G55 BOS @LAL PostGame Thread – LINSANITY!!!

KILL THEM ALL JLIN

The feeling of happiness continues…into this thread.

https://twitter.com/judydeirdre/status/569729413077553152

Wise words 🙂

You guys are super fast today, thanks to Jeremy

it is a wonderful feeling again..
thanks jeremy

Lol

Low keys Lin fan.

When Jeremy is happy, I'm happy. RT @oakleyandallen: Lakers post game gold pic.twitter.com/80RbR9VN25— yung theorem (@tylrmntg) February 23, 2015

Suprised it is from BS?

Byron Scott: "I think Ronnie turned the game around. His aggressiveness on the defensive end…"— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/569736977773408256

Wooohooooo!!!

Don’t care about what BS talked about BS.

Indeed!!!

https://twitter.com/TheDragon2004/status/569730858510372864

The coach is just BS… no one cares any more

I really hope Lin continues linsanity mode(attacking mode) and gets a good contract from the team that he wants to go.

Yes Lin needs to keep this route of scoring first and pass second mentality that’s the only way he can score well and get his stats to be respected as a star! Stop thinking so much about assisting or whether other players has scored, let those players worry about that themselves!

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/569738514570600448

i think being a SG make his mentality change from Passing to scoring!

Imagine if they got tacos tonight… Riot. lol.

true but JLIN carried the team to win! and Ronnie being part of the team played within the winning ball!

But the OT win was sweeter, no one rushed for the exits!

LINSANITY part DEUX INTERVIEW!!!!

Happy CNY! LOL

Scott is on a roll. Don’t worry, he will make sure we get back on track the next game.

GOAT

– Greatest of All-Time
– Good-looking of All-Time
– Gracious of All-Time

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/569740866572525568

Linsanity took over Staples and our game grades tonight! Jeremy Lin is your MVP for the 2nd straight game http://t.co/tEmEK7VDEG— Lake Show Life (@TheLakeShowLife) February 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/569741432715489280

https://twitter.com/linspiredinca/status/569741566698393600

Psalm 234. ..I better get the credit for predicted Linsanity this game. .hehe

jsut found this on YT:

George Karl must be salivating right now.

https://twitter.com/JLinFanZone/status/569736914049351680

Cuban is kicking himself big time right now. .hahaha

Cuban having a “buyer’s remorse” now.

Why is this (bleep) still covering Jeremy?

Thats where the money is…

Thanks!

https://twitter.com/TheLakeShowLife/status/569740029536444416

I have been voting LINSANITY ever since Brent brainwashed me. Maybe I’ll finally win one too.

https://twitter.com/JLinFanZone/status/569719642802884610

To celebrate the 1st Full-LINSANITY, here is my commemoration of JLin “The SMI-LIN ASSASIN”!

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/569745286383316992

Yes Finally!

Floyd Mayweather sat courtside with his posse and unlike the rest of fans at Staples center, did not cheer or clap for any of Lin’s baskets or plays.

1. His friend Isaiah Thomas was ejected so…
2. Don’t really care about this guy as a boxer.

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/569747246956179456

Good one.

great to see the team celebrate the win together. Hopefully that goes a long way for team chemistry

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/569748585941590016

https://twitter.com/BBALLGAMEPRO/status/569749241507110912

https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/569749893314514944

27 to be exact:)

oh man…..get a ring with TD, and manu…..i’d jizzz

Nice to see one of JLin’s close buddies on the team giving him props! Boozer and JLin do work well together I hope they can reunite on a new team next season!

Game Summary by DancingBarry

Celtics vs. Lakers…

It’s a rivalry game. The only rivalry that really matters to the organization and fans.

Byron Scott waged war throughout his career and developed a deep dislike for everything green. For a game, at least, all bets were off.

(Watch how Scott uses his vets vs. his young guys to see whether we are in tank mode. Tonight, Black was replaced by Boozer in the starting lineup. Sacre’s minutes were limited. Clarkson played only a couple of stints. Scott wanted the win over getting guys development time.)

“Coach probably wanted this one the most,” Ed Davis said afterward, mentioning how amped up Byron was for this one. Clarkson said Scott mentioned some things about the Celtics that the team won’t repeat publically.

Both teams traded hoops until the Lakers started to pull away in the fourth quarter behind Jeremy Lin, who scored 25 points to go with 6 assists with just 1 turnover. Scott went to a more offensive friendly Boozer/Johnson front court to allow for more spacing in crunch time.

It looked like the Lakers would pull away with this one. But not this season with this team. The Lakers lost a 7-point lead with 35 seconds left in regulation as they were whistled for offensive fouls and the Celtics sent it to overtime by hitting a three at the buzzer.

In OT, the offense was orchestrated through Lin and Boozer (Lin doing a great job all game finishing through contact). Nick Young stepped up on both ends of the floor (a key steal and block in regulation and OT when the Celtics tried to go after him on the defensive end with no success). The team is surprisingly good and falling apart to send games in overtime…and then somehow recover to take the win.

Scott put the tank … er, player development … aside for one game to take the 118-111 win over the Celtics.

quite not today not after the pass forever now let us enjoy. lol

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/569752454121652225

https://twitter.com/luzyanglin/status/569753230311358464

Mmm.. Korean bbq, it’s stuff like this going to make it tough to leave LA

https://twitter.com/IdoAmir/status/569753953337892866

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/569754931378282496

We neeed to ask the question why the coaching staff went full Linsanity in OT. They let him just handle the ball up top in spread floor to attack and attack off high pick in roll.

Lin is good, but without being put in these positions to shine, he cannot succeed alone.

THey made changes to give him the chance.

I see you TOny Brothers!

stretch 4 = wesley johnson = SPACE. JLin killed it. first time in a LOOOOOOOONG time i jumped out of my seat and did a fist pump dance when jeremy iced it in OT.

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/569755896194019328

Maybe his teammates finally saw how hard he fight for this won.. so happy for Lin & Lakers. I guess no more…. BS wants to tank.

Wow. Highlights from Dawkins!

https://twitter.com/PowerOp/status/569758525796143106

BScott wanted to win against Celtics?
That’s the most plausible explanation, really

Let’s hope so!

February 22, 2015 – Celtics vs. Lakers – Regulation Team Highlights

February 22, 2015 – Celtics vs. Lakers – Overtime Team Highlights

Liked how fellow Lakers reacted to Jeremy’s acrobat shots, and also how Jeremy interacted with some of the Celtics players towards the end, especially the little chat with Jae Crowder.

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/569761961094680577

Serena is cute AND smart, she knows Jeremy is real and is consistently supportive. She’s even poked fun of BS on occasion.

Or just current teammates Boozer, Davis, Wes and Ellington. Davis’ been starving for some Lin alley oop feeds!

You missed a great game.

Did you see Scott actually stood up and clapped when lin hit that big shot to seal the game. BTW, was that Jeannie Buss sitting courtside.?

That’s the Linsanity effect 🙂

I guess so…DancingBerry from LG and interview from Ed Davis said the same thing as well

They like playing with Lin, because he gets them the ball where they are most effective versus just passing the ball to them to take a shot. Also have you noticed that Boozer is actually rolling now. He use to be just a pick and pop guy, now he is rolling to the basket. I also like how in the 4th quarter the offense ran through lin/boozer which produced a win.

https://twitter.com/LakersTV/status/569762922299133952

No McFlurry tonight.

https://twitter.com/JoeyARamirez/status/569748796072030208

https://twitter.com/LakersNation/status/569728396856467456

His hating guts probably getting an ulcer from dose of Linsanity. LOL

did isaiah thomas play dirty against lin tonight?

Clarkson was also a Linsanity fan before he was drafted lol.

His reverse layup is like his go too move at the rim.

I missed the entire game except for few minutes of 4th and OT. Rewatch it on Nba replay tomorrow http://replay.nbaliveonline.tv/

Nope. He got ejected in his first game as a Celtic though, which is kinda pleasing. He got ejected in front of his friend Mayweather.

Anyone find it comical Stu pointed out Lin had no points in the first and third. which of course the quarters he didnt play lol

Is Stu senile, stupid, or just…

Kobe, who?

good to know. i really cant stand IT.

I can not either…

you missed a great Linsanity game, bruh =)
Your long-time votes have materialized tonight!

LOL….Every game is Linsanity game!

Some crazy minute rotations by BS though who else plays their players all second quarter and all fourth quarter and nothing else

From ESPN
http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400579121
Jeremy Lin had 25 points, 6 assists on 10-15 (66.7%) shooting off the bench. Last reserves to go for at least 25 points, 5 assists and shoot 65 percent from the floor off the bench were Magic Johnson (Feb. 16, 1996 vs Mavericks) and James Worthy (April 6, 1994 vs Kings)

Full quote from Celtic’s coach Stevens.
“Jeremy Lin killed us the whole night,” Stevens said. “He was really effective in a lot of ways — not only scoring the ball, but also getting into the paint and making plays for others.”

Horry said that Lin didn’t make everyone better.
How come Wesley Johnson and Nick Young have so much fun filling the hoops?
Carlos Boozer and Ed Davis are moving and got their job done.
Even Jordan Hill had his moments. They all played on the bench.

Great I dislike all 3 PHX or ex PHX PGs in Bledose, IT, and Dragic, hope all 3 fall flat on their faces! They are all Lin haters!

The ex-Lakers really should laid off.

It’s sad how Lakers have a star in Lin yet they insist on hold on to their money and worn out Kobe! =/ They could have a playoff team right now if they gave Max contract to Lin and allowed him to run the team!

I don’t even think Lin cares about the max contract (though we the fans do) as much as the reins to the team. Lin’s all about winning! If he could take a smaller contract allowing team to get more talent, I KNOW he’d gladly do it.

Horry’s either jealous or just hating.

he doesn’t know what he’s talking about!!!!

Without Kobe stealing the thunder pretending he’s running the show while trolling and shooting his low % jump shots.

15M is pretty darn close to max, and BS is doing it anyways. More about FO support than contract numbers.

Lin and Boozer got paid $15m for this season.
They are the dynamic duos.

Let’s think about which others teams wear green… 🙂

Joking aside, Tankers still gotta out-tank the Sixers and Minny.

They have so much fun without Kobe the Bryant.

The game was decided on OT. Did you see any sign of Ronnie on the court? It’s Jeremy Lin Show all the way.

https://twitter.com/BDCCeltics/status/569728271199412224

Well Wesley Johnson also has a very good game. Let’s don’t get over board and forget that!
Both Wesley and Jeremy are favourite starters for MDA.

Celtics suddely going high on Lin indicative of anything? *wink*

This kind of publicity can only help with FA.

If they had George Karl and no Kobe since preseason, Lakers would be between 7th and 8th place, 6th with luck.

Also, without BS conditioning, perhaps Randle would still be intact.

both, lol

Don’t tell me that wasn’t fun.

Not really when comparing to Dwight and Harden or even Chandler Parson’s new contract!

Jay highlights on JLin.

Extended interview. Love his humor 😉
https://twitter.com/LakersTV/status/569797441903599616

Thanks…Linsanity All The Way!!!

More Pictures are Coming…stay put…

Obviously there are tons of pictures today!!!

Stay Tuned!!!

Yeah…Its pouring with Pictures….

We’ve overdosed on Linsanity tonight and only cure is…. most Linsanity 😛

Boozer set a heck of screen and Avery Bradley was like hitting a stone wall and bounced back to the floor.

Higher dosage of Linsanity the next game!

Hahahahaha.

I think they will go back to tanking. Anyway I’m glad I actually caught this game. I haven’t seen a Laker game in awhile because I’m tired of watching all the tanking going on. Haha

AB should be fined for flopping on that play…

a couple more games like this and the Cavs or Mavs would surely come calling…buyout time!

They’ll go back to tanking against the Jazz, but on Friday they’ll play Jason Kidd’s Bucks. BS still sore about getting fired from Nets because Kidd called him out. I expect Linsanity again on Friday.

Evan Turner on Lin:-
He played well, he played great. He got to the free throw line and from there, guys made shots. He played well.

Highlights in Chinese.

ATTENTION MEN! Back to the tank. It will cost as causalities, but WHO CARES. BS Tank General.

Jeremy has been playing well since he started wearing dragon shoes! any idea?

just saw the Dawkins highlights, EXTREMELY happy for JLin…

at the end of the vid, the tank commander does not seem to be happy (must be thinking “(tank) mission not accomplished tonight”), haha…

BS was thinking about how to explain Linsanity 2.0 in LA to Kobe…who definitely won’t take it well.

also: you’ve got to remember which would be easy to forget with the total minutes that for almost two entire quarters lin didn’t play at all!

yeah the amazing disappearing man wesley johson scored some but even in scoring you dont’ notice him. and it was lin that set everything up and dominated the game. johnson just happened to hit some shots. not likely to happen again. no history of it. got caught up in the “linsanity” of the moment i guess.

Actually, in addition to the Jeremy feeds, Wes shot well today on his own merit. Gotta give credit where it’s due, though admittedly Wes’ A-games are few and far in between.

Don’t think BS wanted to win any game but vs Bucks on Friday… But who cares about him… LOL!

Haha, I may finally win a pole because of you! Been voting linsanity forever since you did that mind meld on me. Lol

Ya! That sneaker really magic… LOL!

Right, after Jeremy knocks him out with a mini-dose of Linsanity, Manny can knock him out for good in the ring.

The SMILE! 🙂

Someone must forgot the hotdog so use the toy in its place instead LOL

https://twitter.com/Sportige/status/569868508302946304

Let me guess, Lin’s number?

Here’s another theory on why BS allowed Jeremy to shine tonight, asides from the Celtics rivalry: Jack Nicholson selling his season ticket must’ve created a PR/Marketing nightmare on which Jeanie cashed in to force little Jimmy’s hand. Stop the stupid ABJ experiment that’s killing the revenue…or else!

If BS puts Jeremy back in the doghouse in the Jazz game, then the Celtics rivalry factor must’ve been the bigger factor tonight. But if Jeremy’s allowed to shine even a little without compromising the grand tanking scheme, then we know for sure whose hands are in it. LOL

Interesting question for me is: Where there is (and will certainly be) another ball dominant PG/SG playing along side of Lin, will Lin be able to play well? In this game, he basically was given the ball during OT to play a ball dominant PG, and during regular time, he played more like SG off Price the PG.

FYI a little research on ‘tanking’ and how or if it helps a team…

hmm the theory is that tanking will or might be helpful but in fact the data prove differently… Numbers here that might make your head hurt but worth the read….

http://wagesofwins.com/2012/04/02/bad-to-good-the-treadmill-to-mediocrity/

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/solving-the-real-problem-with-the-nbas-tanking-epidemic/

“In Abbott’s “Does Tanking Even Work?” column, he references research done by Devin Dignam that works in tandem with this notion. Dignam looked back at all data from the past 27 years of the draft lottery (his piece was originally published in April 2012) and came up with some staggering results:

After four years — the amount of time on rookie scale contracts — about 31% of the teams with top three picks hadn’t made the playoffs even once. Almost 26% of these teams’ best showing was only the first round. And a further 22% of teams topped out in the second round. Only 17% of teams have managed to do better than the second round, with only two teams managing to win an NBA championship within four years of drafting their top three pick. Who were these two teams? In 1999, San Antonio won a championship in Tim Duncan’s second season. And in 2004, the Detroit Pistons won a championship in Darko Milicic’s rookie season. But Milicic only played in 159 regular season minutes that year. So we are being generous when we say that two teams have managed to win a championship within four years of landing a lottery pick.”

“The Spurs lucked out in nabbing Tim Duncan in 1997, but they maintained their success by continually mining gems from the bargain bin or latter half of the draft. …..They draft the right players for the right coach and have a system in place to make them better.”

TL:DR Trying to “win” a high lottery worked once with the Spurs and that was also due to a proper/ healthy system and coach in place to do something with that pick ( Tim Duncan).

It is just snake oil sold by GM’s

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/heat-index/2015/02/23/isaiah-thomas-gets-ejected-in-his-celtics-debut/23877441/

I do agree that the foul call on IT was bogus. I have no idea how the ref called a foul on IT on that one, even though I agree it was correct to kick him out for arguing. I am talking about the initial foul call.

Well, I saw three obvious no-calls when Jeremy was slammed…just from watching highlights! No one sees Jeremy whining about it to the refs. (He’s used to it.)

A different (orthodontics) view of Boozer’s yelling “Holdat”celebrating the Win & Linsanity!

I’m glad Lin’s Laker teammates got to experience Linsanity team win like his NY teammates did =)
They’ll hunger for more!

https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/569889418489815040

Thank you so much! 🙂

The crowd erupting on every Lin play is just awesome! I am so happy right now. 🙂

tell it to sam hinkie and his minions. they love it. also: laker fans outraged at idea that lakers might lose pick by winning some games.

as near as i can tell pretty much everyone from fo to fans are on board with the strategy of “not prioritizing winning”.

Yeah I hope so, looks like boozer, Johnson, young had good run with linsanity, hope the teamate stick to it, and ignoring BScott

Repeat performance of Bos vs LA coming on NBA.TV again now. 12pm EST Monday.

I’m soooo looking forward to enjoying Linsanity coverage of Lin’s 25pts/6asts in the next 2 days!

https://twitter.com/djmacc222/status/569908799680618496

Greg is actually smart to add the condition “superstar when he’s allowed to be”

It’s only 1 game when Lin totally dominated in 4th Q and OT (10 out of 12 w/ 4pts+3 asts) but it forces people to ponder the possibility if Lin can be a superstar when allowed.

So it’s a brilliant way to ask the question to make people consider the possibilities

Just lovin’ it…!
That’s the way to go, J.Lin!
He’s playing SG. He’s playing PG. He’s playing D. Great! (Not like we don’t know it but dying to see it).
Great all around team efforts by the Lakers.

If we can only bottle and sell it! Legalized Linsanity!

Nathan Gottlieb reminiscing about computers. Jeremy Lin was born in 1988.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/569922239476469760

“some occasions”… actually only once… and that is because the Spurs had a system in place and continued to follow the system… Tim Duncan was just icing on the cake. please look at the data.

I think Jeremy will be AT LEAST, a good player (13-14PPG, 5-6A) regardless on what team he lands up on. I think this is especially true if we consider the context of Jeremy Lin’s career and why things have happened the way they have.

There’s a narrative going around now (even with some Lin fans) that the best version of Lin was the NY version of him, and while on the surface it LOOKS true (since Lin was dropping 18-20PPG back in those days) – a large reason for his production back then was because he was in the perfect system for himself. In MDA’s system, the floor was spaced with 3 shooters + a rolling big PNR, meaning Lin had room to efficiently drive OR run the PNR (both options, which just so happen to be his TWO BEST STRENGTHS). So really – it was the best system ever for Lin and his skillset, so when Jeremy talks about “perfect plan,” – honestly, Linsanity was it. He had everything there.

Then Lin went to Houston and things LOOKED to get worse. I trust we all remember that first Houston season as Lin fans. Lin sitting in corners waiting for threes… not handling the ball as the primary ball-handler. Being benched for Toney Douglas… TONEY DOUGLAS… Well, spot-up shooting was definitely his greatest weakness going into Houston, so obviously if Lin was put in a spot-up shooting role (like he was), he was going to look a lot worse than he did when he was in NY, because now he was playing a role in which asked him to do tasks he wasn’t skilled enough to perform.

On the flip-side, Houston itself ran a similar system that the MDA Knicks ran. So Lin DID get some opportunities to drive/PnR, and that’s where most of his first-season stats came from. It’s just that 50% of his arsenal was his “Linsanity” drive+PNR moves, and the other 50% was him spot-up shooting moves.

Then going into the second Houston season, he worked in the off-season on his 3-ball – now realizing HE NEEDED to be a great spot-up shooter if he was going to make it in Houston. And guess what? He added that element to his game:

http://i.imgur.com/1D5i53W.png

Becoming one of the best catch-and-shoot players in the league. Sweet right?! Jlin putting in the work… now (hypothetically) when Harden drove ot the rim and kicked out to Lin for the 3, that would no longer be a weak-point of Lin’s game (as it was in his first-season with the Rockets)! But instead of that happening, Lin was put on the bench, and now his GREATEST AREA of improvement obviously would not SHOW so blatantly, because YOU CAN’T CATCH AND SHOOT IF NOBODY CAN PLAYMAKE EXCEPT YOU. Lin couldn’t really TAKE ADVANTAGE of his new catch and shoot abilities if he was now trying to playmake for the 2nd unit. So his overall stats WENT DOWN in his 2nd season, but in reality, his SKILL-SET IMPROVED and he shored up a glaring weakness in his game.

So what happens after the 2nd Houston season… I expect Lin thought he wouldn’t be traded (it was unlikely that he would be – and he ended up getting traded only because of a weird desperation move that Morey had to make to TRY to get Chris Bosh), so Lin (not preparing to be traded) worked on the skills that he would need to further bloom in Houston. He kept working on his 3-ball and his individual drives to the rim.

The boom, off to LA he goes – and now he’s in Scott’s system which emphasizes the BIGS playmaking at the top of the key, and CUTS to the rim by the perimeter players . Well, if the BIGS are playmaking on a good amount of the plays (this inherently means there aren’t a great amount of touches for the perimeter players), so playmaking duties have to be split among the guards… and yeah. Kobe took most of those duties in many games – so the actual basketball situation Lin was in was THE WORST of his career. Lin is now a PG with a great dribble-drive, great PnR ability, and an above-average 3ball. In almost all systems he would be great… except in the Lakers system where the Bigs/Kobe were handling the ball, that took away most of his dribble-drive/PnR strengths, and since nobody can actually consistently playmake on the Lakers except Lin (that means he’s not going to get many catch-and-shoot 3’s, because nobody can even GET HIM the shots).

So all of these strengths Lin has developed… in LA’s system and with the LA players, Lin just WASN’T going to look GREAT, since literally almost every strength of his was held down just by the nature of the system of basketball being run and the situation.

So what now right? Lin could’ve given up, said “Hey, there’s just too many factors going against me,” and he would’ve had a point if he said that. Lin is a very tactical guy, and if you here him speak about actual basketball in post-game interviews, if he plays poorly, HE KNOWS why he played poorly, and all-season long he KNEW why he was struggling. He understood the spacing issues, lack of ball-handling issues, that he had to solve, and he has been adjusting to solve them.

Mainly, this season – Lin has been WORKING on adding a mid-range game to his arsenal. If you look at Lin’s midrange stats; last year on Houston- 16.4% of Lin’s shots were mid-range shots. This year, 29.4% of Lin’s shots are mid-range shots. Just like how (in the first season of Houston), 3-point shooting was a weakness of Lin’s, before he worked on it on the offseason to improve – Lin is now treating his midrange game as the area that needs improvement. (That’s why in clips of him practicing lately, he’s going all these step-back 2’s, and pull-up dribbles).

Check out Lin’s shot charts here:
http://vorped.com/1-nba/2013-2014/player/1179/jeremy-lin/shotchart/
http://vorped.com/1-nba/2014-2015/player/1179/jeremy-lin/shotchart/

Also, if you’ll pay very close attention to Lin’s 3-ball stats – on a first glance you could say – “Wow, JLin is shooting 37% from three now! That’s his career high! Great stuff!” But REALLY – Lin is the best 3-ball shooter he has even been now, and I think it’s even better than the 37% suggests. The reason I say this is because of one factors:

– 1. Catch and shoot 3s are A LOT easier than Iso-3’s. By nature, if you get a catch and shoot 3, the defense probably broke down and you are much more likely to be WIDE open when shooting it (as opposed to an iso-3, in which case you are basically 100% guarded while shooting).

Now when we look at Lin’s 3-Point Shooting over the last 2 seasons – we will see the following main facts:

– Last year in Houston, Jeremy shot 34% from three.

– This year, Jeremy is shooting 37% from three.

– Jeremy is shooting 3% better from three this year.

– BUT, last year, on Jeremy Lin’s 3-point makes, he was ASSISTED on 84% of his makes.

– This means that on 84% of Jeremy’s made-threes, most were likely somewhat OPEN LOOKS (so obviously he should shoot these shots well and at a high percentage)

– This year, on Jeremy Lin’s 3-point makes, he is ASSISTED on 56% of his makes.

– What this means, is that 56% of Lin’s made-3’s are somewhat OPEN LOOKS.

– This also means (however), that 44% of Lin’s made-3s are ISOLATION THREES (difficult threes)

– So this means that Lin has become an above-average 3 point shooter (and his 37% from three is actually a lot more impressive than it looks) because he’s not just hitting 37% of EASY 3’s (Like he hit 34% of EASY 3’s in Houston), but he’s hitting 37% from three WHILE shooting TOUGH 3’s.

– See Lin’s shooting stats here:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/linje01/shooting/2014/
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/linje01/shooting/2015/

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So now that we’ve looked at all the systems Lin has been in, and how he has been improving in REGARDS to each system – I think it’s a VERY SAFE BET to say that Lin will do well on any team next year when he’s given any legitimate role. Lin can PnR, he can dribble-drive, he can playmake from both PnR/drives, he is a very-good-to-great transition player, he can shoot 3s at an above-average level, and HOPEFULLY (after this off-season), he will have a decent midrange game. (Even if he doesn’t have a decent midrange game after this season- his strengths far outweigh his shortcomings) – and being paired with another perimeter play who wants to playmake shouldn’t diminish his game too much.

(Also note that, VERY IRONICALLY, Lin has been paired with two of the highest usage guards in the league ever since he left NY, which played a large part in his overall raw-stats regressing – while in fact – Lin’s skillset has OBVIOUSLY been IMPROVING.)

very small lineup finished the game. everyone’s basically dropping down a number young the 2 becomes the 3 johnson the 3 becomes the 4! and booz the 4 the 5.

this a matter of theory vs. data. and and the poster above says he “loves” it.

in theory eventually if you just keep “not prioritizing winning” long enuf you will build up enuf draft picks that eventually some of them will pan out. (except hinkie keeps trading them away to stockpile more draft picks!)

if yer a fan of research go back and take a run thru ALL THE PLAYERS PICKS AND TRADES hinkie has acquired during this “all in” run of his and see what “data” that produces.

young is flexible but i wouldnt want johnson 4 boozer 5 for very long. unless the other team is also going small and or just no talent at 4 and 5 (which pretty much case with boston with sullinger their best player out).

I’m awake now, woah, LINSANITY!!! Lol

it’s only 1 game.. chill.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/569932499117166592

The most effective lineups have Davis in there. Better defense, rim protection. Crowley wouldn’t have gotten in so easily and close at the end if Davis was on the floor and there wouldn’t have been an overtime.

Davis,Ed – Johnson,Wesley – Lin,Jeremy – Price,Ronnie – Young,Nick: NetRtg 74.4, OffRtg: 135.1, DefRtg: 60.7

Boozer,Carlos – Ellington,Wayne – Johnson,Wesley – Lin,Jeremy – Young,Nick: NetRtg 44.3, OffRtg: 141.0, DefRtg: 96.7

Would be nice to get a Shumpert type guard that plays good defense but has good offense as well as a team player.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/569951484135100416

I foresee a photoshop meme with that Boozer face

Very enjoyable read! Appreciate the effort you put in to analyze and the clear way you wrote this!

Are any of you going to join lin’s chat? Iwant be ablr to because I have a business lunch during that time.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/569966008502329345

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/569970749554864128

Begins? It keeps going you mean lol

The fan made it w/ his/her own fat. Wanted to be with Lin in the shower w/o being there.

Way to feel fake gross out. We know you are that fan.

During the chat today Jeremy said he’d be releasing a new video this week. It’s related to the Chinese New Year.

wut? .. Is that for real? LOL

I’m speechless =>

It’s interesting reading LakersGround (LG) thread that Lakers fans are concerned that this win might be costly to keep the Top 5 Pick by endangering the tank.

We should definitely savor this win because it would be rare for BScott to want to win and rely on Lin to do so. Losing the Top 5 Pick might make him lose his job. Let’s enjoy this exceptional win while we can!

Some interesting LG posts:

– Thanks DB! This game confirms that BScott DOES know who his best players are and how to use them if and when he’s looking to win.
The game thread is unreadable. I understand why some people want the team to tank; I just don’t understand why those people would bother watching the game. The real fans at the game were definitely cheering for the Lakers to win.

– For one game when Byron Scott wants to beat the hated Celtics, Lin is allowed to play his game to his strength and we see a glimpse of Linsanity. Why not more, Coach Scott, when we know we have the top 5 draft locked in? Let Lin play the game like tonight and see what kind of game we will see.

– both Wes and Lin played well and it’s because there was spacing on the floor for the very first time this season. why did it take so long for BS to realize this even with Kobe off the floor? Wes playing the 4 to stretch the floor opened it up for Lin or anyone else to drive the lane and have a choice to either finish it, dump it off to a big, or even kick it out to a shooter. thought this was obvious. gotta use the player’s strengths. even if BS don’t like pnr, he can at least allow Lin some space to drive.

– Mixed feelings here.
They should make it so that one can win and still KEEP that pick.
I’ll be really pissed if it was this game that made the difference
between keeping the pick or not.

– How’s boston’s defense normally? They turned it up at the end. As usual lakers can’t handle lock down pressure d. Almost lost the game, but kept the momentum going in OT
How likely will Byron stick with this bench rotation? (Not the number of min though I undersrsnd this game is an anomaly since bench was playing extremely well)
For all the hardcore Lin fans out there – does Lin generally play better after the break?

Fight Club. I think it had something about soap and fat

I believe BS & FO will not want to get another win … maybe vs Bucks? They probably will let Lin score but may DNP some players to loss the game on purpose.

I never said anything about foul calls on Lin. One wrong does not make another wrong right.

A good post.

does lin play better after all star break no not always i.e last year

The website says the webcast will be posted later for on demand viewing.

The issue I have with those articles doesn’t involve the topic tanking itself – it’s more about the usage of data to explain the arguments – which OVERSIMPLIFIES the actual process of building a team (and actually comes to a poor conclusion about what tanking is).

Simply put – data is just data – it is not meant to be the ultimate predictor of anything – especially since there are so many variables at play in the read world. (And really, data shouldn’t even be used to explain SPECIFIC scenarios unless the details of that specific scenario are detailed alongside the data).

While looking at the articles… the data and main point derived from it is pretty clear; “the worst teams improve the least even if they tank, and the best teams stay the best teams; therefore tanking doesn’t work.”

And.. well yeah… that seems like common sense IN GENERAL – but that doesn’t mean tanking (as a whole) is not a viable strategy in the right circumstance. In short, just because a BROAD STATISTIC is true, it doesn’t mean that you can’t find exceptions to be COMMON.

For example, (keeping in mind that the data says that “the worst teams improve the least even if they tank, and the best teams stay the best teams; therefore tanking doesn’t work”) let’s look at this example.

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Example: The Lakers are tanking this year. They know that with Kobe on the roster next year, they have no chance to be a contender (because he takes up too much salary and is no longer an elite player). That means that (at BEST/at the earliest), they could contend the year AFTER Kobe retires (since this would free up 20MIL in capspace), because Kobe’s retirement would allow them to potentially sign one of the best players on the market (Kevin Durant in this scenario), or TWO (Maybe even three with a rising salary cap) All-Star level-esque players.

So that’s the SPECIFIC scenario for the Lakers. This is what data just simply does not factor in – and it’s important to note that grouping all “tanking stats” into one huge database doesn’t necessarily mean the data is functionally accurate for supporting the argument being made that “tanking doesn’t work,” – because tanking MIGHT BE THE RIGHT DECISION for the right team in the right scenario. It also might be the WRONG DECISION for another scenario. It’s all about what hand a team is dealt.

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Now let’s get back into specifics, and look at what the Lakers’ scenario is.

Kobe’s contract (tied to his level of play) is a burden to championship aspirations. This really isn’t arguable. So where can the Lakers go from here? They’ve got two main strategies:

– 1. Keep young developing players + the best (relatively young) players on the team, draft accordingly year-after-year regardless of selection spot, and hope that the young team grows together and becomes a contender in 3-4 years

– 2. Keep young developing players + get rid of the best (relatively young) players on their team, so that the team can be as horrible as possible to maximum a high draft pick selection

The first strategy is only viable if the COMBINED POTENTIAL of the developing young players (in this case, Clarkson + Randle), and best (relatively young) players on the team (Davis, Lin) can be a big part of a championship core.

Basically (Clarkson/Randle/Davis/Lin) need to be good enough to get regular rotation minutes on a championship level team in 3-4 years.

The second strategy is always viable, BUT IS A GAMBLE, because you DO NOT KNOW what you are getting in the draft. Essentially, you are letting proven commodities in Davis/Lin leave in return for a high draft pick. The gamble the team is taking in the second strategy, is that they are betting that three years from now, the Top 3 Pick they will receive will be better than Davis/Lin at the same date.

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With all this said, we now need to account for variables that broad data does NOT account for.

Variables for the Lakers are as follows:

– This upcoming draft class is stacked and is top heavy. Having a Top 5 Pick, means more than it does it most other draft classes because “missing” on a draft-pick should theoretically be harder to do

– Both of the only viable and young (outside of the Rookie) players the Lakers have (Lin and Davis) will be FA’s next offseason; Lin via his contract running out and Ed Davis via a player option which he will 100% exercise

– If the Lakers were to even try the first strategy of keeping the best young players on the team, they would likely have to spend 10-14 MIL on Lin/Davis (which would prevent them from potentially signing an All-Star level player(s) the summer after Kobe retires)

– The Lakers draft pick is Top 5 protected this year, so if they get a Top 5 Pick, they keep it. BUT, if the Lakers keep their Top 5 Pick this year, they still OWE a First Round Pick to PHI.

– So for the next TWO YEARS, the Lakers have to earn a Top 2 Pick in order to keep

– This means the Lakers have an incentive to tank next year as well (Or else they go Pick-Less)

– If the Lakers tank next year, will bad winning habits be installed in their two young rookies (Clarkson + Randle)?

– By tanking, will (Clarkson + Randle) want to leave via FA when their rookie contracts are up?

Good stuff right? So many variables. Draft picks owed, free-agent destinations, etc. It’s not just as simple as, “Tanking is bad, therefore the Lakers shouldn’t be tanking.” There are so many things to consider, and DATA is only data.

For this case (with all the variables listed) – I think it is pretty obvious that the Lakers SHOULD tank. They have two years of guaranteed NO CHAMPIONSHIP aspirations, AND they have pick limitations on their First Rounder (for 3 years). In a best case scenario (in house) for them, Clarkson becomes a good SG off the bench and Randle becomes an All-Star PF. Of course, that duo alone DOES NOT yield anything close to a Championship, so the question then becomes, “Can we lure a top 10 player to come to LA in the next 3-4 years?”

In essence, that last question itself is up in the air and is not a guarantee, but if the answer to it is YES, then after 1-2 years of tanking, the team can start to acquire good players to build a legitimate team. If the answer to that is NO, then the tank continues on for 3-4 years. For LA, (since they are a big market team that can attract FAs), they will NOT tank for anything longer than next-year on, because once Kobe retires, THEY WILL sign some type of All-Star player (due to LA’s market influence).

At that point, together with that All-Star player (and Randle + Clarkson), they will make whatever push they can, hoping to become a good enough team that a SECOND All-Star player will eventually join them.

(Remember that: the first strategy of LA keeping ALL of their young players (aka Lin/Davis) is not even viable because both Lin/Davis are likely leaving.

Also realize that: An alternate strategy would be to let Lin/Davis go – and then sign a GOOD FA this off-season after Lin/Davis leave – (Something like Kevin Love) – but doing this could DRAMATICALLY BACKFIRE and HURT their chances of signing Durant in the next off-season, if the team turns out to be TERRIBLE.)

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So now that we’ve looked at the Lakers scenario in COMPLETE detail, it should be pretty clear that they have (honestly, VERY LITTLE CHOICE) but to tank.

1. Lin/Davis/Randle/Clarkson is not a championship core in 3-4 years even in a best case-scenario. Also, Lin/Davis are leaving anyway.

2. With Lin/Davis leaving, the best the Lakers could do this off-season is sign an all-star level player (which is unlikely itself…) – However, this would NOT make them contenders (and it would use all capspace they have).

3. If the Lakers signed some sort of all-star level player (like Kevin Love), and then continued to suck (which they would…) when all of their money was tied up, they would then be able to offer ONLY ONE big contract and NOTHING ELSE in the next off-season.

4. In the option above, Durant (who would have all the options in the world) would not even come to LA with THAT type of roster in the first place.

6. So signing a big FA in this off-season would be a horrible long-term mistake

7. Which is why Kupchak released the statement saying that they WOULD NOT sign a big FA this off-season

So for AT LEAST 2 years, the tank has to go on in LA. Regardless of data or whatever – there is NO VIABLE LOGICAL OPTION.

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Now that we’ve looked at the Lakers specifically and made reference points for why they have very little option BUT to tank.

Let’s analyze the Lakers situation with the CONTRADICTING TALE THAT PROPOSES THAT “tanking doesn’t work.” Because after-all, if “tanking doesn’t work,” and yet the Lakers “have no viable logical option but to tank,” something HAS GOT TO GIVE.

So let’s break this down. Firstly, we have to define what a “success,” is when it comes to tanking. So in the sources given above, a “successful,” result of tanking is essentially “improving to a good team over the span of 10 years.”

This is where the PROBLEM is. The data INFERS that a “success,” is having PROLONGED SUCCESS OVER 10 YEARS, but this is FAULTY. This is NOT what a “success,” should be: because BY STATISTICAL NATURE, creating a winning team over 10 years FROM A STARTING POINT OF A HORRIBLE TEAM IS VERY UNLIKELY.

This is the same thing like saying, “The success of winning the lottery is winning the billion dollar prize!” Well yeah, maybe in human terms, but IN STATISTICAL terms, obviously we would know winning that even TRYING TO WIN the lottery prize is a LOSING PROPOSITION and STATS WILL BACK THAT UP.

The same is true for TANKING (that’s why it’s called the lottery). If you are TANKING, you are GAMBLING on winning the big-time player, and you are UNLIKELY TO WIN THAT PRIZE. So if the stats say that, “Tanking teams don’t have good win numbers over 10 years,” THAT MAKES SENSE LOGICALLY, because tanking teams didn’t start out with good win-rates anyway AND they are unlikely to win the LOTTERY which would improve their win-rate.

Again, for an example: If I am poor and making 12K per year, I have no real assets to ascend into better living. As such, I start playing the lottery, hoping to win millions of dollars. If I DEFINE THAT MY “SUCCESS,” is equal to “becoming a millionaire,” I will MOST LIKELY never become a success because there’s very little chance I am going to win the lottery.

And accordingly: If I am a mediocre team with an average roster, I have no real assets to become a team that can win the championship. Therefore, I want to take a risk to start over and acquire an elite player so that I can win a title. I have to get that player in the Draft (because I don’t have the assets to trade for one).

So I get rid of my average roster, and now I have a poor roster. I know have no assets to ascend into better living, BUT I can enter the NBA lottery, hoping to win what will eventually become a a Top-10 player in the league. If I define my “SUCCESS,” is equal to “building a winning team over 10-years,” I will MOST LIKELY never become a success because there’s very little chance I am going to win the lottery.

HOWEVER, just because I have a very little chance to win the lottery, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO LOTTERY WINNERS. Obviously, there are lottery winners EVERY YEAR in the NBA, because future NBA-Stars COME INTO THE LEAGUE YEARLY. And if you are a team with NO VIABLE way of improving EXCEPT THE LOTTERY, then by all-means, YOU SHOULD INVEST HEAVILY IN THE LOTTERY (Aka: 76ers, and the Lakers (for at least 2 more years)).

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Finally: let’s explain the data more thoroughly and see why it does not back up a claim that “tanking doesn’t work,” by considering these issues in-depth (in a real sense):

1. OBVIOUSLY, if you have a good team (45-50 wins) that just NEEDS ONE MORE PIECE to become a contender, NOBODY WOULD BLOW UP THE TEAM.

2. If you have a good team and make minimal changes to the roster for 10 years, it is VERY LIKELY, you will have a good team again year after year (win 45-50 games again). (Duh = that’s what the data says)

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1. OBVIOUSLY, if you have a title contender (50+-60 wins) , NOBODY WOULD BLOW UP THE TEAM (Unless you go full Mark Cuban 2012).

2. If you have a title contender and only make minimal changes to the roster for 10 years, it is VERY LIKELY, you will have another title contender again for 3-5 years (50+-60 wins). After those 3-5 years, you will still have a good team that wins (45-50 games). So overall in 10 years, you will win a ton of games. (Duh = that’s what the data says)

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1. OBVIOUSLY if you are a TANKING TEAM, you have a HORRIBLE ROSTER (Win 15-30 games), ala the Lakers.

2. EVEN IF YOU ADD A HIGH DRAFT PICK AND THAT PLAYER PANS OUT, for at least 3-4 years, you will VERY LIKELY STILL SUCK. (For example, if Julius Randle becomes an All-Star PF, the Lakers will still suck for 3-4 years) This means that for the MAJORITY of TANKING TEAMS, they will have VERY LOW WIN percentages for (AT LEAST) the first 3-4 years after their initial tank.

3. If your tanking draft pick BUSTS, it is VERY LIKELY you are GOING TO SUCK FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5-8 YEARS (If Randle busts, their next chance to be “Good,” again comes with their 2nd Tank Pick – which would at the earliest become good at the 5th year after the initial tank season. If the 2nd Tank Pick busts, the Lakers won’t be good for another 6 years… etc.)

4. Even if you add a high draft pick and that player pans out, YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED SUSTAINED SUCCESS (If Randle becomes an All-Star PF by his 4th season – the team will then ALSO NEED to add 2 more All-Stars in the West to even have a .500 team. AND if Randle actually becomes an All-Star PF, the team will NOT be getting High Draft Picks anymore – meaning they will have to depend on DRAFTING an All-Star player FROM MID-1st ROUNDS or signing All-Stars via FA.)

Now the Lakers are actually a bad example for the need to depend on the Draft, because they are a huge market and can attract big FA signings – but MOST TANKING TEAMS ARE SMALL MARKETS. (Example: Just take a look at the history of the Timberwolves, (They had Kevin Garnett and couldn’t attract a big FA to team up with him. They had Kevin Love + Rubio and couldn’t get a third player. If you are a small market team, EVEN IF YOU HIT on your TANKING PICKS, success is STILL SLIM – because you CONTINUALLY need to depend on the draft.)

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In conclusion, the statement “tanking does not work,” is not accurate and IS LAZY IN NATURE. What’s more accurate is to say, “though tanking is not LIKELY to produce a long-term positive effect, it can work on occasion – and should be considered for teams that cannot viably improve OUTSIDE of the draft.”

And for the last bit, lots of teams have improved by high draft picks obviously. From Hakeem, to Jordan, to OKC drafting Durant/Harden, etc. “Tanking is just a term,” but what is more important is just a team being bad enough to get a high lottery pick. There are a lot of lottery winners in NBA history. Duncan is just cited because it is a blatant example.

Thanks!

Takes one to know one… 🙂

not available yet. They should provide the full video later as I see archive of previous video chats

Is there a way that this can be posted on Tweeter? Such an excellent article with sound analysis. I wish more people can read it?

Ido sure will be happy to know Lin answer his question… LOL!

That’s how many minutes of PT Jeremy needs EVERY game! 🙂

Ya! This game do show what he can do for a team. Maybe no more for this season…..since Lakers wants to tank… but good to know he made it last night.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/570002300426539008

He squared to the rim….oh well

good post. At least a well reasoned point of view on one often opined thought, that tanking is iffy but you’ve noted how it can work. Cudos …

great post. What can you say about Lin’s D? For me not a bball specific guy, I just know with Lin on the court, the team D steps up and the O has so many more options. Last 2 games have been fun, but I’m out of the swing of watching games and need to get it back now that we have a time when Lin’s game is being played.

PFV predicted Lin was playing well four games ago when the stats don’t show it when he had one 7 point 5 turnover game then follow by a 2-point game. Got to give it to Paul.

“He has figured out (or is starting to figure out) how to play within the flow of the offense and the system. Without forcing. This is HUGE.” Paul F Villarreal

Short video on yesterday’s game:

Hey Brent … 2 for 2 post ASG, in terms of 20 mins of very efficient Lin ball. Let’s hope it keeps happening, and that BSc has figured out how to use Lin only in Linsanity mode but with just enough minutes and bad starter minutes so he can lose with grace. Let’s see now next 2 weeks play out.

Spurs or Mavs if staying in WC, Raptors in EC. Hawks play team ball, but I have concerns about the fan base.

he is talking more about the style less about the result. its about lin fitting in the offense as opposed to being the offense. again he is starting to get it. its still a process but he is on the bridge and will reach his prime. once it happens beware

Maybe it’s more like February 2012 😉

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/204/CaptainAmerica1_zps8c295f96.JPG

I have so many replies that can go to so many different directions…. but using my better judgment I will refrain. ..

was down for repairs last game.

https://twitter.com/LakersTV/status/570015959877951488

hey I would like to see it! but even being positive in all that I try for the Lin hardships, I think LAL cannot afford to let Lin go on a winning streak. Someone said here in last 2 days that they need 28 more losses. So, more tank to get to 28 losses, and then 7-10 games run to the end for pride. Who knows … no pure bball we’re seeing this season.

Replay is now posted at that site in case anyone missed it.

Sick photo of JLin and Swaggy by @BeyondTheBuzzer.
https://instagram.com/p/zdoILKOP5B/

Marcellus today standing up for Jeremy Lin starting at about 22:30

Giving the opportunity is not saying “you are our starting point guard” but you can’t dribble “your our starting point guard but your not assertive enough so we’re going to take away your opportunities.

I think he had talent but they didn’t exploit it.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=12371206

I still firmly believe he was nursing a bad back last year for a few weeks after ASG. Picked up by some overseas news sites but not American media.

depends on who is the PG. If the Pg is a shoot first PG (KOBE etc) then Jlin will be doomed. The likes of price and PB is a better fit for him if he will be a SG (just like Harden)

Do U know what they think about Kobe Bryant’s career?

Max’s Emoji For Kobe Bryant

starting backcourt for houston tonite of terry/harden are 2 for 13 –1 for 10 on threes approaching half time tied with a team (minn) that has actually won fewer games that the lakers.

My three wishes today:
1) Rox lose to Minny
2) Heat lose to Sixers
3) Suns lose to Celtics (latter on b2b)

sixers will be more determined than ever to lose when face lakers later if they should go ahead and accidentally win one here. (hinkie will probably buyout anyone who shows signs of winning basketball).

https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/570018145429164033

The dragon theme works better on the golden ones. Just lost a pair of old Nikes that dry-rotted on me, will buy Adidas from now on.

Excellent post. A very detailed analysis of what JLin has been playing through

So with this improved skillset, if JLin gets the right system again like he did with MDA… oh the possibilities

His shoes looking WAY nicer. I would even cop those.

Lin can attack basket. That is his #1 strength. Whatever method to put Lin in best position to attack basket should be the focus, SG or PG dont matter.

ok. i had to log in here for the second time and say….this made me crack up.

cool story!

sweet that Ido got a live mention and answer!

well, that’s not the official Brooklyn Nets twitter account, just some NBA fan (or bot) cranking out NBA headlines

That’s alright, I’m a glass half-full kind of guy. Rox winning means Bev koolaid drinkers can’t tout his importance on the court. Heat won but Zoran had eggs across the stat sheet so that’s enough for me.

Take the risk of giving a draft choice that they eventually have to give this season or the seasons after this anyway or
take the risk of giving up on a potential superstar in Jeremy Lin.

There is no point in tanking. The Lakers already has 1 first round draft choice from Houston. If they turn this season around, they will sell lots of tickets and raises their TV ratings.

LOL

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/570081532829773824

Nice shoes…. still, nothing beats the Adidas Flux he wore last media day.

clippers need another point who can run fastbreak……..work your magic steve balmer since your jlin fan….covet him to make buyout and tell jlin you will sign him…….clios need another pg

Max and Marcellus are the only Lin supporters at that radio station…

no. too paul centric

I read a lot of reviews from both gents and ladies that this pair is comfy.

Comment on this vid?
http://www.twcsportsnet.com/videos/2015/02/23/jeremy-lin-carries-load-for-lakers-february-23-2015

FWIW, BS said he is a Lin fan too

Haha….Well to Kobe, I guess he thinks “I am not the hero means it was not a W”

They have River’s son to be CP3’s backup.

Because there is no “we” just “me”

This was my response. Was I wrong?
https://twitter.com/graceo99/status/570105775156105218

LOL No doubt about it. He can’t stand it when the team is doing better without him. He is even worse than JH in every sense. Really dislike him as much BS!

LOL. Just listened to tiny bit in the radio talk about his “retirement,” I felt rather repulsive. So glad I don’t have to watch his “face” for the rest of the season. Don’t see any “greatness” in his game but see a very aging player that still can’t admit it’s time to retire.

Never like Miller. He lives in BS out of modern NBA reality world. He can’t take any “reality” of BS and KB.

Kobe is not impressed

Totally agree… look at his no smile face after Lakers finally got the W….

As the conventional wisdom on Kobe goes. He wants to win but win his way.

Miller kept saying Byron is not holding JLin back which I vehemently disagree.

Is there a clip from the Kimmel show?

This is what BS and his gang try to sell but no JLin fans and even media buy into this crap. I unsubscribe TWC and Miller for a long time now.

He’s BS’s buddy, don’t expect too much from him. Birds of a feather flock together …… Same BS

he mentioned he coached with Byron before — maybe they’re both not good

Kobe will be on the phone with B Scott and JLin will be shut down the next game.

Kobe Bryant could not be less amused by his teammates’ happy post-victory interview

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/2/24/8098011/kobe-bryant-could-not-be-less-amused-by-his-teammates-happy-post

these 2 tweets say nothing. Must have been other tweets?

Well it’s what it’s. Won’t surprise me if this happens anymore. If there is any little chance of JLin to play any minute, JLin will do his best. He is beyond all BS and KB’s craps now. His Celtics game can sell well for his FA.

I don’t think he can do that w Lin now bc FO wants to sign Lin but w Young or Hill… he can.

You’re good. He’s not. Bball don’t lie.

Interesting read: Why do ex-Lakers make such bad NBA head coaches? (13 Nov 2014)
http://www.denverstiffs.com/2014/11/13/7167295/why-do-ex-lakers-make-such-bad-coaches

What’s new!!! Just show how his egomaniac jealousy goes. He just can’t help himself to be mad how joyous his teammates are having fun in playing teamball and have a win as a result!

Grace, if Dave Miller insisted BScott is not holding back, the biggest proof was the Dec 5 game in BOS, where Lin got hot in 3rd quarter but was benched the entire 4th quarter.

Honestly, it’s pointless to argue with him since he always said “you and I frequently talk about” in BScott interview.
He likes to think himself as BScott’s best friend and defend all BScott’s decision so he really has no opinions himself.

But feel free to use the picture in this tweet if you want to make a point with him.

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/558804620365942784

Scoring guard who passes when only necessary is his niche. PG/SG irrelevant.

His best fit is either Iman Shumpert or Klay THompson though because Lin is not big enough at the 2 against guys like Harden and Klay on defense..

Missed the last seconds clip of kobe. Was there a question to, or reponse from K?

https://twitter.com/freemaneric/status/570125397116870656

What was it like to play College basketball with Jeremy Lin
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2015-02-23/what-was-it-like-to-play-college-basketball-with-jeremy-lin

Is he mad about them celebrating or is he really mad about Scott giving Lin free reign to showcase his talents and lead the team to a win. Obviously the laker fans in Staple Center enjoyed he win.

Miller got upset because you pointed out BS’s failures as a coach.

His documentary coming out at the end of this month

Kobe mad about “his” team celebrating victory under new leader, someone who won’t throw teammates under the bus. 🙂

Did you watch what’s about? No desire to watch/read it.

I remember Boozer saying something along the lines of Lin leading, haven’t heard from Young. Both Young and Boozer are friendly with Lin, which is most likely why both did time in the doghouse.

Miller denied the facts of Grace’s great question. Well no one would believe that Lin wasn’t allowed to play in the first quarter n almost the whole 3rd. Without ot, he would have only 25 min. That’s holding back by BS.

LOL Joyce if you don’t say it, no one knows/cares:-)

in case it wasn’t posted earlier, here’s Lakers Voices with JLin:

Never watched Jimmy Kimmel before, but now after this clip I’m instantly a fan. The guy is sharp, does his homework, and is actually funny. He’s killing Kobe and Kobe can’t even defend himself! This is golden.

He asked great question like how hard to feel the lakers are losing or you’re kind of happy?

LOL Young and Sacre might but out due to knee already, listed as questionable.

I mean the audience laughed and applauded, but if you ask any one of them who they want to hang out with, I bet they would pick a guy who can enjoy a moment, instead of Debbie Downer.

The kind Adidas should be producing tens of thousands of pairs for the U.S. but is actually nowhere to be found.

Maybe EQ / AQ? Actually I always use Lin as an example in my EQ management class and Leadership class :))

As JLin said in the Lakers Voice earlier, he and Adidas have worked on design the shoes and this one just came out. More designs will be available soon. My take from the interview is that this should be in the market soon.

What is AQ?

AQ means Adversity quotient, is the ability to recover from

Thanks

I thinks os too. Notice, they didn’t comment on lin, only on Young/Hill. This last game they played together, you could tell everyone was clicking on all cylinders and the guys were having fun. They played hard defense.

Kobe is dead to me…and i am not a ghost whisperer…so don’t hear him and don’t care to either

It’s so funny he said Harden bc HOU already build around him plus they use the same agent. smh! I guess Kobe said that bc Lin…. HOU wants to go after Lin this summer… Don’t like Kobe. He is really a selfish person only ME ME ME.

In addition Lin has a heavy burden in meeting expectations and not a disappointment to not only Lin global fans but also to Asia / Taiwan.

I totally agree… they lose lots of games in the beginning of the season all bc of Kobe not Lin or Boozer… smh!

They would be ahead and in the stretch it was all Kobe iso, one difficult contested 2 after another some he would make most not. Was as bad as a turnover. Then loss after loss.

I don’t know. I am not familiar with how the show is run in terms of asking questions and if the questions are scripted before the show.

But script or not, this put a great contrast between Lin and Kobe, team-ball and Me-ball, under the spotlight and for the fans and non-fans to judge. This will put a question mark on people with curiosity why Lakers are run and coached as it is now.

What great publicity can you ask fro Lin?

Yep this kind of pressure can cause a mental break down. Thank God Lin has a strong will power!

The kind that you wiped and you can still re-use? LOL

Kobe who?

correct. there have been with some brief transition times 3 lakers seasons; the first with kobe being kobe where the lakers were terrible because of kobe’s horrendous shooting non existent defense and volume usage rate.

. the second with kobe either reducing his role or absent entirely out of physical necessity when the lakers were at least compeititve.

and the last when the tanking lineup was initiated. which was the worst, to be fair to kobe. kobe being kobe was better than the d league lineup bs has been trotting out with has best players glued to the bench. am i correct that since the shift to the d league starters the team has not won a game in regulation? and what else could be expected?

I got soap for Christmas this year.

Thanks! I added it to the Video Gallery on homepage

Hm, I don’t buy it. How would this help ensure the tank?

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570246571809337346

So if they don’t have hot hand they can’t….?!

Translation: If Linsanity keeps getting the hot hand but Price doesn’t, both won’t close games LOL
#RebuildingTank

and he just added a rare condition to prevent hot Linsanity to close the games.
Like how frequently Price gets hot? LOL

Just wanna say, Celtic’s defense was really bad…..how come starters can not even crack 30pt mark?

Now that we got the Kobe’s death stare (for show or not), don’t be surprised if Kobe pushes FO to buyout Lin to prevent another LAsanity without Kobe.

I don’t think this will happen if he could…(I’m sure he did try hard…) Lakers would trade Lin before dateline.

on the other side of the perspective, it might be ‘an acting’ thing.. or semi-acting. A real competitor will be thinking “The team is a losing team and 1 win makes you celebrate like you won the playoffs? geez”. So he might be thinking that. Nothing against lin.. maybe against nick for being a clown again.

well….we think too much I guess 😛

when he shoots around 30%

when he keeps passing to Linsanity LOL

Linsanity is deadly to LAL. It causes BS and KB to look mad and constipated on TV . LAL will also lose the top 5 pick due to the constant Linsanity.

The cure: bench, bench, and more bench.

After Kobe watched the video it looked like he was having trouble controlling his emotions. I get the impression that had he been at the arena he would have exploded; especially at Young and Hill. Kobe seems to forget he’s just a basketball player. The future of humanity doesn’t depend on what he does.

Oh well…..Lin is better!

What? ??

So the tweet should be:

“Byron Scott said he may close games out w/ Jeremy Lin and Ronnie Price, if the guy RP defending has hot hand”

Also they beat the Suns last night

lol , I was semi joking.

meaning Lin would have to work harder if facing a better team, which he can anyway.

I think we listen too much to BS……

I actually thought dave miller was fair in many times. I mean it’s ok to praise other players… nothing is wrong with that.

Even NY Post on this…

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/570259518304755712

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570286135785558017

If BS judged everyone else the way he judges Lin, then he would be calling everyone out as being inconsistent. I just don’t understand all the lip about Jeremy. They have lost 41 games, you can’t tell me all their losses is due to Jeremy’s inconsistency. He stopped being the starting point guard at the beginning of the year. If you bench a player you can’t blame him for losing…..Even the game where he got a DNP seemed like it was all Jeremy’s fault.

A win under BS coaching is like a win in the PLAYOFFS!

Sun’s analyst must know Byron Scott well:

https://twitter.com/Lakerholicz/status/570297643945082886

It is nice to watch the replays. Reminds me of the old linsanity days. I would be nice if Jeremy could play like this for a while. If he does, I will definitely goto a game.

Kobe beef.

Yes, Jimmy Kimmel is a late night gem! FYI for a good laugh go to YouTube and look up “hey Jimmy Kimmel I told my kids I ate all their Halloween candy”. He does different video challenges, but this one is a favorite!

Price is done for the season?
https://twitter.com/serenawinters/status/570322888974168064

Kind of looks like it:

https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/570324091544039424

So no more Price?! Maybe Lin will play w Clarkson a lot now.

Before it is too late, buyout Lin and get a D-league.

Or worst case, play Hill as PG.

Or they’ll just pick someone up in free agency, or like a series of 10 day contracts until they know if Price returning. Toney Douglas I’m sure is back from China.

what??

Scott taking Kobe’s side against teammates celebrating.

LOL

https://twitter.com/puneetsingh/status/570314950788448256

http://i.giphy.com/3fVfwXoflRnKU.gif

http://gph.is/XH9eSF

http://giphy.com/gifs/3fVfwXoflRnKU/html5

LOL

Poor Price. Scott saw how he and Jeremy had some chemistry, and immediately ordered chloroform (in a handkerchief) and surgery to stop it.

I think by oh no you meant oh yes! 🙂

Haha, he just added Ronnie Price in there cos he would choke on his tongue to only say Lin had a hot hand.

If you think that RP being injured is good, that you don’t know basketball.
Now JL will be forced to play PG and will not focus on shooting alone –
which is all we want from him.

God is parting the sea for Lin. Clarkson better watch for lightning bolts

sick of these nonsense….as dumb as one could be

I like him too…hope he recovers swiftly

i wont be surprise if he tries to swim in it till he hits 40….he is just trying to best the number game with MJ…not realizing he is no game compared to MJ…no where near…babe

Can someone find out what college textbook is that in terms of its title?

IMO BScott might not try to tank at first.
But when he started Clarkson after Kobe was out for the season and talked “rebuilding”, many media knew it’s a code-word for tanking

I believe even BScott knows playing Lin would give him more wins than starting a rookie.

If you think that RP being injured is good, that you don’t know basketball.
Now JL will be forced to play PG and will not focus on shooting alone –
which is all we want from him.

What did he say? I am work and can’t list3n

totally!!! I thought being out on travel…i wont have much time for Lin…but that is what Jeremy is about..he has this attraction unparalleled to MJ…i would say

Just watchign the highlights and the fun that the teammates had…is priceless…it goes long way….any coach would ride this…except….you know

You mean the crazy Lin fan he ripped? or him?

It was posted….and It is nonsense…lol

LOL I know I know…..:P

Never mind about TWC… they always like this… but still need to vote for Lin. Just sent the tweet.

good one there…on your comments!

If productive means winning then everyone knows it is #PGLIN
If productive means #Tanking then don’t play Lin

LOL good one Portal.

Hahahaha……

Better to be good and very good sometimes than be consistently bad to mediocre.

btw the article is stupid

not you lol i need to stop writing like I’m face to face talking to someone

My boss feeling is my feeling.

lol

hehe thanks.. might as well make it clear to everyone that Lakers is still thick in the Tanking business.
And Lin is a winner as an experienced vet. This silly poll is just a camouflage for the tanking issue

LOL .. now you’re having a conversation with yourself =) got you

lol….serious side…I do agree Lin needs to improve….but sadly no one givin him the chance to improve and the opportunity to learn

The point is EVERYONE needs to improve….:P

including Brent! lol

Its kinda late here (1am) had a long day…time catch some sleep…good nite

It will be hard to do…on the court or on TV….in real time

hahaha. im a thinking man lmao

This is how a player really feel about been traded from the team… Pat’s story from Rox to King. I now know why Lin said he was so happy to stay in a team for 2 years…

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3602234767

It almost feels like they prepared that section of prasing Lin just for Miller to sent out that message of “Byron not holding Lin back”

That is basically very close to lying….lol

I think Doc must have done a film session with Lin….focused on certain situations…and went through their solutions….

10 more points and JLin would have outscored the entire starting lineup. Would be great to see that tomorrow.

I really think his trip to NY during ASG sure do the magic for him. He is fighting for his next contract now. Good for him. Don’t stay here bc I don’t think Kobe will go away after 2016. smh!

I think what he said the problems maybe it’s from GMs request from him… Before ASG, Young said lots of his teammates will take the chance to show themselves to GMs…. I think Lin did that too. He sure talked to someone that made him said something like …..he found passion w BB game again…

Highlight extended version. http://youtu.be/TKVHXxfaHCM

That’s why I say the way KB and BS talk and act tell me that they should be admitted to psychiarist ward in hospital. They are abnormal in every sense and endanger to themselves and others.

Even just letting Lin one on one is better than what Lin had now…

Haralabos Voulgaris
‏@haralabob
.@BaxterHolmes I’d be angry too if everything i did as a coach was all for naught and team actually won a game in spite of my poor coaching

https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/570373539548626944

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/570361865382948865

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/570330524226420737

BS with his mysterious obsession of shooting himself in the foot.

I thought BS said he was a happy man after the win, and now angry?!? What’s the joy of beating rivalry? Nevermind. A puppet must follow his master.

… and decides to have players pushing around dolls in baby strollers.

Boston beat the Suns on a back to back game after losing to the Lakers.
The Celtics is no fluke. This is a competitive team on the rise. Avery Bradley and Isaiah Thomas are very good players.
The Lakers won a big game against the Celtics when Lin just took off. The Celtics played hard.

https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/570353304095436801

Haha yes. It’s less disgusting

Glad to know 2Pat found peace on a top EC team, he’s a good guy who believes in team play and is not afraid to call someone out.

Achmed is a funny character. BS not so lovable,

We should tell Kobe to lighten up! Would someone tweet him?

LOL

Didn’t the Suns keep the right PG Bledsoe ?

Carlos BoozerVerified account
‏@MisterCBooz
Just Touched Down In Salt Lake… #holdat https://instagram.com/p/zgUGKzLKMm/
https://twitter.com/MisterCBooz/status/570387559932694528

Boozer DNP-CD for using #holdat on Twitter. LOL

just wondering what is the meaning of hashtag Holdat and here it is:

—-Usually used when you do something hot against another term. It can be used in sports when you do an excellent move against someone.

You dunk on someone in a basketball game. Yell at the guy “Holdat!”.

He has been thinking like a spoiled baby for a long time, and he can’t hide it completely .

If tweeting anything at all to the egomaniac, we should tell Kobe to just retire.

Jeremy would out wit him.

It’s tempting, but it only give Kobe more of the attention he craves. He doesn’t seem to care whether his notices are positive or negative … as long as the emotional turmoil is all about him.

I found it ironic that tweeters were dumping on Young and Hill about their “need for attention”. What the [bleep] does everyone think Kobe is doing, schlepping from talk show to talk show to promote his “all about me” documentary?

I have a cynical suspicion that Kobe wasn’t getting the volume of feedback from his publicity tour that he expected. But — surprise, surprise! — he’s sure getting it more of it now because he got all huffy on network TV about his team mates’ celebration. That got him the coverage he wanted.

But what’s truly disgusting is that Scott would sacrifice team enthusiasm and moral to help get Kobe more of the off-court attention he craves.

The Sun keeps the left PG Bledsoe, a pretty inconsistent PG as far as TOs is concerned.

A poor decision. Bledsoe is not exactly the same type of PG Dragic is. Dragic is more consistent and in my opinion a better PG than Bledsoe. Bledsoe is athletic but it doesn’t make him a good PG. It takes something between your eyes to be a good PG; not just the body.

Kobe has a subzero credibility.

excessive celebration LOL

Nathan on twitter brought up a good point on why surgery for Price now?

Yup Kobe unhappy therefore BS must be unhappy

Reggie Jackson is killing Kyrie Erving now.
Half time: Cleveland against Detroit
Reggie Jackson 15 points 5 out of 8 FG and 5 of 6 FT, 4 assists 5 Rebounds 1 TO.
Kyrie Erving 6 points 1 out of 7 FG 4 of 4 FT, 4 assists.

Harrison Ford and his wife were watching the game vs Celtics, saw them in ILP.

det has played well since they jettisoned josh smith to houston; when brandon jennings was there they said it was because he was carrying the team, augustine took over after jennings injury and they were still good; now jackson. it doesn’t seem to matter who the pg is det is rolling

as to pg comparisons to nite; curry 27 pts 0 turnovers wall 12 pts 6 turnovers.

are you saying the plot is thickening?

Well now we know the JLin has to stay because the Lakers don’t have enough depth as it is. No buyout. But now this is really getting interesting.

Move aside, Jeff Dunham. All hail Kobe the master ventriloquist!

KB told BS he was not happy about their daring to win and celebrate without him, BS said I was with you, let me throw one of them under the bus.

It’s OK for Cleveland because LeBron gives no sh*tface over this.

“Our results reveal other details of play that are not readily apparent. As
one example, we demonstrate that two highly regarded defensive centers,
Roy Hibbert and Dwight Howard, impact the game in opposing ways. Hibbert
reduces shot efficiency near the basket more than any other player
in the game, but also faces more shots there than similar players. Howard,
on the other hand, is one of the best at reducing shot frequency in this
area, but tends to be worse than average at reducing shot efficiency. We
synthesize the spatially varying efficiency and frequency results visually in
the defensive shot chart, a new analogue to the oft depicted offensive shot
chart.” —– interesting

I’m sure Scott doesn’t even know what “holdat” means, or what “twitter” is anyways.

About darn time someone cracks down on the details. The eye test is so 19th century. Unfortunately this gem will not be understood by casual fans who fail to understand anything other than ppg.

always classy

dragic took off because philly is a cr-ppy team.. so not impressive there.
sorry, I don’t like dragic and lost respect for him after he said cr-p like that to an org,

If Kobe laughed during Kimmel, Scott would be saying today how it was great for the players to be able to celebrate a hard fought win.

One area of Lin’s game that I’m disappointed in this year: zero dunks! He’s had 3-4 dunks each of the last 3 years. 27 games left, let’s step up, Jeremy. Next breakaway, I better see some shattered backboard glass! 😉

I have zero problem with no dunks, as long as we get 3 to 4 alley oops to Davis/Black each week.

LMAO

Rondo is still in trouble.
He doesn’t play well with Ellis.
Devin Harris fits in better.
What an overblown addition.

LOL Yes for once I’d like to see someone throw some Alley-Oops to Lin instead!

I don’t know, the more kobe reveals himself, I am beginning to believe that he has some sociopath tendencies. Not throwing shade on him. When he was upset about the guys celebrating a win, that nailed it for me. Sociopath is always thinking that you are smarter than anybody else and you feel no remorse over the terrible things that you say or do. Also I went back and googled Kobe’s 2003 rape allegation on the resort worker and it revealed some disturbing stuff about him.

Raptors vs Dallas.
Reunion of Jeremy ex-teammates
Landry Fields, Patrick Patterson, Tyson Chandler, Amare Stoudemire, Monta Ellis, Greg Smith

Yup he finally decided to focus on scoring more and not worry about the assists or other teammates.

It was fun until Kobe crapped on to with his jealous death stare!

Really!
Rondo is not playing in the 4th.
Devin Harris is having a heck of a game the highest +/- +10
Rondo is -3

And the plot thickens…

Rondo seems to have a ton of problems in the Dallas offense.

Deep down, I still kind of surprised that MAVs traded for ROndo….I feel they should be smarter…

Dallas starts their 4Q rally w/o Rondo to get back in the game and leading.
It seems that the team works well; everyone but Rondo.
It’s difficult to give Rondo a max contract with this situation.

“I don’t see many good passer in Lakers.”

Hmm, good point. Then Lin will have to alley oop to himself off the backboard, then two handed tomahawk that down, shattering said backboard!

Harden tried once in 2013….failed miserably…

barea 13 min. 13 pts
harris 27 min 14 pts
rondo 18 min 4 pts

as i said below rondo’s bascially become the third string point guard in dallas.

Rondo was kept away from the ball in the 4th even when he was with Boston, one reason why he wanted to be traded.

Exactly. That was a professional blunder.

The one game I forgot to vote for Linsanity, Lin does it! >:-(

WOW! A player can do that blatantly to his coach??? Is it normal in NBA?

LOL

Maybe Rose should play “marginalized” too after return from the surgery.

Is it the third time?

But, if that is the case ,why not just let that unit start?

Congrats to the Linsanity Poll Winners for Game 55 vs BOS!
– See more at: http://www.jlinportal.com/2014-15-jlin-stats-poll-winners/#sthash.gGmbqmVR.dpuf

GAME JLIN STATS WINNER(s)
55 25p/6a vs BOS
Full-Blown LINSANITY!!! @rookie75094 (#2), @acbc, @tammy (#3);
(24/3): psalm234 (#3);
(21/5) @nitron (#3)

@nitron, psalm234 and @tammy moved up to #3
@rookie75094 moved up to #2
@Acbc notched the 1st win!

————
LEADERS

# of Wins UserName
7 @rookie750940
6
5
4 @rookie750941, @rookie750942, @rookie750943, @rookie750944, @rookie750945, Mr. Chuckles, @rookie750946
3 @rookie750947, Maknusia , @nitron, psalm234 , @tammy
2 @rookie750948, @rookie750949 (michael), @caliusmc, @dinomite (michael), @pops, @blubell, @sbbr, @melody, @rookie750940, @caliusmc, @dinomite (michael), @pops, @blubell, @sbbr, @melody, @rookie750941, @caliusmc, @dinomite (michael), @pops, @blubell, @sbbr, @melody, @rookie750942, @caliusmc, @dinomite (michael), @pops, @blubell, @sbbr, @melody, @rookie750943, @rookie75094

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12273986/how-golden-state-warriors-built-nba-best-defense

Just read this (somewhat) old article. It’s amazing how much efforts the warrior staffs are employing to push their team to the top, and that comes from ALL aspects of the game: player selections, trades, farming, coaching strategies, senior counseling, philosophy, team work, etc. and this is just the defensive side of the game.

efforts like this really, really puts Laker’s tanking to disgrace. I don’t know if the lakers have this kind of staffs and support, but i can’t imagine how would they feel when all of their hard work are tagged as unnecessary “because of tanking.”

Also the Lakers are a business and you have to cater to your fan base that buys tickets and they are your Asian/white fans. I have been to many games and the majority of the fans are Asian americans or white. Also Lakers need to get over the fact that this is the 21st century of technology where fans are more informed about their favorite team and players. They don’t have to rely on what the media feeds them. They have twitter and Facebook and other online media outlets to form their opinions. Also that so called “what purple and gold represents” is changing with the times. It is people like Kobe/Scott/Worthy that will have missed the boat when it comes to fruition.

Thanks for the info. I had a vague feeling about two major injuries in the past and now this again. It is getting harder to return now.

Dallas
Charlie Villanueva -5 played 3mins
Rondo -3 played 17 minutes
Richard Jefferson -1 played 27 mins
The rest of the team all +
Dallas won 99:92 with a 25:15 4Q WITHOUT RONDO!

GUARDS:
Ellis +10 37 mins
Devin Harris +8 28 mins
J.J. Barea +2 19 mins
Rondo -3 18 mins

Funny that JLin seems like have a very good relationship with Lakers PR personnels (Black and Caldron) in Lakers Voices.

Lol, true that!

actually I have a completely opposite view from you.

Price’s injury spells doom for Lin on this team. Because Price is the nonshooting low usage offensive guard who supposedly plays defense. While I prefer Lin will a guy between 6 foot 4 or 6 foot 6 like Iman Shumpert or Wes Mathews, Price was serviceable.

Now that Price is out, I am worried Lin will be stuck back at PG and forced to pass to Ellington and Nick Young and a 3rd wing guard all game long which will eat up Lin’s game and usage like in the past.

So I am really not seeing what you see. In fact, I am dissappointed Ronnie Price is hurt and out.

Kobe and his large fan base/media are at least equal in power to the management.

LOL We hear you!!!:-) Miracle does happen:-)

Good pts

I see your point.
Lin has to facilitate more now that Price is out.

But I saw how Lin has the newfound confidence and his teammates bought into it.
In Q4 and OT, Lin simply took charge. I think Lin knows that he has to play aggressive for this teammates to have a chance, even with Price being out.

Let’s see how things play out tomorrow

but Lin is not their choice, I guarantee it.

Wow! What a wake up call, great analyst and free of charge to the Laker’s organization. We still love I love Lucy but it’s no longer prime time.

Without a buy-out. Lin can not be their choice anyway..

So basically it’s power struggle KB & BS vs F/O.

I have been watching like you bball for a long time. When Scott put Lin in with Price Black and Ed Davis and another blue collar guy in last Houston game, you knew Lin was going to be on fire. Because there were no mouths to feed.

Lin gets stuck too often trying to feed mouths. He needs to feed himself but I think he feels guilty shooting so much and driving so much with other talent out there.

now when limited guys like Price are out there, Lin knows he is the only option so he can shoot and drive with reckless abandon with a clear conscience.

I think that is Lin’s problem. And that is why I think he will never be an NBA star. He has the talent and the will but he is not selfish enough, in a good way.

A team must cater and surround Lin with certain types of guys for him to shine. THe A list star types are too selfish for Lin and Lin caters to them too much.

yes, Lakers won’t buy out Lin’s contract

Only if Kobe stomps his feet at Kupchak in fear of Linsanity sweeping LA, that we might see a buyout

Because BB was much much older than Linsanity. But Joyce’s point was never before more and more Asian pay attention to the game now because of Linsanity.

Lin will do his best to select…..stay or not….it is hard to say which is better for now..

I don’t really get why many people consider this guy talented, a premier guard. Is it because he has a ring? Uhm, hello.. paging Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce…

Yes. But Rose had glorious times. He reminds me AI.

THat’s fair.

Still I will be surprised if he allows himself to come back in a bench role, deal with the unbearable Kobe, playing with a coach who isn’t very upfront with him.

If he loves LA that much and Lakers offer him stupid money as a bench guy, so be it.

Otherwise, as a selfish Lin fan, I’d prefer he leave.

Can’t wait for free agency. I’m pretty curious what teams will be interested in Lin now that the poison pill contract won’t be hanging over his head. It really diluted any type of interest in him. If Rondo leaves, I’m curious if the Mavericks might be interested in Lin.

Then let’s talk to Young and Hill about an encore performance after the win over Bucks. Kobe needs motivation!

I don’t get it either. He can’t shoot and he can’t make FTs either this season.
Cuban must’ve been living in regrets now.

Come to think about it….maybe what Cuban wants is a trail period. It is better to know now, then know it after signed him to a long term k

That would be a sight to behold =)
Rondo + Kobe creating drama while Lin helps Mavs deep in the playoff LOL

I think it’s time for Bulls to move on cause D Rose is just too injury prone with the way he plays. He has amazing dunks and athleticism but that kind of aggressiveness is like a double sided sword. He still hasn’t learned after 3 injuries.

His defense and passing is just ok to average… not really ‘premier’ as some call it.

Cuban must be really having a buyer’s remorse now.

Lakers buy out Lin to preserve the tank and keep Kobe happy then he gets picked up by the Bulls for a rental til the end of the season?

Yes, especially the one buying the tickets, they don’t care the skin color, they just want to be entertained.

he’s also good in rebounding so it’s JKidd-like in that sense but he admitted he slacked off on defense the last 2 years in BOS

He might be done soon in DAL and packs his bags to LA to create new drama with Kobe. Yesss! :]

Because most of the basketball watchers now are not “purists” who consider basketball a team sport and people prefer a short-lived entertainment.

im just being honest about what i see

The best part was the Mavs won the game without Kobe’s buddy Rondo.

I did not think this is possible because MAVs have a very small window for rings because of Dirk’s age. They somehow just can not find a PG that fits them…

They have more chances of winning without Rondo on the floor.

We will see.Mitch/Buss jobs on the line about becoming a contender in 2-3 years. They will waste another year next season with kobe and his antics. Kobe is like that secret joke in the league that nobody wants to laugh out loud about, so they laugh at him in private.

that’s too bad, really ..

Kobe really brought down Lakers as a franchise in this latter years

Brendon Roy…

Thanks for translating what Mitch was saying and why KB said what he said:-)

For the past 2 years in Boston he wasn’t hiding behind Garnett on the inside so I think it’s kinda given his defense will slack off. If he’s traded to the Lakers, he doesn’t have anyone Garnett-like to cover him up.

I get the feeling there might be a request for Lin+Davis in the free-agency. They will probably throw some multiple picks to sweeten the deal for Kupchak and company.

Then they just have to reap what they sow for years to come. I don’t care once JLin leaves Lakers.

Me too. I hope Lakers sign Rondo this summer… LOL! Wow! That will have great drama in Lakers. Kobe vs Rondo in lockers room. Who will win? LOL!

That’s the main reason why Carlisle wanted Rondo to sit down… LOL!

No he’s not overrated
cuz people talk so much shyt about him these days
hes right where he is

Yah Lin still has a future
no need to buyout
just bite the bullet and deal with ur crap

Awsome… I didn’t even know I had #1…. Thank you J….now I want 27 more correct predictions…hehe

I think he is.

Just this year after the injury

ah yes.. I missed that.
Yes, Lin needs to take full advantage to pow-wow with Hill and Young so they can do proper celebration.
If necessary, invite Iggy Azalea to sing. That would get Kobe on the phone with Kupchak! LOL

I can vouch for Brent…we are the Linsanity voters… hehe

Not to that extent
He’s not gonna call Byron and tell him to bench lin just because he did well

Curry is a different beast
not in the same category as these guys
hes such a good shooter
You probably havent seen Harden play at all this season
He is THE best player in the league right now. That houston team is horrible, w/o harden they are worse than the lakers(DH12 out good chunk of the season)
Harden is the only reason why they are still in contention
27-7-6 as a SG
and westbrook 30-10-10 every ight