G65 ATL @LAL Game Thread

First? Second?

Is there anybody out there?

The Lakers just made my blood boiled with the 10 games crap….stupid tanking fools!!!!!

Just want JLin stays healthy. Too late to care about being the starter for the LA Losers.

The hustun rockettes just got luck out beating the choker pg wannabe cliff paul…hahaha

That first article to the right from USA Today is pretty stupid.

Pretty tall fans…. pretty to the right, tall to the left… hehe

https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova/status/577224552872296448

Harden’s 18 free throws won the game? Won’t be that lucky if he looks Asian with Violet Palmer officiating.

When was this? When Lin first joined Lakers?

https://twitter.com/markg_medina/status/577251031995699200

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577257692269412352

He sounds jealous..LOL

Let me do diagnosis for the tankers……..ah ..I see…. it’s the bs stage of kobeitis… treatment recommendation. ..take the rest of the season off with iggy and get ready to relocate next season…. hehe

Game tied, 28 secs to go!

aren’t OKC playing with the bulls????

WIth Den?

Faried made a good foul. Now only 3 sec left for Pelicans to make a shot.

OT.
Pelicans must win to stay in race with the Thunders.

yes

what he means is if n.o. wins their game they will knock okc out of last playoff spot; (more or less).

nice pineapple Tshirt!!!!
Cool as a CUCUMBER, LOL!!!

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577261067778203648

Oh! Are you kidding? Byron Scott gets no respect from the Hawks.

Pelicans has 14secs to protect a 3 point lead. Foul or no foul!

Double OT!

i tell you he gets no respect, no respect at all.

He played for Portland last season.

Wow, I hope it’s nothing serious.

Yep but with the continuous swelling for so long, it doesn’t look too good!

Nice!
https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577271879020507137

sad sad state the ’once mighty’ Lakers has become…

Lin’s Angels 🙂

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577271831650017280

Man I know someone going to the game who wanted to watch the hawks starters

all 13 players for the spurs played tonite and all scored; 8 guys in double figures, no one with more than 15 points; 38 assists on 49 made baskets.

would except gs and atl to rest starters most of the way out.

yup yup

https://twitter.com/kianainhi808/status/577281073043771392

If, like me, you missed this article on the Lakers and analytics (and the mention of J. Lin at the beginning) you should give it a read. I thought it nailed a lot that is wrong with the Lakers, and paints a bleak picture going forward. Pretty sure JLIN will be getting out of there whether they make him an offer or not (what’s with the rumors that the Rockets want him back – seriously?).
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12375351/nba-los-angeles-lakers-stuck-stone-age.

if only they did… sigh

the support keeps pouring. Lin is one blessed soul. 🙂

Touching at a colossal scale.
Follow Lin wherever you might be.

Jeremy is in

a TO; wake up Jeremy.

Just an observation. Just counted the first row seats on the court, Clippers game vs HOU earlier today had the seats full.

Lakers game has 18 seats empty, out of 60 on the side facing the panel. A Sunday game that is supposed sold out.

Wow Lakers can’t get into the paint at all. Hey BS, “this” is defense!

They are playing great defense.

This is a contender

Byron Scott ought to be nervous now.

I would hardly call racism an odd reason.

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577288954380034049

Great defense by JLin!

https://twitter.com/LakersSBN/status/577289268722155520

yeah and he out jumped the other guy 🙂

So what does Domonique think of Lin’s D now? Maybe he’ll shut up and learn something.

I think he went silent a few times LOL

he criticized Lin on having trouble on the off-speed in the previous possession so maybe he’ll slowly change his mind

Hawks double teaming Jeremy.

Not surprised!

Omg Kelly is dancing like a headless chicken on offense… Just bench him already…

yeah they are actually playing defense now.

Bench luckily was able to right the ship. Look like a blow out early

8 team turnovers gave up 13 points!

It looked really bad earlier, even 2nd unit came in struggling with Lin cause they couldn’t get in the paint.

wow what was that airball lol.

hehe… 1st quarter… Lin is warming up

just got back and Lin out already?

Byron took Lin out when Lakers started rolling.

Even Kelly wasn’t expecting that to go in!

that is the way to tank, the team was catching up and Lin needed to be taken out because he was the spark that made the team play as a team

it appeared he went to a trainer and went off the court.

you can’t just end a post like that… lol

The new watch is too heavy… he might want to take it off until after the game

the only way lin will get mins right now is if clarkson picks up some fouls

is lin playing bad or is he just getting punished by scott for being lin?

He is not really 100%, but now BS has 4 guards to use now..

Hope he’s not injured… Any sign of ice packs?

like 4 I think

Hawks playing ready nice D, lots of trapping.

Give a reason that Jordon Clarkson should stay in the game.

FInally there is a game where JC was loaded by defenders from the very beginning…lol

Don't worry! 🙂 @JLin7 vs Hawks. pic.twitter.com/rGu3JzD1sJ— Librafree (@Librafree) March 16, 2015

He’s playing great D and Atl is playing great trapping D on everyone.

Early bathroom break?

Clarkson picked up 3 fouls?

no need for trainer to go with him if it is a bathroom break?

run away from all the bS

Krover got nosed by Ed Davis, will not return tonight.

Trying not to worry a bit. Want him HEALTHY for next contract.

Can’t see…following play-by-play. Is Lin on bench, or still off court with trainer?

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/577295574753415168

lets make a Jlin Pick and Roll counter! We count the # of PnR he runs each game!

Good Day Folks!…I’m back 🙂
Jeremy had been playing great since ASG. I read that BScott gonna start Lin for the last 10 games.
I dont think that would change much from Jeremy’s end. He had been playing solid, and would continue the same.
He had put a good case come FA, with his recent games.

Go Lin!

Where is Kobe? Don’t see him on the bench.

lol…blame it on BS

I think that thigh contusion might still be bothering him but hope not.

https://twitter.com/anlishin12/status/577296586436296704

i think you are absolutely correct lol

Kelly has more points than his last 4 games put together.

This team is actually so bad Lin needs to find himself a better team next year

LOL…thats because a Lin fan, we know Jeremy is the best player on the team, but being pushed around with his playing for no apparent reason. We want Lin to play well, but he is not given the opportunity to shine.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577299641982533633

He’s not pleased to be anywhere. That’s his dissatisfied mindset.

Poor shorting and high turnovers won’t help. Need to do better in the second half. This game is winnable.

Does anyone know, when and how did Lin’s thigh was injured?

couple games ago… detroit, i think.

What is the score?

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577302703627354112

Ellington made 3!!! that helped! its 55-51LAL now

Hawks is fast at returning to defense.

Jeremy is in.

all the great efforts from jeremy wasted by … ohshxx

he just blamed Jlin for hill throwing it backwards over his head?

It truly is!

Nice two head fakes and mid jumper!

JB and JL together…interesting

Both playing well. From what I’ve seen JB is much better player than Nick Young. Won’t be surprised if Lakers really are trading him.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577304887190380544

Jeremy Lin hand shakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC29hn1B67A&feature=youtu.be

Was it BS? lol
https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/577306806457802752

2 TOV in 3 minutes is bad at any level as well…But it doesnt matter…as long as he remains aggressive

Nice!

Lin seems to be a bit tentative this game.

Another TO…

4 🙁

no foul?

Just a bad game folks what can you do….turnovers happen….

20 given up 20 points

Yup. Sloppy game.

steal and a lay up 🙂

Tipping my headband to those fans from Taiwan, behind the bench.

Jeremy is out 🙁

What did it say? I think it got deleted 🙁

I’m done for today. Very messy all around today. All the lakers. Blow out will happen.

Why is Lin out?! Not his fault if Boozer and his teammates are have turnovers!

Need to rest for GSW tmrw night!

Nice. Really means he’s out of LA. Doesn’t need to hold his tongue.

Clear to see the who the better coached team was.

back and forth ain’t enough with all these BS.

Wow, didn’t even break 20 mins…

BS you are horrible. I feel sorry for Lin Garden fans who flew all the way from Taiwan, paid big bucks to watch Lin play 19 minutes.

7 pts (3-6), 3 rbs, 3 stls, 0 asts, 4 TOs.

A complete schooling of Byron’s team.

They gotta know how games have been going…that there are no guarantees with the Scott hating and the tanking. To pay big time and show up anyway…priceless. Lin fans are the BEST. J knows his back is covered…thanks his fandom all the time.

He has steals!

Which one?
https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577309573251383296

That is icing on the cake….lol

Aloha for the night, friends. Lin’s out…gonna go watch a Korean drama now 🙂

What an ugly game…
https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/577310503694807040

which one?

nothing beats LAL drama..its drama within drama! lol

only as a last insult for garbage time to let everyone know Lin is a garbage player!

…non-reflective jocks lol. Sad, but true.

Not sure if Warriors will play starters.

This drama is real though…

All Lin’s fault for the loss. Oh well. DNP as a reward for the next game.

Kelly the leading scorer for Lakers – that’s all you need to know…

No excuses. Clyde Frazier doesn’t talk garbage about Lin. Drexler and Wilkins are morons.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577311300075704320

Clyde is a cultured man beyond being a jock….those two are the like the hs quarterback who never got passed being the hs quarterback

Does Wilkins have twitter? I’ll get all over him.

thats when i almost think why they are being this kind of person..are they on the lakers payroll and need to echo lakers words (last that i know is that Lin is a lakers player) or just to blinded by their blinders that they are totally BLIND!

Kelly and Clarkson both with 10 points.

Ya! He trained Lin when they both were in NYK.

@dwilkins21

https://twitter.com/Gadgetomi/status/577312592936341504

The hate on jeremy is rooted in Americas greatest sin which will never be cleansed until America looks in the mirror and knows she/he was founded on bigotry/racism.

BS/Drexler/Nique/Mchale/College Recruiters can’t understand why this Asian is playing the game that they believe isn’t for him. Its something deep within their subconscious..

Lin still needs to work on his game
with his current skill set theres not much he can do against this kind of defense
I think Lin tried hard like in any other game, just came short
He’s still not there yet
at least not as the best player on a team
good effort just came short

He needs help from his teammates and coach… can’t do it all himself.

A day late and a dollar short…and the tank rolls on… smh

He does
thats why he did well in Houston when defense cant just focus on him
he had that 21pt game agaisnt the blazers in the play offs
but on this team hes the only one they need to focus on

BS took away his PNR completely in this game, which is the reason he had 0 ASTs. This game reminded me some games in Rox when McHale ordered him to “just do the simple pass”.

FYI, it’s because Hawks knows who get the Lakers rolling.

Yes, Lakers are losing.

https://twitter.com/KevinDing/status/577315059770097664

He can still improve his shooting
it comes and goes
look at CP3 he has very good midrange
Lin can really use some

Because Lin isn the only player that can do damage on the lakers

And the tank just keeps on moving right along…LOL

not very hard to figure that out
every team focuses on Lin now

Jabari Brown is Byron’s secret weapon against Jeremy.

Hmm seeing how JC goes when he is screened, I’d watch the game just to see how he’ll be when it’s Andrew Bogut who is screening him.

Davis’ signature swat 🙂

Brown seems okay. He passes the ball back, plays defense, and strictly catches and shoots. Have never seen him try to be a pg.

Uhh…. I’d let that pass.

He tends to iso.

I hope this is the last horrible NBA team that JLin has to go through!

is*
its too obvious the rest are useless you can let them take uncontested shots and they will miss at least half of em

The pairing of LIn + Brown is disastrous.

Good you corrected that because I’m ready to call you out.

Hey Lin is in, time for a 5 point play

LOL!!!!

isnt** wouldnt have made sense

Not true he was MIA defensively.

man to man cant really limit Lin much hes fast and a lot stronger and more ahletic than people give him credit for
one high screen boom hes finishing at the rim
only player I see he struggled against onw on one was khwai leonard then again who doesnt

I think so.

Oh they will pay for the way they did Lin. I have no doubt

They should just play ping-pong for their picks:

Yeah A colossal bust for sure.

haha… that must be the lakers only ping pong ball.

I really want to know what Lin will say in his post game interview? Maybe will not show then?

Yeah, like Kwame Brown bad.

17 only… so happy. I think even BS really let Lin starts… he will bench him like today. smh!

I wonder if lin will hug and kiss every one of the girls from jlingarden?

It will doubly hilarious if he’ll be worse than Kwame.

Nothing to see here….eh i mean the film. Its a team game.

why no Question MARK ding???? too afraid to ask BS WHY?
So obvious BUT no one’s asking the right question!

Clarkson was the one MIA. Bench guard scored over 20 pts against him.

3 steals

Lin can study the film and find ways to get out of this awful situation before the next team does the same thing on him. It’s games like this that will make Lin work hard.

he’s not shooting because he needs to pass the ball first, says BS (PRICE-TON), but more that ever, it will not come back to him to have the chance to shoot..LOL!

no point in studying film if the teammates doesn’ do the same.

because its no longer relevant,
BS: GARBAGE GAMES already for a Garbage player like JLIN- !

Counting:
17 more games
31 more days to end of season

107 days to FG

JLin, just stays healthy and improves as much as you can .

Lin did fine. He should keep his head up and keep going. Pfv says he is continuing to play lin prime.

Yes sir….

I think there is always something…

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/577324129474490368
https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/577324344294170625

I know. It’s only to get ugly with whatever crazy BS will throw at the players. Who has the right mind to do conditional practice almost at the end of season. Only out of mind person will.

dude try not to put names like clarskon in there.. he is a rookie still.. it makes the team chemistry bad if other sees this….BUT then.. it’s near the end of tanking season.so I guess it’s ok. But still don’t like names UNLESS they are to blamish in a way.

I think he just told the truth not trash JC in anyway….

Lin + Ellington work pretty well. They move well w/o the ball.

coach Lin speaks
https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577326397867180034

Throwing everybody under the bus… yup that’s BS for ya
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/577326985518534657

He never blames himself. It’s always the other guy.

If hes just holding back then good
no need to get injured
he still got a lot left in tank

This is no revelation. Davis/Boozer are the only ones that do.

well, we can blame him for just noticing this now.

anybody had the same feeling as me that Ellington play selfish recently?

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/577329991932735490

but that’s not truth. Hawks played great defense and they double a lot, not just to Lin. It is their great defense.

Does it happen to you all that Lakers is outcoached in all possible ways?

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/577330325031780353

if it is a problem whole season, and still not improved, and the coach still don’t know why. Yeah, sure, hard not to be out coached….

What do you think is BS’ motivation for starting JLin for the final games?

Also BS calling the team soft and now scared. What a great motivational speaker…

Kobe is not pleased with this comment lol

Well, they were busy running suicides, remember?

Davis is fed up. He is definitely outta there. He/lin agents have put feelers out and got better offers..LOL

https://twitter.com/SteveWestATL/status/577331254909091840

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/577334544698773504

Jeremy’s post game interview.

wow!

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/577335564686381056

If not from coach then why some games they did do well to help Lin w screen?! Lie. If Lin’s teammates guarded their man well then he would not be double teams all night long.

Curry is the best shooter in the league now but I hardly saw him got double teams. smh!

I agree… it’s his teammate’s problem & of course that sure came from the instruction by coach….asked them not to help Lin. Bc in other games, they did help well…?! smh! BS sure wanted Lin to look bad so he doesn’t have to let him back to starting lineup. smh!

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577337869292957696

To think I actually respected Scott as a show-time Laker…. lol

Scott described that he use to “sneak” into the Great Western Forum as a teen. I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s his whole approach to life — he’s a conniving SNEAKER

Lakers scorer is horrible, so many mistakes in this game. Lin’s 4th TO was actually a TO from Brown, and his 3rd steal is also Brown’s. And the play right before Lin got pulled in the 4th, that was Ed’s 3s violation, thus should be Ed’s TO, but it got credit to Boozer.

So Lin should have 3 TO and 2 steal in this game. Looks like the scorer could not distinguish Brown from Lin.

Byron Scott doesn’t seem to care what other teams are doing. Days in days out, he’s using the same rotations asking his players running the same plays. Atlanta Hawks was hitting the LA Lakers from the beginning. LAKERS made no adjustments. It is up to the players to improvise. Does Byron’s coaching staff study the other teams?

The Lakers don’t know anything about basketball. All they want are the best players and then they think they will win the championship automatically. They have thrown teamwork, strategy and all the fundamentals out of the window.

All Byron did was to run his fitness drills before games.

really…hope so…Lin need to scrutinize the team he is going to

Need video evidence to submit to NBA by e-mail.

Paul is talking about this too… can you contract him?

https://twitter.com/seabass1206/status/577340636828971008

Glad to see him smile.

So true. DGAF now, haha.

We have said this since day1…LAKER bigs set pathetic screens

That Baby Lin’s hair tho…

Sometimes, I wonder is there a conflict between BScott and the Coaching Staffs?

Better shots here…

Lin & family after the game.

One sign of good team play is the ability to play without the ball. Bball intelligence is finding the gaps to fill, anticipating the spacing to come from teammates’ movements and running the proper seams to create openings for passes. Davis was the one who naturally understood this and immediately filled the right gaps from Lin’s movements. It took Boozer a few more months to learn it. I even saw Hill do it once in the Heat game. Hill is by far the laziest in moving or anticipating open spaces. BTW, this type of BBall smarts also is how good team defensive play is created.

One of the plays that showed what good passing is all about is a totally blind pass that LIN threw over his head back up the middle lane to a trailing boozer. LIN had driven deep under the basket and was running out of room with many bigs around him. Lin never saw Boozer; he felt him and the open space that was gaping behind him. Lin knew that ALL HE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO THROW THE BALL BACKWARDS OVER HIS HEAD WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING INTO THAT OPEN SPACE AND BOOZER WOULD BE THERE FOR AN EASY SCORE, and he was.

Coach LIN has been teaching his teammates how to play team ball all season. This is why LIN is so good at making his teammates better. Lin teaches them patterns of play on how to find seams and gaps in space time. The Knicks learned to do it and you can see it as the season progressed that the Knicks players knew where to be for one another. The Knicks retained some of those patterns the following year but soon regressed back to stagnant movements again. It will happen also for the Rockets as well as they will forget the PG initiated movements from LIN.

lol

I saw that during the games. 3 people still waved the 3 signs even after Lin was benched.
Impressively cute! :>

I did already. Just looking for someone with video evidence.

the tanking business definitely cloaked BScott’s slow, outdated system to be exposed this year.
Next year there won’t be any excuses for him

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/577349206907756545

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/577349244056576000

Why used “Still”!?!

Byron doesn’t understand basketball talk so he just turns off his input comprehension.

Byron is much worse than McHale; at least Lin had not been so much handcuffed in running plays.

Michael, of course.

We’ve already established Brent is a doubter. I was referring to Serena ;P

I think she maybe just tried to know what’s in his mind about his FA… I believe Lin sure got some teams to contact him about this FA that’s why he is not worry & optimistic.

Who is reading this garbage of a book? lol.

how many min did lin get?

lol…dont even want to look at its cover…but we have no choice….forced into…watching

In comparison, BS has a hidden agenda. That’s why Lakers are not playing the game the way it should be played.

TWC showed this? Or from Hawks ?

Playing for Byron Scott is definitely an enormous burden. Jason Kidd did well with him as the coach but Kidd want to fire him.

Thanks. Someone also contact him about how to email this to NBA.

https://twitter.com/JackNieto3/status/577351461178245120 Info on contacting NBA. It was posted to the wrong game thread. I don’t see it here. Need to be released.

Good observation. You definitely can coach Lakers better than Byron.

This is the most ridiculous thing on this side of the earth. Jabrai Brown dumped the ball off instead of passing.
That is why the Hawks can key on Jeremy because they know that Brown couldn’t make a pass.
Lakers scorers are cheating on Jeremy.

I have watched the game partially. This is totally a lost in terms of the schemes. BS basically gave ATL too many chances to double team Lin and sometimes Clarkson. BS needs to be chained on a chair with the thing that keep his eye open. Then put Spurs’ offensive sets in repeat mode.

Noticed on that one play when Lin was double teamed, Black didn’t move. Saw Lin talking to him after that play.

This is the second time Lin said “the best is yet to come”.

All problems started when he put Jabrai Brown in the rotation.

Why?

Ya! I am pretty sure he is very confident on his FA & next team bc all the FA players no one said the same like Lin. He is also the only one who didn’t say he wants to stay w current team. Can’t wait for this summer.

She also said hope more fans to do so…

Only doubters are doubling that..

Then WInters should not quote his words this way

He has zero NBA exp, my expectation is low

not from Serena. Chinese reporter asked some dumb questions.

Which is good I guess. At least he can score.

Right.
Hehe I’m thinking may be Lin rejected her……love or hate, there’s nothing in between when it comes to Lin….

LOL wild imagination.

Hm, I don’t sense anything sinister or insinuation that Serena doubts Lin?

I think she wants to relay the message that Lin still believes he’s able to produce something better than Linsanity in NY?

In the past, she’s been very supportive of Lin so it could be something amiss in the context of a tweet.

Please take this face away.
That could give nightmare to children.

She should not use “still” because it will bring Lin’s quote out of context

Yeah, if Lin throw the ball to the direction that Hawks can anticipate, it will be another TO.

Because Jarbrai Brown who has just come back from D-league. He spent most of his time with Jeremy.

Come onboard, the Lin bandwagon has plenty of room =)

LOL, you need to join Michael…

It wouldn’t help to tie down a piece of cow pie to a chair. It doesn’t have a brain to absorb Intel. All it can do is to harden and stink up the place. BS is BS after all.

Look at PFV’s video clip for his horrible pass at Davis’ back.
vine.co/v/OVbIjbJPaaW

But basketball is a team sport.

Probably similar build, body type, etc.

It is ok, we can leave him there anyway

with every players serving their functions.

Its Jabari

kinda interesting to see we have one too many “J”s…JC, JB, JH, and obviously JL!

No, conspiracy is definitely carrying it too far. Let’s drop this, alright?

Must be some troll-banning features at work….lol

still on crutches, behind him

Amen!

Thanks. Added to Video Gallery on homepage

Would much rather Rockets not make the playoffs at all, would be a smack in the face for Morey for his MVP talk on Harden.

Benched, at one point JLin did go back to the locker room but he seemed fine.

a drive-by shooting is going down! BS, the ex-south side crips gangsta!

ha ha. yes. i should have known better…

surrounded by blue jerseys. Where are your teammates?

Davis is too good to stay in LA for his player option.

Can’t stop me..

Welcome.

Wow. Another JLin friend steps up!
https://twitter.com/briflys/status/577384314939162624

Bravo…good job!

The nsa… enough said

as i predicted since the clamp down post mini linsanity run which began with either the memphis or mia game i dont remember which lins minutes have with one blip for the det. game (concidentally or not the only game lakers have won in this stretch) been going directly down game by game, 29, 26, 23, 22, 19…

with the bizarre “annoucnement” evidently (i never actually say it just heard about it here) that lin would be “starting” the last 10 games, how that will factor in dont know. but for now clear on a trend downward, (in opporutnity) that has been initiated 3 times this year:

first when lin was playing well in dec only to be reduced and then replaced by price, second same thing in dec, reduced and replaced by clakrson; and now post asg; reduced without being replaced!

should the you get to start the last 10 thing materialzie it would be as someone suggested earlier an insult more than a appreication; its like we knock you down every time yer up all year and then we give you a chance to “prove” something at the end.

tank you very much.

thats carrying democracy too far.

Yep, Davis is gone.

Lin’s post game interview last night: “… I am not trying to change anything, You know, I can’t … Again, there is a lot of things that I can’t control in terms of, you know, other things or how much you play or the lineup or whatever or…, just anything … ”

“I am not trying to change anything” – I have to do this awkward and outdated quarter Princeton set.
“You know, I can’t .. ” – I have to follow HC’s direction even though I don’t agree.
“There is a lot of things that I can’t control ….” – Basically I can’t do P&R, I have to pass first, I have reduced minutes, I have to play with different lineup games in games out.
“or whatever” – Whatever, I am out of here next season.

I think ED left the former agent who also reps Kobe and will sign with notorious CAA?

kwl has a history of being fanatical so his credibility is kinda’ shot. And, given that you’re supporting him blindly, your credibility isn’t that great either.

Frankly, it shouldn’t matter who said what. The content should stand for itself. People like kwl and yourself have made people believe that lin fans are a crazy cult. it’s funny that kwl constantly cries racism when he acts like a fanatic.

I knew Davis was gone the minute he gave Lin credit for helping him play well.

This is a TO.
Just take a look at PFV’s attachment and judge it for yourself. Lin isn’t even close to where it happened.
vine.co/v/OVbIjbJPaaW

This kind of mistakes about Lin has happened too often.

Both Davis and Lin don’t have the reputation of Boozer as an established basketball player. We figure their diminishing minutes would be the direct result of it.

There is a possibility. We can’t prove it nor deny it.

Guess he is the Knick’s next Center/PF!

The Pattern of Basketball: Atlanta Hawks Big Men
patternofbasketball.blogspot.com/2015/01/atlanta-hawks-big-men.html
Jan 7, 2015 – Atlanta is 26-8 and they have won 18 of their last 20 games. … thing you need to know about the Hawks is that it all comes down to spacing. … They play five-out basketball for all 48 minutes, bringing in two more big men off …

This article clearly illustrates how bad a coach Byron Scott is. He is clearly stuck in the stone ages of 80s basketball. KOBE is a dinosaur of that time and BS the enabler is forcing the Lakers play a stretch 3 system with no spacing in the middle.

The game is changed and continues to evolve. My thoughts and inclination is that Lin is a transformative player who can bring the game to the next level of play by his combination of skills and mental strength. Today we marvel at teams like Spiurs and Hawks of selfless team play. How is it that Lin often is misunderstood and misjudged by critics for the very same values that these teams display? Coaches have always said that Lin wasn’t very good at one on one AND THAT WHERE LIN SHINES IS WHEN YOU WATCH HIM PLAY OVER TIME IN GAME SITIATIONS OF FIVE ON FIVE. Well this really is what the Hawks and Spurs do.

Simplistically, the difference between 80s bball and modern bball is that it’s no longer about beating players one on one. It’s about five guys working together to win space time. The movements of team play is to not beat a man, it’s to manipulate opponet’s into surrendering a space for more than a couple of seconds for a uncontested open shot. Essentially, it’s no longer about one man beating another man like how a Kobe wants the game to continue to shine on him as the star. Even Lebron realizes this because he desperately wants to surround himself with other players to create the necessary spacing for himself.

I keep harping on the how Lin has the ability to be the best player in the NBA becasue he has a skill set developed since his childhood. He naturally understands this idea of beating opponents with spacing. This is why scouts and coaches don’t know how to evaluate him.

LIN ISNT JUST A PIONEER BECAUSE HE IS AN ASIAN IN THE NBA, LIN IS ALSO A PIONEER BECASUE HE PLAYS A NEW BRAND OF GAME BEFORE IT WAS EVEN POPULARISED BY THE SPURS AND HAWKS.

it was : if in doubt, give the TO to Lin. Now, if there is a TO, give it to Lin.

I am a Lin fan but a post like yours is just over the top and totally not substantiated by ANYTHING. You just write a lot. Making it worse, you say stuff like Lin can be the best in the NBA and developed a new style of play never before seen in basketball. I mean COME ON!!!!!

Good to see this obvious question asked…as usual, we all know the answer

You would of course doubt LIN’S ability to be the best in the NBA. Unsubstantiated? No…he’s done it once already during Linsnaity when he carried a team of nobodies except for Tyson Chandler. Why is it that you and the masses choose to downplay what Lin has achieved instead of trying to understand HOW it was achieved.

You have always parroted the so call experts line that Lin is a fluke and a mid level player. I’m not surprised that your lack of vision doesn’t allow you to see beyond your realm of knowledge.

When did Ed Davis say this? Do u have a link, Joyce?

The flagrant marginalization of Jeremy Lin is seriously despicable. It is correct that his fans protest. What’s-his-name-the-black-commentator for the Hawks just couldn’t find what more to disparage Lin with; while the other would justly praise him.

It is true that corruption rules, but the Will of goodness is nevertheless more abundant. The greatest humiliation facing the conceited still looms overhead. The talent of JLin shall be enlisted into a fine basket ball team and then the extraordinary point guard shall be recompensed.

How can it be otherwise?

Kobe kept giving his “advice” to the youngsters I guess…lol

Thanks mate

“There is no point to deny it anymore”

That is your opinion which many people (including asians) disagree with. Don’t try to shove your opinion down other people’s throats. You have to realize that people can have differing opinions. And, if they do, it’s not based upon racism or some mass conspiracy.

A lot of asians cry racism and bring up this submissive stereotype of Asians. I don’t think Asians are submissive. It sounds like you are the one that believes it.

Please stop bringing up such toxic talk. It’s has alienated many regular fans into thinking that asians are crazy.

Well, using your logic, I can say that there is a possibility that Nelson Mandela was in leagues with Osama Bin Laden. You can’t prove it nor deny it, right?

Well, that’s wrong. Of course, you can’t definitely prove it but the chances of it being true are not likely.

An Article talks about Jordan Clarkson (and his father’s illness), Jabari Brown

Missouri’s NBA Draft-Bound Backcourt Bonded over Fathers’ Struggle with Cancer

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2095032-missouris-nba-draft-bound-backcourt-bonded-over-fathers-struggle-with-cancer

https://twitter.com/TVCGroup/status/577497196972523520

I’m assuming you’re agreeing with me?

JLin’s TOs back to 3
Thanks to those who emailed to NBA

Lin averages 6.2 drives per game where he converts it with 3.6 ppg off drives and his team benefits 7.7 ppg from his drives. His FG% of drives are 49.1%. Lin averages 10.9 ppg so far. Had BS providing some better schemes, Lin should have averaged 2-4 more drives a game and maybe 3-6 more in terms of ppg.

He had time to shoot a commercial during a road trip?

Haha! Maybe when he was vs Heat?

assume what you like.

Isn’t it ironic no matter how much BS tries to marginalize JLin, JLin is the current face of the franchise. I noticed on ESPN JLin’s picture when they talked about upcoming games.

It’s a softer version of Linsanity. Coaches all focus on defending him. ESPN and media outlets understand his marketability. But poor BS is stuck in the past.

You’ve got great manners. Thanks!

That is a direct cause of his antiquated stretch 3 system with 2 bigs clogging the middle. Lin had that problem at the beginning of last season with Howard refusing to set PNR for Lin.

Because they know who has the most all-around ability, who is the “engine”, who is the most dangerous, who they have to game-plan to stop, whose smarts the press wants to quote post-game…and who gets the fans going!

The adaptation is likely how teams like Clippers try to set double screens for Paul. However it’s still a perimeter set for mid to long range shots. I’ve heard it said so many times now how the Clipoers depend way too much on outside shooting.

The game has changed and even great coaches like Doc a Rivers has to learn the stretch 5 system. Until then Lin will be forced to be a round peg being hammered into a square port.

I think Lakers ranked #1 in taking long 2s….good for bail out shots, but nothing more.

But if it is Reggie Miller, I will mute the game again

It’s still a lot better than Stool.

The so call experts only look at the results and never the cause.

When BS talks about how the Hawks play the right way, he is recognizing the results in the same way. A great coach however looks at the causality of results and applies that template to transform his own team. BS can’t even apply the first step. He’s still stuck in the old Princeton that he doesn’t even understand completely.

1. Lin can never be potentially the best player in the NBA.
Reason: Lin is 6 foot 3 not 6 foot 8. Lebron sized guys will simply be better, sorry. Lin requires assistance by teammates and coaches to look good. Lebron types need help too to be their best, but if you dropped Lebron next to Kobe as team PG, Lebron would not have struggled as badly as Lin did early this season.

Russell Westbrook is currently playing a lot better than Lin. The only way Lin can become better than Westbrook is by shooting jumpers at higher percentage and also making less turnovers and be more efficient. Otherwise, Lin cannot even be better than Westbrook.

2. Lin is not a pioneer who developed a new style of play.
Reason: Lin simply uses pick and rolls very well. He is also very aggressive off the first step. Lin’s best athletic trait is his burst off the first step. That is why Lin is so good. Lin is not a pioneer who developed a new way to play. He is just a heady point guard who lacks advanced ball handling and 1 on 1 moves but makes up for it with tremendous ability to attack the paint to either finish or pass for open 3’s or point blank dunks/drop ins by his big men.

he used to have close to 9 drives per game last season in Houston. Big drop off here.

ESPN?

Wow, second Laker player fire Kobe’s agent now. Hm, will Kevin Ding write up another article to trash Ed? He did that to Wes though.

Here’s the problem, Lin has been playing for 3 teams and they all have one “franchise” player to protect at all cost.

Those 3 “franchise” players are the worst of the worst in term of selfish and ball hogging totally unlike Lin. In NY, to protect the unhappy Melo they forced D’Antoni to resign. In Houston, they benched him so Harden can run the offense almost by himself and eventually they traded him no matter how well he played in the last playoff series against the Blazers. In fact they were willing to spend 2 picks just to dumb his salary, that’s how far they are willing to go to protect their franchise player, Harden. Now in LA and you already know what’s happening, Linsanity can’t not happen in Los Angeles while Kobe is still a franchise player. Did you see how things quickly change afer Lin had about 5, 6 breakout games (after ASG)? Including Kobe now shows up at the bench? They even went as far as promoting Clarkson to the degree of inflating his potential to justify Lin is just his backup pg.

I still believe Lin will have his chance again after this season and the best part is he will make sure mistake not to repeat.

Could be. Those trainers seem to be incompetent with all the injuries they keep having.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/577516899031851008

https://twitter.com/brentyen/status/577570131661836289 NBA has corrected JLin tov stat.

https://twitter.com/cnm_jlin_vids/status/577555723552452610

https://twitter.com/jen2jenny/status/577542910410801152 Letter from NBA.

He did look slower last night, let’s hope & pray he stays healthy for the last 17 games

Yeah, tell me about it…. same here.

LOL 3 of those 4 guys are going to play 32+ minutes for their teams. Guess which one gets < 20 minutes. What a joke!

Scott has tried to make his offense and his rotations as predictable as possible. The he blame on his players not winning games for him. He had made so many lame decisions on the court but he still refuses to take responsibility..

Curry has the full support of his coach and the team.
Lin can only play 22 minutes at most in the game because Byron Scott wants it.

I like this ‘tank you very much’
Scottie.

LOL. This is the Open Truth.

Thats true…Come FA, Lin needs to find similar scenario as well

acbc, I assume you are Asian (American). Did you play on the tour?

No, I’m just a teaching pro. I took up the game too late to make anything of myself. Besides my family didn’t have the money for coaching so I had to learn the game by myself. This is perhaps why I developed such a keen eye for biomechanics.

Yes I’m Asian first gen.

I see. Yeah, it’s also very tough to make a living as a pro tennis player unless you are in the top 100. Ironically, if you are the best 500 basketball players in the world, you are a millionaire. Guys outside of top 100 on the ATP tour are barely making enough to pay for their travel expenses, if that.

MVP does NOT mean you are the best player in the NBA. It’s an ordained title.

I agree the NBA does not know how to promote Spurs. But let’s be real. Nobody who buys shoes wants to buy a “teamball player” shoe. They want to buy the NBA star shoes made by Nike.

$$$$$ talks and you are right, the NBA does not know how to promote Spurs.

Or perhaps, NBA tried and the Spurs are not promotable.

Who wants to buy the shoes of some guy averaging 10 PPG and only hits open shots.

Every young kid wants to wear Kobe and score like Kobe.

Lin himself grew up to Jordan, but watching John Stockton.