Lin play my smallest,fastest guard nod get him in foul trouble. Second I would take Lin biggest tool in getting teammates involved away, which is dribble penetration. Take dribble penetration away with a zone. If his team makes outside shots, good for them.

There’s a pandemic called rondoitis going around right now…hahaha

ah, I see so it’s like … meeting the 1K subscribers requirement first before the process can take place. Awesome!

I asked for a hand-written note (& picture) for blubell plus other Lin fangirls on how to have devotion with God and Jeremy LOL

I’ll check on it tomorrow.. got a minor headache to take care first now =)

just within the framework of NBA world :]

That is exactly what I asked for… I am only half joking. LOL.

I have faith in you LOL

I’m pleasantly surprised to learn that JLin was actually ranked #5 in BLKS for PG this season and last season.

Better than PBev at #11 this year and #7 last year.

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/554159897617891328

The question ask: what do you want jeremy to send to you?
I don’t think they can send the things I wanted to me.

Psalm appointed me to answer your lovely question: THE WINNER is ME! (￣▽￣)

How to eat five burgers in one meal.

We want Taco chant

What were they doing…

Lakers fans will NEVER forget who gave them #FreeLINTacos!

LINT? lol

Jabari Bown dropped 50 in DLeague.

http://dleague.nba.com/games/20150110ladsxf/?ls=iref:nbahpts

Would this be a stretch 4 to help Lin get free of the double team?

Got a closer look, JLin definitely was smiling and saying something to Scott, wonder what he said.

True Lin still gotta figure out how to shoot even when double teamed and not have it affect his game!

JLin fell down to the bench and the bench helped him up. It was the last pic of that sequence.

Not until the right players are starting!

IJ, I guess so, but I looked at this and it’s maybe ok for someone far away. I feel we are already disconnected enough from our loved ones, and this kind of stuff just puts us more into our fantasy life. This company looks like it almost failed, and I hope ppl will just try to get some jollies from the web like here, and focus on curating their own ‘stuff’, their own loved ones and passions. It’s not cheap, about $300-500 a year for the different curators’ stuff. You could take 2 underprivileged kids to Disneyland if you lived in LA.

http://pando.com/2013/06/18/quarterly-co-is-back-from-the-brink-thanks-to-its-new-ceo-netflix-co-founder-mitch-lowe/

Explanation of getting free Taco. When the score was 96, fans began to chant: “We want taco ..we want taco…” To have free taco:
1. Lakers wins @homegame
2. Lakers needs to have at 100pts+
3. Opponent needs to below 100pts
First time to have free taco in this season @Orlando game.

That was cool to see…

Scott seems like the biggest buzz-kill on the planet. His team is happy. The crowd is happy. The game is assured with less than 30 seconds to go. Lin just delivered big time, and it seems all his coach is giving him back is coldness.

true, maybe just 50% combustion for now :]

I guess I can represent all female fans and tell you……YES Lin is lovable 🙂

Lol. But NBA players are usually not so warm and fuzzy.

there’s a place called “fuzzy tacos”. true. dont think i would eat there. maybe you can get the lint tacos there tho…

knicks bench is beating the knicks starters regularly. course knicks are still losing terribly. it usually goes 1. opponents starters 2. opponents bench 3. knicks bench 4. knicks starters. but sometimes the knicks bench has a BIG NITE and beats the opponents bench as well.

when did nba basketball get capable of being so bad. the knicks after 3 quarters last nite were actually behind by more points than they had scored!

and in the ind phil game ind almost won despite missing 58 shots from the field.

two teams combined missed over 100 shots. you’d think just be accident would make a few more than that now and then. even if just random people were shooting.

double digits for the year of 2015 every game in scoring despite coming off the bench and given less than 25 minutes a game.

course ronnie the price is right’s bloody nose, flu and fouls helped the cause.

Psalm, need to change my vote to Linsane Tacos! LOL.

Will kobe play today or not? What say you?….

I’ll be interested in whether Kobe shows up for the shoot-around this afternoon. If not, will Scott merely claim he’s “talked to Kobe” again — and it’s a game-time decision?

I guess it is everyone’s call. I bet even BS won’t know until this afternoon.

Something is going on for sure. Just hope it implies a positive development (short term – this game more PT, long term – BS fired) for Lin.

I hope it does turn out to be a good thing for lin

Smart player times the jump perfectly

I dreamed about this message to the lakers organization and its fans last night. …

You treat Lin right .. in one five
For the title. ..He will fight
You’ll again fly… in the championship high
Otherwise. .. it will be good bye
and when he returns… he will kick your behind
Just like my Packers …about to do to the cow pile
of boys.(I added the last line in honor of today’s game between Green Bay and Dallas)… hehe

Dream comes true or not?

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/554291868725702656

Off topic.. Brent are you a cowboy fan?

https://twitter.com/JeanieBuss/status/554328370398248960

https://twitter.com/JeanieBuss/status/554328848410497025

Jeremy Lin, ever obliging, interrupted his dinner to have this photo taken …

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/554318998792192000

I know she read the tweets…

Yes. A stand-pat attitude,combined with baby pictures and family photos on her twitter feed, might annoy some of the fan base …

https://twitter.com/JeanieBuss/status/554328848410497025

If he were smart he’d stay out against a tough team like Portland and come back against a weaker team like MIA who are 3-7 in the last 10 or CLE who are 2-8 in the last 10. Unless somewhere in his altered reality mind he thinks he can help the team beat Portland.

She’s a nice person
We shouldnt blame all the mistreatment on her
its not right
lets leave her alone lol

lol mans just having a dinner
why do these guys always have to disturb Lin
give him some space lol

If you r close to the bench, they will get up and help you up
and it was crunch time, teammates will come help you
everybody does that for each other
its not a big deal but u prolly wont see that when kobes in cuz he disrupts team chemistry

She’s not referring to our polite tweets. She’s talking about rude tweets from general Laker fans that are complaining about losing.

i know
but still we can show some class
no need to go after her every time lins mistreated it aint her fault

these guys were really into it
game was exciting
lin made that happen
but when kobe comes back all this will be gone

Maybe in the future but as of now, Lin has their love and trust.

wudnt go that far they still wont pass to Lin thats the truth

Nonsense she can tell BS that Lin must start. If BS doesn’t like it he can resign. The problem is she can’t overrule Kobe.

where’d you post this? lakersground?

Until very recently, all of them agreed that Kobe is their cash cow. Change will come only when Kobe is out of the picture.

jeremylin.net?

Sounds good.

If Fisher himself was playing and Lin was on the team, I’d find it acceptable if Lin were getting 30 minutes a game as a high use high value Ginobili “6th starter”.

What is unacceptable to me is this sub 30 minute decreasing pattern of minutes where Lin plays only if Price and Ellington and Clarkson are doing well.

I also wouldn’t be happy if Lin started but had low minutes and low touches due to Kobe Bryant deliberately freezing Lin out.

It’s getting better.

Lin is the point guard. His job is to pass to others.

Besides, it isn’t as if Lin isn’t getting enough shots for the minutes he plays.

Coaches make thousands of decisions big and small. An owner can always add a constraint such as Lin must start over Price. If he doesn’t listen then you warn him he will be fired otherwise. His choice. You think BS could bench Kobe and there’s nothing anyone could do about it?

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/554350703506751489

Ok, things must be getting tight for Scott, he had to call in reinforcements like Pat Riley..LOL

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/554348943350317057

Thats true but if teammates know any better they should all suck up to Lin cuz w/o him they are nothing

and of course Mod aint gonna ban those trolls insulting Lin and linfans but they ban real fans who fight those trolls and criticisize byron and kobe
jlin.net has become a crophole for trolls
so glad this site exists

Exactly. Riley is one to talk, his team is not doing so hot even with his so called superstar players

i don’t think he’s helping BS, another insult to all the other laker players. like they are not talented enough to make a difference.

So she is feeling the heat too. Probably from her shareholders. Also they have Scott representing the organization who is clearly a moron, liar and an idiot. He has no respect for any of his players except maybe kobe.

yeah, he kinda is. Scott was fired from his last two coaching jobs. He talked about badly about MD when he was coaching the lakers and he talked big stuff when he got this job. He has proven to be a liar. I am pretty sure the majority of the angry tweets to Jeannie were about the losses and Scott.

Not only do they have the horses but they even have a horse’s butt for a coach.

yeah, and he’s losing the locker room AGAIN dissing them like this all the time.

A smart move by BS but it only served himself.

Ok, why don’t we know if Kobe is playing tonight? Was he at the shoot around this morning?

What you just said is why she is responsible. If she can’t see that kobe is the problem and Scott the facilitator, then she is blind. Kobe isn’t a superstar anymore, his stats are that of a scrub worst than Josh Smith who was waved and dumped.

Yep this is self preservation time now for Scott…LOL

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/554359311661404160

i think she got bashed for saying she’s happy about BS’s performance.

I got may answer:Bryant did not practice and is listed in game notes as questionable.

Yup… a bench player is the Player of the Week… Coach BS still believes Jeremy is a bench player

I think Ryan Kelly was substituting for Johnson, Ellington is a SG so he’s substituting for Kobe.

Yeah, that was her trying to do a little damage control.

I think that the squad has long past the demoralized stage, and even the angry stage. Now they’re just like WDGAF about BS.

Question, does the fo know the status of kobe or are they also in the dark?

Mark MedinaVerified account
‏@MarkG_Medina
Lakers’ Wesley Johnson to start, Kobe Bryant’s status unclear http://bit.ly/14lcZlF

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/554364631527878656

Javier Borjas
‏@jborjas13
Lmao

There is no smartness or dumbness involved here lol. It is about knowing or not

If Kobe plays tonight, how can he has a good game with his condition being so marginal? Lakers would likely to lose big if Kobe plays.

I think he has reinjured himself. I think he might have even flown to Germany to get a second opinion on the injury.

Most likely and playing like a crazy cow to pass MJ’s record didn’t help.

I don’t think Kobe is in LA, I think he has flown to Germany to get a second opinion from his doctors over there. Also I think the Lakers will extend this lie until the fans get use to the lakers led by Lin/Young, because they have become the fan favorites.

I think it is good Wes is back. Kelly is Wes backup so the minutes for these 2 should even out now. Kelly was playing a lot of minutes for just coming back from injury.

Wes was playing high minutes becuz I guess BS dont think anybody else can sub his position.

Who asked Pat Riley to defend Byron Scott?

Probably was tough for them to give to Lin. Probably thinking, can we give it to Tarik?

Not sure if the majority of LA fans think so or not…Pat Riley just tried to say it was all players’ fault. excluded Kobe of course

So you do not think it is FO? Jeanie also tried to preach patience to fans….Seems like it actually means patience to Scott

That would be crazy if he ends up like Nash

It’s like stars are realigning, KB is poof, LbJ is fading, Rondo is no good, D Rose disappearing…; New ones are coming to shine, Lilard, Curry, Lin, Wall, etc. HAha

The sentence In quotes is from his tweet yesterday. He said he thought Kobe might be retiring but was afraid he may turn out to be wrong.

Stu and Bill were still digging into Lin even in that last game. Gosh I hate those two.

If you don’t believe my prophecies, why do I keep winning our bets? I hope u still remember the one we made for game # 40.

wonderland@music6483 Lin’s pregame handshake! The bench are a happy bunch! m.youtube.com/watch?v=leC-d6…

Sorry, posted twice!

it said: the video does not exist

I think this one will work.

https://twitter.com/music6483/status/553797058830671873

…to be patients, after watching all that sickening b-ball the first half of the season.

Off topic:YES!!!! GO PACKS GO!!!!

cuz they had no chemistry

I have never heard BS justify his selection of Price over Lin as a starter, so I really don’t know. But at any rate, I don’t think Price’s defensive ability over Lin’s defensive ability compensates for Price’s lack of shooting.

don’t worry, LAL is a global brand and Kobe Staples is small enough to absorb the millions in LA. It only affects the stubHub prices. On TV ratings, Lakers Showtime will changes those numbers, not Kobe.

For once my man’s getting credit for what hes done

Nash was a better player than Kobe
He plays for the team
Kobe makes team cater to him
So sad Nash just became another gold digger now

I am even willing to assume that Price is slightly better than Lin on D; my point is even that doesn’t justify starting Price over Lin. Kobe’s credibility really goes down when he begins to support a player like Price over Lin. Kobe should have asked the FO for a better PG before supporting THAT player.

I am really disappointed in BS as a coach. I started respecting the guy.

Price is by the NBA numbers ppl quote, but really, I watch the team game and Lin makes a huge difference that is not measured because teammates don’t complete the stop, much like hockey assists, fouls that negate assists, and dropped assists. You know what I mean. The diff is night and day, and Lin isn’t getting credit for it because Coach is not talking it up so announcers are not pointing it out to fans. Stats are imperfect, I know, but the winning game is around what I’m talking about. On that vein, though I’m an Aaron Rodgers fane and cheesehead on cheesy weekends, I thought the Dallas catch called-back was yet another example of over stats and over vids in action sports. To me it’s all about the flow and the team win, the glory not the stat or replay. Sry, too long. Good to see you here. Go Lin!

Lin later in life – hey, here’s a pic of you at 26. Didn’t we all look so good? One of those ppl will be a next Warren Buffet, one will be the woman president, etc etc. Pay it forward.

hmmm, looking that up lol. So far here, it’s only been K Leahy we need more. The ladies here get Lin eye candy every day. Calling Kenoshi …

It says that Lin/Young/Boozer(Three Musketeers off the bench) are offensive threats.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/554380071361081345
https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/554380826260279299

Ah yes, a good memory. I remember thinking oh well, Griff is nice to Lin.

atlanta taking care of washington some notes from boxscore: how can atlanta be winning so big when washington is shooting over 50%? because atlanta has taken 13 more shots from the field and 9 more free throws BECAUSE: atlanta has 13 offensive rebounds and washington has 19 turnovers! (8 by john wall) also:

atl. 34 assists on 42 made shots; 8 guys in double figure scoring; no one taking more than 14 shots.

Sure. Why not? 🙂

well 2 out of 3 anyway. young maybe once upon a time. but not lately. it is “offensive” the numbers of chucks young puts up.

he and gerald green are the leading bench chuckers in the league in terms of fga per minutes played. young was hitting more 3s but not lately but his overall % is much lower than green’s.

Is Atlanta east’s version of Spurs now?

You gotta give Swaggy credit for drawing fouls on 3s though. His FTs are so automatic.

I never expect big orgs to move fast. Too many politics good or bad. You need a new leader for that (Lacob removed Jackson, that’s relatively new but leadership in control). Right now, Jim and Jeannie have a dance, so there will be no fast moves that I can expect. I can hope, though so I’m with you in hoping for it.

Why do men go for such artificial looks..LOL

Lin had a foul on his last 3 for the tacos, but he gets not calls. Lillard would have gotten that foul.

soccer

the KCAL9 reporter who stands next to Lin and gets cut off after the NBA interviews because she’s only doing the KCAL ones. Look her up. The other site links to her website. An established Socal sports reporter, so no disrespect.

The question is, will Kobe lose face and admit he can only play 20 min per game? Or will he prefer to retire? Stay tuned. Same bat channel. Same bat time. LOL.

If kobe retires, BS will be gone. I’ll bet Nash will all of a sudden be back with the Lakers.

same

Don’t know what you’re referring to. I only saw the re-runs. 😉

i checked
same person
just saying not speculating or anythig

Nash’s injured back will miraculously recover.

not sure if she’s chinese enough for his family, but Lin is a world changer.

She looks a little Chinese IMO. As long as she likes Chinese food, that’s more important. I heard about one Korean-American guy who married an Irish-American woman but who has to eat “kim-chee” alone after his wife goes to sleep because she can’t stand the smell. That’s really SAD.

those glasses are cool. Maybe so maybe so … she’d better learn play mmog games.

It’s the way she speaks so earnestly and melodiously, etc.

One advice I give to young guys is make sure to see women without make-up before they marry. Ha, ha.

Chinese ladies do the tattoo eyeliner and double eyelids … is that ok?

Don’t know. All I know is one guy married a beautiful woman, but when they had a baby, the baby was so ugly; and then he got suspicious and it turned out that his wife had a major plastic surgery before her marriage. Should try to avoid this situation.

A true story: One time one attorney’s client gave her passport to an American consul officer, and the officer looked at the photo and then called the attorney over to ask him if his client was really the same person because the passport photo and the client looked nothing like each other.

No, the guy did not have a plastic surgery.

im not
him getting waived is a fair line
i aint wishing injury on him

But worse in BB than Bev.

The ongoing joke in Hollywood is, who is your plastic Surgeon?

babies can be ugly and then become beautiful kids. Dunno … All I know is they stink up the house hehe.

then you like America Ferrera, Ugly Betty:

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

Bev is decent
like a slightly below average

I agree. Anyone who thinks Price is better than Bev, I don’t want to have BB discussion.

I also stated openly that Price had better games than Lin, so let me be clear I like Price’s personality or character. However, i also like Bev’s character.

watching the grizzlies
damn their defense is impeccable
suns cant do nothing agaisnt it
and Lin is so much better than conley offensively this man has no explosiveness
okay shooter but Lins better in every aspect except TOs

anyone who thinks price deserves to even have back up mins needs to see a doctor

okay keep defending ur boy price

He’s really a SG.

you dont have to support all the underdogs to be a Lin fan
Lin is talented price is not

I care less whether he brags if he can back it up, and he plays as a team player. I LOVE the way Bev plays, because he gets the max out of his ability. Sure, he talks loud but he’s the kind of guy you want on your side when you are battling it out. I am not gonna lie to you: I would want Bev if we were fighting with our lives on the line.

ronnie price is without question by the numbers both this season and for his career the worst starting player in the nba. regular starting player. look at the numbers.

with massive support and time that he has never had before he has managed a couple decent games but that doesn’t even begin to budge the numbers and in fact lins had more “nice bursts” from the bench then price has had starting.

i assume price was put in the lineup because
a. he doesn’t shoot much (but still a terrible shooter) so cna’t take shots away from kobe and
b. he was the only player they could find who was shooting worse than kobe
(and that didn’t even work as kobe got even worse and price got a little better they actually met in the middle as a chart on here recently showed.)

that may be another reason kobe is not available; hes embarssed to actually be looking bad even next to the career scrub. ronnie the price is right.

his defense gets in your head
he always talked highly of Lin
avery good teammate
as opposed to Price
acts like lin dont exist

I don’t think Bev was being a fake friend to Lin. He was a good teammate while they were together.

Well, KHuang thinks Price is better than Bev. I remember him saying this several times.

Bev is very fake person and teammate. At least Price is sincere and true, although his skills are really horrible. Price doesn’t act like he’s friends with Lin or other star players.

we dont know that
bev always talked highly of Lin

I don’t need a Bev, he’s not good enough and he brags so it distracts from the team effort. I’d want a Lin.

Look, NBA is not the place to look for life long, true friends. I still say Bev was a good teammate when Lin was there. I don’t think he undermined or did things in a sly way. Sure, Bev kissed Harden’s but*, but everyone did, even Lin.

Bev was not a good teammate to Lin. He was a replacement to Lin but he first started off hugging and having fun with Lin. Then he took the opportunity and acted like the anointed one. Price is just working his job, and doing v well some days.

Bev was one of the nicest to lin if anything

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/554417876296536064

oh trust me price acts like hes the rightful starter

I don’t have a problem with Bev thinking he’s the anointed one; more players should play with his confidence. I think to be fair, it comes down to which style you prefer. Like I said, I like Price as a person, but I also like Bev’s style. It works for him. We can’t all be Price or Lin type of people.

I agree also. I

meh
at least they were having fun when lin was in hou
now what they are is irrelevant

Maybe as coach? I’d kind of like to see Mark Madsen as coach though.

Im not
i used to hate bev and would go on twitter insulting him
but I see how he treated Lin it changed the way i look at him

one can only speculate

It’s not limited to them. Who I like more is irrelevant to who I would want in a tussle. Neither. But who I like over the other? Price because he’s a professional and does his best without adding to the political noise. And, you can see by some of his games he’s able to rise. Bev in the early times had in my memory just as few good games. So, Bev has had more time to site with you. Yes, he is younger, and Price may be on his last legs. That’s ok, I would not pick either if I were a pro bball player going into a hard grind.

Bev has gotten more consistent now he has many double figure games

No, Lin did not kiss Harden’s but. he complimented him when they were playing well together and he distanced himself from him when it was clear there was some miscue in their backcourt of the century potential. There really was legitimate potential.

I dont need your trust
its just an expression
Even ESL students know that

I’m not a fan of Bevs game
but I do have to admit he belongs in the NBA and he brings a lot to the table
Price on the other hand is a complete waste

good for you then.

it’s not speculation. It’s what Bev said.

Same here! If I had to pick one true defensive player I’d pick Kawhi Leonard! Bev’s defense isn’t all there great! And you can tell that Rockets has already pushed him to the side after Lin left cause his “job” is done. Don’t be surprised if Bev disappears from NBA just like all those scrub PGs that unfairly started over Lin!

No, I said I prefer neither in bball. I prefer Price in this role of taking over for Lin as ball passer to the ball dominant guard because he does not brag and is not being a fake friend. I’ve said that over and over and you and Frank are making it bigger than it is. I don’t care if Bev is better than Price because if I wanted to watch a hardD guy, I’d be watching KLeonard and even Shump, Iggy, etc.

He did not treat lin genuinely.

This is a list of the best available head coaches.(Hollins, Jackson,VanGrundy are off the list)

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1857645-ranking-nbas-best-available-coaches-for-hire

Who cares if the player is a good friend off court? As long as the guy plays team ball on court, that’s what matters. Besides, if you are looking for a life long friendship in NBA, that’s not the right place; you might as well look for a wife at a strip joint.

I notice that George Karl is on this list and he still wants to coach. He likes to run and gun.

Are you absolutely sure PB was a bro to JLin???!!!! You insult the word bro itself!!!

I’m trying to bring in other defenders to illustrate how I’m only referring to Price’s non-bragging and no-fake-friendship approach as more preferred.

1. I don’t care about either as a bball player. They are in the role of shunting the ball to ball-dominant and playing D for noD-ball-dominant.

2. I like price better because there isn’t additional noise around 1 above.

So maybe we can agree, I don’t know.

As to admiring styles, that you mentioned, I’m just saying I can’t wait until KLeonard gets back on the court and seeing how guys with promise develop.

Wow, you sure have something against Bev. I have nothing against Bev or Price. But Bev is clearly a better BB player than Price, just as Lin is clearly a better BB player than both.

Normally when will players do pregame shoot around?

I actually don’t care at all about Leonard since he’s not on the same team as Lin. I don’t care at all about Bev or Price. I have no problem with either of them playing well. I admire both for lasting in NBA. I like Bev’s style and think he was a good teammate to Lin in Houston. Don’t care if Bev was a true friend to Lin since they are not on the same team, just like I don’t care about Parsons because they are on the same team. Parsons definitely over-rated although he’s a good player.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/554425341599436800

Lin loves hanging out at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica (where he lives)..LOL

I’ve been surprised how well Parsons has done on Mavs, but he has had some stinkers this year too.

Oh, Pat Riley just misses the illegal defense rule.

Too bad about Sloan. He coached well in a small market in Utah going against the big market teams like LAL and Chicago.
Karl has said good things about Jeremy but you just never know.

I see where you are coming from, I really do. But I do truly believe that Bev was a good teammate while both were in Houston. I think you allow the style to ignore what happened and what existed.

webA – saying nothing genuinely is way better than saying platitudes and changing sides later. Makes for good livin’ having ppl you have your back.

Probably.

He’s making it easy for fans to stalk him. lol.

Ok, I’m getting your questions and yes Bev is way better than price. But some of those price good games, I was happy for him. See if you recall after Bev had similar starts, had Bev done as well? I think only slight better. If we watch Bev now, he has more seasoned at the starting job. So maybe Bev is better by memory bias but they are at different experience levels as starter.

Is Kobe playing tonight? That will affect the chance of another free tacos night!

Yeah, that’ll push Jack in the Box into the LOH group. LOL

Price did play better than Lin in several games, no question there. Although I am not happy, I have no problem with seeing Lin get out-played. It is what it is. Now, I want to see Bev go against Price. Maybe not. 🙂

Man, that’s harsh thing to call Bev: a fake friend. Just call him a temporary friend and a good teammate. I think Parsons is more of a fake friend than Bev.

who doesn’t? and the pier….how many tv shows/movie shots have been made at or under that pier! or at the ferris wheel/ amusments on top. (my sons shot a lot of photo shoots there too; great weird lighting.)

Let’s just think about this: Kobe has missed the last 2 or 3 games because he has some soreness. Really. He hasn’t been practicing and he has been resting so why is he still sore? I personally don’t think that scott has talked to kobe at all. I think he has gone silent on him much like Nash did. I bet Kobe has spoken with Mitch about what’s going on with him. I think Scott is completely in the dark with Kobe. I think that is why Scott is dissing the players, saying Swaggy P needs to come to practice early to get up some shots, or saying Davis/Hill were not putting forth any effort in the last game, that is why he put in Black.

He was mad that the players lost to the Clippers because Kobe was inserted back into the team and didn’t contribute at all. They were down by 40 with Kobe, and Lin brought them back within 15 pts. Then Scott’s moronic contradicting statements that he makes is embarrassing to the Laker organization. Jeannie Buss is playing the political game with the I support Byron, because she is the only that said her father wanted Scott to be a coach for the Lakers one day. She was just giving lip service. Then today she gets on twitter and ask the fans to be patient and please stay a Laker fan.

Now you know something big is going down behind the scenes if she has to resort to the social media. Then you have Pat Riley coming out vouching for Scott putting down the players. Why is he even giving an interview to the Lakers press, because they played the Clippers. This has been a bizarre couple of days in the Laker organization…..and the plot thickens….

No need to get personal. 🙂

16000 crowd x 2, that’s a lot of tacos and money. But a lot of people might decide to have a meal at JITB because of the free tacos so they will gain a lot of bussiness. They will be LOF for sure!

Neither for a hypothetical tussle, but for what has happened, I prefer to hear nothing out of price than to have had that noise from last year. Just want peace to enjoy the complexities of Lin’s journey.

just pointing out your poor logic and writing. It’s not college. High school. I only bring it up because you attacked.

Oh ok. Thanks for the info.

i think, that the other player must figure out what to do when there is a double team not only n Jeremy but on all occasion of the game ….But isn’t it the coach has to study and teach to its players?

I like watching Jeremy play last quarter sans Kobe
Lin can really play and work magic when the score in the game is tight
I don’t like it when Kobe is back as the ball movement slows down and it is going be all Kobe last 5 mins of a close game

“Then you have Pat Riley coming out vouching for Scott putting down the players”…can you explain this for me sis? (i wasn’t able to read the full context of it, if there’s an article of it. thanks!

Of coz I would pull him up, and then start discussing the world economy, poverty issue & environmental protection.
The real me say……………………………………….. not in this family site….hahaha

So I heard BS is saying he “Made a mistake” of playing KB too many minutes in the beginning of the season ?
Don’t believe a word he uttered.
They(KB/BS) were gunning to break MJ’s record at the expense of the TEAM!
Now they will go into sunset together.

no I did not. I disagreed. You attacked.

LOL…dreaming?
BTW, new thread is over there –>
http://www.jlinportal.com/g38-por-lal-game-thread/

nah u dissed first

@frank and @joeteam… ok guys, lets just agree to disagree and disagree to agree….hmmmm lol

End of the day, we are all Lin’s fan.

Send me Jeremy Lin himself and I won’t ask for anything more 😉