G45 HOU @ LAL PostGame Thread

Man, I hope you’re right.

We would know soon…lets see

I hope tonight is not a result of catering to the young guests (winner of Youth Madness) from Taiwan to see their hero Lin leading the day. Tonight should be either the start of the end of Lin’s tenure as a Laker (showcasing for trade) or the start of the end of BS as the Lakers’ coach (about time LOL).

yeah, its waiting game now…lets see

Lakersground net buzzing with compliments for Lin – first time they’ve seen Lin Attack mode – hope they all become fans. They called it “F Coach” mode.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:42 pm Post subject: Lin at the line again….I like this attack all day Lin mode

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:43 pm Post subject: Lin finally playing like its a contract year.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: Jeremy Lin in F it mode. F the system, F Byron, F long twos, F everything.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:39 pm Post subject: Lin and boozer are the best 2 players on the Lakers, that’s sad

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:40 pm Post subject: Nice effort in the 4th quarter. This line-up in the game right now – should be our starting line to end the season – except Lin for Ellington. Play Clarkson as a 2 and let him develop into a better PG.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:42 pm Post subject: Never seen Lin attack so much as a Laker.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:43 pm Post subject: Lin stopped giving fxcks

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: This is how Jeremy needs to play. F it mode hahaha

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject: Lin is fast.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject: Lin drives in for the bucket.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: Kinda enjoyed watching that lol, lin was total “F the system mode”

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:54 pm Post subject: I think Lin just decided to say fark Byron’s classic PG pass only never shoot bullpoop and just play his aggressive style in the 4th. Expect him to get moved back to the 3rd string next game

Gosh the kid shot a lot, took more FTs then even Harden If only he had a better shooting night his stat line would be almost good

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:54 pm Post subject: xenojoey wrote:This is how Jeremy needs to play. F it mode hahaha

Problem is often he would already have been benched. He often needs time, as with many players, to get his game going. Seen it many times before.
I like him playing with Davis and Clarkson. Hope to see more.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:58 pm Post subject: xenojoey wrote:This is how Jeremy needs to play. F it mode hahaha

Lin is a penetrating, slashing combo guard. That’s his strength. And if there’s no rim protector, that’s how he should play. His perimeter shots weren’t falling so he got his points at the line. Lin, though, has fallen off badly with the FTs. He needs to get in the gym and shoot them. No excuse for missing so many

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:03 pm Post subject: Lin with the “F*** YOU Byron” play style tonight.

From Lakers Ground – Per Byron, Byron asked Swaggy a question and he didn’t like the answer so he got benched…

Scott: Do you know what your job is out there?
Swaggy P: Score in bunches and get the Win!
Lin: Get the ww… err, Top 5 pick.
Scott: Jeremy, that’s and extra 15 mins for you tonight.

Hm, maybe @JeanieBuss need to see the excitement Lin brings to Lakers fans LOL
Thanks for compiling them!

I don’t think that it means that Lin is getting traded. The Lakers have no bargaining chips. They are not going to give up their most prized possession draft picks.Lin salary is way too much, without draft picks,. Most contending teams will pick up Lin off free agency.

https://twitter.com/blubell903/status/559603156888215552

https://twitter.com/hootnnanny0918/status/559591647349325824

Thanks. Harden is a lot better than I thought tonight. Great after so many bad stuff from Kobe & BS.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/559605672170360832

Love the retort so much!

The pt is BS DNPed him, not F/O

maybe they are expecting 0 highlights DNP-CD again.

I know but if FO wants to trade Lin, BS would show case him long before the DNP.. Plus w so many negative comments from BS to Lin…?! Not show case for trade…

i stopped watching the game, but came back for post game before heading in to bed finally

Picture Time 🙂

we are mooting over the event that might have taken place after the DNP

More coming

Lakers voice will invite Lin to Join on Feb 23rd…I guess that means Lin will stay?

That’s exactly what I thought. This DNP it’s all from Kobe & BS not FO bc before they changed the new starting lineup, Lakers was showing Lin’s jersey on tweet… Lin was supposed to be the main focus vs Spurs game.

@KHuang predicted a DNP-CD. But @JoeTeam and I ALWAYS countered, yes, that’s what Kobe (and BS) want to do to Lin. But they CAN’T get away with it. So @JoeTeam was right and deserves ALL the credit. NOT @KHuang!

You mean the 3 of us.

Thats it 🙁

U can say that too..lol

You are soft…lol

Some teams actually were open for salary dump.
Last week I remember BOS was calling all teams letting them know they’re open for salary dump.

I thought that was interesting since it means not only contending teams might need Lin’s service but some teams can use an expiring contract to help their salary cap situation (not 100% sure but we should check into BOS situation)

Good point on what he said about Lin at the shoot around… BS was lying bc Lin said he talked to BS this morning.. So something sure is going on behind the door.

Not native, so alien?

I believe so… I am sort of not really sure but I guess Lakers will make an offer for Lin this summer.

who’s Lakers Voice? a choir group?

I didn’t alienate everyone based on my wishful thinking…lol

Planet Om-Nom-Nom LOL

Place for MaPo Tofu!

Not me. Now that Kobe is out for the season, and the way they treated kobe when he was lats season, is where he had no deccisons on who they brought on the team.It will be even much more now that Kobe is not guaranteed to come back next season, I think Scott will be fired and they will do a buyout with him. I am sure that is all in his contract.

aw. hehe.

oh ok.. I guess plans can be made but if an unlikely trade happens, they can interview an ex-Laker LOL

we all won, @Grace:disqus!

Basically we got a treat of Lin’s throwback 76ers game as a Knick where he went to FT line 10-14 times despite not shooting well 😀

Kei-sanity. Nishikori just took David Ferrer apart 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, 5th consecutive wins against a tough opponent, next up, the defending champ, Stan Wawrinka in the Quarters. Kei beats Stan at the US Open Semis.

I have the same thought like you.. Hope everything can be like our wish… But I think Kobe will show up for next season bc he didn’t want to give up any money at all. Hope he can be like Nash, done before next season start it.

very nice 717 … thanks. All I wanted to say there was we don’t have to create a self-fulfilling prophecy in our own minds (prisons). Lin and his management team orchestrated a freeing event and it only took Friday to Sunday. So no need to cry night for months and then say hey, night fell. Night will come and so will day, rain will come and so will sunshine. I love it all, because life is sweet.

So as Brent says, all 3 of us are right because … drum roll … it rains, it shines, it is bright and dark. That is life. Lin if he is not injured like almost (teeth grind) tonight will just live life BIG.

Meanwhile, I reflect that KHuang got a little upset because he’s felt racism and this then was a Friday night that he’s felt many nights and so felt it would go on being dark. KHuang, if it helps … we are all gonna experience injustice. Lin just fights back and gives us underdogs hope, and then if you like rain, it will rain again. I happen to love rain because it brings life.

bye bye Kobe. We did not know ye.

how do we know alien are not native?

I didn’t have MaPo Tofu, but I tried Hotpot, too oily and spicy for my taste. 🙂

I hope so. I’d imagine it would take some time for Kobe to make the decision to come to term he had to exit this way.

But Kobe is stubborn, he’s gonna want to come back from this one. But only because he can’t live without the crowd and spotlight.

Lin got fans flying in from Taiwan to watch him play, the Lakers are not stupid. I think that Scott has put this organization in a very precarious position, because they are dealing with a lot of fallout from him because he acts like he is speaking for the organization. This Feb 23 Q&A for lin is more damage control.

Lin should take Scott to Alhambra for some authentic softness

I think that the F/O will make the decision for him. I think they will give him the option to be waived or take his money and run,

added to Video Gallery on homepage. Thanks!

https://twitter.com/SpursDiva7/status/559615663841345537

i have been worshiping the wrong Props? I dont trust you… Hail Brent!

Byron must have hated having to run plays for Lin!
In the PHX game, I never say Byron talked to Lin directly even once

As @awarde:disqus said, the plot thickens….

I Ithink Young might be a ot upset that he was not made a starter over.Ellington. Young should be actually starting. The bench has enough scoring options with lin/booze/Johnson. Nick probably upset about it.

Scott actually coming to lin to draw up plays. Wow how the tables have turned

good point. He was starring last year.

At this rate, more players will start to despise Byron

The one with the hand from Harden was that an offensive foul?

I think that the players have formed a bond and Scott is trying to pit them against each other for playing time. I think the only ones not buying into it is Lin/Booze/Young. d maybe Davis.

No Nick has stated that many times he wants to start. He obviously couldn’t do that because of Kobe. Now that Kobe is out…hmmm.

B’s is in secured and is applying the method in rule by division. The team has not bought into the spirits of united as a family.

I’m happy that the fan holding the “We Want Lin” sign got what he asked for 🙂

Jeremy getting love from the crowd as he checks in for the first time

Ouch, the SwaggyDNP line.

Yup. IDM to DNP.

If you do, CA Adventures at Disneyland, they say get there early to get the time slot. We got there at 10am and all slotted times were used up, so we waited in line. First ride about 1.5 hr wait, 2nd time late afternoon only 45 minutes. Kids loved it. It’s only about 45mph, but it’s a scaled down car and you bank so it feels like you are going 120mph. Plus electric so it really accelerates.

Sure hope to see the smile back from Lin.

Byron killed the team. Every game started with a big hole that Scott had got the team into.

So lin/Booze the high scores for the Lakers tonight. Lin played 28 min. Price played 7 minutes..hmmm and the plot thicknes

starting Clarkson has been a disaster so far. Lakers fall behind so fast by double digits within the first 5-10 minutes. is Byron going to keep this up? I wouldn’t be surprised if the lakers losing streak extends to 15 or 20 in a row with Clarkson starting.

Playing for Scott!
That’s bad news.

You can’t have Kobe and Lin. Kobe is toxic to team basketball. Lin is addicted to it. There is no room for coexistent.

LOL I’m getting rather confused with all these trends now. Is JLin going to be traded as @psalm234:disqus read or your read that JLin will stay. My inking is wait and see. Soon I will know:-)

One more year of this, Kobe’s reputation would go down to the drain completely.

They are from Jeremy Only Lin Garden. They decided to make the last minute of “We want Lin” after they saw DNP-CD before they left Taiwan I believe.

what has been a disaster is byron’s idea of what the offense should be. clarkson could be twice as talented as he is, but the offense will always look like crap bc its design is crap.

I’m afraid Byron is not going to run the team for too long.
The Lakers can replace him any time with Kobe out of the picture.

LOL LOL LOL

This is the tank division.

Agree 100%

As an Aussie, I say…. “Go Kyrgios!!”

I don’tthink so.

Wow finally Price with only 7 minutes?! BS never gave him lower than 15 minutes even when he was bench player! Price’s head was getting too big for him anyway! Plot really does thicken. Did you see the clip where Jeremy was sitting and waiting for BS to come over for timeout and had zero interaction with his teammates? Price was standing on the left side of Jeremy walking around and Jeremy didn’t even look at him lol. That’s the attitude! Lin and teammates don’t even bother talking things over anymore cause they know Lakers are tanking.

Anyone posted this lately?
It’s an old video but still inspirational and worth watching again.

I’m so happy that, for one game at least, Scott proved me wrong. I really thought that being so bad to Lin, he would have DNP’ed him for the second game in a row. Not only was I wrong, Scott actually played Lin ahead of Price, and almost DNP’ed Rice instead. This is a real roller-coaster ride. I hope this is the start of a good stretch for Lin, and that his agents continue to do whatever they are doing to get Lin more playing time. Lin played smart out there. His shots were not falling, so he got himself to the line to get his points. Keep going Lin!

That’s cause Lin’s agent complained and Jeanie & FO stepped in! Did you see Scott’s body language you can tell he hated having to draw plays up for Lin!!

More and more:-)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8ReshJCAAMHPmO.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8RejjmCEAAbG7-.jpg

Jeremy is like Prince Charming,everything white including the leggings ^.^

buddy-buddy

Byron sounds like he’s an alien coaching from the other world. He keeps on using the same label, inconsistent for Jeremy. Compare the stats of Ronnie Price and Jeremy because they both have started and played from the bench. I wouldn’t think Ronnie is anywhere consistent in his performance. Yes, they played their games in different style. They both have had their ups and downs.

The bottom line is Ronnie is not any bit more consistent and productive than Jeremy.

Any labelings of this sort are libels.

LOL Found that number players wear the same:-)

Well, RP is BS’ favorite son and BS is JLin’s ___________ (fill in the blank). Favorite did no wrong:-)

Lakers’ Jeremy Lin acknowledges frustration with recent demotion by Mark Medina
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150125/lakers-jeremy-lin-acknowledges-frustration-with-recent-demotion

Two days later, the snub still stung Lakers guard Jeremy Lin.

He sat out Friday’s loss in San Antonio, the first game he missed because of a coach’s decision since days before “Linsanity” broke out in New York three years ago. Lin’s recent demotion bugged him so much that he talked with coach Byron Scott on Sunday morning, a conversation Lin said contained “good dialogue and going back and forth in terms of what he wants.”

“I’m human. I got emotions,” Lin said before the Lakers lost the Houston Rockets 99-87 on Sunday at Staples Center. “I show up and do my best to play and work hard. But it definitely hurts. It’s discouraging sometimes and disappointing. All of those emotions, of course. I don’t think anybody would feel great after a DNP, no matter who you are.”

Lin played on Sunday against Houston as a reserve, scoring 14 points on 2-of-9 shooting (10 of 14 from the free-throw line) with six assists and three turnovers in 28 minutes, 1 second of action. But with Scott recently granting the starting position to rookie Jordan Clarkson to accelerate his development, Scott played veteran Ronnie Price over Lin.

“I watch and see how the game is going,” Scott said in determining when Lin will play. “I have a good idea of what I’m going to do. But I let the game dictate that.”

Lin has experienced an adversarial season with the Lakers well before his demotion. They acquired Lin and a first-round pick from the Rockets this offseason in a salary dump to pursue Chris Bosh. Although Lin has averaged 10.5 points on 43.6-percent shooting, 4.5 assists and 2.3 turnovers, Scott has often pointed out Lin’s inconsistency with his playmaking, aggressiveness and defense.

“Jeremy has been great,” said Rockets center Dwight Howard, who had his own issues in his lone season with the Lakers two years ago. “He’s making great plays for his teammates and is attacking and he’s enjoying beautiful and sunny L.A.”

Does Howard not see Lin’s frustration?

“There’s always going to be some type of frustration at some point in the season, but that’s basketball. That’s life,” said Howard, who then quoted Forrest Gump. “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”

That partly explains the frustration both between the Lakers and Lin.

“The only thing that has been consistent is the amount of inconsistency I’ve had in my life,” Lin said. “I’ve gone from getting cut in the D-League to starting to playing heavy minutes to all these different roles every week. I have to keep staying aggressive when I get out there.”

yeah, leggings sounds a bit gayish, but the length of that thing looks more like compression leggings than sleeves. anyway it’s all good. it is white in color that matters.. ;P

Lots of surprise last night:
Lin played 28 min, Lin getting calls, no Clarkson but Price in 4Q, Young benched, McHale finally outplayed other coach etc

However, I need only one surprise, just one……..please trade Lin to Mavs / Buck / Piston / Cav before AS game.

Trade? No bc Laker Voices will have Lin w fans Q&A on 2/23/15.

湖人官網經常辦活動讓球員和粉絲互動。名為「湖人之聲」（Laker Voices）的節目，是開放球員接收Q與A問答，透過回應問題的方式，培養球迷忠誠度，2月23日登場主角是林書豪.

Thanks for the explanation. Appreciate it!

Trade Deadline Countdown
Thursday, February 19 @ 3:00 pm ET

There are only eight more games during which the Lakers could showcase Jeremy for a trade.
– 3 home games (WAS, CHI, DEN)
– 5 away games (NYK, MIL, ORL, CLE POR)

The last two games are B2B
(DEN at home on Tue; POR away on Wed)

The next Lakers game after the ASG is at home and it is the day after the trade deadline. If Jeremy is still on the roster, he’s a Laker until the end of the season.
_

Thx for the info

https://twitter.com/LinsanityMovie/status/559597373354024963

That’s why I say it will be a surprise……slim chance but I will pray for it.

Have they been selling his movie in the Laker store? Lakers see all the fans flying from Taiwan to watch Lin play. There are not stupid.

That’s my guess that no trade. F/O is definitely doing lots of damaged control. They continue to advertise JLin and now this game. F/O is sending out a message. Not sure whether JLin is their long term plan. May confirm all these in the next few games.

Oh yeah, lin will be with the Lakers next season. I guarantee Scott will be gone, because players will not stay and play for him.

Now that Kobe is out, they came move forward with their plans.

Welcome abroad once again. Your post makes sense. Hopefully this is the case. Would definitely like to see JLin is allowed to play his game.

Seems like a logical assessment. Lakers need Lin to sell tickets till the end of the year and keep tv ratings up since Kobe is done. So it was only BS’ stupidity or pride that led to this? Beyond Kobe, BS never got the layof the land.

Yeah that is why I was so surprised at DNP-CD on JLin vs Spurs. All these times I don’t believe JLin will be traded but when that happened, I began to think otherwise. Definitely two fronts at work in Lakers. KB and BS/ vs pro JLin (Mitch). Not sure about Jeanie Buss (she prefers KB in my understanding.) @awarde:disqus please bring a light on Jeanie, Jim Buss and Mitch (who is who and what is what).

Lol, welcome abroad!? Haha…for a sec, I thought he was visiting you down under!

LOL Thanks for bringing up my typo. Got it and will change it now:-)

https://twitter.com/Sportige/status/559725598323384321

WOW! First time I saw a retweet below from Josh Lin. Believe he is reading JLin’s fans sometimes.
https://twitter.com/CJMahaney/status/559708467188219905

I did enjoy this! Thanks!

LOL creative interpretation “Days of Our Lakers Lives” soap opera-style
And it’s probably about 80% accurate to the non-fictitious characters and story!

Like I said, lin could and may have played his trump card with the Lakers FO now. His agent might have just told Lakers that Lin has no intention to resign with Lakers at what ever the contract they offer becasue MONEY HAS NEVER BEEN AN INCENTIVE to Lin. lakers have NOTHING that they could offer to Lin except maybe the promise to hand him the keys to the offence once KOBE retires. Lin would be well advised to ignore such empty promises because of the way the FO has treated him so far.

Lakers are basically in a corner if Lin plays his trump card right. FO is screwed by BS incompetence again in handling an asset for trade because he’s devalued Lin at every turn. They may get very little for Lin becasue of Scott, and they will get nothing at the end of the season if they don’t trade him. Mitch has to share some of the blame for this fiasco, as well as the headless busses (pun intended).

So maybe this is what Montgomery means by victory is certain.

The Lakers FO is currently multi-headed, so it appears schizophrenic to outsiders.

Sounds logical to me. Montgomery’s tweet is, to me, just to short to make any firm conclusions. I was too hasty, I admit, in saying I had lost faith in him. Clearly Lin has his reasons for sticking to Montgomery, and so be it. I think you’re absolutely right, Lin’s incentive to play has always been about God first. He is monetarily set for life, so all the more he doesn’t have to chase after the money henceforth. He really needs to find a place that wants him for the player that he is.

It doesn’t matter if they want him or not. They may have thought that devaluing Lin could be in their favor at the end of the season as some has suggested. Kinda like how Knicks tried to lowball Lin after linsanity. As an underused asset, Lin has already surpassed vet minimum levels. Lin will sign with someone else for sure at the end of the season if this BS treatment continues. Lakers may have been deluded into thinking that Lin could be BOUGHT like 99% of the players in the league. Lin however has NEVER gone after the money as he has shown during the height of Linsanity. Lin could have made 10s of millions in endorsements but never did.

This is why I think Lin now has the upper hand becasue Lakers know they’ve screwed up a trade asset.

This is one of the best, if not the best, and fair national media articles about Lin since when?

I like “The point guard who once sparked Linsanity from New York to China also
isn’t ready to quit trying to make a difference for the Los Angeles
Lakers this season.” It hinted that Lakers already gave up but not Lin.

And the article also emphasis the inconsistency with supporting explanation about the roles Lin have been given, “from being cut to D-League to starting to playing heavy minutes to … a different role every week”

That is a victory to me.

Good post. Think u got it right and jlinportal grasping at straws still thinking some team out there wants to trade for lin.

Great point, @disqus_zDgJ5zJRLn:disqus.

The “Money has Never Been an Incentive to Lin certainly is a great trump card to force Lakers’ hand to either play him or lose him without any values.

Kupchak and FOs might’ve thought that Lin likes LA enough and is willing to be a whipping boy for Kobe/BScott as a backup PG for another year to get comfortable money/fame. So I think Montgomery would deserve some credit to drive down this point IF Lin continues to get consistent PT (25-32+) in the next few games from Byron after the DNP. Only then we know for sure FO twisted Byron’s arm to run plays for Lin over and over again.

The Scottie pansy division attacking…charge!

It could be a combo of Lin and Ty, if you know MDA.

Respectfully disagree. BS gets his marching orders from Kobe and will continue to do so until Kobe is completely out of the picture. And that’s because Lakers FO also obeys Kobe, at least for now…

I really want to be that fly on the wall when Byron talked to Lin about that new ‘role’.
@disqus_T3EnYYJXnU:disqus inspired me to write a short story

The Case of Elusive Harvard Tank
Byron: “Jeremy, you now have a new role …”
Lin: “Yes, coach?”
Byron: “Your new role is to exist on court .. attack the rim and we’ll get you multiple screens. You’re no longer a ball-retriever!”
Lin: “Whoa, thanks but what if we win and bust the tank, Coach?”
Byron (went on an uncontrollable rage): “Waaaaaaaait a second. Who’s talking about winning here? That’s not what I’m hired here to do! Not my specialty!
Do you want to jeopardize my job? For the hundredth time, NO MORE WINS, okay Jeremy? You Got to be #TOUGHEnoughToTANK
Mad Dog, come here… tell Jeremy the concept of tanking. Bring the TANK diagram again and go over with him again! And get me out of the picture as the Tank Commander!!”
Lin: “….?”
“Mad Dog” Madsen: “Let’s go, Jeremy! Let Coach be alone. He needs to play with his tanks in his office for a while to calm down”

(Office Door is closed)

Byron (muttering words as he stacked his toy tanks): “….Great Scott Tank! For a Harvard guy, why can’t he draw a simple tank! Even Kobe got it! ..Shoot/pass till you drop, make great acrobatic shots .. Just NO WINS! How difficult is that?
All the benching, reduced min can’t make this guy join TEAM TANK! ARRRGGH! .. Serenity Now!!!”

(Byron’s shoulder slumped on the corner, rocking his body back and forth whispering soft words, “No more wins. No more wins. No more wins…)

https://twitter.com/supjackjack/status/559483095326273537

I’m disappointed by Montgomery response
It seems like it’s very cryptic and seems likeip service
Can we get a more specific about what actins have been done by the agent?
Any demands for trades?
Any insurance for playing time ?

okc need a pg if reggie jackson is gone

BS: “Jeremy, we’re trying to tank here!”

Are you expecting M to throw everything on the table for you and lose any negotiation w/ LAL or other teams?

I think he tweeting this is out of the ordinary already. I think he said just enough.

I hope you sue for royalties from Psalms. Lol

OKC are already paying the luxury tax after the acquisition of Dion Waiters so I highly doubt that they are eager to pay more taxes to exchange Reggie Jackson with Jeremy Lin (Lin has a higher caphit).

no…free agency this coming season not talking about trade deadline…what i meant is next year

“I want to believe”. X flies haunting whistle playing…the truth is out there! Lol

It’s both IMO. BScott definitely gets orders from Kobe in downplaying everyone & making Kobe a hero at all cost.

But he’s also inept in doing so. If he wanted to feature Clarkson over Lin, he should be careful to build his confidence by slowly bringing him off-the-bench and giving more min. Starting a rookie is just foolish because now it shattered Clarkson’s confidence with 5 TOs. So Byron just failed in trying to even marginalize Lin. Which is good news for us, Lin fans!

No I don’t need details I want to reassured that he is actively phoning Lakers FO and discussing Lin situation. I don’t get that reassurance from that tweet.

Yes I don’t want anyone to look bad. But Montgomery is Lin’s voice to FO. He needs to reassured to Lin’s Fan. Yes. I am actively speaking to FO on Lin’s behalf I don’t need exact details to embarrass anyone.
That tweet is so vague that I wonder if it’s just lip service only to Lin Fan

http://youtu.be/BAQPScZ97lA

perhaps it’s designed to be cryptic as a way to let us know that he’s working on something but at the same time non-commital on the results.

I wish it can be clearer too but I understand the reasoning.
He can look inept to promise something tangible but it didn’t happen precisely as he said.

We just have to be patient to see how things are unfolding =)

Start from 5:17 talk w DM for a while…

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/559770148073009152

I know… can’t believe this… right now everything from Rox no matter it’s players or commentators all looks so much better compare to Lakers…?!

Cleveland needs a back up pg and owner doesn’t care about cost

Duck face

LOL!

From jazzfanz…
http://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?19491-Wooohoooo-Bill-Oram-is-GONE!

Seriously, I think FO and probably Jeanie herself already in a room with Kobe to talk about the future plans into next year. Probably some negotiation going on.

I think they will & hope Kobe just out for good. His time it’s up.

Long time Laker like you start to get tired of Kobe too.

The challenge of this is that Kobe is like one of those trick exploding cigars….you never know exactly when he’s gonna go off. He’s so emotionally random and fragile that you never know what hot-button is going to set him off…coach comment, FO effort to herd him in some direction, fan reactions, Lin or any player of the moment that gets a flash of attention, etc. etc. He’s done. The FO can be respectful (while paying him the ton of money they owe him), but continuing to tiptoe around him is really what this is all about. At the end of the day, they call (pay for) the shots. Being wishy-washy and delusionaly hopeful that leopards will easily give up their spots (play nice and retire gracefully in Kobe’s case) has never helped any organization. Fine, they’ve decided to tank…even the fans reluctantly accept there’s some logic in this. But this swampy bad coaching and player demoralization is just useless…bad humanity and bad business. I’m not sure they know how to do any better.

You are right all about $$$. Somehow I think maybe Kobe will just like Nash plays a little bit in preseason then get the money … plays in the beach somewhere… LOL!

Considering every object under Lakers roof, I will vote the doll in the stroller, because they will be showcased whenever every rookie entering the building. Marketing upside. Well, as long as BS is there.

He should trademark it like Linsanity. Perhaps something like Scottsanitiser, guaranteed to wipe out your roster clean.

Voted for Black.

Unless Kobe announces retirement today – don’t see D’Antoni given a new offer.

So I guess it is a smart move by MDA and FO then. Leave door open. You never know.

Lin’s aggressiveness attacking the rim was the first I’ve seen this season. This is a good sign.
For the first time in months, I’m looking forward to tomorrow night game to see what’s next.

A long shot but let keep out fingers crossed.

Montgomery speaking in tongues, could you
translate that in English?

Yes, I had the same thought. It is like a total different animal just in one game. First half, struggling, playing within the system. 1 pt/4 FGA with 2 asst. I was worried if he ever could break out to make a statement after DNP. Second half, suddenly the leash was off. Just attacking, attacking and attacking, like there is no tomorrow, with IDGAF attitude.

I am wondering if that’s the plan they talked about pre-game, or just Lin’s spontaneous outburst of “playing my brand of game”.

He was taken over the game when his teammates wasn’t doing it.

Also surprising is that the refs were actually calling the fouls. Seemed like he would do it before, get hacked and end up on the floor and there would be no call. Like that D’Andre Jordan no call that could have fouled out D’Andre Jordan and won that game. Perhaps the Lakers made a formal complaint to the League?

You meant “taking”?

Sure, Lin has taken games over many times.

Refs have their own agendas too, once Kobe is out Lin will get the benefit of those calls. I hope.

Ha Ha. The best part is it is not limited to basketball.

The one highlight reel I saw had the drives and assists he made. Is there another highlight that has his missed drives which he got fouled? Would like to see that aggression if it’s out there.

Just go to NBA.com and see all his shot attempts in video…

https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/559807885085921280

The timeline hopefully is a single word starts with n and ends with r (NEVER) lol. It’s the perfect time for Kobe to retire.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/559808039692148736

Kobe Bryant Injury Update (1/26/15)
Posted: Jan 26, 2015

EL SEGUNDO – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who injured his right shoulder in last Wednesday night’s game against the Pelicans in New Orleans, was examined this morning by Dr. Neal ElAttrache of the Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Dr. ElAttrache confirmed an earlier diagnosis of a torn rotator cuff, and advised Bryant to have surgery to repair the shoulder. Bryant has agreed, and surgery has been scheduled for Wednesday morning. A timeline estimate for Bryant’s return will be issued following the surgery.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/150126kobebryant_injuryupdate?cid=TW

Check out @LakerFacts’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/LakerFacts/status/559809982536097792?s=09

#1 option(Kobe) gone. and #2 option(Young) might be gone. Guess LAL gonna need Lin again to not be totally embarrassed for the next game.

Check out @BaxterHolmes’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/559810779700940801?s=09

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/559811118630047744

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Do they still have 10 healthy bodies or did BS and Madsen suit up?

If no Young then we can hopefully expect to see some more aggressive play from jeremy.

I would say it again, Lin, the Last MAN standing.

Hm, they tagged Clarkson, Lin, Kelly so did it mean they excelled during 5-on-5?

Pics (clock-wise): Kelly made 3, Clarkson hustled, Lin made 3, Lin played tough defense

Young’s a good guy. I won’t be happy seeing him getting the BS treatment. But BS just had to find someone to throw under the bus doesn’t he?

Hope Nick Young’s ankle sprain is not too bad

BScott ever uncrossing his arms?
yes, only when he has to use his hands to steer the tank back on course =)

In body language, doesn’t that mean it’s a defensive/insecure posture like someone is going to attack him?

SMH, eye roll

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/559815328486526976

Mutiny?

He’s actually not wrong since the Lakers need to tank. hehe..

Lol. What a fool.

Haha! Well said…

The dude’s just joking

Finally BS opens his eyes for a first step of long progress?

He’s not actually not right since the Lakers need to tank. hehe…

Still a fool.

My only fear is that Davis and Black have redundant skill sets

Yep…will have zero spacing below the FT line…

Kobe out, Young questionable, BS chewed out. Are the basketball gods, dare I say, wanting Linsanity?!

LOL JLin’s high level of concentration to bounce his eyes off distraction (Lakers girls) is WHY he’s been successful to navigate through Harvard and the NBA. Salud!

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/559622421427138560

Yes, that’s what I though, he’s trying to avoid looking at the Laker Girls to maintain his concentration.

So no interview for lin today afrer practice

Swaggy P not afraid to tell the truth.

https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/559825354991214592

Mike BresnahanVerified account
‏@Mike_Bresnahan
Those around Kobe say he is definitively coming back to play next season. Doesn’t want to go out like this.

https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/559826484391448576

Picture would of been better if everyone but Lin wasn’t looking.

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

😀

Normally only one player… plus Lin already talked a lot last night.. But I think maybe Lakers PR didn’t want reporters to ask Young what happened last night? Bc no one talked about it at all in today’s interview?!

I like Young.

good point. If you caught me at a game, you’d get a 10% chance I took one photo and then the rest of the time, I’d be trying to see player and coach interactions. Tix are too expensive …

Brave Nick!

But now we know the reason why Nick Young might get a DNP.
Kobe will send his ‘blessing’ through BScott.

I think they will. Kobe can’t recruit anybody because nobody wants to play with him

Hey, he is only 3 minutes short of breaking the most TP record.

Given what he’s said before I wonder why he wouldn’t suggest Ronnie Price?

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/559823963920941058

Surprise he didn’t say head of the snake. How can your leader be a bench player? It’s like having a 3 year old as a coach.

Kobe still has his fans, but doesn’t fill the seats or eyeballs anymore. So I think the F/O needs to do something to ensure his virtual retirement.

maybe he know the uproar if he says Price. and he doesn’t wanna say Lin.

You’re right. The only reason would be to avoid humiliating himself on the court. But this year, no matter how crappy he played, they blamed everything on his “untalented” teammates. So he had nothing to lose.

Can Kobe tolerate a diminished role? Will he be healthy enough next year even for that? Will any FAs take that chance and join the Lakers anyway? Those are the questions.

he’s pumping up his biceps with his fists.

That would be great! But you know Kobe would insist on keeping that a secret. He would be ashamed to admit that he was paid NOT to play. He will try to claim that he chose to retire voluntarily.

Kobe will always be just the STATS LEADER for any given team. His inter-personal skills and personality doesn’t fit into the modern day leadership quality.

I thought Scott would have said, “I will fill Kobe’s leadership void.”

Exactly

He’s not actually incorrect since the Lakers need to tank. hehe…

I find these articles absolutely hilarious. Kobe’s pushing his publicist to get these articles out here to ensure that he still has a footing on the team. All it is doing is driving FA away. Buss can’t afford to have kobe on the team next year.

Did it look to anyone like Lin had bulked up a bit? At the line last night I mean.

tanking requires leadership? since when?

He might be getting a little weight training in. Today when reporter asked who was going to take over leadership of this time,scott saidsaid he couldn’t think of anyone, the reporter had to suggest Boozer, and Scott was like yeah, I guess you are right. He was scared to say price.i think that butt chewing he got was pretty bad.LOL

lack of playing time so gaining weight is my take.

This is the second time in a week that Kobe has had his own people put his message out there in advance of any official announcements from the Lakers organization. You’ve got to wonder that the Lakers front office thinks about this.

Right after the injury, @ramonashelburne carried Kobe’s message. However, she tried to make it seem like her sources were official — and then she virtually winked by retweeting the message about the story which says Kobe really IS the organization (“Unofficial head coach. De facto General Manager.”) [link]

So now the organization says they’ll have more word on Kobe’s future on Wednesday. And, once again, there is Kobe again trying to co-opt the message, this time using @Mike_Bresnahan. At least Bresnahan had the sense to source it all to Kobe’s camp, not the Lakers organization.

It makes you wonder if Kobe is feeling that the Lakers Organization isn’t in lock-step with his own wishes right now, so he has to get out in front of the Lakers.

there is no evidence of a butt chew, it’s just your educated guess. I dont think Scott got chewed out. I think they just told him to be sensitive to all players and asked him his rationale and the team understand Lin is an expiring contract and more than anything, in my opinion, the Lakers want to avoid the race card issue so they probably hinted what needs to happen and Scott overreacted again by playing Lin the last 17 minutes & allowed Lin to go mini LInsanity to tell them he understood.

Im sure they wish Kobe would voluntariy retire. They want to go for A list players and Kobe is in the way. I dont think Lin is on any laker peoples minds. They just want to make sure no claims of viable racism take place while Lin is still on the roster.

oh he still fills the seats. bet to differ on that point. and that is why he is still relevant despite the fact he is a terrible baskebtall player now in terms of being a star.

Chiplote & io burger!

hah–BS -u r really %^$# –u shld. hear the clamor of the crowd n be ashamed w/ ur actions…….

BS is a hater! Look at how he’s always criticizing Lin and praising his scrub Price! Both Kobe and BS are the problem!!

I don’t think Lin is for the monies in his next contract, it would be the coach and the FO plans for him and whether he can trust them. So far he has been played out.

Go to espn LA radio coming up next max n marcells reacting for lin DNP the other day.

BS did say he talks to Kobe every night, that’s when he gets his instructions and directions ?

Yep. And they don’t need to change that often.

IO Burger… drool

what does Kobe being forced to retire have to do with Lin or Scott being chewed out?

Great article on JLin:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/nba-jeremy-lin-linsanity-lakers-kobe-bryant-injury

Lol. Seriously?
Check out @TWCSportsNet’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/TWCSportsNet/status/559835694500028417?s=09

Check out @shahanLA’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/559839503058087936?s=09

I would rather not have BS all the time

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/559865063230963713

If this guy post a pic without the twisted head and smiling, he’d be a media god by now given he tells the truth. Ppl can’t trust the hunchback of Notre Dame, though he turned out as a good literature figure, right?

ninja my friend … patience. Time is coming.

Jeremy. Case closed.

#LAKERSLIN !!! Hit them hard everyone.

Man, that was not worded in a way that is tactful.
Hope vengeful people don’t make him pay a price for saying that.

This tell us something… Lin will not on tomorrow?

You can blame it on Jeremy actually. Remember when we were mad voting for him a couple of years back…he poured cold water on the whole thing publicly.
I mean I still mad vote for him, but I can imagine a lot of people stopped.

Does this not say it all? Coolio !
thought we were the only ones see this. !!

We should not RT this one for them.

Bc they know w Lin … he always win the vote… they just tried to get more comments bc this side is not popular at all. LOL!

I think at that time he sincerely did not want to be voted in since he was #3 and did not want others say he does not deserve it, but I think he would like to stay at top 5 though.

You guys ever notice even when lin is leading in stats they don’t show his stats during halftime on twc

It’s hard for him to forgo $25M, that’s lots of diamonds for Vanessa.

According to Scott, Price is closet to the Mamba, too bad he didn’t say Price….LOL.

I do hope more of them come of the closet.

To be honest, I am not as optimistic as some here, but again I only started watching NBA at Linsanity. I feel if LAL really wants Lin, they would not risk to upset Lin at his contract year by allowing BS criticized Lin publicly so often. Last night was just a gesture that LAL does not want to have a bad PR on Lin fans nationally and internationally. I used to think LAL wanted to sign Lin cheap, but I no longer think so. Things were going out of hand. FO would have stepped in much earlier if they wanted to sign Lin next year. Just my take on. I of course feel Lin deserves a contract from Lin and hope he can stay at CA, but I doubt it.

So if Steve Kerr gets to decide who of the reserves replaces Kobe in the starting lineup of the All Star Game anybody think he would pick Klay Thompson or Harden?

Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson among possible replacements for Kobe Bryant as All-Star Game starters
http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2015/01/damian_lillard_klay_thompson_a.html

dorothy, don’t know if you are Asian, but what I’ve found over the years is western ppl have no clue as to when they are being offensive to asian ppl. I myself am told all the time by my wire I overstep the bounds of social understanding to be too blunt. So, I don’t blame Mitch if he misread some of JLin’s “I’m ok with that” + grimace. Western ppl just don’t get who is supposed to bow deeper, go through the door first, or pay the dinner bill.

If you are western raised and get this, you are going to make millions with Asians.

Harden just to be right.

Thanks..if only….

And the Lakers need an identity. And Lin’s been waiting, for three years.

You Dorothy, have been around the block, and you have correctly assessed the situation.

The mods should remove some of the posts calling BS racist. Overboard and not making this site look good.

Rich Cho is probably like Kevin Ding and would not want to touch another Asian with a 10 foot pole.

Click to show some support !

Smush Parker was fine with it apparently….

Fingers and toes crossed.

Is that soft. Going up against a 7 footer and the guy behind takes out your face – i don’t think Jordan Hill gets this much contact because he settles outside for jumpers.

There is every reason to believe that BS is the least close thing to being smart. Anyone who would prefer to start Ronnie Price instead of Jeremy deserves no respect.
An immediate replacement of Byron Scott by MDA will take Lakers’ basketball to a new page of success. Don’t even care for the top five pick next year. How is a rookie going to change a franchise? It’s the coach and your scout who should do the job of talent hunting around the world like what San Antonio has been doing.

Immediate rebuilding calls for a coach of Linsanity. I can almost guarantee full house every night for Lakers basketball with Linsanity 2.0.

I think the Lakers thought Lin would be ok being the Asian token rotation player on the team and quickly realized Lin is not that accommodating or easy going. That’s why they don’t even need to keep him around at all for that kind of role.

usat.ly/1wyk6hx

He’s too stubborn to say Jeremy Lin.

Everything! Once Kobe is gone, BS will have a new master, if he survives at all. And then Lin should be given a chance to play to his strengths.

Because, as of now we have no evidence, we are just speculating based on BScott’s nonsensical rotation

Giving another season to Kobe will break the back of the franchise.
By the way, there is almost zero opportunity that Kobe can be half the same player he is now, not to mention before.

Also Byron Scott is behaving in a very subdued manner. So I think Joyce is right about that Bryon being chewed out if not spit out by the FO.

I hope so. It still contains some of the myths about Jeremy’s skills, but it’s pretty positive in general and is probably as good as it’s going to get from the bigger outlets for the moment. I’lll take it.

Ah yes, the pr finally earning their keep.

🙂 I’ll always be a staunch defender, because I was so surprised at how far the other unmoderated site fell, and disappointed to have to abandon what had been a good home for several years. It was a big lesson on what happens when you don’t weed the garden. A very famous English gardener once commented that in order to “be a great gardener, you have to be ruthless.” Can’t even think about letting the weedy edges get started.

After being the worst SG and PG in this season, what else can Kobe give to the team? He has nothing left to be savoured by the Lakers. He’s slow, injury proned and ballhogging chucking up low % contested shots.

Yeah for Lin this is a win. Just putting a positive take out there on him is a win for now.

They should decisively fire the inept coach Byron Scott and replace him by MDA.

Good read. After all the Kobe’s camp is out in full force to state that he will be back in 2016. I just don’t think the F/O is going to go for it. Kobe needs to realize that he is going to loose a lot of range of motion with that arm. He is just so arrogant that he thinks he can do it, but his body will betray him this time around. I think the F/O might try to even buy him next season. They will give him an option for a buy out, or park his butt on the bench with a coach he doesn’t like. The F/O seem to be holding the cards,but will they enforce it…and the plot thickens.

I think he will pick Klay Thompson, why not. There is so much nepotism in this league. Also harden is only liked by houston fans. Everybody likes Klay Thompson. He is part of the splash brothers.

Klay, he’s the player Kerr has to coach the next morning.

I thought you banned yourself from this site. Why are you back? you know what opinions are just last azzholes, everybody has one. We are doen..smh

I like Max and he speaks truth but M&M seem to have no pull with getting fans behind them to exact change with the Lakers. Though M&M are well received by LA fans.

You’re right, the other site fell fast. I don’t even go there anymore and haven’t for weeks.

At first, Stu was OK. But he became more and more like Drexler as he went along. I now have a hard time listening to him and look at the away feed. At least if they knock Lin down they are on the other side.

God has slammed all doors closed on Lakers except Jeremy Lin.

@ramonashelburne’s latest article [link] has a slightly different “feel” about it. Maybe it’s the fact that the retirement option was even mentioned.

Also, the following tweet from Dr. Klapper about treatment timing is interesting. If Kobe has been delaying surgery on a rotator cuff injury since pre-season (and it’s not sure when the rotator cuff became involved), then the prognosis for a game-ready recovery may be cloudy.

https://twitter.com/DrRobertKlapper/status/559887135658881026

This is the only reasonable choice that will immediately turn the season around.
There are still lots of bodies that MDA is familiar with. As to the new addition, they’re just pleasant add-ons,

Byron Scott has set such a low standard, everyone comes in will be celebrated as the immediate savior for the Lakers. I just hope Jim Buss will be man enough to get MDA and Jeremy together for Linsanity 2.0 in LA. What do they have to lose? Nothing.

Kobe is out of the question. Even when he comes back in his last season with a torn body, he will be much subdued.

I voted for Tarik Black. He’s more likely to succeed than Jordan Clarkson. I don’t buy what coach Miller said about Jordan Clarkson. He’s just too raw for a position that requires lots of skills and experience. Jordan Clarkson is just a SG in my book.

people shouldn’t be afraid to point out the possibility of racism when there is no other logical explanation.

yeah, we should not be afraid to tell it as it is, and i don’t think it’s political correct to avoid mentioning racism when it’s a possibility.

I like Black much more than Randle. Randle likes to dribble too much for my liking. I saw him play for the NIke international ???. Randle and the US team lost to the International team badly. The years with Andrew Wiggins, the international team simply clobbers the US team. Randle is overrated because he comes from big school. Black was just a transfer in the last year.

Black is going to be something much bigger than Randle.

Max and Marcellus talks about Kobe, JLIn and Swaggy around 27:00 http://espn.go.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=12232909

standing in the way of Laker rebuilding. He hurts more than he helps the franchise for these 2 years.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1404759003154416&set=vb.1376695819294068&type=2&theater

Max on ESPN Radio just said for Jeremy to be DNP’d he must be dumbest guy in the team – thinks too much…. More of an insult than a compliment.

More like BScott d…..t coach in the NBA

Your reminder about the family dynamic helps. Not the first time kids have disagreed about how an inherited business should be run, and not the first time one has been run into the ground that way either.

Jeremy has had the most fantastic soap-opera career: explosive Cinderella reveal, jealous princes, evil stepfather coaches, and royal siblings battling for control of the kingdom. As briiick posted way below – “Shakespearean”!

Max just said BS thinks JL is the dumbest guy in Lakers to be DNP’d. More insulting and complimentary.

I’d love to see him under a coach … let’s see if he won’t retire.

why, why why, Lin, you let Harden and Rox use you after how they treated you? Should let them rotten in Asia market. Now we know why Harden was so nice to Lin last night.

I totally agree. His response is positive, definite and affirmative; we just haven’t given enough credit to his guy. He’s a genius.

That’s NBA commercial not the Rockets and plus Lin is a Christian.

understood, but Lin is no longer a Rox. He is not obligated to help promote Rox any more.

Its not that easy to bring MDA back

1) Laker’s fan perception need to be re-established
2) BScott is on a 3+1 contract

No team is stupid enough to ask a player other than their own to promote their team.

unfortunately some of the video and pictures, needs browser refresh

But it’s an NBA commercial. There are plenty of NBA commercials with players from multiple teams. The one with Harden and Anthony Davis for example.

Harden is a Rocket, what do you expect him to wear?

Lin could have say no Rox to NBA, after Jerseygate and I bet no one would blame him for that.

You don’t think Rox trying to use this opportunity to PR Asian market after they being the most hated team in China and jerseygate? Come on.

Lin probably didn’t mind. Probably works like NBA contacts Lin’s agent. Asks if he’s interested in doing the commercial. Lin can tell his agent yes or no, Agent tells NBA okay and the cut a deal. Lin could have told his agent he didn’t want to do it.

Why would he? The NBA wants to promote and show appreciate for Asian/Chinese, why would Lin have any grudge for that? Move on Dorothy, you’ll be happier. Lin has his current problem now, Rox is in the past.

Thanks for the great encouragement!

That’s why we mods like to troll one another joyfully in order to be “ruthless” when it comes time to put people in the penalty boxes. It’s part of @brentyen:disqus ‘s Mod Self-Defense Drill LOL.

Being mods are not easy so I have to hand it to our great mods here =)
Mak, Brent, IJ, blubell, real-dsb, joyce, real-dsb!

Plus the users can help to self-police by flagging a bad post 5 times to disappear

NBA Happy Chinese New Year Youtube vision..

It’s for NBA, not for rox only.

Hehe, A bus coach, a train coach…lol. I’m so bad.

I don’t know how you can tell China fans do not help Lin from All Star vote. Rox has every right to rescue their reputation in China, but Lin did not have to help them in that. I am not blaming Lin doing that, I am just saying Lin is too nice to people mistreat him.

Of course plus he is the only one who can speak Chinese in NBA…:)

He is the only Chinese in NBA and It’s CNY greetings. Who else is the best representative of CNY greeting.

When did NBA care about Asian fans? When all these phantom calls and no foul calls on Lin, did they think about Asian fans? I just hate it whenever they think of Asian market they think about Lin.

Hey, I really liked what you posed earlier about Lin and his team playing hardball with the Lakers organization,. It made a lot of sense. I also see Kobes’ team out in full force letting everyone know that he is coming back in 2016,but nothing from the F/O.What are your thoughts?

Oh my god this is so awesome! Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

To NBA: I do not need your greetings for Chinese New Year. My wish for the new year is your referees be fair to Lin that is all I am asking.

it is actually very insightful.

I think Jeanie Buss and Kupchak know Lin’s potential to be a key part of rebuilding blocks.
But Kobe’s ego still stands tall in the way as his frail body is breaking down.

So we just have to wait how the politics are unfolding.

AT least he received couple of fair calls , the last game

Agree. Believe it’s BS and KB camp that sabotages Jeanie Buss and Mitch’ s intentionality. They don’t anticipate the “depth” of nastiness of these two can go. BS must be a very good “actor” for them to hire him. They let their “preconceived” of BS’s previous relations with Lakers “blind” them.

LOL like your sense of humor:-)

The fact that the minions from Kobe’s camp are trying to highjack FO’s voice as official is indicative of him gradually losing his stronghold over the Lakers franchise.

Yes. The F/O won’t disagree openly to alienate his fans, thus giving him a good bargaining chip in what he really wants.

True. There was many concerns about BScott that they waited 3 months to finally hire him.
Now everything depends on Kobe’s health. I’m actually expecting Lakers FO allowing Kobe to do 1 more year which is bad for JLin but it’s better if Lin stays away from Kobe next year. But if Kobe unexpectedly is forced to retire, I’ll open a bottle of champagne too :p

you are exaggerating now, lol , 5 games every year??? No way

Jim no longer has that slack, as 2015-2016 season is the last year of his three-year promise to bring Lakers back to contention (WC Final/NBA Final). That will NOT happen with Kobe heroball.

Lol

Very remote of chance for JLin to be traded before Feb deadline. If KB/BS continues to stay in Lakers next year, I would like JLin takes any offer other than Lakers. Believe JLin will feel the same. Well, we will have a clearer pic of KB’s status after Wednesday. It’s crazy for him to return after this surgery but for an aging player that still holds on to pass fame and glory, he will. Let’s see whether Jim Buss and Mitch have the gut to retire KB.

LOL Lakers is literally becoming Reality Show now. Can’t wait to see which page/book is turned in the next few weeks:-)

It is called the survivalist of the fittest. Everyone looking out for themselves accuse they know who they are dealing with..jmo

I will keep my fingers crossed.
As Joseph Lin said, the Man Above is always In Control!
What seems impossible for us can happen just like that =)

Those are great feedback, Joyce!
And I know you will vote JLin as the 3rd Sexiest (not Sexist LOL)

You know I will .LOL

What took the FO 3 months to hire BS is coming true.

I think Lin would take less money to stay in LA if the situation is tolerable and he sees a sliver of light at the end of the tunnel.

Looks like Lin is having cod fish.

Honestly I think Jim Buss lacks the backbone, but with that said if it came down to his own neck vs. Kobe’s one never knows. Jeanie called him out on that Three-Year-Back-to-Contention (via Twitter IIRC) not too long ago, so Jim’s as much on borrowed time as Kobe’s rotator cuff ligament.

Maybe a Kobe buyout?

Pro-Kobe “journalists”, such as Ramona, come out blabbering stuff before F/O makes formal announcement. No need for that happening if Kobe’s eye-to-eye with the F/O, he’s being unsure and insecure.

Just a conspiracy theory. Anyone thinks that BS used the benching of Young to deflect all the criticism of him for benching Lin? It’s his way of saying, I’m not discriminating against Lin, I bench Young too.

That’s exactly what I thought bc Young didn’t seem to be too upset at all?! Don’t know how to say it but I guess Jeanie Buss got tons of Lin’s fans trash tweet to her about this issue…

With the DNP that happened to Jeremy, I’m enjoying the imminent Lakers players breakdown. Nick has thrown one. I’m excited to know who’ll be next after game vs Wizards.

Seems possible. It would actually be healthy if the FO is finally starting to quietly let him know there might be some adults in the house.

So BS should give himself a nickname

My personal opinion is that Lin will not be traded in February. It just makes so little sense to pay huge bucks for him for a half-season rental when he’s becoming FA soon.

That said, I AM looking out for news of a team signing with D’Antoni. He could use some extra publicity to re-ignite his coaching career with a JOLT, and he does know how to maximize a PGs potential. If anything, he can run a Lawson-Lin tandem and realize the dynamic backcourt duo tha the Rox failed to make happen with Harden-Lin.

Yeah his anger was directed towards Lin via BS.

He already has one in his initials. As well as in his last name.

I don’t think so since he has benched Wellington and Kelly after starting them, so there are already excuses. I really thought Swaggy played stupid so BS took him out.

The worse thing for Kobe right now is for Linsanity to be revived in LA then team becomes Lin’s not Kobe’s when he comes back. Maybe KB told BS to shut Lin down?

I don think the table is chewable…

I was puzzled on why he benched Young. Then I thought about Lin’s DNP the previous night and the uproar from Lin’s fans. The next game, when Lin played 17 straight minutes to finish the game (first time this year), something doesn’t add up. Scott is a psycho.

Then I just read this story about how Scott uses a fake baby and toy stroller as part of his rookies hazing for Black and Clarkson. Talk about weird.

Here’s the quote for Scott regarding the hazing – “Absolutely…” Scott confirmed when asked if it was his idea. “They are in charge of bringing them to every home game, making sure they are right by their locker, that the baby is not crying or anything like that, then after the game take them home. My only concern is the will go in the family room, there are so many kids there they might try to take their babies. So they have to watch their babies, then on game days on the road they have to wear baby backpacks.”

On the other hand, it is good to rent a player that you think might be useful….better than you sign him in FA for yrs and ended up having to dump him…

Why not?

why not, not? lol

He has fame, he has his legend established unlike a new upcoming star who wants to shine more than the rest, obviously there is a competition. But with Kobe expiring journey, generally people want to go out with a good name rather than steeping on another.

Such a player, would have a longer lasting name, if he had spent some time and work towards grooming upcoming player like Lin and the rest.

Lin getting cold treatment started after he the same 21 points as Kobe but was named Player of the Game and media called him “Best Laker” of the night. Kobe simply does not allowed other canines urinating on his fire hydrant. I wouldn’t put it past him about shutting Lin down, not like he hasn’t done it to others before.

idk enough about Jim Buss.

Have fun selling this rhetoric to Shaq, D12, Pau and Nash. LOL

made of chocolate crust maybe?

M…..unlikely…more like peanut something…

I do not believe Scott can just DNP Lin like that…a few games maybe. He has to think of something 1st

That was very likely. I recall in Rox Lin was forced to play a smaller role when Harden was injured, and often had to stand in a corner. “Player’s coach” will do that without being asked to.

They all drinking H2O. Healthy bunch. 🙂

How can you tell water from vodka? 😉

It looks to be a Happy Monday practice

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/559951067476013057

You’re a bigger person than Kobe. 🙂

The thing that I disliked about Kobe is, he did not walk his talk in mentoring Lin
He said it, but didnt walk it thru.

The rest of the blame, I would place it on BScott and a little on JL as well

On what ground do you believe Lin’s agent was able to negotiate minutes for Lin?

The only blame I place on Jeremy, ironically, would be that foul he didn’t take. Kobe was absolutely right, and Jeremy knew that it was the right thing to do, yet he chose to blindly follow BS order to wait. Jeremy should understand the concept of 將在外，君命有所不受 (a general in the field would refuse certain orders from the Emperor). A successful basketball players would not only know what’s best thing to do, but he should also follow it through. BS gonna give him flack either way, so Jeremy has to only focus on doing the “right” things.

Bacardi?

Straight up too…these guys & gals have strong tolerance for alcohol, none is exhibiting any signs of Asian flush. 🙂

I think not a lot of evidence .. you are right of Kobe really planning that but there is a noticable deterioration in Kobe and Lin’s relationship. Kobe no longer mentors or talks to Lin as often as he did in the beginning of the season. I don’t know if he feels threatened but he might just not like Lin because Lin is the opposite of Kobe – Not a douche. He probably told BS that Lin is “Soft” and BS to please Kobe who got him the job overreacted thinking that Kobe would approve of what he did to Lin. In reality, Kobe probably doesn’t care but Byron is overly eager to pay back Kobe for his support of his candidacy. That’s how they do it at the CRIPS, you know.

No real evidence – could be a combo of Nick and Clarkson sucking. We will know tomorrow if Lin is DNP again.

Brent同学，你很调皮哦～
Lolll

You are not gonna see any…..just saying….

I think Byron will have a real headache.

“How is he supposed to run plays for Lin but still tank?”

Good luck with that LOL
But I’ll be watching intently like this

http://i1.wp.com/www.jlinportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Linteresting_Dog.jpg?resize=300%2C300

Peanut jelly butter

I added the Poll for tomorrow’s game vs John Wall and the Wizards

I’m feeling good so I’m voting boldly!
Linsanity vs John Wall: 20pts/10asts

Of course you may be right that had Lakers gotten a competent coach, just maybe we wouldn’t have this convo. But truth is KOBE has never been easy to coach even for PJax. His battles with KOBE have been well documented in his books. Recent history with Brown and D’antoni also point to KOBE’s inability to listen to anyone. The fact that Lakers took 3 months just to sign Scott meant one of two things. They wanted to make sure Scott could control KOBE or they wanted to make sure KOBE was willing to listen to Scott. Either way, it created a situation that set up a bad scenario for the organization.

Don’t forget to update poll results/winners (if any) before the backlog gets too long! 🙂

Not sure you totting around that black cat helps the case… LOL

No Kobe always can see more smile on Lin’s face…

You don’t think my black cat is cute? My black cat thinks you are cute. :p
Especially when you do that Fabio hair style! Hahahaha

I know, right? :[ ..
Either the Suns is Lin’s Kryptonite or I’m Lex Luthor LOL

https://twitter.com/DrRobertKlapper/status/559946922513797123

yup, we just don’t know the WHY part.
It’s just good to know that Lin’s team has some kind of leverage or good intention from Lakers FO.
We can’t speculate much beyond that.

Lin’s kryptonite is the collective of NBA troglodytes.

Espn article on Kobe. I liked the mention about JLin, “But at some point, Kobe’s path diverged from the one the Lakers must travel. They both knew it. Once Randle went down and Nash was lost for good, the franchise needed to shift its focus to the future. To see what Jeremy Lin could really give them”. Please thats all I’m asking for. Give JLin 30 + minutes a game as a starter with a good lineup and lets see what he can do!

With Kobe, Lin got 97% of votes; without Kobe, Lin gets 100%, 97% was great, but nothing beats 100 % 🙂

I think there is enough evidence to show that Lin’s agent did indeed intervened.

but we wont really know what was the outcome, we might need to put 2 and 2 together (guesstimate as you mentioned).

There is probability that, Scott is playing Lin more, because Kobe is not there and wanted to run with him as a closer as well.

As for DNP:- Clarkson as a starter to see how it go and DNP Lin so that he wont interrupt the flow. Fully letting clarkson to run the show and see what he has, and knowing well, Price is not a offensive threat

Lin’s minutes could’ve been staggered with Clarkson’s, be it 15 or 18 minutes, without the flow concern. A DNP-CD cannot be justified no matter how BS spins it.

Apparently there are 3 versions of the ending of CNY greetings from NBA.
http://nbacny.bluewebonline.com/surprisedoor/

This is what he plans and wants to do anyway. F/O put a stop because of JLin’s agent and fans’ angry. Am going to hold a view of wait and see what else BS is going to do.

News here said HOU is the only other team to have it. Interesting, make CFers suffer a bit.

It’s not even close. The kind of criticism that BS openly expressed against Jeremy’s ability as PG is far much worse than what he has ever done against Nick Young. It’s entirely BS’s fault that Jeremy didn’t play well on the court. Lin has always given his effort but BS took away everything that has worked for Jeremy.

Byron is a shameless liar. Byron has given to Ronnie Price much more than to Jeremy Lin.

Lin is a senior, he knows how to run the offense. By having Price, he could try out Clarkson on both starters and the bench.

I’m not saying what Scott is doing is right or good for the team, its plain idiocy, but just saying….those are probabilities as well

I dont to hold to view it…want him gone like yesterday!

Hahaha, it’d be very easy to catch the tattletale, as I imagine it must’ve been a very exclusive meeting.

Good posting.

I think we’re getting close to what really happens.
I really think that the FO should start the rebuilding right away instead of waiting for the end of this season. There are so many things that could be done in rebuilding Lakers without taking that top five lottery pick into consideration; which is really unrealistic in rebuilding. Look at the 76ers which have been tanking for years and they’re getting worse and worse.
The utmost important thing for rebuilding is to hire the coach for rebuilding. Jim Buss should assert himself and get MDA back because Byron has failed so badly. Perhaps MDA is the correct choice after all.

Exactly… all of us been saying the same…for some reason BScott is stubborn…then then…lets see how things are in couple of coming games

you are right, that was 2013

After this injury of his, Kobe has lots all of his bargaining chips. It’s game over on Kobe’s camp. The FO could do whatever they want in view of no more realistic contribution from Kobe as a player.

My enthusiasm at the beginning of the year for the partnership with KOBE and Lin was based upon your assumption that a legend would want his legacy to be a positive one. As you had also hoped that KOBE would want to become the wise sage and pass on his knowledge to the next generation. This is why I had predicted that the season would be bad for 20-25 games before it would be great. I had hoped that the trauma of his near end of career injury would have taught KOBE a hard life lesson that Father Time always wins the battle.

What we have seen is an even more desperate aging lion instead doing whatever he needed to make sure the team revolved only around him. Kobe has always been a lone wolf and that type of personality matches his competitive fire to keep people from getting too close. Athletes that play with me against them keeps emotional detachment to never feel sorry for others and to stomp on them with no second thoughts. This also creates an emptiness in their lives that can only be filled by fan adoration. That’s why athletes can get addicted to fame and fan adoration. It becomes like a drug. Kobe isn’t acting reasonably because he can’t let go of that dependence on fame and fan adoration.

Kobe never interacts with Lin or his teammates anymore, so KOBE isn’t interested in mentoring the next generation of Lakers. So no, KOBE has shown no sign of caring for anyone else but himself.

totally agree with you….i felt with a sound Coach, things would have been different. I would still blame the coach, for his narrow view and stubbornness.

The Divine Intervention seems to be in place and every door for the Kobe camp has been slammed right on their face. The only attraction left for the team is Linsanity.

Jordan Clarkson is merely a rookie and has no box office attraction so far.

I believe that the FO will start their rebuilding right away when the reality of Kobe’s injury wakes them up. They should start with looking for a new coach. I still insist that it’s high time to bring in MDA because his success will give Jim Buss a tremendous boost within the organization. Now the Lakers like Byron Scott should have been silenced for good regarding the future of the organization.

Also, this is a relative healthy and familiar team for MDA. With Jeremy as the centerpiece, MDA could turn the season around. The Lakers could buy out Kobe’s contract and use the cap space for some real solid players. There are more ways to recruit talents than just tanking for one possible lottery pick which is toxic for ticket sales this year.

Miami Heats has found Hassan Whiteside which could be their cornerstone for the future. LAKERS’d better look further than the draft for talents to help their team like Miami and SA.

I think it’s a matter of weeks instead of months for your dream to come true.
Kobe must retire for Linsanity to happen.
The last leg of Kobe’s legacy seems fading fast. Rebuilding should be on the agenda right now. Tanking is the worst possible alternative because it’s toxic to ticket sales. I don’t think there are too many fans buying tickets to see Jordan Clarkson now. Linsanity 2.0 seems to be getting close every day.

Getting back MDA will save the reputation of Jim Buss.
With Jeremy Lin and MDA, I will not worry about ticket sales for the Laker games.

Linsanity 2.0 as the coming attraction.
All they need is MDA + existing pieces on the team w/o Kobe & Bryant Scott. Of course, Jordan Hill would probably be traded for future draft choices next season.

I kinda like the humor and sarcasm brought into it… with James Harden in the commercial. It’s a jab on James Harden’s defense. I will be irritated if it’s only Jeremy in the commercial.

Should’ve run a Lin highlight reel, to include Jeremy’s Triple Double.

I think there is a realistic chance for the team to build a team around Jeremy & MDA.

Jeremy Lin came from a trade that the FO could take pride in.

Mitch and Jim Buss has invested on MDA in the past. It didn’t turn out because of the opposition of old Lakers. Now their Byron Scott has failed big time. Jim Buss could take this opportunity to assert himself.

MDA and Jeremy Lin at worst is a guarantee of ticket sales for a few years. Plus this is actually a better team than 12:33.

Jeremy Lin, Wesley Johnson, Ryan Kelly, Nick Young, Robert Sacre have all played for MDA. Ed Davis, Carlos Boozer, Wayne Ellington are capable veterans not to mention rookies like Tarik Black and Jordan Clarkson that could play back up roles from the bench. They could even get Steve Nash back to help coaching Jeremy with MDA as the head coach.

Before the trade deadline, the FO could manipulate the cap space to get more talents for the team to make a dramatic turn around. Again I’m a strong believer on rebuilding through winning more games than tanking.

Love all this finger-pointing! The “black cat” is questioning psalm while the non-sleeping sleeper is shifting blame. 🙂

With MDA & Jeremy, the 3 year promise is almost half done.

I kinda wished Lillard was in the commercial as well.

Then the glorious comeback of MDA!

Jim Buss seems really inept with his lack of planning ahead. All these reckeless coach signings/dismissals…Mike Brown, Mike D’Antoni, and now BS. A few millions here and there, and things can add up quickly.

I’m looking forward to the coming back of MDA to LA.
Jim Buss, do your job and right what’s wrong in the past.
Now Kobe is almost a piece of history and there is no stopping for you to rebuild LA with the Linsanity era.

And did you guys noticed the reason for them to have Benny the Bull in the commercial and locking Clutch outside the door? Chinese people loves good fortune and prosperity. They want to welcome the Bull Market and drives away the Bear Market… Well that’s my take anyway…

How about someone familiar, MDA?

Bull/Bear market is the term used in stock market. Bull being a strong economy resulting in strong stock trading and Bear is the reverse. And this isn’t a Chinese thing. Google Wall Street and you shall see the 2 statues of Bull and Bear

What happened to Mike Brown before could also happen to Byron Scott.
There should be no opposition to fire Byron Scott now
Mind you that Lakers is 12:33.

All MDA needs to do is to win a few games to silent the opposition. I believe with Jeremy Lin and lots more healthy players left in this Laker team, they are up for winning a few more games.

Black is an ideal backup for Davis.

Scroll down the page there are 6 versions.

You are right. Thanks!

Please no name calling. It’s against website rule. Please change. Thanks!

Byron behaves in a very subdued manner. He is in lack of confidence.

Yes, it needs 1000 signs up before this is launched and it’s only applied to US sponsors. That’s my understanding.

no way…AST counts for better ranking, I had the 6ast correct..so it should be me!

And to think that dimwit BS gave Jeremy a DNP-CD in the wake of upcoming CNY. Good thing he’s not a business person, otherwise he would’ve starved to death.

No wonder F/O forced BS hand, they smell cash a lot better than BS does. Even Jim had to listen to Jeanie when she speaks in cash language.

lol…thanks, i was wondering about these “babies” during Clarkson post-game interview

Apparently the Warriors have the largest number of Weibo Chinese followers in NBA at 1.5 million! All this while I thought it was the Lakers through Kobe. The Lakers could have the lead if they have treated fairly to JLin, promote and groom him as the team’s identity. It would be another waste of opportunity as what has happened to Knicks and Rockets. Wake up Lakers!

Maybe that’s why the unusual fair ref calls towards Lin.

Doesn’t Lin have that amount on his own weibo page?

Has anybody noticed that Kobe hasn’t gotten any tweets from NBA athletes since he has been injured? Usually athletes will tweet something.I haven’t seen any.Maybe after he has the actual surgery…just some thoughts.

https://twitter.com/iJeremyLinHub/status/560029980462026752

Still do not understand the big deals on draft picks, they have potentials but still need the trainings to be nab ready. And here the lakers already have a team who not only have potentials have more nba experience than the draft picks. What the team need is a smart coach with people management skills. Not a coach who thinks hazing on rookies with fake dolls is a good learning tool. Give me a break, this is nba!

The draft picks are like dice, you might get a good one. According to Magic a couple of months ago,there were no interesting draft picks playing now that he would be interested in. Lakers need to sever ties with Scott/Kobe, keep lin/boozer(for veteran leadership),davis,young,clarkson, black,and randle and let this group build up chemistry and bring in George Karl as HC add some wing pieces and call it a day. Laker bench is already the best bench in NBA because of lin/boozer.

Great! this is what, voice of fans does! Lets keep the pressure

Yep, and I just tweeted that Kobe’s camp is out in full force on announcing his return, even before he has had surgery. The F/O has not commented. They know that no FA are coming to the Lakers to play with Kobe. Then Kobe’s camp announces that he will be very active in recruiting for the team. Who is going to recruit, Rondo, who is not producing in Dallas and is finding himself on the bench a lot.

i think they do, but the lakers have created this monster with Kobe, and I think that he has really pushed too far this time.He wants people to think that people are still buying tickets to see him play,but the other night a friend of mine went to the game and it looked sold out and that many were there to see lin. Kobe needs to understand that Laker fans will come to games, if the Lakers are winning and you give them good competitive basketball.

If you notice the 2nd unit with lin/young/boozer/ellington/davis were bonding and clicking and they were bringing back wins for the team.Lin/Davis pick & roll was working, you see how fast Scott broke that up and put davis with kobe for pick and roll…smh

The thing with Kobe is that he acts like this tough guy, but he is quick to get his feelings hurt and not confident in his own game to play teamball, and uses the disguise of competitiveness as and excuse. He is already announcing his comeback and hasn’t the surgery.As Dr. Klapp said earlier, it depends on what they find when they get. MRI’s give you highlights, not the full story

Either the BS is truly clueless on the ongoing chemistry or there were some hidden agendas. Now as Lakers is definitely out for the playoff, they should now change focus and repackage themselves for the remaining season. Lakers owed this change to their fans all over the globe.

I thought it was funny yesterday when Nick Young basically said, he is sorry about Kobe, but it happens and gives some other guys on the team an opportunity to play. Boy twitter lit up blasting Young…LOL

BS must think there are fools to take his bait. He has for the past 40+ games blamed his team “incompetencies” and “inconsistencies” for the losses, he has already flush the team into the toilet bowl.

Yeah, and they are the ones that will put the nail in the coffin for kobe. They keep feeding his ego to perform.I think Young doesn’t really care for Scott/Kobe. Scott seems to pick on Lin/Young all the time. I love it that they fight back in their own little ways, and makes Scott look like a buffoon. Also if lin has a trade deal coming up, why hasn’t somebody leaked it. Also I notice that after that lin played against the Rockets, pictures were released of Lin’s movie, Linsanity along with a Kobe documentary being sold in the Laker store. Then they announced that Laker’s will be hosting a Q&A with lin on 2/23/14…and the plot thickens..LOL

I really hope so, Kwok.
IMO we’d have to wait for FO reaction on Kobe’s health and if he’s gonna retire. If he’s allowed to come back next year, we can only hope for Linsanity for the rest of the season. Let’s hope for the best.

yup, let’s hope for a Linsane game soon

many people are asking why draft picks are important rather than team play……cause of stardom, popularity and marketing nba is a money entertainment business just like your hollywood celebrity people are constantly looking for new face to market, nba is just like american idol producing new face and star for people to admire and shed money…..talent is a plus if you nail a popular and out the world talent….many basketball are talented but never given a chance cause you have to have these two…popular + talent to be the next thing….if your popular and don’t have talent you will fade if you have talent and not popular your just average joe in the nba…thats why draft picks are important to find that next star to generate money

It’s a fan twitter account but Lin did post this article in his website

may i also add jlin is a exception and we know why….from his struggle to make it there…you have to be in the demograph

Jeremy’s relentless has broken the mold. It will continue to motivate long after he’s retired, and influence Asian American athletes for decades to come. The road is still long, but from now on scouts at both college and NBA level will at least hesitate and think twice about the possibility, and not to mention consequences, of missing out on the next Jeremy Lin.

They are not his comments he just copied and pasted here, I think.

true, only after arthroscope, the Dr would be able to tell the whole story, and if its really bad open repair may be needed. Lets see

A Letter to The Buss Family:

This is a perfect opportunity for the Buss family to address 2 issues at the same time, letting Kobe exit gracefully and rebuilding.

Not next season, not after Kobe’s contract expire. It is Now.

Let BS go and give the offense key to Lin. A top 5 draft pick won’t guarantee a successful rebuilding in 2.5 years. Up to this point, Lakers got nothing to lose. Let Lin drive and see what happens. If Linsanity emerges, even just for 10 games, you got your rating/viewing back. It is teamball, it is dynamic and it is fun. No pressure for players and from fans. Just fun playing true basketball and see what happens. If LA loves it, you will have a leverage to talk to Kobe. LA is no longer Kobe’s town. You don’t want it to be Clipper’s.

3 months, give Lin a chance, as Ms. Buss said in an interview. Just give Lin a fair chance to see what he can do. Linsanity, you got your star and coming FA (because Lin plays team ball) and potential millions Lakers fans from across the pacific shores. Kobe will understand to pass the torch. If not, you got extra 3 months for rebuilding. It starts NOW.

tweet this to jeanie buss

https://twitter.com/AlisonSu3/status/560096425917161472

I am new to tweeter. How do I send this long letter since tweeter has characters limits?

Apparently, Max & Marcellus are non believers of Jeremy. They said Jeremy can’t be a starting PG on a championship team. They said BS think Jeremy is the dumbest player on the Lakers as he processes too slowly on the court.

Max & Marcellus have not followed Jeremy closely enough to know that Jeremy goes from strength to strength, victory to victory. Jeremy will prove you both wrong.

Since I tend to focus on what can be done to improve the situation, I came up with the following items that Lin might consider doing to build more support for him.

1. Use less of Bible verses which appear sometimes cryptic to his non-Christian fans and try to communicate more directly but respectfully, to garner more sympathy from a wider circle of NBA followers.

2. Same thing when interviewing. You can be direct while being respectful. Be more spontaneous.

3. Adapt more quickly to what defense gives him and try to score more. I feel like Lin is approaching BB play from a Christian perspective in that he regularly allows his own game to suffer so others can shine.

4. Hire best coaches and PR person to improve his game and improve his image.

Maybe others can think of more.

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/560117769145188352

On 1 and 2 on the religious issue, I’m not gonna stop him from doing what he truly believes in. I’m not religious and he really hasn’t been trying to throw that in your face. He mainly does it in those religious events which is fine.

On 3, yea, I think it does seems like he adapt a bit too slowly. Sometimes I wonder if he’s just trying to do what the coach wants him to do, but I don’t know.

As for 4, he probably think he has good people behind him. Best whatever is pretty relative.

Uh, on 1 and 2, in no way am I trying to say he shouldn’t quote Bible in religious settings. He uses Bible verses very frequently in his tweets which are quoted by media, so no, my point is not related to religious events.

OK. But I guess the tweets are pretty personal. It’s how he feels. He’s super religious so I am not surprised that he use religious mesgs in his tweets. He doesn’t seem to really tweet much anyways so people can easily unfollow him and track him some other method.

Not sure if his facebook stuff are also very religious or not. His website jlin.com seems pretty generic, isn’t it?

Before people start blasting max and marcelous,here what Nathan posted on twitter

Check out @zukovka’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/560103195595530240?s=09

On Jlin.com, Jeremy has this article from Adi Joseph on his blog. Posted yesterday.

http://www.jlin7.com/blogs/news/16875688-its-time-for-the-lakers-to-turn-to-jeremy-lin

I don’t see anything wrong with her post.

Joyce, please listen to the podcast before you blast me.
Why do I have to post bait posts here? Please enlighten.

On 1-2 Bible verse tweets, I think Lin is okay to express how he processes things and assure his fans with his Christian worldview. As long as he doesn’t force things to others, he only shares how his faith permeates his thinking and actions.
I actually checked the frequency of how often he uses Bible verses, and it was only 4-5 out of the last 20 so it’s not too much. I can see his motivation is to assure the fans that he’s strong enough to handle all the unfair treatments and that’s admirable.

On 3, IMO I have to agree that Lin needs to stay true to his God-given Linsanity nature, which was to use his scoring threat to set up for others. But again, this is a mix of byproduct of BScott’s assigned role & at times his own belief to create team-environment by sharing the ball. I think with time and experience, Lin will find the balance to score & facilitate as Steve Nash does. It’s really too bad Nash is not there to mentor him. I don’t possess as much BB knowledge as he does so I believe he will grow with experience of what works in the NBA. Last game going to the line 14 times worked quite well =)

yes, I believe Max & Marcellus are big Lin fans since they called out Kobe months ago for sending Lin to the bench for doing what Kobe asked him to do (score and not pass him the ball if open)

It took guts to do so that early.

yeah, CAA sounds more and more like the Star Wars Empire army trying to purge all good Jedi out of the NBA

Hm, I haven’t listened to the podcast.

Maybe they like Jeremy but not believe in him enough yet

I think you missed the part that what BS Is thinking that JLIN might have been the dumbest player .etc. more like paraphrasing. it’s max opinion that JLIN cant be a starting PG on championship contender team yet. doesn’t make him a hater. Try not to alienate people that support JLIN Because they have a opinion.

I think Jeremy values loyalty throughout his career. Other than them sharing the same faith which helps, Montgomery was one of the first to want to represent Lin so the loyalty part is a big factor in the decision.

IMO That’s why he didn’t dump Montgomery when hiring Tanner (bigger agency repping Duncan & others) to help with endorsements.marketing, etc.

Bobby, the best way is to take snapshot of the letter.
Use bold on key phrases then attach it to the tweet

I listen to them all the time,.They are entertainers. They blast the Clippers all the time. They were really on Jamal Crawford in his poor play in the beginning of the season. The problem I have with your post,is that it brings too much drama with it. Some people on here have said that they listened to it and just didn’t take it in the same context as you. If you disagree then disagree and move on.I guess the point I am trying to make is that we have had this discussion on here earlier, why bring it back up.This is how a site starts to get messy if stuff like this continually brought over and over again. Jmo

Right or wrong it is her opinion. It may be different from yours but threaten to delete it isn’t the right idea.

Which rule did she break?

Thanks to psalm to steal my part 2. Now i have a writer block. JK. It will come.

Well….I agree he is a below average player. But I think he is just underperforming right now. Can be better overtime

Yes, over time I think he’s going to regress to his career average of 38.8% FG, 32.9% 3PT, and 62.3% FT. It’s definitely below average but still better than his performance right now.

I am not religious by any means….but I like positive things…

Meaning what Adi Joseph says resonates with Jeremy Lin

This is the first I am seeing of this… So I ma glad it was brought back up… part of the problem with disqus discussions… stuff gets buried and new people do not have a clue what’s been discussed before or not without scrolling through pages. and who’s got time for that. Disqus has flaws and using it here you just have to live with those flaws. Being picky about what gets reposted or a subject being brought up again here is a bit problematic.

anyway: Since I just learned of this controversy I just listened to the the max and marcellus podcast. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=12234217

Jlin starts around 15:00 ends around 20 minutes.

They do in fact say that JLin must be the dumbest Harvard guy.

Marcellus speaks about how when he was playing football if the coach said go left you better go left and not question or wonder why you are being asked to go left. Both essentially believe that must be the problem between Jlin and BS… That jli is too smart and must be questioning BS’ decisions.

and that is why the jokingly call him the ‘dumbest Harvard guy’

also they joke about why there is only one Harvard guy in the NBA… the dumbest Harvard guy.. h ha ha b/c essentially you must be ‘dumb’ to play sports.

it was entertainment and they are very annoying talking over each other but mostly they are saying JLin must have gotten under BS’s skin. the early part of the convo they discuss how Jlin is the best player now on the team with kobe out and how he is better than Nick Young…

meaning that JLin’s camp is stepping up their rightful foundations, to lock in narratives that favor the truth and favor JLin. The gloves are coming off, and JLin is driving to the hoop again for the moment.

Thanks for the beautiful sharing. It is the first time I heard the testimony from Michael Chang. I remembered he always signed fans’ books “Jesus loves you”.

Borg. Darth Vader turned out to be a pussycat.

Looks like Young out tonight:

https://twitter.com/billoram/status/560152623911677952

Brent, I know what you mean. I was in my early 20s when I came from China to America many years ago. It took me 7 years to accept Jesus as my Savior and Lord. I wish I knew Him earlier but I am so grateful I am home finally. It is not just about positive things. It is life, personal relationship. It is inner strength and power. It is hope. It is so much more. I pray one day you will know Him and share us the pure joy in knowing Him.

Kurt Helin
‏@basketballtalk
Lakers’ players trying to adjust to Byron Scott’s random rotations http://dlvr.it/8GV5VS
https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/560149382079602688

Might be time for pregame post.

https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/560156395509915649

Thanks for sharing that. I pray that more people like you will come to know Him as well. I hope JLin can inspire more people to turn to Jesus. I believe he said he wants to be a pastor after NBA>

Can moderator please take a look at my post caught in the moderation queue? I think one word in one of Kobe’s quote triggered the alarm. Thanks.

Not sure if Young is really injury just too coincidental that it happen right after he wasn’t happy about his play time.

CAA is power

Washington = Wayne + Ellington of Wes + Ellington? LOL

The Rockets game, head coach BS still hasn’t decided to play Lin or not even minutes before game time. In fact, he didn’t even know what time the game starts. What kind of fruiting coach is this, so unprepared and clueless?

Whatever happened in the past and whatever the agenda of the
article is? It doesn’t matter as long as now it is supporting Lin and tune with
ours agenda.

The very nature of Disqus is that posts cannot be kept in neat compact order. Bringing something back up or reposting is just a fact of life when using Disqus. You cannot expect people to scroll down pages and pages. If you want neat orderly contained topics you need a forum.

Is there a rule that a topic cannot be brought back up to ‘refresh’ the discussion on the page? What about all the people that look here from around the world. Time zones make it a difficulty to keep up here as topics scroll off the page. So hence I missed the original convo you are talking about and was quite happy to have it brought back up so i could go listen to the podcast.

that h word caught me several times lol

I listened to the show. I think M&M are not Lin’s haters. I think they’re talking tongue and check, and playing devil advocate on the reason why BS benched Lin. They couldn’t think of one good reason, so they are speculating that Byron thinks Jeremy is too slow to process. M&M think Jeremy is too smart and he over think things and made it worst. That’s my interpretation. On the balance, they always say nice things about Jeremy.

I get the impression players getting frustrated with B Scott.

http://youtu.be/1NzT-7wMAdA

“I largely think much of the criticism he is currently receiving is unjust, but perception is a powerful thing. ”
http://www.rantsports.com/nba/2015/01/27/will-los-angeles-lakers-jeremy-lin-ever-recapture-linsanity/

‘egocentricity’ is the word that comes to mind. Perhaps this is how Kobe would want his underlings to approach HIM. “do unto others as you would want them to do unto you” is a nice quote that he should consider.

I would say that Kobe Bryant has finally mastered the art of BULLshitake mushrooms.

problem is the front office doesn’t care. ALmost everyone is a free agent this summer except for Kobe and Swag and Swag can be traded if they need to or just stuffed on the bench as a poor mans Jamal Crawford since he never starts.

I think the Lakers are swinging for the fences. To put their hopes all on Lin wouldn’t be an LA thing to do. That’s not how the Lakers roll. They want the A list players and will keep trying for that.

What is more interesting that Lin’s plight, is whether the Lakers front office will move on from Kobe to try to really get those free agents or just repeat another season of this deplorable basketball to suit Kobe’s ego and to stay frozen in fear.

This web is always not nice to Lin..

I forgot what this guy said, but he said something on the radio very uncomplimentary about Lin last year that made my blood boil.

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