G63 NOP @ CHA Game Thread

Pray that JLin is doing well despite of what’s going on.

this is just one game for JLIN and the outcome will happen afterwards. He will keep going on forward till he meet his destiny how far or near might it be this time!

Ronnie Nunn

‏@NunnBetterRefs Ronnie Nunn Retweeted hc_jadc

Am amazed & disappointed that these J.Lin plays weren’t addressed via Replay. Could be judgments amongst others too!

https://twitter.com/NunnBetterRefs/status/707410111556247552

Of all NBA staff. ex Ref Ronnie knows better how NBA officiating works…glad he brought it up….MAN with dignity!

more highlights from Twolves’s game
by christinecheng60

林書豪Jeremy Lin不受重視的英豪四分扭轉乾坤 下半場2016/3/8

By Jesse Lue

We can only hope.

Nice…..no call…pointers

Thats a good idea…I could create a thread for No Calls….anytime we have the videos we could post it there.

Gimme till weekend 😉

If someone has the time to compile past No Calls, that would be great.

Yes, let’s put out a call to everyone before each game and remind them to post the videos on the designated thread during or after the game. My suggestion is to Chronicle it like the regular calendar w/ date and game #, then the posters just need to post in the right place with description of the non-call fouls or miss calls. If they miss, then mods can easily copy all those videos to the appropriate thread. You know what to do. Thank you.

At this point of the season, JLin’s role are:
1. Marketing machine
2. FT machine when your team needs 4 clutch FTs with 22 seconds left to win so the stars look good

Even when underutilized, JLin still offers a lot of values to any NBA teams.
Not ideal but it’s a leverage that many NBA players envy (especially the divas)

It got deleted. It should be corrected soon with the right Big Bird =)

want this video of hard fouls on Lin to keep being remembered, not swept under the rug.

Very true. I’m not liking his role at this point. But good or bad, Lin is still our man.

I only watched a few mins and that just happened that Jennings was playing. He tried to score every time he touched the ball but failed to score and played no d. He was benched in no time and never see the court again.

I wonder what would happen to lin if he plays the way Jennings was playing last night, pad his stats for his next contract and ignores what the coaches ask him to do as some have suggested.

That was so cruel n brutal!
Karma will follow each n everyone of those evil referees n players who did that intentionally!

There’s actually already a Sticky Post (page 2 on homepage) on this.
I’ll ask Maknusia if we can continue using this. I’ll move it to Page 1
Edit: I moved it already to Page 1

Jeremy Lin NBA Missed Stats & Non-Calls
http://www.jlinportal.com/jeremy-lin-nba-missed-stats/

Thanks, Psalm. Somehow I missed it. Maybe you should post the link this thread upper right corner or somewhere on top of current thread. Inside the thread itself needs to be chronicled with game date, vs, team, game # similarly to this thread, to make it more consistent and easier to pinpoint like an archive system. So far so good, just needs more consistency and refinement. Thank you JAD 2456 for taking the lead to post the videos there…

These are the refs for today’s game. Anybody know them? We should have a section to track refs, track those that miss calls or make phantom calls on Lin to see if there is a pattern:

New Orleans @ Charlotte Courtney Kirkland Mitchell Ervin Scott Wall

http://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Only ones I know off the top of my head are that Violet Palmer is bad. Lauren Holtkamp is good.

I don’t see Violet Palmer assigned anywhere. May have day off or hopefully she’s gone.

NBA now is just becoming more and more of a joke. Their superstar treatment system has degraded the integrity of the game. Without Lin I definitely have better things to do than watching any NBA game.

It may be worse now due to marketing, but the superstar treatment dates way back into the 80s at least. I think, on a positive note, the public is now more equipped to point it out through using videos on social media and then sending them off to league officials. But the league officials may be slow to change things.

@JAD2456:disqus noted that the referee #22 Bill Spooner officiated 3 out of 6 games with Lin flagrant non-calls
I don’t see any of these 3 refs yet

http://www.jlinportal.com/jeremy-lin-nba-missed-stats/#comment-2487230001

Can’t wait. We know nothing, fans.

ok, let me think how we can post it on right corner effectively

Oh thanks. I’ll bookmark that tread separately

Just reviving Jon Snow would meet my expectations.

Regarding the cheap shots by Kobe and Carmelo, this is when JLin could have used Chandler Parson by his side…i loved it when he took revenge for Lin against Aldridge in the playoffs.

This is a nice idea. Why not track and rate refs!

Chicken and egg puzzle.

Oh snap was just about to post that.

lmao that kid didn’t even clap anyones hands being that close to them. I would rather reach out for the clap.

He hit his warm up 3s behind Eric, Stephanie and Dell. Hopefully it’ll transfer into the game.

General rah rah stuff for his teammates.

#ESL?

So NO is trash another 20 min game for Lin I assume
Clifford is such a bad coach for Lin

i don’t know we tend to lose the lead quickly

Clifford sticks with Lee either such a no brainer

Lin in

Man, he was getting hammered this game.

5:03 left in Q1
That’s unheard of

this is what happens when refs refuse to whistle. Opponents will give him more contact knowing he never gets the call.

yup typo

Lin had that rebound…but Lamb and Al…

It was Lamb mostly.

who’s compiling the next video?

i don’t know

Yep
and cant really get mad at Lamb
Man signs an extension 14mpg..

Lin got foul on that layup but no call! Who was that ref? Keep tap on this please…

Lin is clearly in a funk offensively. Hopefully he getss out of it soon

It was a foul. Should have gone to the line for 2 shots.

it was called

Lin not involved in the offense at all

i thought only 1 foul and one non call

neither is Al Jeff to be fair

2.

he got the ball atleast 3 times since coming in. Lin got one and it was a pass from al

Watching Lins run to get worse stats is getting annoying

Lin at least now knows that Clifford isn’t gonna let him play his game lol
3rd time when they lied to Lin about his role
Hope Lin learns his lesson this off season

at this point I’d rather he sit out the remainder of the season

Lin must get the open shoot.

ya i knew it wasn’t going in as soon as the ball left his hands

Lin seem to be incapable of putting a full season together

Let’s GO Lin … time to be efficient this 20-25 mins!

Lol Batum was mad at Al Jeff but he is a really good post player

when was he mad?

can you down vote? I thought that got eliminated.

it doesn’t even show up

Go Lin! You are much better than Tony Douglas. Be Aggressive!!!!!

he’ll get his chance. He’ll find his opportunities

Cody wasted an assist!

Hornets do not need Lin for this game. Just do not get hurt Lin.go with the flow

they are not running PNR for him. Posting al everything he touches the ball

too bad 🙁

Lin should take shorter jump shots now.

A big boy like him should have just gone up and dunk it

finally 22222

Lin seems to be struggling to find a spot with al on the court

Smart play by Lin to drive inside and drained the easy bank shot! 😀

Al is the issue for Lin. all of a sudden the he has life

Lin drawing fouls

Its Al

on Ryan Anderson now

He played pretty well alongside him earlier. Not ideal, but much better than this.

4 quick points. I feel a little bit better now

Yep. His stroke is fine. His confidence/swag is not.

a little hesitant .. still trying to find his rhythm and right spot

Lin looks much better with this unit. Al and datum is too slow for Lin to succeed. Almost like the Lakers all over again. I said before the all star break Al going to the bench is the worst thing for him.

Zeller is definitely better because he doesn’t clog the paint as much as Big Al so Lin can drive more

Al isn’t a PnR big. That’s the biggest problem.

Lin has to adjust to this style shift. Wish Lin had more consistency in the year. Then we would get consistent stats

Why did Lin change his form?

The hornets bench unit is slower and mostly plays a haif court style

ya Lin’s role is always changing, there’s players on this team that all they need to do is get in place and score. Lin is playing hard on both ends and has to work with so many pieces that aren’t the right pieces. While also not being empowered to be the PG most the time.

I expect Lin’s swag to return for the playoffs, when he’ll be needed against GOOD teams, till then…YAWN.

Another big summer for Lin. Play 30+mpg at PG and he’s elite. Otherwise, it’s going to be up and down, hot and cold.

he is not getting consistent touches or playtime for him to get consistent stats seriously.

It’s unreasonable to ask a player to randomly change roles every month, which is what Lin does! It’s like asking John Wall to be a spot-up SG. He’d do terrible that way. But as PG, he’s great.

Opposite with last season, Lin did worse after ASB. Don’t know why?

Thats how Bench players get treated unfortunately. Some bench players have way more consistency then Lin

He is playing OUT OF POSITION. Plain and simple.

Not just reduced but changed role

and the other seasons too. That Cavs game really brought Lin down. Maybe Lin should have lost on purpose so KW doesn’t feel like Lin is taking his shine.

It all surrounds Als return

his rotation minutes are very predictable. I think he knows when he’s coming in or out. He’s really not doing that poorly.

so quiet here

Stupid org will only cater to fake stars, these kind of teams will never go far, at most first round exits, not letting Lin play his position, reducing his minutes in favor of Lee, no plays or pnr design for Lin, all these only to please the ballhogs, fake stars. Lin has learned his lessons, never trust anything coaches promises, stick to only one man who only believe you. Only join MDA’s team.

Hornet dont need a backup Pg to be honest. they could bring in any one to take that spot. Kemba will play his 36-40 min anyway so might aswell have kept brian roberts. LIN PLEASE go to a team that is in DIRE need of a PG next season. PLAYOFFS OR NO PLAYOFFS TIME FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS.

If you define his success as helping the team win then he’s going a great job. Just not his personal stats.

Not really empowering. He came in early but also left early, so just the window was shifted. True empowering should be more involvement in offense.

Agreed, but I think Cliff tried to involve Lin in the offense today. He seem to get more touches than previous games but is it only temporary? You’re right that it isn’t empowering Lin to do well on offense. If Cliff wants to truly empower Lin, he needs to play him at PG more and draw PnR plays.

What has he done in this game? He drew 2 fouls and has 2 points. He missed 3 open 3s. Defensively, so far, he’s been average.

I don’t think so. I just think his role has been really changed and reduced throughout the season. I’ve never seen a player get so many different changed roles in one season before. It’s obvious that Cliff keep changing his role so other players like KW or Batum can get theirs. Also the unit Lin plays with is always changing too.

He’s done better with the same role. The only thing that has changed is more Al in his unit. Other than that, the same conditions where Lin has come in and made things happen are present. He had a decent amount of PT in the first half. Just couldn’t get it going.

Probably what is broken is his heart, but it doesn’t stay broken.

Why would he check out? He’s on a team that is going to the playoffs.

Yes, Al really makes it hard for Lin to score cause he’s best when driving in/penetrating. But now he’s resorted to catching and shooting at the 3.

Hope Lin will show up on Saturday for his bobble head night against Houston

Lee is getting that corner pass

All signs show that Hornets don’t want to keep Lin. If they did, they would have started Lin when MKG got injured. Lin just keeps getting stepped on over and over.

your offense is only as good as your teammates want you to be.

I agree, there were some games where C. Lee wasn’t allowed to shoot a lot

Maybe KW wants to kick Lin out just like Melo and Harden.

who’s guarding holiday?

They’re praising their SG starter for first double digit game?

So empty.

Because he knows his role is not going to change in the playoffs.

If they need him so much they sure as h*** are doing a world class crap job on showing it arent they? what is he a security blanket when things go to h***? seriously if he is so damn important stop devaluing him on the floor with iffy minutes and touches. and some of it is on Lin as well i wish he had that DGAF attitude and just snatched the damn ball from the scrubs on his unit. its ridiculous. yeah he is important. its bull

you think? some of lin’s fans are quite annoying.

I doubt that very much.

They think the Lin bobblehead is a hot sale, but imagine if Lin was actually empowered to be PG. They are missing a lot of sales right now due to stupid decisions.

Because Lin is needed when the game is on the line and it seems that is when Lin really gets going. It’s odd, Lin doesn’t really do that much when others aren’t going but once they falter, Lin to the rescue.

They are marketing it for a reason.

Because they need him, not because his fans.

Kemba is lower to the ground.

Lee is actually playing well tonight, however. Otherwise, Lin is better, yes.

Lin always seems like Cliff’s reboot/restart button when everything goes downhill.

Come on, bring Lin back in!

Cliff sees lead is in danger, brings Lin in to feed Al and KW.

Lin has to guard a hot holliday thanks to lee

this starter unit is really something…losing 2 big leads last game and now losing another big lead today.

hey, but they said KW is AllStar caliber after the big night

this is when the team needs to focus on defense and not so much about offense. Take Al out. He’s just a full offensive post up guy.

I blame the coach. All his shots are more forced looking. With limited touches/minutes/role, he has to make something out of nothing.

Asik only played 5:49minutes, 0pts on pelicans.

1-7

BAHAHAHA NO FOUL OK REF EFF YOU

This is one of the worst shooting slumps Lin has been in his career

Why did Lin stop attacking?

Must say Kemba is a tough man, he is barely injured.

deserved a call?

Not one of, it’s the worst. This has gotten to end.

Does not get hit hard in the face/nose/head/arms like Lin. He does not get shoved to fall on his back like Lin.

Not with these stats

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more of that 22222

Did Lin get hit again?

I think any change is better including backup PG for GSW.

When MKG comes back next year, there’s no more PT.
No PnR, why stay?

22222222222 again

Can’t watch the games but read a little. What will the fans say about JLin now. He hit 2 of 2 now:-)

SCREW THE REFS. HE GONA GO APESH** CAUSE OF THOSE NON CALLS

Oh yessss.. Lin with 2 straight drives… 8pts now!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lin’s smart enough to go the opposite side of Al

Again, quality over quantity.

he was playing PG man PG he has the ball in his hands. HE is playing less than 40 procent this year. His season has not been great after the cleveland game. but he has done plenty to get offers.

Lin is so sneaky. Follows the Pelican’s big into the paint behind his back. Doesn’t even know he’s escorting Lin to the basket.

His is getting him self in chaotic moments. Where there a lot of contact and its close. Before he would set himself up for a good call. now he just run to the rim and hope for a call. It don’t work that way. You have to get a player off balance. If he goes straight up they won’t call it.

We will take what Lin can give.

i’ve seen him do that many times before

Best hope not only hope.

So … it turns out Lin was saving his legs until Kemba checked out 😀

So easy to play with endless confidence/support. Explains Kemba’s first good season this year.

Lin has only had support for a couple weeks in NYK.

I used to believe that…not sure anymore. Clifford is smart but still treated Lin like a scrub to please Kemba and Batum. Only MDA can be trusted.

That’s 20 straight FTs in a span of 5 games, ladies & gents =)

Omg that no call was crazy

was about to say that

looks like offense is running through Lin now

Lin being robbed like usual by the refs.

stop it AL !

stop going to al

Still can’t get obvious calls. Some refs just refuse to call anything in favor of Lin.

Mr. 4th quarter

I hate to say it but Lin has proven “trouble” with black refs, esp. older ones.

22 straight FTs

No foul call again with lots of body contacts inside and hand check on Lin. Refs deliberately swallow whistle on Lin.

Lin got his stats I’m happy

wow take Lin out? he’s the only one scoring and Cliff takes him out.

Black hole comes in.

Lin out. He’s like the only person scoring on the team!

Idiotic move by Clifford. Lin finally gets aggressive and looks like himself and he goes out? Dumb.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Cliff puts Lin in at like 1 minute mark out of desperation.

Let me guess which one.

Go Pelicans!!!

thats been established

107 v 103 with 5:44 left.

make it 2 things, and only when he is desperate he will play Lin

Ha so close n Lin out? KW is not a hero! Watch out!!!

Lets go Pelican!!!

They will lose the lead and Cliff will put him back in the last 1 minute.

Idk who to be more angry at. The refs or Clifford?

They should get married

he might if its still close and the rookies/new players mess up

Cliff like funny.

Whatever, Lin got 12 pts.

just imagine his shooting comes back

Haha kema miss

No CHA Offense.

Do people not know how to play defense. Why is Anderson guarding Kemba

Go Pelican, no Lin no win

Sigh

Clifford is worse than McHale and Byron

they got the switch

ya this is the day he will try that cause he can’t have that happen again like last game. I think KW was pissed.

This is why charlotte wont do a thing against the good teams.

NOP switches on the picks.

nah they let Lin play when he played well

Lin better speak up

Notice that Lamb doesn’t get much playing time lately either

Well, it is what it is. You know my only reason to support Clifford was Lin finishing games. If that’s done, then I’m done with him.

he never has and I think its warranted cause Lamb doesn’t know his role. he likes to do things his own way.

he got 14 more minutes then Lin today

actually Toney and Lin was behind Toney at Knicks. The Toney was very classy when Linsanity took off, and he was behind Lin for a spell at the Rox, right?

I’m positive on this game. First half dreadful but 4Q Lin woke up and scored like 10 in just the quarter. Some of the old get to the rim urgency came back and those points were big. The positivity is about Lin only.

At least Lin got his average points

Batum is not clutch. I know I get knocked for saying Kemba is, but, he really is.

yep good to see him penetrating when the outside shot just aint falling. I have confidence next season it will be good.

You don’t have to lie, the numbers are there.

Low mileage on Lin, not too bad. Boring though, because we know they aren’t playing up to potential (CLE win).

well back to NFl free agency. This year is just not his year. His shot is still absent as it has been all year. All his points on lay ups. With his stats as it is. Free agency don’t look good. Don’t know if it was wise to change his shooting form while in a contract year

There’s no way Lin should play more mins than or take the ball away from Kemba
but Lee has no business playing more mins than Lin either
Coach doesnt like you, why does he always get sucked into a bad situation
At this point, he has to blame himself and his agent a little bit

NOTICE: Whenever the lead is down or in danger, Cliff would take KW off the floor and insert Lin to return or secure the lead. So KW does not have to play under pressure and from behind. So of course, when you play with org and coaching support and you don’t have to worry getting pulled or yelled at like Lin has to, you would do well.

ok nice day all …

Lee played well tonight but Lin is a bigger impact player by far. And Lin should close. Lee has more size on D and plays good D, but he is not that winning player Lin is. And if Cliff doesn’t wise up and get Lin back closing, he may lose Lin’s enthusiasm to play on this team. Lin likes closing and I don’t think is happy that he is not closing close games now.

he’ll be needed when the time is right… playoff!

Kemba is clutch and i dont even like him as a player. great handles and great clutchgene.

Yeah that was great still remember the block lin had on Rose. man still cant believe how fast time went.

missed the game how did JLin do?

They didn’t need that. Lin is a game changer type of player in if needed. Thats what I’m seeing. That was probably Cliffs original idea

The scariest thing about Lin’s missed shots to me is that they were all off in different parts of the rim. I hope he gets his shooting form literally straighten out.

I see both Lin and Lamb have been phased out in PT over Lee.

Lamb had worse stats (8pts in 15mpg) than Lin (10pts in 21mpg) over the last 6 games.
Lin’s clutch ability to draw FTs (28-29) is the difference. Lamb only had 2-5 FTM

Lin is simply a SURVIVOR
He waits for the right time to surge soon

AMEN

Asik played for 6:04min w/ 0pts. What’s up with that? Gentry is not good to him.

My sigh is now getting popular. 😊

That’s mchale style. Clifford is a copycat

Tonight’s Lin got no calls at least 3-4 times. The refs are so biased against Lin. Hopefully, Lin’s camp/agent gather evidence and send in an official complaint about this. It’s getting out of hand.

Broken promises from Clifford. Hate this sorry of a person. He is in league with mchale, bscott, Woodson.

contagious! sigh

that’s true. With Kemba/Batum/MKG, Lin would have to play PF or C
I don’t understand the reasoning.

Lin would need to compete for time with Zeller/Marvin

I just have a feeling Lin would have excellent chemistry with MKG because he’s such a good transition player. Lin to MKG for the slam would happen. It did in the Cavs game.

True that if they go fir small ball. But apparently clifford prefers size.

Whenever I hear Lin fans give credit to Kemba Walker, I want to throw up. Simply put, KW doesn’t do any of the heavy lifting and is set up to look good. The thing that really bothers me most is that some Lin fans are the worst at giving Lin credit for his great games or good plays or great defence as indicator of his true value and continue to look at his lows as what his true value is. Lin gets that too much as it is from the media and doubters. It must hurt doubly from Juda fans.

All sport is about confidence. The players that play with that “juice” will play with a high that lifts their game. The reverse is absolutely true. Lin gets that already from everyone else, does he really need that from his own fans?

Kemba Walker is riding the high of confidence this year from winning. What if the points he’s putting up is producing losses? What if Lin isn’t there to dig the mess the starters keep putting the team into? What if the hornets record this year is actually 10-15 games below where they are now? How would Kemba maintain his confidence? Kemba would have been responsible for so many losses this year that every shot would have become so much more important than it is now. Kemba plays loose because Lin is there to fix his messes and put him into position to close games as a winner. Without that he would have been shooting scared just like he’s done through out his career.

Kemba is a choker and will be a choker again next season when the team start losing games like he’s done all through his career.

or one of the Lin fans can do it

I just watch the first half. From the beginning, KW was guarding Holiday but later they switched Lee to guard him.

How it goes in the 2nd half? Holiday got 38 pts thats a wash with KW production?

Harden and Mchale called, they want their playbook of how to mistreat Lin, take all the shots, and still win games back.

Your first two sentences are on point. It’s what I meant in my previous posts to Alan. 9/10 times Cliff allows KW to play when Hornets are in the lead and gets last winning shots in crunch time when the leads are up. Usually when the score is tied or close, Cliff lets Lin in to play defense and gets possession, then KW can cruise to the FTs line to add to his total points. We have seen this so many times. The hard work is done by everyone else for KW to get the glory shot and the glory. It’s disgusting to me. This is similar to Rox/Harden again.

Steph 0-5 first 12 mins against an easy Jazz. So why do “Lin Fans” have to come here to knock on Lin, I really disrespect that. Nobody is worried about Steph. Get the hey outta here! This is a good place.

Lin’s position on this team is set to fail but besides of the mistreatment he still find to be a solid player and still noticeable on this circumstance.The only way to climb to the top is to play with MDA next yr. whether it is in Philly or in Brooklyn.I hope he will blow up in the playoffs even with the situation that he is in right now.

At least lamb got paid.

Of course I know, but thought Psalm does not like us calling people “troll” 🙂 , just flagged.

Somehow, Hornets switched defense for mismatch to let MW post up on Holiday twice too IIRC.

I think Kemba is going to have a tough time in the playoffs when teams start putting full effort on defense. I think Lin’s skill as a floor general and prior playoff experience would be the way to go to win. Whether Cliff realizes it or utilizes it is another story.

This has got to be the best dance move that Lin has ever displayed =)
#ShimmyLin

@HornetsGIFs
Lost in the post-Kemba madness…I don’t know what #Lin is doing here, but it is solid gold.
https://twitter.com/HornetsGIFs/status/707778287108382720

Time for me to take a break JT, my EQ is taking too much of a hit watching Lin play for these ingrates.

Lin needs to learn he doesn’t have the luxury to set up his teammates when he needs to prove his worth and score.

yes..

Harden is definately the same ball hog except his shooting is much better.

Who’s the guy sitting at the end of the bench with his hand on his chin? Doesn’t look happy. Would a Pelican’s fan be sitting at the end of the Hornet’s bench? Isn’t that MJ’s seat?

if this is true, then its his second time giving JLIN a proper distinction.the first one when he did some segments on espn sometime ago..need to search that video in my library..LOL!

I watch a lot of Raptors games. I started to watch more GSW games now as well just to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Let’s hope Lin will reunite with MDA next year and finally have a real coach for Lin.

Maybe he’s trying to make up for what he said about Lin in the All-Stars Votes.

I think they’re talking about the IT on NBA TV as a show host not the IT player on Celtics?

A nice article:

http://nypost.com/2016/03/09/reggie-miller-rips-phil-jackson-how-long-will-knicks-play-triangle-crap/

I like what kenny smith said about bball style:
“What a style of play does is it allows you to draft, trade and get free agents to come. For Golden State, this is the player I need: a guy who can spread the floor and shoot 3s but can also defend bigger than his position. Now I know what I’m looking for. But if I said that to New York, I don’t know if that guy fits in New York because there’s no style that’s been created.

“In San Antonio, I know I need a guy who has a high basketball IQ that understands he doesn’t need the basketball to be effective. Now I can pick a guy like that. In New York, I don’t know what I’m picking.”

So anyway, JLin needs to go somewhere where his style of play is clearly wanted and a nice engine for wins. In CHA, he’s a nice engine for wins, but they really don’t want to play JLin ball.

If Philly is a given and he doesn’t end up there, where else could he go?

The original IT said Lin was going to be very important for the hornets more then once in pre-season preview shows.

At 0:27 Lin grabs his right arm. Doesn’t look like anyone hit him though. He having problems with his arm or wrist?

Might be the ankle thing again. It just looks like it gave out and he falls.

Bucks

I am not happy about his stats & playing time but maybe in playoff he will get more playing time.

https://twitter.com/NunnBetterRefs/status/707769585047461888

I loved seeing JLin’s brilliant adjustment in this game:

1. He saved his energy when Kemba is in the game
He still played hard on both ends but he no longer expended so much energy guarding a few players like we saw before the ASB.
In 5 min of the 1st quarter, he missed 1 layup & 3. No rhythm since he didn’t handle the ball.
In the last 5 min of the 3rd quarter, he missed 2 shots + had 2 rebounds.

2. He turned on the jet when Kemba was out
In the first 6.5 min of the 2nd quarter, he scored 4pts with an easy bank shot+2 FTs and missed 2 threes.
In the first 5.5 min of the 4th quarter, Lin turned on the jet to score the first 6 Hornets points (2 layups + 2 FTs) in the first 3 possession, missed 1 shot (no-call foul), then 2 FTs before being replaced by Kemba.

JLin now knew there’s no point expending energy to guard 3-4 players in team defense since Lee will close anyway.
He saved the energy to drive to score layups + draw fouls to get FTs when Kemba is OUT

If he made his shots as an SG when Kemba is on the floor, it’s good.
But if not, he’d score when he has the ball in his hands as the PG when Kemba is OUT in the 2nd and 4th quarter

The brilliant Harvard guy also has some street-smarts in game-management.
If nothing else changes, 12-14ppg would be good for his upcoming Free Agency.

Let’s go, JLin!

Well, I am not happy but not too upset about Lin didn’t close the game bc w Kemba wants to be player of the week first then most improved player later… No matter it’s Lin or Lee on final few min… they will not get the ball in their hand.

We knew Cliff will close with Lee even if JLin scored 12-15pts in 20 min (ATL/PHI game)
So I’m glad to see that Lin no longer wants to sacrifice his body for this team who is phasing him out.

At this point, it’s a professional partnership w/ no long-term commitment.
I’m glad JLin realized his scoring is more valuable for his FA than the hockey assists, taking charges and team defense that are not rewarded fairly by closing games.

SCurry today was a bad shooting day (4-12) hence he limited his FGA and not chucking. This is where he excels, like Lin…he had 10 AST (with 36 team AST…crazy!) and shot a 55ft basket! crazy

thats a though question…it should not be a team with empty promises and maybe…it should be a concrete contract where he is given the starting job and would run the show

he stepped on the other player’s foot, I think might get a slight push when that guy jump up, since Lin already gain his balance after he re-plant his foot, but then lost balance, but this angle could not see clearly.

Ya, looked funny like something happened.

it is so quick. I think the opponents hit his arm

only 3 team play teamball and 27 play isoball

Very true and good observation Heart. Thank you!

Don’t think so. It’s still Kemba ball. Clifford is very hard headed. He won’t change overnight. Wrong notion to trust in this coach. Like trusting the devil himself.

This is the seating chart in a classroom, which player do you want to sit with?
Me: No need to make any choice:-) It’s so obvious:-) either #9 or #10.
https://twitter.com/jain0517/status/707858978521219072

The Hornets are not expected to be in the play offs. It doesn’t matter if they lose as long as Kemba is in his glory. They are now a play off team according to them because of Kemba and Clifford. The have done more what was expected. It’s all about Kemba basketball in Hornets. We need to understand and just move on with this organization.

From the Chinese article below, it said JLin had shoulder injury:-( When the reporter asked him about the injury, he said it was ok and he would try to stay healthy for the rest of the season.

JLin, please stay healthy!!! It isn’t worth to injury yourself for this organization!!!!!!!!!!!

球隊4連勝 豪與老爸大啖三明治
http://udn.com/news/story/7489/1548753

黃蜂在主場擊敗灰狼，取得4連勝，林書豪手感仍不佳，但在賽後表達肩膀傷勢還好，會繼續保持健康拚戰這一季。

此外，賽後林書豪在Instagram上傳一張與父親的照片，並說「四連勝，好好享受三明治大餐。」他說自己三明治為何比父親來得大，因為他吃的份量是父親的四倍。

very accurate..

so no surprises now, and that’s a good thing for if we are not surprise, we will not be disappointed!

Forget about team ball or anything else….Lin simply need to go to a team where the point guard is not a star or a young PG with potential or a key player/face of the franchise PG.

Currently, these teams are Knicks, Nets and Philly..Although I suspect one of these 3 team may sign a star PG during free agency or even draft a young PG with potential..In this case, Lin should avoid that team since the young PG will be given every chance to start ahead of Lin….

If a guy like Mike Conley leave Memphis and sign with the Knicks, Lin and his agent should look to go there.

If a guy like Rondo leave Sacramento and sign elsewhere, Lin should try to go there….The idea is to go to a team where he can have a fair competition for the PG spot.

Competing with guys like Calderon, Jarrett Jack and Darren Collison increases Lin’s chance of finally getting his own team to run just like he did during Linsanity.

If I’m Lin, this is what I’d look to do during this summer’s free agency.

Dallas Mavs may be another destination, but only if

WOWOWOWOW How dirty can NBA refs have become!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So disgusting!
https://twitter.com/BBallInsiders/status/707910569114767362

I am more surprised that the nba commisioner didnt do anything regarding these bias referees

I think bc his shoulder injury.

It took Lin 5-6 season to finally play smarter and look after himself? But if you look at shots attempted it’s still not enough. He should at least take 10-15 shots every game. All Star players averages 15 shots per game and most of the time Lin takes way below that number mostly single digits which isn’t enough. Also hope his new shooting form will start clicking soon.

If Lin is injured, he should just sit out until playoffs to heal and protect his body. His body has been through so many cruel hits and awkward falls this season, doing all the dirty work for KW and Hornets, it’s not worth it. Maybe that’s what Spencer Hawes is doing. He’s taking his time healing knowing that he won’t be staying w/Hornets after this season bc Hornets wanted to trade him away. Hawes has been out since 18 Feb 2016, around 21 days+, almost 3 wks by tomorrow.

I notice he always screams “hey” when he gets fouled. What he should scream is “foul” instead. “Hey” is passive. “Foul” is more direct and I think refs would be more influenced by that.

I agree. But I doubt Cliff will let him rest… smh!

Where the heck is Clifford?

I think we don’t know the priorities Lin has. Like how much is a playoff team a priority over playing time, starting vs. bench, finishing games, etc. I don’t know if we can ever expect a contract to ensure everything and I’m leery of Lin getting a starting job or any type of position because I’ve seen him have a position and then have it changed. It’s the NBA.

I don’t know what the solution is really. Lin seems to thrive from circumstance rather than being placed where he can really thrive playing his type of game.

There will be no playoff if Lin sit out all the games he should.

That was such an obvious non-call. But, notice how the defense clogs the lane every time and leaves Al Jefferson wide open at the FT line. That’s going to be disaster in the playoffs.

Hmmm. Does anyone ever remember seeing him with ice on his shoulder? I just see on his knees and back. Like you frequently see Dwight with ice on the shoulders and I think Kobe.

The problem is, most teams will choose a past his prime, veteran PG like Deron Williams, Jose Calderon, Rondo, or Mo Williams over JLin. Other teams looking towards the future will draft a rookie PG and give him the keys to the team, like the Lakers did. Lin is stuck in the middle, he’s not young out of the draft, and he hasn’t had enough history as an NBA starter to be considered a reliable veteran.

These numbers need some breaking down because it makes Kemba seem like he looks for Lin to pass to and he doesn’t nowhere near often enough. Maybe some of these assists are on breakaways where Lin is clearly in front on him or Kemba being trapped and Lin was the only guy he could pass to. Batum looks for Lin far more than Kemba does as does Hawes and Marvin. Lamb is assisted by Lin but he needs to pass back to him more.

Is there an assisted by for Kemba that includes Lin? And others that includes Lin?

They did when their nick name was BF1.

https://twitter.com/linspiredinca/status/708001207202131968

I really doubt Lin would out right say that he will not resign because Kemba is dominating the ball too much. Is the journalist putting word in his mouth?

In recent games, Jeremy Lin has been playing for about 20 minutes a game. With that, the other players of the team got the chance to take on more action on the court, but his absence on the court has not affected the team’s momentum.

Really?

It was stated that Lin revealed how Walker was the one in control the game, which does not let him get enough time on court to find his own momentum. With that, he explained that he is planning to move on again after the season ends.

Don’t think Lin did, at least right now.

I don’t know. We could have never guessed CHA last year. I’ll let that be up to them and all those moves they are making …

Even if our boy did say that, I am totally fine with that.

Yes, they are making it up which is bad for Lin to say he said that. Although I hope that’s what he’s thinking and will look for a starting job he just wouldn’t say it publicly.

Kemba has the ball most of the time so you’d think he’d have a high assist number. I’d like to see what it is per 36 minutes.

Sad that everyone now has a webpage can call themselves News media.

Wow, ESPN has SAS at 43.5% chance of winning the title over GSW at 39.8%?

ESPN’s BPI Playoff Odds
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/BPI-Playoff-Odds/espn-nba-basketball-power-index-playoff-odds

Charlotte at 0.1%

I like SAS but I still think GSW will win.

Would like that!

Use Lin with less minutes same old Clifford style. You expect him to change? Clifford is really a politician by nature, makes promises during the campaign period but after the election doesn’t care anymore. He got what he wants. Poor Lin got duped but it’s a learning experience.

When Joeteam said that Curry was struggling last night he stop taking shots and switched to be more of a decoy and facilitator. He mention that GSW last night had 36 ast. That’s a winner and a champion. Even Jordan used himself that way to give Steve Kerr the last second dagger. Winners don’t care about stats, losers like Harden and Walker will sacrifice the team to make himself look like a star.

This comment really jogged my memory about the game against Kings when Daniels was hot with eight 3s for 28 pts. Lin inbound the pass to him for that 3 dagger to win in second OT. But it didn’t have to be that way. Walker was 1/14 in the first half and probably ended up with 5/22 or more (?). He had a harden night at the foul line with 14-16 points(?) to pad his stats. Meanwhile, Lin and company had a lead until kW decided to become the hero late and allowed Kings to come back. Walker had a chance to win the game in regulation with 2 foul shots. ( a generous call that Lin would never have gotten ). He made one to tie but choked the last one to win the game.

Lin hardly saw the ball I both OT. At one point Lin saved the team by knocking an offensive rebound to Hairston (?). Lin ran over to him and asked for the ball. He was maybe 4 feet away and Hariston looked away from Lin and gave the ball to Kemba. He bricked of course. Honestly, the guy that should have had the last shot all along was Daniels. He eventually won the game for them but he seem ticked off because he never got the chance.

They won the game but then lost the game the next day against Clippers(?). Clifford and KW killed any chance the team had by not putting the Kings away in regulation, and for what? To make Walker look good, the coach puts the entire team in harms way.

This game pretty much describes why the Hornets will never be any good. You have an undersize SG pretending to be a PG. Rondo meanwhile had 20 ast that game. kW must play PG because he’s too small to guard opposing team SGs. You have a GM who doubles down on a bad fit and bends over backwards to make him a star. A coach that won’t put the team ahead of a player and is too dumb to see that he’s playing checkers instead of chess. Hornets have to blow up the team like the Rox because what they have is so twisted that no one can fix it.

I only vaguely heard of this before but to commemorate Joey Crawford retiring this is the video of him calling to technicals on Duncan for laughing on the bench. Apparently Crawford got suspended after this too: http://espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2840587

https://youtu.be/a2SYIrUnf5Y

Let’s just hope they makethethe playoff and Lin plays lights out, playoff games are career changers

I wish this can buy it online….

Great post acbc! The re-call is very nice to read. I remember so many games where in watching the live action and having played before, it was clear JLin was the win. Also, many fans understand.

It’s the dummied down retro stories on the web, designed for the media machine, that waters down true sports and sports heroes. It’s no wonder with how divided this country is that we want simple cartoon heroes, manufactured by the machine. So, one example is how many points someone scores, like it’s a number on a Pokemon card.

Life before was more about ideas, ideals, and striving. With digitization of everything, we are losing the spirit of effort, team effort, and winning together that you write about.

We just need to go with the flow and see what nuggets life has for us today 🙂 Thanks for your post.

It’s too bad that neither Lin or his agents have any understanding of how things work in the NBA. You’d think that after their considerable actual experience in the trenches that they’d know at least as much as the seasoned experts here on this forum. ;p

My whole thing is don’t make up stuff or assume when we don’t have proof.

Lin doesn’t even take his normal 12 shots per game. He’s taking like 6-10 now.

agreed, I thought Cliff would stick him back in when the lead was starting to close in. But I guess he didn’t want another one of those games where Lin saves the day.

Could be he’s injured and and a minute restriction for him to get healthy.

https://twitter.com/hornets/status/708078134432768000

It’s funny how the home town announcers replayed the OT highlights of Lin taken over the court and almost singlehandedly take down the Kings in Charlette in the previous encounter. They said let’s hope it won’t be another déjà vu. Lol. Little did they know that Clifford and Kemba would shut Lin down for them.

By the way ( this for that troll ), Lin had 20/10 for a double double until Clifford made sure Lin wouldn’t outshine Walker.

Daniel must have really ticked off Walker becuase he never got much pt after that great game. Any other coach would have tried to work Daniels more into the rotation but Clifford makes decisions that just makes no sense.

it’s weird, any other coach who wants to win. In LA, it was clear they weren’t contending. In HOU, it was clear they were pandering to the Morey, McHale, Harden line of thinking. Here, it’s all mixed up with one consistent thing – they want a guy who’s not really a PG to be PG, because he can score many points in losing efforts. Weird team.

Lucky! I wonder if that is an Anish Kapoor sculpture?

He played more minutes when his ankle was swollen.

Maybe only 2 of them can do math…. LOL!

That wasn’t opinion. He’s telling others to stop making things up when he does not know what we knew.

Rough week for Mario Chalmers. Ruptured his Achilles yesterday and waived today.
ble.ac/1QIiuiD

They want an open spot for another PG.

Isn’t Nate Robinson available? Or he’s going to try to play football?

If Jeremy goes to the Sixers, at least we’ll know they have a great medical staff and facilities. NB: It’s a fairly long article.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14938684/man-charged-healing-joel-embiid

So does Charlotte. Remember MKG?

I hope you’ll be just as accepting of “things we don’t know behind the scenes” when your kids aren’t accepted into college. You can choose to ignore “stuff” if you want to trust blindly the people that “make up stuff” to block your kids education, that is you’re right.

Injustice anywhere is the same as injustice everywhere. If you don’t think for yourself and just accept how other dole out your what you can do or can’t do, you are basically allowing other people to step all over you.

Read the article. I doubt there is any comparison.

Hornets may sign Jorge to the end of season.http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article65305217.html

If opinions are based upon rights, then there wouldn’t be need to counter bombastic opinions from Trump.

Damn stereotype…

Sounds like Trump. Except he doesn’t sound/look smart when he speaks but most Americans are so frigging stupid.

again continuing on my watch with a Korean series “Misaeng” or in English “incomplete Life”….they stated there “Why would a company INVEST on a TEMPORARY Employee who will LEAVE” ( a temporary employee was awarded a lead in a trade but the boss , Executive Directors and managers, wants the lead to be taken out and instead place a lead that is a permanent employee)..

well i guess, for me it answer why JLIN won’t LEAD this TEAM, He’s a TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE, and will leave eventually so its not beneficial if he is given MORE RESPONSIBILITY to the detriment of the COMPANY!