G56 LAL @UTA Game Thread

hey if reagan could repeat why not u.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570690065707491329

#Hashtagoveruse…

We know that. I even trolled the last thread by saying BOS is just a bad team…:P BUT…..I really think Lin figured something out….

Per Mark Medina: Likely, rookie Jordan Clarkson and fellow point guard Jeremy Lin will need to play heavy minutes with the Lakers thin at the point guard position.

well, it’s probably right that Lin will go back into the jerk around box because they have to lost many many more games. Remember we all say Lin = Win. No Win = No Lin.

Will Lin play more than 28 minutes today?

Depending on how the game goes, believe Clarkson will play more than JLin. JLin will stay on around 20 min.

out for season with wrist (elbow?) surgery

Thx …

only if there is triple OT

Don’t think so. Less than 25 min unless overtime and BS wants to win. Tanking is on the work from now on.

… sad for Price he’s probably a good egg, but hey, BSc the player killa!

Hill implied that please excused me for making you jealous.

LOL

Talk like a boss.

OT, but this was hilarious. Ex-NBAer Daniel Orton said Pacquiao playing pro basketball was a joke, and got cut from the Philippines league.

I saw some footage of Pac playing basketball, and he looks like a good pickup player, but probably not beyond that.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/25/philippine-team-cuts-daniel-orton-for-insulting-manny-pacquiao-compares-it-insulting-martin-luther-king-in-america/

give the minutes to the cold hand … NotLin because he heats up if you give him time.

LOL….someone will need to foul hard for that to happen…

Dumb enough to bad mouth one of the icon in the country that you play in. Not saying that Pacquiao is good but should have know the culture of the local.

I have not watched live game for a while now…I wonder if I should….or just watch the highlight…LOL

it will be tough for commander scott in those philly games. tank legend and proclaimed genius by his admiring minions hinkie has further decimated the team at trade deadline as well as picking up the lakers pick to make it more contentious to fail.

aw cmon, don’t make us click! direct link:
https://instagram.com/p/ziOChLqEx_

I am just baiting you to do it..

best “not prioritzing winning” plan: play sacre a lot. play hill a lot and make sure to run the play where you give him the ball at the top of the circle. dont play davis and lin together. make sure clarkson handles the ball, not lin. play johnson without lin so he can go back to his normal amazing disappearing man. who else? black/ellington all good for a lot of wasted minutes. if kelly not hitting shots give him a lot of minutes cause he is a huge defensive liablity. instruct boozer to dribble a lot and make he also doesn’t play with lin in control of the ball.

limited resources but im sure commander scott is up the task of “not prioritizing winning” for the tankathon prime matchup (one of two tonite the other boston and new york).

I don’t think the Lakers will trade for Rondo. But if Lin chooses to sign with the Mavericks in free agency, nothing the Lakers or anyone else can do to stop that.

yeah i didn’t read down far enuf or wouldnt need to repeat what you said.

by the way do you know manny’s #: hint its the same as a popular player on this site.

i thought kobe agressively wanted rondo. that has been reported in the past.

Trade deadline already past. Lakers can waive Lin up until March 1

BS and KB spinning negative comments on team being happy for one lousy win, as if they should be ashamed of their record instead. Unbelievably selfish and vicious attack on teammates for finally breaking the tank for one game.

THE TEAM WASNT HAPPY JUST ABOUT WINNING, THEY WERE MORE HAPPY TO BE LET OUT OF JAIL SO THAT THEY CAN PLAY.

get of jail free card. any more available?

You are right. How long is Rondo’s contract with Mavs? Will it hurt them to waive him?

Kobe has been on a media blitz. Maybe to promote his documentary but probably also to cover up his dismal season. He is delusional but it is amazing how connected Kobe is with the media. Jimmy Kimmel, Ahmad Rashad etc were at his beck and call.

How many times as Kobe ignored the coach’s play call? Probably every single time.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/570738900836044800

Worry not, we’re all seasoned veterans here after 2.5 years of breaking in. 🙂

Kobe had breakfast with Rondo. Not sure what else happened behind the scenes. They are probably not so high on Rondo now that he has been exposed.

I gave my honest vote

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/570744630037204992

LOL Love it!!!

Usually I don’t like LakeShowLife but Daniel Tran wrote a good one

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/570746566312529920

LOL Follow your footstep in the tweet:-)

in other words more bs.

Neither have I. Rely on kindness of strangers for news of LIN’S play.

Would like to see the guy say something about Putin while playing BBall in Russia. Duh.

You got LAL 2014-2015 nailed! How do we fit JLin in for 24 mins of 15+/6?

Can’t understand his twisted mind about “punishing” players with silly conditioning even in between games. BS is just a lousy tanker.

https://twitter.com/ChrisYBaldwin/status/570752027573104640?s=09

thanks.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570755327370465280

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570756285995429888

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570755327370465280

Translation: “oops my bad,but I still had fun”..LOL

Lin in February so far: 49% fg, 40% 3pt.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/linje01/splits/2015/

Ha ha Chris, to a Lin fan, only or not, that LOH term is ancient history, like saying someone is a communist (I mean the cold war era tag). I guess it goes to show LOH might just mean Lin Oppisition in Houston.

what did kobe do, pooh pooh the win, or is Nick referring to a past perspective?

https://twitter.com/ChedderEder/status/570753042091413506

he’s been “detached”.

ah ha … I’m eeking out the last of Letterman lol.

Funny, the Kobe thing. Here it is. What a guy …

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhV0607D7a68409na2

Yuh can’t call me Paul either

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/570764368289271809

Jeremy looks more handsome in this picture

the promo images had Nick, Carlos and Lin.

Nick not playing. I guess Carlos is a starter today.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/570768140742717440

Lol!

Jazz putting up a fight, going to be an easy tank game for BS.

lakers not trying

Assist for JLin to Johnson for 3. Way to start it up Lin.

keep attacking

jazz playing good defense

shot isn’t off they all we’re tough. good defense

Finally!! JLin with the rebound and 2 pointer!

That bounce pass though…. J-Davis chemistry #NeverDied

Just got back to home.. anyone has a link to the game? thank you

Rookie calm down…. don’t run the point… oh what the…forget it!

Haha go pinoy.

Utah has a good offense, a lot of back door plays and Hayward is an all star player.

Jordan Hill is so bad, where’s Boozer with JLin?!! BS keeping Boozer and JLin chemistry from winning the game.

So is Sacre. Should have left in Davis.

What no Lin???

Wow Clarkson with the dunk and 1, he’s playing well this game.

Because he only listens to Master Kobe

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/570780332011753472

lin will figure it out

Wow so extreme
Lin isnt playing well tonight
This needs to take it down a notch

Lakers announcers so annoying, playing up Clarkson you never see them this excited when talking about Lin =/

LOL I just did that!

May be they should buy out Jeremy right now… free Lin

Kind of hard to watch the game when teammates not doing anything/moving. Something strange is going on.

How am I extreme in any way?
Lin gets picks and plays run for him and hes not making much of em

Missed the first half, looks like Lin’s shots are off tonight based on box score. However glad to see he has 3 asst and no TO!
No TO means Lin’s ball handling is improving.

You are right in the target. Try to figure it out why this game feels so odd when JLin is playing.

Really? What’s wrong?

The ball wasn’t in his hand that much. Opp put a person on him with inbound ball. He barely touched the ball often.

Thats true
hes okay tn thou

Boozer and Lin were taken apart. They have been having good team chemistry.

Lakers are cheap now, not going to buy out JLin. If they wanted him to go he would’ve been traded.

Yep, Scott wants to tank this game.

They still need Lin to sell tix
who else are the fans gonna pay to see on that shyt team

Just like when he was in Boston game? Kobe do the magic again. smh!

I guess Lin will not close the game today bc Scott said if Lin is hot he will let him close the game… but so far he didn’t look hot so BS can use this excuse to bench Lin late in 4Q.

Game isn’t over and he’s not awful.

BS wants to loss this game so bad… smh! Only 26 to go.

He had a near turnover on a pass deflection but it went back to a Laker. He’s made some good plays, shot is falling.

You really have to be a borderline something if you want Ellington to run the point.

Boozer has recovered from a horrible first half.

They must know Lin is hot right now. Only real threat

People these scouts know when players are being marginalized and when teams are tanking..so no worries. I just want lin to get his stats up. He needs to figure that out.

They were off in the first half but Boozer just started picking up his game in the 2nd half.

He had the right approach, shots aren’t going to fall every night. I hope he can get to about 12 points and 7 assists and it’ll be a good-enough game.

I like how clarkson is playing. He is looking more like a pg, setting his teammates up better and passing more. I wonder if Lin and Price have been working with him.

Nash has been.

JLin is Mr. 4th Quarter. He will come back and almost win the game. I say almost because BS will take out Lin before a Win occurs. Don’t want to mess up tanking.

Good for him. Clarkson was the biggest supporter of Lin during the last game.

Booz has been motivated to do everything he can to win (by Kobe and BS criticism)

Looks like Clippers falling to rox, CP3’s good game wasted.

Here you go!
BS took Boozer away from Lin.

but davis is in.. isn’t that what you want.

Ya! He is now.

Except Lin’s been playing well with Boozer who plays PnR and sets great screens for him!

shots are not falling. 1 for 6 🙁

hope so.

Also lin needs to be alert to Scott’s tactics and be prepared. That is all I am saying. Lin take your shots, go for the rebounds and get the ball and score.

oh i missed it, watching now

Lin is playing within the team and the team plays well.

Rookie making good progress, gotta give credit where it’s due. Plus Clarkson is a genuinely good teammate unlike Bev.

making rookie mistakes pushing things too hard.

3rd Q meltdown…

Just Hill clogs things up for Lin. Lin should wave Hill off and tell him to get out of the way, he wants to take a perimeter shot anyways.

Lin goaltending, missed 3pointer, that’s it, lol

Didn’t touch it. (Bleep) call.

Yeah, saw the replay.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/570792728029589505

https://twitter.com/LinsanityMovie/status/570791949227044864

I would change coaches with Utah any day.

Yes he is.

BS/TW Sports

I felt too bad, had to find something, well

Well if goaltending is touching the BOARD, yes that’s the first one.

Finally 2pt

Nice Layup!

Lin is leading the team back with no mistakes.

Doesn’t he have 4 pts?

Lin as always mr fourth quarter

lol… refs.

2 more points lol

8pts/3asts/2r/1stl/1blk

Coach Miller mentioned the last 2 games Lin played like what BS been wanted him to play, don’t know if he’s genuene.

Lin is helping the team.

I think so too. Today it’s not the day for Lin but he did catch up a little bit now. BS sure didn’t want to win tonight. But on Friday, he needs Lin to win the game for him. Kobe is not happy no matter home game or road game. He wants Lin to out of Lakers.

Needs 10 points

And i see that he has goal tending??? As a guard???

another miss, 🙁

rebounds picked up by teammates. Play within the flow.

I was so hoping he would make that 3

unfortunately miss on that layup..

2pt game, not bad though

REbounds picked up by Davis and results in 2 points anyway.

All I want is 2 points Lin is making it painful but he is playing within the team

Lin is helping the team!!!!! 86:88
Lin has learned to play within the team.
His missing shots turned into points.

not tonight.

Maybe with overtime!

Wel that’s it

thank God for Ed Davis. Jazz are making this game hard to tank.

He was fouled.

Yes. Going to lose the game now.

Gotta save the win for the Bucks game.

Need more evident haters?

Clarkson has been doing well, but when he was subbed out, the Lakers were like 11 pts behind. I think BS wants to lose this game

Protect the pick! lol.

Doesn’t look good with Clarkson in. The team flow falters. BS called timeout.

Dude lin is consistent., it is the BS tank in operation . Get your hand out of the sand. This was all about the tank tonight., Scott didn’t put his team in a position to succeed. He wants to tank without looking like a tank.

Ain’t thrashing on Clarkson, but opposing team’s scouts ain’t spending much precious minutes on studying rookies’ games. I will wait next season to see his real game.

He played well to me. Was in control but stay aggressive. Shot off.

If it goes to OT, BS needs to put Lin in, Lin goes Linsanity, scores 10 pts straight wins game. Gets DNP-CD next game

Not interested in his game.

Yea but that’s how his shot has been hall year. Mainly the mid j.

The momentum switched back.

If it is, they cleaned up house, Lakers moved no one.

Utah been putting Millsap on him, he scored efficiently today.

Utah started owning the boards.

If BS put as much creativity into winning as in tanking he might be a halfway decent coach.

like the beginning of season, tested and failed.

After Clarkson in, Lakers played sloppy basketball.

I have a very good feeling OT will happen

More minutes for the rookie… no Lin… no Thank you.

OK everybody calm down. This is all a continuation of the tank. Lin will lead the offense when they play Staples Center because Lin is a fan favorite and Scott will give him complete reign to win games at home because the season ticket holders are getting restless. Lin just needs to figure out not to fall for Scott’s okie doke when he is on the road. I am sure he will figure it out.

He’s trying to be Lamarcus-like.

lakers got this one I guess, Jazz played lossy to the end

well, clarky did well tonight. give credit when it’s due.

His shots weren’t falling tonight.

What the?! JLin coming in NOW?!

sooo weird?

One basket game!

Sacre in for rebound. Timeout for Johnson in.

Lin to be scapegoat tonight!

when they foul

It is the year of the scapeGOAT. lol.

no, because lin is a more reliable ft shooter.

https://twitter.com/LakersSBN/status/570801485136719872

clutch FT ellington. He played pretty well too tonight.

I’m confused now .. Byron is blowing the tank?

Scott simply doesn’t know what he is doing. Clueless.

LOL, I think the Jazz and Hill messed up his plans.

Don’t know had his head down when walking to the bench or maybe he’s just tired?

Good D on Hayward by LIn.

Lin actually started the 4th quarter rally for the Lakers.

That was good defense on Hayward and his Captain America-like hair.

Lakers outscored the Jazz 29:16 in 4Q

Hill shafting BS for the comments on last game’s celebration…LOVING IT!

bone head hill

BS can’t wait.

I doubt Scott will say that… only reserved for Jeremy.

Moron BS no TO to sub Lin in. Sac fthrow.

BS secret tank without making it like tanking

Boneheaded coach…
https://twitter.com/LakersNation/status/570802963951845376

winner likes winning 🙂

hit a 3 and get to OT please.

I am shocked BS let this win happen. Now they have to lose almost every game to stay in the last 5 spot

Hahaha, 2 wins in a row, take THAT you KoBS! Tank you, no tank you! Hopefully win 3 in a row vs BS arch-nemesis Kidd.

Yeah, Linsanity!

Lin actually played really well even when his shots were off.
He didn’t cost the team a whole bunch in missing shots. Lakers picked up 14 offensive rebounds and Davis started put back the shot in 4th Q

one thing lin can’t control is his shot. I think this is a part of his game that will make him that much better if he could shoot like nash or cp3 or something. Not saying he is better but this season, one thing is that he has games where his outside shot is really off. If lin can hit his open jumpers then no bs or anyone can stop lin from getting at least 14 points. like tonight, if line hit a couple open ones, he would be around 14 points. idk, i hope lin hires a better shooting coach.

Hayward had a bad game, really ineffective in the 2nd half.

i don’t know why lin can’t be a 40% 3p shooter and at least a 47% fg shooter. Hope he gets there next season

Yup. Well…I think everybody knows 🙂

Doesn’t get any picks set. Lin thrives on PNR and Pick n Pop.

Just came back, how was lin doing!?

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/570801723503017984

He adjusted his form somewhat but not to the point yet, he mentioned this during off-season. I’m expecting a big jump next season.

Reasonably good even when his shots were not falling. He actually help the team in rallying back in the 4Q.

0 TO

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/570804925560713216

is this true?
https://twitter.com/TheDragon2004/status/570804169411563520

Well, he didn’t get to double figures but he had 0 TOs. I think he had 8 points, maybe 4 assists, 1 block and 1 steal.

Talking more in the context of the season in answer to Tim Pham’s question.

What a funny game. Jazz didn’t play well. Hill made tough shots. Lin did not shoot well, but played well otherwise, Clarkson looked more mature and comfortable, and BS looked really uncomfortable with the win. If Lakers go on a insanity winning streak BS head may explode.

Really?

Agree on JLin’s shots were fallen short. Tired legs or something else is going on?

So BS took “poisoning Lin’s game” to the literal level? LOL

3 asts

yeah but he should have made a few of those, he normally would

But his missing shots kept Lakers ball possession most of the time.

whatever Nate

That’s one thing I appreciate about LIn. He still contributes when shots don’t fall. Unlike his former teammates Kobe, Harden, and Melo.

Lin missed on purpose to give better stats to Ed Davis. An ultimate team player. LoL. Man, Nathan really watches every moment. Does he have a job?

They were assists off of the rim and backboard, Lin wasn’t trying to make those shots and knew Davis would get his assists.

The good news is that even though lin had a mediocre game it was in a win so noone will really remember it.

3 were last second bail out shots. so really 3-9, still doesn’t sound that good. But who cares in the end. Lin won and everyone is happy.

Anything for his buddy 🙂

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/570806861709979648

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/570807134624948224

During his first couple of minutes he was limping. Even announcers mentioned it.

I was sitting here and stole a look at the last quarter and saw Lin miss the layup with ED following it in. Then Lin out, and I could have sworn it was BSc shutting the game down so I got back to getting dinner points with my mom and family at the table. So, did the ‘starters’ eek out the win in revolt, or was it luck, or did BSc fight for the win?

Isnt Utah one of the hardest places to play at, similar to Denver? or am I just making that up?

U r correct

and losing is never his fault…

ah ok!
That could very well have contributed to Jeremy’s shooting struggles, its very common to many players when playing in those places.

His shot will come back next game and keep his momentum going. Fact.

https://twitter.com/kianainhi808/status/570809374655950848

Trudel has integrity and objectivity, unlike that Rox guy F* something…

heh heh …

Haha…
https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/570810312271605761

and the tank busting jugglenaut keep rolLINg …. hehe

ah, I missed that due to preventing to check my work email ha ha.

It appears that you’re on the same path as IJ… 😉

I think he did figure it out but sometimes shots don’t fall. It happens. He is human after all.

Is that good or bad? LOL. Don’t answer that.

I think the team is united and hellbent on sticking it to KoBS after “Celebration-gate”.

Hill sure was the other were for their next contract… LOL!

You’re not making it up. Someone tweeted if Lin was ok. Saw Lin popping a pill on the sideline.

Not really. Lin has beaten the odds a lot. He is a good player in this league. He knows that he belongs, but he also understands that it is not an even playing ground when it comes to him. He understands that the place he is in is much motre than basketball. He just needs to figure out the balance and not sellout, like many in the NBA .

I didn’t get to watch the game. But for those who did, did Jeremy seem less aggressive since he had to facilitate due to Price’s absence?

I wonder if his aggressive mindset in the past 2 games changed because he had to do both facilitating and attacking.

1. Was it no longer “shoot first, pass second” mentality tonight?
2. Or same aggressive-scoring mentality but the shooting was just off?

Kobe’s prima donna tantrum backfired. LOL

Are you kidding me right now?

yes and yes.

except for the tanking laker fans…. they are probably cursing Jlin out about right now….hehe

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/570813991129194497

Touché! I see that you’ve been elevating your game as well. 🙂

it reach to borderline darkside

Listen, I am not worried about lin, but lin tends to fall for BS okie doke too much. He needs to figure out a way to work around that. Also lin has been playing in this league for 4 years, he needs to figure out how to get out of the traps of doubleteam. That happens all the time with PG’s in this league they consider a threat to being a a game changer. Lin needs to figure out , how to expect these traps and have a way out. He needs to game plan because most of the time his team mates don’t have a clue on how to help him out. He also needs to understand that Scott doesn’t game plan because he is all about the tank. I also know that lin will figure it out, and he will better prepare for the next game. I just don’t like some rookie upstaging him when I know that he is a better player.

Post game interview

i saw that too… good catch.

What game? lol

Yup BS will leave a bad taste… lol.
https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/570817676257284096

Any photos of happy faces after the win? I want to tweet that to Kobe 🙂

I don’t know much about it, one theory was interbreeding with an “ancient species” like Denisovans adapted to high altitudes millions of years ago – many Asians. Its like Europeans have makeup of 1-4% of Neanderthal genes. We are all interrelated somehow.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16978132

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/570818864654655489

Here is a Jeremy smile from the interview.

So I guess Lin was the head of the snake for defense tonight, since Price was out. Lin was the defensive juggernaut for the team. I would love for him to get double digits tonight, but not in the plans tonight. I loved that he has proven himself to be that 4th quarter guy, that lead his team back.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/570817460883951616 What a humble guy. When reporter said that Jeremy played well, he had a big smile and shook his head.

Ya! That’s why BS took Lin out w Lakers only lose by 2. But don’t know what happened? Hill seemed to be wake up & made the shots…. that’s not BS wanted it or from his plan… No wonder he point out Hill….LOL!

okie doke is like you know something is weird and not right, but you go along with it because you don’t want to look like you are uncool or a party pooper.

Does anybody on here believe that Clarkson will be the starting PG for the Lakers next season? I don’t. I think that Clarkson is strictly trade bait.

If the next year is gone waiting for superstars KD and Westy, they might just start him to tank and up the trade for the pounce the following year.

He did take 12 shots though they failed to fall.

Several things: had to facilitate more, changes between SG & PG, Clarkson & others not passing to Lin when Lin was SG, shots not falling, unable to drive to basket due to poor spacing, maybe under the weather or nose bleed. So he played conservatively & did not have any turnovers. Team won. So that’s what mattered to him, being team guy.

Haha! I agree.. sometimes Lin is just too nice & trust….

You see. I think that Mitch/F/O likes lim They like his work ethics and his team play.The Lakers are trying to emulate what the Spurs have done by growing their own. That is what Mitch alluded to in his most recent interview, He even stated that they were not going to sign a vet to help Lobe win another Play OFF which id never going to ha ha ha

What happened to my post?

Then BS and KB need to be gone. Otherwise I doubt JLin will stay in their toxic culture.

Chances are, Disqus benched it. LOL

Posted a long one & it quickly disappeared.

Good one!

Disqus is very much like BS. It’ll nitpick your choice of words (such as contraction of “he will”) and puts your post into moderation. If no Mod is around to clear it within 5 minutes or so (maybe 10), the post simply vanishes without a trace. What I do now is to just repost with correction and let the first one evaporate.

Nop. It wasn’t there I checked several times.

Disqus allows only for a very short window for Mods to get to it, or else it just disappears. I’m speaking from experience. (Got at least three lengthy ones that got canned.)

Several things: had to facilitate more, changes between SG & PG, Clarkson & others not passing to Lin when Lin was SG, shots not falling, unable to drive to basket due to poor spacing, maybe under the weather or nose bleed. So he played conservatively & did not have any turnovers. Team won. So that’s what mattered to him, being team guy.

Not sure about trade bait, with any luck Clarkson can grow into a above average bench SG.

Really???? I have seen many posts have been for a long time to be approved.

Anyone know when Jeremy did this interview?

Believe it was right before ASG or early Feb. I did post the glimpse of it then.

And never will. ..

http://tv.sohu.com/20150225/n409156280.shtml A great interview of Jeremy in English.

Miss the game as well, but as for going back to 1st half mentality, I dont see it yet, since he took 12 shots in 24min. I guess his 3s were not falling since he had 4 attempts.

Did he had less drive to the basket?

How was the D on Lin….did he get double teamed?

Ya! He did I think that’s why he didn’t shoot well tonight.

Also JLin was taking medicine and fans saw cotton ball was placed into his nose–suffered from high altitude?

Don’t think JLin plays well when Hill is in the game with him. He plays better with Boozer now that he rolls and Davis. Saw at least twice that JLin was wide open in front of Hill, he didn’t pass the ball to JLin to score.

Ok. Interview was done on 11 Feb. (Info obtained from Penny Lee)

Don’t want JLin to stay in Lakers if KB and BS are still with Lakers during FA.

Apparently most pgs didn’t do well in today’s game. Dragic played for 41 min with 3-10 8pts, Caldron 36 min 1-7 5pts, MCW 8pts

Some are too hard on JLin. Look at Tony Parker, who is much more experienced. Lin looked tired. Think he is not used to high altitude. Caused nose bleed?

Happens to the best of them. Need to give Lin some leeway.

Yes, it had something to do with his numbers tonight.

I guess he’s not feeling well today… no big deal w poor shooting night. 26 games to go… I am more worry Lin will stay w Lakers than his poor shooting night. ( most of the reason it’s double team from Jazz & not feeling well…)

Why was Jeremy put back in 4thQ towards the end?

How many more games to go?? Let me check. This is G56. Another 26 games to go. Don’t get too anxious now. As JLin said, he would look at FA after the season was over and knew more what was on the table before making the best decision. My guess is most likely we will know a little more in June. In the mean time just enjoy his games. Don’t think he will get another DNP-CD now that RP is out for the season. All good to me. Just pray that JLin will use the rest of games to improve his games and overcome every hurdle that KB and BS throw at him. Then he will flourish next season and on:-) Next most important is staying healthy and having fun.

Ya! Plus BS needs to let him close the game as FO asks… also maybe needed Lin to take the last shot. Why Ellington took the FT instead of Lin?!! I was hoping Lin could get 10 points at least. smh!

Yep. Actually he will probably do better than that if he is allowed to play over 30 minutes. I mean the rest of 4th qtr. He was getting “hot” and into the zone when he was taken out. Really annoyed at BS sub when it happened.

Because JLin was considered as more threats than Ellington and other Lakers. The double team was on JLin. He couldn’t get the ball. Jazz was definitely more worried about JLin than all Lakers.

Ya! That’s true. Jazz was so worry about Lin. Even they didn’t really say it but Lin is #2 guy in the team.

Lin couldn’t get open so it’s okay Ellington drained the FTs.
Even Sacre made the last 2 FTs.

BScott and Kobe must not be happy :>
The team is united to destroy BScott’s precious tank!

But only over 20 min. Still remember JLin said Lakers told him that he would play longer than when he was in Rox. Rox avg was 29 min. Let’s see how many games did JLin played that many minutes???? Probably less than 10 games.

Yep. Actually I’ve found that JLin is more #1 in the team. Other teams didn’t really care that much about KB when he played. His FGAs were just too low to make any impact most of the time anyway.

Listened to JLin interview. You might get the sense:-)

Pulling Lin out in last 4 mins in 4thQ is another tanking strategy, hmmmm.

Just watched the whole 4th Q…… I think Lin did pretty good..

Yep! Good! Please give us your analysis on that!!! I was in and out. Didn’t really watch except the good stretch that JLin did well:-)

Didn’t think he dared to do in Staples. Maybe I’m wrong.

I guess that’s why BS took Lin out bc he didn’t want to win tonight.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/570855750580326400

Good, I am beginning to think that the players want a win and are in mutiny against the BS decision to tank. The players knows their next pay check and relevance in NBA is at risk if to follow BS nonsense.

I liked how Lin defends now….good footwork, good awareness….more efficient…I think his D can be even better in terms of how to move more efficiently…

Exactly.
Some were talking about Jeremy taking medicine before and during the game, I was on and off watching, didn’t.

Number of fans saw this.

They could no longer trade him & can no longer DNP him. Yout tweet is confusing to me. Anyway. Now that media are up on BS antiquated coaching, player rotation, not fouling end of game, etc., there is less leeway to mess with.

Jeremy will EXPLODE on his next team once he is PERMANENTLY unshackled from BS “conditioning”. BS should be getting a lifetime ban from coaching for such “wear and tear” tanking strategy that jeopardizes players’ health and career. Just ask Julius Randle about how he feels about sitting out his first NBA season due to broken leg.

Good on you. You aren’t the only JLin fans are waiting for this to be available:-)

It’s Not BScott’s decision to Tank – That’s his employers’, the Lakers front office. I don’t like BS’s biases but the power for change is in Busses’ hands.

LOL Sad in the way of how KB and BS act and talk. They are literally fighting the losing battle as KB is only getting old and will never revert to his past glory. The longer Lakers let these two clowns stay on, the more this org becomes a laughing stock in NBA world. As Joyce pointed out, no one in NBA even cared when KB had an season-ending injury except the ex-Lakers clowns and some KB’s fans. These people can continue to bury their head in the sand. Will careless when JLin leaves LAL in FA:-) Don’t think JLin will choose LAL if there is a better choice. Money isn’t his concern. It’s very clear that he wants to be a “permanent” and not a psuedo starter and gets the ring. He is working toward those goals. Don’t think LAL will attract him with KB and BS in it. He has already suffered enough for this season. What he said in those interviews gave me a pretty good idea what his mind laid in.

May I know how many games Tankers has to tank in order to secure the bottom 4 standing?

Yeah a lifetime ban from coaching & commentating

yep with KB’s aging body, he can’t compete with modern day NBA games anymore. Isos can’t win games anymore.

WOW! This BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I say????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Lakers Coach) Byron (Scott) said he has weekly analytics talks with assistants. Says he listens. Have any coaching decisions stemmed from those convos? “No.”

BScott on analytics: “I think we’ve got a few guys who believe in it. I’m not one of them.” (Note to B: They’re numbers. Not Santa Claus)

i don’t know man.. it’s like ppl kept saying maybe this is linsanity 2 reborn and look what happen.

so today is a pg off night you r saying.

Yep. JLin wasn’t the only one. Among all these including Parker and Manu, JLin’s stat was the best:-) I’m all good with his game and feel even better after reading these stat:-) Not going to get upset over nothing:-) Only wasn’t happy with BS for taking JLin out when he was “hot.” Not new antics from BS!!

In the past, Lin will make tons of TOs after missing shots but Lin matures and plays within the flow of the game. His missing shots were put back in most of the time by his teammates. Reality is he’s helping the team to win. In the 4Q, Lakers were in a hole but Lin led the team from 69-80 to 86-88 cutting the deficit from 11 points to 2 points. Then BS took Lin out.

Look at it this way, BS tanking failed despite treachery, and Kobe unhappy that team won without him. We’re supposed to be happy! And you know BS doesn’t want to lose to the guy who got him kicked out of the cushy job in New Jersey. 🙂

Ya! After ASG, he cut down his TO & that’s really good for him. Even he didn’t make his shot but he indeed did help the team back from the lose … if he continue to be on court I believe they would win more…. of course that’s not what BS wanted so he pulled out Lin.

So short vid, only 2.07 min. Sob sob …

I dont get it. The NBA is a lottery system. If Lakers have the 5th worst record it doesn’t mean they have the 5th pick. The lottery ball could bounce the other way. They need to lose as many games as possible to be sure they get more balls and a chance to get the 5th or better pick.

All players have bad shooting nights. I hope Lin doesn’t have too many more but all players do. He didn’t seem to have great stats but he played better than the stats and the 0 TOs is good. IF he’s going to get TOs at least let him have a good amount of points or assists. He had low in both, but 0 TOs, so it is a decent game and as you said, he was part of leading the team back from a deficit.

which one…do you remember?

https://twitter.com/drbrucehirsch/status/570960052758167552

It is not about strenth I think…he shoots from afar easyly….more about just control….and rhythm of using many muscles..

Both had similar stats except that Lin played 23 min. while Dragic 41 min.

Dragic: 3-10, 5 AST, 1 ST, 2 TO, and 8 PTS
Lin : 3-12, 3 AST, 1 ST, 0 TO, 1 BS, and 8 PTS

Basically what we’ve been saying on this forum forever:

ESPN: Are the Lakers stuck in the stone age?

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12375351/nba-los-angeles-lakers-stuck-stone-age

“Similarly, Bryant is among those titans of points per game who comes to earth through the lens of efficiency. In the highlights, he’s hitting incredibly hard shots. On SportVu, he’s making the Lakers easy to defend by predictably ignoring open teammates while taking tough, covered shots that actually don’t go in at a great rate.”

“Extending Kobe was an unmitigated disaster,” the official said, “at least where winning basketball games is a concern.”

They are trying to ignore analytics because it would tell them that Kobe-ball chucking opposed, double teamed, triple teamed long 2’s will cause them to lose the game. They have their heads buried in the sand and don’t want to face the facts. Or it’s just a charade to endure Kobe’s last 2 years and sell tickets until they enter the modern NBA when Kobe leaves.

Every time JLin does something amazing, his performance keeps matching up to not just All Star players, but HOF players. When Linsanity erupted, he scored more than anyone… EVER… in 7 games. Now recently, he had a 25/6 performance (from the bench no less) not seen in Lakers’ History since Magic and Worthy.

To me that means given the right environment, JLin easily can be a HOF player. That his name could be up there with Magic or MJ I don’t think is farfetched at all. Let’s go FREE AGENCY!

In a series of tweets, Nathan Gottlieb commented:

ICYMI: … Lin’s D is the most aggressive, energized on team. He’s always moving, chasing through paint, fighting screens. When guarding shooter in corner, cheats back & forth toward paint in case big needs help. Never gets credit. Some of you think Lin shooting effect of tired legs. His D requires him to use legs more than on O. So think that was it. … Tarik Black, Davis block shots in small area of paint. Lin’s D territory is all over court. Hence I say he’s best defender on team!

“Despite Madsen’s enthusiasm for the numbers, one analytics official familiar with the Lakers’ operation said that Madsen’s work is “not well-received” by Scott and the other coaches, and that any advanced stats the Lakers are using are “really, really basic.”

For instance, although Scott cited how analytics revealed that Bryant’s performance suffered after reaching a certain minute mark, he noted it only after Bryant was so fatigued that he had started to miss games. It wasn’t long until Bryant was lost for the season to a shoulder injury.

Meanwhile, the reigning champion San Antonio Spurs, who rank seventh overall in ESPN’s analytics rankings, have used rest to great effect, even going so far as to sit forward Tim Duncanfor games dating back to 1999, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich recently said.”

Oh well…..

“Really, really basic”….like pond scum?

CBSSports:
Report: Rajon Rondo ‘extremely unlikely’ to stay in Dallas
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25082359/report-rajon-rondo-extremely-unlikely-to-stay-in-dallas-after-this-season

Cuban should have traded him for Lin + 1st round pick.

Wow! They maybe tried to ship him out before 3/1/15?!

This was an example of an organization standing behind its coach, and while Dirk Nowitzki and Tyson Chandler both have suggested that this could bring the group closer together, ESPN’s Tim McMahon reported that there’s not much of a chance that Rondo — an unrestricted free agent this coming summer — will remain a Maverick long-term

looks like kobe’s still on the self-promotion circuit for his docu. lots of smh-ing kobe quotes on line.

among other things says howard just wasn’t able to deal with the “uncomfortable and combative nature” of the “challenge”. (in l.a. with kobe i guess).

Maybe changes in atmospheric pressure. Some people know if rain, or storm coming before the weather forecaster – headache, bone ache or just something feel different. Sleeping is a problem too as one gets older.

I wasn’t trying to say Lin is weak. He physically is stronger then most guards and is a physical specimen. But if you rely on your legs to aim and your legs are more tired then usual then your aim will be off. Lin usually has bad shooting on back to back and after Scott makes them run inn practice the day before. Being tired to play vs being tired to throw your aim off an inch are two different things. If harden played defense like Lin even his shot would be worse.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/571041276679729152

An NBA analytics official talking about the Lakers :

“There is no evidence that I’m aware of that suggests progressive thought, finding innovative ways to improve or progress the team — either in team construction/composition, or on-court play,” said one NBA analytics official. “If anything, their on-court play is actively counter to more widely accepted analytic insights: … [such as] … increase pace, attack the paint in transition, shoot more 3s, protect the paint and deny the corners on defense.”

See : http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12375351/nba-los-angeles-lakers-stuck-stone-age

Then what is it you “totally agree” with? That Lin still has to improve his arm strength? That Lin should disobey his coach and not run in practice? Or that he should slack off on defense despite the fact that he is always unfairly criticized for that part of his game?

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/571048472897417216

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/571051473255014400

http://www.slamonline.com/nba/kobe-bryant-taught-lakers-embrace-darker-emotions/

No Kobe?

Serena Winters
‏@SerenaWinters
Jordan Clarkson was asked about leaders who’ve helped him, named Boozer, Rob, Wayne, Jeremy, Ed, then quipped, “Surprisingly, Nick too!”
https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/571063030038925312

Kobe didn’t even follow him on tweet.

I hope Kobe un-follows everyone…leave Lin along at least

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/571059419166875649

Mitch:what happened the last two games..tank commander bs?

BS: RPG17 anti tank weapon is too good sir….and I can’t DNP-CD him anymore.

Mitch:Hmmmm…. let me explore the buy out option then…. carry on commander.

Bs: yes sir!!!

The 3rd guy: (thinking to himself)… tanking idiots! !!

One flopper to another:

https://twitter.com/latbbolch/status/571069361118703617

http://slumz.boxden.com/f16/james-harden-gets-in-chris-pauls-face-after-being-fouled-2181222/

https://vine.co/v/O2q5Fjqgvnz

That is ridiculous. This guy is seriously incompetent.

in college, Clarkson blasted Kobe on Twitter…don’t think there’s love there. Ironically, I’d like to see how Clarkson performs as starting PG alongside Kobe next season.

Oh no..that is even worse than the 2 other tanking idio…. uhhh..gentlemen.

He won’t get to handle the ball once Kobe comes back. It’s pass it to Kobe and get the *%*^& out of the way. See what happens to his production then.

This is music to my ears. Rondo prioritizes Lakers in the FA after the clash with Carlisle.
Only Kupchak stands in the way between Hollywood drama starring Kobe and Rondo.

Let’s hope Kobe makes it happen!

https://twitter.com/LakersSBN/status/571085336689778688

Mitch please do it for your Kobe. Haha! Can’t wait for next season to start…LOL!

Body language is interesting, all 3 have their arms crossed.

He does give Kobe and Price pretty solid compliments.

Lin’s been gone from LAL. long ago.

It means I am reserving and holding back the truth. “You won’t know what I really think.” ha,
in BS’s case, “You won’t know that I am an air-head and have nothing to tell ya.”

With KB and BS, JLin won’t be a starter @Lakers. Don’t expect anything from these two will save you lots of heartache!!!

That’s pretty much my point in case some people are reading into that tweet. I don’t think Lin will start for the LAL at all anymore unless some injury to Clarkson. And there’s no need to curse the kid.

That’s self-defensive/perservation posture. Everyone is protecting self from the other persons. NO open communication is allowed.

i just dont wanna think of anything…let Lin go and oky his game, immaterial of the circumstances…to me he had been doing great post ASG

Mission accomplished. …hahaha

Counting time how soon we are free from Lakers bondage:-)
3 days from buying out deadline (Not likely happen)
26 games/6.5weeks/50 days to end 2014-2015 Lakers season
4 months/17.5weeks/124 days to FA (Free as bird)

If Lin is not going to stay then Lakers will do anything Kobe asks them to do. I hope Rondo go to Lakers next season. LOL!

Between that and reading this site…. I am in heaven…aaahhh

What did they say today about Rondo pick Lakers as his FA place?

So now not only coach but the Mav radio also fight w Rondo?! LOL!

who thinks clev/gs game 2nite 2b preview of finals?

kobe will never play with clarkson. clarksons just a time filler to give a “development” face to tanking.

Not sure if anybody see it from yesterday and other games as well.

On defense, other guard use a pick against Lin. LAL big(Hill) jumps out to disrupt the guard, but guard just go around the big with Lin chasing and the big staying with the guard as well creating a huge defensive hole.

On offense with Lin using the pick, their big jumps out a lot more and stops Lin’s path completely causing Lin’s momentum to stop. Lin then have to go further out to pass their big or else come back and lose the advantage of the pick.

Is it just the different style or coaching or is our big just not as fast to stop or disrupt more on the opposing guard?

The reporter that ask Carlise the tough question is Tim McMahon just said. .. he ” highly doubt” rondo will be back next year. ..hehe

Yep, that altitude can mess you up if you also have beers, etc.

both? Didn’t see it but know what you mean. Since you say Hill, I’d say Hill. Since you ask coaching, I’d say BSc. So yeah, both maybe lol.

Just out of curiosity: Is Rondo also in FA after this season???

Wow it will be a pleasure to see how things will go if Rondo and Kobe play together next season.lol I cant wait!!! : )

Great, let Madonna and Britney Spear duet together.

LOL
https://twitter.com/PureIntensityBB/status/571116583558361089

Unlike Har_en, at least KoME won’t dump the ball to his teammates with 1 second left on the clock, lol

Kobe wants Rondo so bad, I think because Rondo doesn’t take that many shots like other big name PGs, so Kobe still can get his 30 shots per night next year..

Harden is working really hard to have his name officially changed to something containing “hog” in it.

He will monopolise the ball and the time clock for his shot.

That spells more years of desperation for the Laker fans.
Kobe is a pest in basketball getting in the way of efficient basketball.

3 clearly divided and separated agenda.

Time to trade Kobe for a first round draft choice if there is still some crazy owner and GM left in the league.

I know you’d enjoy all the rippings on Rondo :))
Your wish come true lol

let’s get the popcorn ready and watch some drama next season 🙂

Boston actually plays great in their post-Rondo season. After they lost to Lakers, they defeated Phoenix on the back to back game and then they blew out the Knicks. They become a strong contender for the last playoff spot in the East.

Didn’t Kupchak say he will not build the team around Kobe anymore?

Everytime I think about how Kupchak lied to LIN about play time, I want to upchuck.

wait, you mean Kobe didn’t help Clarkson? (sarcasm)