G73 LAL @PHI Game Thread

1st?

maybe we should do a count of how many people are actually here LOL

I see you’re on your game and was not caught off-guard
Very Lin-like!

I’m actually relieved Lin won’t play in this game.
The poor guy didn’t look good at all in the bus.

It’s only going to hurt his stats if he plays

I am with you. He said he felt better, but mentally drained from his sinuses.

LOL I wasn’t available when this thread showed up:-)

Was here but very sluggish:-)

u or disqus?

https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/582653978204229632

Believe sinustisis turns into upper respiratory infection. The URI is much much much worse than sinustisis. Sinus feels awful by itself but URI is a few times worse than sinus. That’s my experiences from suffering of these two since I studied in US (over 25 yrs ago).

Me:-)

probably empathetically absorbing lins affliction.

linusitis.

jason richardson? now thats a name i haven’t heard in a long long time.

I know… I guess not many fans will show up for the game bc it’s not worthy the money & time. I read one of the fan was in Nets game, he fell to sleep…LOL!

It’s funny a of new lin are bummed on twitter,him not playing tonight,even some 76ers fans seemed disappointed.LOL

So anything new on the Taiwan front about lin’s article?

Lol no chances for revenge?

I totally agree. NBA should change some rule about draft & should not allow tanking in the future. smh! The ticket is not cheap but…

so far hes just burying his head in the sand tho.

Only saw that one article. The whole article was translated now. My sense of not much of responses because most Chinese outlets have already said quite explicitly how JLin was being treated badly at Lakers. They use “tank” explicitly in their articles; talk “badly” about BS…… Lakers, BS and even KB’s reputation are quite damaged beyond repair from what I’ve read.

Will miss one more opportunity to watch Lin play.

Because 76er fans know more about Lin than those “Laker fans”.

I visited 76ers game thread on realGM 2 weeks ago, on the first page of the game thread, a fan post “Scott please don’t bench Lin tonight” before the game, and another fan added “Linsanity might foing wild on us tonight”, they know who is the best player on the Lakers, and they got their wish, as Lin scored 29 and Lakers beat their Sixers that night.

I hope the impact on Kobe fandom in China would be big enough that he can see the drop-off based on his Lintolerable treatment. That would hit him the most in the bottom line and fame.

Yep. NBA definitely needs to do something about it. They can’t reward to those teams that explicitly wanting to tank!!! Not only they need to stop but also punish those teams heavily. Having said that I will definitely stop watching NBA when JLin retires.

He is on antibiotics so him feeling better means that they are finally kicking in.

I think the best way to enjoy this game is by watching 11min 48 seconds highlights of JLin’s 29pts/5ast/5reb on 3/23 🙂
So here it is. Enjoy! LOL

He still has 9 games to play:-)

ICYMI watch Lin roared and shook his head as Davis flushed it at 4:59
Here’s a good snapshot

Just feel funny when I saw the tweet. Only Morey and Rox believe it:-)

I can’t believe those GMs / coachs voted “Mr. elite” as a top 30 PGs but not Lin, that’s really a sick joke..

No Calvary (Lin) to ride in and save the day this time:

https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/582684400393019392

pretty much any big man can put up all star numbers against a laker front line of sacre/black/kelly/johnson: budinger, jv, brook l, and now it appears even furkan aldemar!

I wonder if Ellington and Kelly will get some special bonus for their great tanking job..

funny.

the silly thing is its all a matter of preception; bev is no worse this year than last. probably better before the asg. its just there is no need for an abl now.

ESPN ranks Lin as the 14th best PG as for tonight, yet Lin isn’t even a top 30 in those GM / coachs eye, Lin has been FAR better than Bev this year, even on defense end..

https://twitter.com/thesuitedmonk88/status/582686521565802496

Kelly is under contract for one more year, and I think Lakers will bring Ellington back at a cheaper price teg

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/582688142966308866

The very first post on 76ers game thread:

“No explanation is needed as to why we need to do everything in our power to lose this game. Sadly, I think we win unless Linsanity goes off on us again and we have a terrible night shooting the ball.”

and the second post:

“Linsanity didn’t play in there last game with an “illness” and they have been “resting” 1-2 of there bigs every night for some reason.”

don’t you just love those Sixer fans? when it comes to the Lakers, they only care about Lin, they know who is Lakers BEST player.

requires constant attention. and its all in the details.

another Sixer fan added “Gonna need Lin to run of the tunnel like Reed to save us tonight lol”

lol.

https://twitter.com/mreddiehuang/status/582691996021719040

Does anybody know if lin is sitting on the bench?

Probably in the hotel talking with mom.

apparently Lakers just took the 1st lead of the game, now 51-50 with 1 min left in Q2
Byron must be worried a bit now

Should put Ryan Kelly back to the 3 if they wanted to tank. I knew he’d be better if put back at his natural position at the 4.

I would put it on the short list for sure.

Anyone watched the game notice this? In around 4:00 to 3:30 min left in 1Q, TWC started to talk about ” Jeremy is not playing tonight .. his brother played against…” I think maybe Lakers is really thinking about to sign his brother too?!

Not sensing an Ed Davis appearance in tonight’s game, even though Jordan Hill picked up three fouls in four mins. Hmmmmm…–mike bresnahan

ok here comes the punishment, poor ED

In 1Q. I checked twice it’s really talked about Lin & his brother.

Who?

Maybe watch other teams game….LOL!

i think as announcers noted he was disappointed because he had been the only player to play last one to play in every game.(until last game). as to your question about lin on the bench its hard to see because the basket is in the way; very hard to find players; but i dont see lin, swaggy is there.

Black with 5 fouls. Will they put Davis in and risk winning?

Nope Hill in of course. Why didn’t I think of that? Scott is an expert tanker.

Don’t see Lin on the bench.

But Joe is injured, right? How to play ….

Ya! I really don’t know who else also called Jeremy from 76? Check the video to see …

https://twitter.com/Sixers/status/582706069744549890

https://twitter.com/CSNPhilly/status/582705690533314560

davis according to mark medina indicated to media he was unhappy with that being at that time the only laker left playing in all games; 0 minutes last nite, now 0 minutes tonite. the reason tonite probably not “no reason” but complaining about not playing last nite.

no worries comfortably being outscored in the 4th. tank mode still in effect.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/582710800340643841

why he shot so early. lol they both tanking

OT

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/582717086562168833

Gotta hand it to JC, he’s played well and played well in the clutch. He has great stats for tonight.

Kelly at C, super tank line up…

I’m just giving him credit. Lin played well against the same bottom feeding team for his season high. The game going into OT isn’t what most people watching wanted to see.

No, I am not a fan of Clarkson. so take that someplace esle

What does that mean?

As predicted prior to the game, this will be the GREATEST TANK BATTLE since WWII. It is!
Just glad our Jeremy is not in it…

Stats doesn’t mean anything if the flow of game is not under control.
2 points behind and 76ers made a crucial steal from JC.

Exactly. People getting all caught up in this game, when the real game is happening wit Andrew Wiggins (IMO ROY)

did that guy just missed 2 ft??!!!

This was the most sloppiest games I have ever sen, with no flow to the game whatsoever. Clarkson still proved that he is a SG

Oh…. you are cruel to the basketball fans… BUT, bring it on! The greatest TANK battle!

no ot

https://twitter.com/ChrisMannixSI/status/582720629746614272

Byron fails at tanking. Team executes on what was probably a broken play. Sixers get the tank win.

The tankers win again….hahaha

That sounds about right.

Can’t blame it on Lin this time… could they??

I only watched the 4Q. Clarkson is an SG.

Hahaha… I am so happy they won! (for the different reason of course…) hahahaha

Bs need to dnp-cd the whole team….then hold a tryout for walk on players. ..hehe

JC did it again? smh! I can understand why Brown needed to score bc it’s his last day of contract but JC?!

lol that’s a good point.

Hey… that’s a great idea (and I bet BS already have that in mind too) !!!

No…but they will try.

Scott succeeded in alienating big Ed. Nice going, Byron.

They will not be with the Lakers next season anyway… but you are right they cannot be happy.

You can forget about winning those two games against the Clippers.LOL

His starting job.

This night will be perfect when the rockettes lose…. done…..perfect

PEEEERFECT!

Defeated by my hometown boys… yeah!

Haralabos Voulgaris
‏@haralabob
Lakers have an uncanny ability to win all these games they really shouldn’t win. Thats a talent.
https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/582722224047538176

BS deserves this win. HA

Doesn’t bother me…the tankers will just be fooling themselves until next year when Jlin is gone…then they will be smack in the face with the brutal reality

https://twitter.com/MisterCBooz/status/582733013282254848

And then faithful la fans will still get hero ball.

He just tweeted it like 45 seconds ago.

Clarkson had a good night but he got to play for 44 minutes, and now they are all say that he is better than Lin on LN, Lin scored 29 in 29 mintes vs the same team just one week ago..

Fresh of the boat!!

Just goes to show, it’s not easy to win by lying and cheating.

Of course, he got DNP for losing but … smh!

They should bc if he could only missed one FT then there were no OT & lose the game. smh!

they can cheat by bench Lin in clutch time when play better teams, but vs T-Wolves and Sixers would be another stories..

The problem with Scott is he is trying to keep his job for next year by making Clarkson pad his stats so that he looked liked he developed him at he expense of other players on the team. Scott calls it evaluating talent,but trying to tank at the same time, but it didn’t work tonight. Clarkson trying to look good and the laker fans don’t care about what he did, they just want the draft picks. Now Scott is in a dilemma because 76ers secured their draft and Lakers draft pick. I have been on the NBA media sites, and they are calling the Lakers dumb. Nobody is happy about this win. Zache Lowe stated that there was a lot of ball hogging during this game. So now Scott has to loose all of the games coming up.

This one could have been lost lol…

Yep, and these are tanking teams, … just enjoying the non competitive fun waiting for gsws run at it. I’m not even mad at kerr lol.

Gonna be really hard with Lin in the game. Back to twenty mins …

https://twitter.com/phillipjung/status/582739848274022400

I’m so happy that the lakers won because the Tank didn’t prevail, not even with Ed davis, lin and boozer out. BS should have put in sacre for 48 mins.

yeah, even though I don’t like him, i have to admit that he’s definitely a scorer.

Too bad Lakers such a crappy organization ruined by Kobe. I think JLin likes living in LA with friends family, weather, connection to Asian market, media coverage. Just unfortunate LA has to put up with it. Clippers with CP3 wouldn’t be very good either, nor would playing behind the Splash brothers. Guess not staying in California for JLin. Unless SAC.

Because Scott just let’s him play, because he wants him to beat out lin. It backfired on him this time.

Stam, sorry I delete your post accidentally.

Sac would be a nice drive once in awhile.

there is a special connection between Jeremy and kids.
I think they think he’s one of them, just a bit taller :]

Really hope he ends up with coaches like, Pop, Stevens, Rick, etc. Smart players need smart coach.

i think he will end up with a team with a coach that doesn’t play to egos and they just want to win games. I gotta say that lin has definitely stepped up his game.

Love the backhanded compliment.

so it’s better lin never played in this game, else they will be pissed at lin

Or someone like Erik Spolestra, another smart coach who emphasizes on passing the ball.

No FA will come here because of the treatment of kobe/scott. No agent will have his client sign on to an organization where the F/O won’t protect him.

Everyday is a meltdown day for the racist haters in cf now…. let’s see. .. Jlin is playing awesome consistently now, the wolverine is hurt and out for the season ( how ironic) and the rockettes lost again…..I am loving it..hhahaha

I would love to see a 3rd seed who exit in the 1st rd again…lol

Yep, which he was going to save those two games to try to win. LOL

Great post Joyce. I would like to add that Clarkson gets to be the PG while Lin’s role is dependent on whose in the team. He is going up against everyone such as the coach singling you out and the refs with all the non-calls (offensive fouls and charges) and phantom calls (although this has subsided a bit recently). They also are not utilizing Lin correctly by allowing him to run the PNR with Ed davis which will make both of them look like all-stars. Also, it is unbelievable when they compare JC starting with Lin starting as again, he was not the PG and because Kobe needed to surpass MJ. That was also the first time he had ever played on the same team with the starters as well. Kobe was supposedly “mentoring” Lin but I suspect that he had an ulterior motive that lead to worthless advice. I know I’m missing many more obstacles that he faces but those are a few more to hopefully add value to your post.

Don’t worry about those, Lin is gone. Let daydream some perfect scenarios for him…lol

I think that article that was posted by that ESPN reporter last year, before the beginning of the season, hit it right on the head. You saw how Jeannie Buss did her little interviews to control the damage. Then lin comes out with his article showing what a lousy teammate he is and scott being a vindictive coach, and then to put icing on the cake, D12 gave an interview to SI, that said some of the same things about Kobe. If you notice, kobe is laying low and jeannie is not trying to do damage control this time.

Yep, at this point, no talk is the best damage control. Just let it pass…

Ya! That’s exactly what I thought & felt about Lakers to JC bc it just got the weird feeling….I think they probably want to use him to get the pick.

Boozer is just cool. I observed him only casually before but I really like Boozer’s attitude and demeanor.

Thank you Lord for keeping Jlin healthy and at the same time granting the tanker fans with a victory so they can taste victory sweetness… Amen

I recall at his intro presser, he said the team can make the playoffs & I believed him. Of course, this was before BS was hired. Then doom & gloom was born.
I’m glad Lin improved on his game & that is all I can ask for this season.

How bad will this season end for the Lakers? Pretty bad. No playoffs, No respectable 0.500 record, No tanking bad enough for a top 5 draft pick, No FA wanting to stay with the team, No ratings, No one cares about Kobe, No cap room to sign important new FA, No nothing. Miscalculations left and right.

The recent one by Pablo

Hey how many of those 30 pg in espn ranking are off the bench??

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12563832/nba-espn-nba-forecast-ranks-nba-starting-point-guards-no-1-chris-paul-no-30-dante-exum

Shaq during #BieberRoast on @ComedyCentral: "I haven't seen a more disappointing lineup since the last Lakers game."— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 31, 2015

Have you been watching Eli Gold on The Good Wife? Ha ha, let it pass …

And Buy out Kobe.

You forgot being stuck with Byron Scott.

Haha! That’s what I read from some fans too… I think his ego it’s like he is next Kobe now…LOL!

I kinda agree with JC on this one. I think Jabari Brown belongs in the league too. Hes pretty good. Better than Ellington.

JC should have not said anything at all. He doesn’t know if he belongs in this league yet. JC has not been scouted because lin was the one they loaded up on.smh

oh I didn’t hear how he said it but just reading it, I don’t sense anything wrong with it.

really? hmm not really sensing that. But again I didn’t hear him say, just reading it,

Ah, yes, they can afford it … or maybe they cannot afford not to do it.

He criticized Hill not long ago, now this? This guy is gonna be douche bag.

Yeah, he did.

He did? What did he say about Hill?

Exactly. That will keep his mouth shut and silence him for a while. This is also the best way to keep the damage to the minimum. Kobe can look for another prey if he could which I sincerely doubt it. Too bad the team had used their amnesty on Metta World Peace. This is a perfect case for amnesty.

What a big head rookie! I never like him from the beginning, andI can say he’s on my hate list now.
Btw, anyone watched the game? Is Clarkson the one Lowe pointing at?

The thing that I have found with the Laker fans(mostly on the internet) they will jump on board with any player that has a good night. They will start calling him better than somebody else that has been playing the game for many years. When Lin scored his points in 28 minute, there was some praise, with a raised eye.That is why I hate the laker organization so much.,

What? LOL! He’s bad in D as well. smh! In fact, I only watched his near full game from yesterday & today. In the past I only checked box score before Lin came in… I really think he’s a SG not PG. Some of his PG skill so raw to me. Don’t think the other team really cared he score or not… And for weird feeling…. Lakers seems to let him pad the stats on purpose to me. But I really don’t like his big ego now.

The list is a joke, take the subjectivity away or just go with NBA stats, you have a different result.

JC control the ball most of the time & he did pass sometimes… but ISO as usual in late 4Q. It really made me mad it’s why he didn’t miss the FT like Hill? & needed to score in late 4Q when he sure knew coach didn’t want to win the game?! If he did so then there’s no OT & …?! When JC shoot the FT, TWC showed BS face… LOL! He’s sure not happy but couldn’t say it ….

That is why the rookies don’t need to be interviewed. They have started to pump his head before and Mitch had to hold a press conference to deflates some egos.

I agree, I think Lin will play most of the minutes next game Lin will pad his stats. Also i think lin/davis/boozer will play because it i a home game.

Bc it’s just too much & weird feeling for him to be so free to take so many shots? If Kobe was on court then he wouldn’t allow this to happen? This is not training JC for PG more like just to make him look good for trade.

JC is terrible in post game interviews. I remember a post game interview, he didn’t even finish his sentences & he mumbled. Yet, media crowd around Lin after games. lol

Of course Kobe will not allow JC style playing no matter it’s PG or SG to be on court w him. LOL! JC is not a PG material to me.

Even today?

Didn’t watch today’s game nor watched any interviews. Refuse to.

I guess not bc no video or tweet… Lin really can speak very well. Harvard did train him well…LOL!

Oh! I see. But LF also made it when he was in NYK….LOL!

Despite all bad things created by Byron Scott to shackle him maliciously, Lin’s game has improved and his one on one move has been dazzling this season.

At this moment, it’s fair to say that Byron Scott intended maliciously on the start to crush Jeremy from the beginning of the season. After the all star game, the truth leaked out and Jeremy began his Linsanity Prime performance. The games after ASG also disapproved the rating ESPN posted in black and white. It also exposes the truth that Jeremy is the most underrated PG in the league because of the insidious intent of his coach.

Anyway, Byron Scott would go down in NBA history for the infamous things he did. His endings would be just like the down of the Black Mamba. They shot themselves in the feet.

Jeremy definitely is not the reason that the Lakers being down this season because the trend had already started the season before. Byron Scott just made it worse with his misuses of his players.

Byron Scott’s easily the NBA coach who had caused more injuries off the game to his players than any. I suspect if there would be any other team that would make him the coach again. He was afraid of this and that’s why he told reporters that there were some players went to him and said that they would play for him. He was scared of the otherwise and tried to drum up something to improve the image of himself.

Ball don’t lie and Byron’s misdeed would eventually leak out that no more FA would ever want to play for Lakers without enormous money guarantee for their probable last stop of their career in Lakers.

Jeremy’s stats after ASG is real and recent and of course helps him in the FA market enormously. Lakers missing out on Jeremy would take a long time before they could find the PG for their rebuilding. Of course Byron Scott would mislead the team and would claim that he has found it in Jordon Clarkson. We all see the difference between the last blow out of the 76ers in comparison the recent winning in OT by 2 points. Jeremy Lin had displayed the flair and control of the flow of the game that Jordon Clarkson couldn’t. Lakers couldn’t afford to spend that much time for Jordon Clarkson to mature before their crush landing under the leadership of Byron Scott and Kobe.

Yeah, Lin should leave the Lakers because that would avoid him being used as an excuse for the destined failure in LA Laker next season with Kobe and Byron Scott running the same kind of show again. This season Byron Scott was too busy to find scapegoat for his ineptness. Next season is Karma for what he did. There is no more escape for him and Kobe to face their horrible destiny.

We’re all waiting for the good news that Jeremy will join a new team with his much improved skills and toughness through these 3 seasons of appalling misuses. The end of tunnel is approaching and Jeremy Lin begins to see the daylight that God will bestow upon him. Amen.

And the Linsanity Prime maturity.

Tankaton alive and well

https://twitter.com/tankathon/status/582732752841281536

Lin can break down the game. I noticed after his interviews, the TWC panel don’t say anything. They just move on.

They always asked Lin about how to improve the game or what’s wrong w the game…? Lin is more like a coach than BS.

No free agent would want to be the destined scapegoat for the definite crash landing of Lakers next season.

Granted, Laker may have some draft picks and Julius Randle back next season, they are not going to be enough to make up for the downside of Kobe. Jordon Clarkson, Julius Randle and those draft picks need time to develop. They would drag the season down with them just like what is happening in Minnesota.

At the end, Father time would catch up with Kobe and he had to bow out of the season soon. No free agent would come in to be his scapegoat again; I am confident that Kobe Byrant couldn’t find anyone close to Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, and Jeremy Lin to be his scapegoat again at the dusk of his career.

Then we should show this to above article’s comment section.

Byron has to fall back on the veterans or else there would be no mercy on the court by those Clippers. Byron’s deception could not change the opposition. Two blowouts in a roll will ensure the endings of his career in Laker. I believe that the Clippers will love to finish the Laker off for good before going into the playoff.

If not for the last 2 wins at the clutch by 2 points, the Laker would take over 76er as the third worst team in NBA to secure their top 5 pick for the next season. If this trend continues, I would think there is a realistic chance for the Lakers to loss their top 5 draft pick this season. Byron Scott would have to deal with this next season with less and less players willing to move to LA.

He’s just a kid; give him a break.

Reporters seem to know who is the floor general.

Laker has to win their home game even at the risk of losing their top five draft pick because it will affect the ticket sales next season. People might just give up on the team for good. The season ticket selling next season will then take a nose-dive.

Nobody can describe how bad the season ticket holder feel this season.

They probably could sign Rondo but I doubt that they could sign Jeremy.

He could ask the franchise to overpay them for their service. Basketball to him is just a business.

Pray that would happen soon but it won’t be until Scott finishes the rest of the games for this season.
I think Jeremy would do well in the home games and that would take the Laker away from their top 5 draft picks. All those tankings go for nothing. LOL.

Byron Scott is going to have tough decisions to make. He couldn’t win either ways.

The best JC can do is to trade baskets with the opposition.

The best part is they won by 2 points only.

I have a hunch that the Laker won’t have the top 5 pick next season.

Also, include the ESPN First Take interview with Nelly. He argued with SAS that no one wants to play with Kobe and Kobe does not make his teammates better. He said a true leader makes everyone around him better. I loved that interview.

and the third ex laker (guards) coach brian shaw was so bad his players “tanked without” him so that they could be rid of him and since then played better.

also worthy of note that collison was only healthy for 45 games this year.

Tonight I dreamed about Jeremy who chosed to go to the Magic. D’Antoni was their coach. The frontcourt was vucevic Gordon and Lin and Oladipo backcourt.

I just remember he was happy, the weather was good and guess D’Antoni asked vucevic to be fast like Jeremy.

I don’t remember if my dream was in Italian or English

I see it as a young guy trying to be loyal and help his college teammate.

JLin on the cover of “鞋幫” (April issue).
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https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/582913793832816640

Lol true dat

Lin is too classy to, do something that awkward. not sure if JC was trying to be funny or serious

Nathan Gottlieb and Jordan Clarkson don’t get along …
__________

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/582919322479300608

Nice dream!
You must have slept like a baby

LAL is 20-53, not “15”-53 as the writer said, isn’t it?

His Story had reached beyond race, religion and country!…

At least Adidas markets better!

May your dream comes true!

since you cant remember much…must be Italian!

He’s doing a disservice to Lin by following his teammates and bashing them. I think Lin gets along fine w/ his teammates, but sometimes these “fanatics” can alienate Lin with his teammates.

And I think that may be the case w/ the LAL organization and the media.

I think he might be too short if he is listed as SG though. Just see Brown…..

The headline is incomplete. It should be

“Byron Scott swears opposing players have approached him about becoming Lakers Head Coach” LOL

I don’t think Lin likes when fans get overzealous or those that bash his team mates.

yup, it’s pretty bad being LA fans nowadays.
They bear the losing seasons hoping to get Top 5 Pick and now they might lose it to 76ers by winning 2 games against them.

Now they need to go 0-9 the rest of season :[

PB was nobody before KM promoted him. He will be nobody soon.

He didn’t trash JC. In fact, he did say lots of good thing about JC but just think he is a SG.

I think with Nathan, it’s probably more than just saying he’s a SG. Nathan and Ido are very direct in their comments.

you will be surprise.

But that’s what Nathan said. Don’t think he will need to cover up for what he said to JC… Well, it’s not matter since this season will end less than 16 days.

I don’t think they have any problems with Lin directly. But having some random people “attacking” you on ur twitter account, you probably not gonna like it at all and may subconsciously blame Lin.

I believe Lin gets along fine with Harden and Bev. But I think some of Lin’s fans would want him to see them as enemies.

But you think it’ll end? We got Melo in NY, Harden/Bev/KM, in Hou, KB/BS in LAL. Where it is, there might be someone to take that blame.

Take the blame for what?

I’m kinda lost here

I don’t think he cares – recall his quote that he will stick to what he can control. You are adding too many ‘cares’ in a fan place and too many what ifs. Just go to the fundamentals – JLin and JC work together on the court and that’s their relationship. I doesn’t matter a hill of beans (a la Casablanca) what JC and Nathan do in a simple on button press that is reversible. If you wish to keep amplifying that fear, that’s up to you. If you want to spread it, that’s up to you. You do what you do and it comes back to you. That’s what amplifying does …

he was referring to lin fans

Ya! Haha! I believe as a public person they sure got lots of hate or trash tweet. That’s part of their life as a public person no matter they like it or not. No need to worry about Lin & JC. In fact, they know what’s the job on court for them. BTW, Lin & JC don’t even follow each other on tweet yet. LOL!

He did say that he was getting a lot of pressure from his family and friends etc in the first half of the season. So he does care because it affected him. And he finally had to put a stop to that and not think about that and just go out and play.

Probably at that tie, he didnt realize the tanking mode that BScott has or how inept BScott in coaching..especially with rotations and timing

i think he could and have shown as well, with melo and harden. If not for the coaches and rotations, harden and lin could have been the best backcourt in nba easily top 3!

despite being sick!

Fans will have the passion to react to what they believe. I’m not talking about fans I’m talking about the team leaders who killed team chemistry to stay united instead of special treatment, favoritism and hatred.

he was all suit up to play..right but got dnp-cd

its a lost for tankers! 🙂 lol

Who is this patrick beverly guy….is he.a player for some kind of sport? Badminton perhaps.

😛

hey dont mock badminton now…i do sport with badminton as well 🙂

lakers got a rare win last time without lin playing major minutes; had to go to over time to do it and get 20 point games from both rookie guards. last time they played philly was beginning of lin hot 4 game streak b4 illness and with lin playing major minutes they blew out philly double digit win. no need for o.t.

i beleive its now 12-19 when lin plays 28 minutes or more.
8-34 when less. (this season for lakers)

so still when you get a significant sample size the old adage holds true: no lin, no win. (adjusted and up dated 19% winning percentage vs. 39% winning percentage. or still double +)

coin flip in other words. heads or tails. better odds than the improved lottery odds the laker fans are so anxious about having them tank towards

just a follow up note on that: it appears cousins mite be shut down for the season and yes its possible that could at the far end highly unlikely but possible drop lakers out of top/bottom 5; but thats not going to happen. bs will make sure. one way or another.

but probably by the time those games come up it wont be an issue.

from siberia ye came and to siberia ye shall return. (or someplace similar)

The spoils only goes to those who dare to fail.

Of course because they’ve never show live when they spin the lottery balls or did they even spin it?

Jeremy Lin will not be a member of the 2015-2016 Los Angeles Lakers, in
very large part because he and Byron Scott have been incompatible all
season.

I’ve played all the racket sports competivily and by far the most difficult is singles badminton. It’s basiclly running suicides from back to front on every point. Tennis is the easiest but requires the most skills.

true…I do play both

If he had only scored 21 last night.

They could be another example of the “Goldmine affect”. Let’s hope that they continue to “beleive”. Like the other Goldmine spots in the world.

:))))

It was all Kobe. He wanted to avoid Linsanity in LA and lose his city. Scott is just his puppet cause Kobe was the one who made him coach of the Lakers.

I’m pretty sure Jeremy would’ve done a brilliant job even in the Princeton offence

Kobe just had one goal in mind. Beat mj.

Or just Crazy uncle

Looks correct, unless they just corrected it.

that’s even more difficult
I used to play both in HS and .. let’s just say I was not an All-Star in both :]

God chose whats foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose whats weak in the world to shame the strong – 1 Cor 1:27 #countercultural— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) March 31, 2015

Jeremy is thinking, “… is a fool” =)
just kidding

The 1 Cor 1:18-27 passage talks about the idea of Christ being crucified to save humanity is a foolish idea for humans but God’s wisdom is wiser than human’s. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength (v.25)

Basically, it is just saying that the idea of sacrificial love is foolish to many self-serving humans but in the greater scheme, there is a great wisdom behind it.

IMO Jeremy could be thinking along the same thought that one his ways (i.e. play for the team, sacrifice individual stats for team, etc.) might seem foolish to many but there is great Godly wisdom behind it.

thanks

No they didn’t. It only shows live when the open the envelope.

yup, there’s a lot of crazy uncles (or aunts) indeed 🙂

Haha! I need one too…LOL!

https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/status/583035719527976961

Look at what BS has done, I think Lin ranked much higher when in Hou

So it’s good or bad for him now?

Awesome rank but who’s Bemba?

I totally agree. Kobe is the real reason why Lin had such difficult time in Lakers. BS just did all the dirty job for Kobe. It’s OK only 9 more games to go.

A life of humbling yourself in front of might God…. He will grant you favors and exult you.

How the heck did they put this guy playing backup for nobody most of the season?

good guess.. the “toughness” was what he objected in the Torres article
It definitely is #countercultural in the NBA to have a different brand of toughness.

I would argue the quiet-persevering toughness that Lin demonstrated to keep coming back strong despite multiple setbacks is better than the in-your-face toughness and bravado that is short-lived

good question .. Now inquring minds want to know which rank Ronnie Price is in the list

we will never know about Price but now we know BS is next to last as a coach.

They didn’t have practice today so it should not have anything to do w his on court problem… Well, if it’s really response to that ESPN article that should be fine I guess.

You interpretation is the right Godly one.

I would add to that with the loss of the pick that is likely now, the ‘wise’ have been shown foolish, and the strong have been shown weak. JLin can be speaking on that too, that ‘my power is made perfect in weakness’.

It is not all that it seems, so counterculture for sure to serve, support, and go for the real wisdom and strength. That is real Asian. Not Swag like so many demand.

so true, in serving underprivileged kids, homeless in real-life Jeremy proves that giving (his time/resources/money) is better than receiving. In return, he receives a lot more fans and support by the day! Plus no baby-mamas headache like so many NBA players 🙂

In the day and age where people put themselves first, that is certainly countercultural.
I’m thankful to have to point to him as a good role-model to so many young people (and young-at-hearts)

We need more young ppl like JLin. The internet explosion has made everyone in the Bay Area move toward serving power and money. It’s not right, that so many bright young people are heading this way.

today’s Mason and Ireland show, Ireland was openly question why Lakers win this? Why Sacre is not on the floor, why JC is playing. And said honestly, Byron had tried his best with the line up, they just need to take Sacre in and take JC out. He also called out 76er’s tanking movement, and stuff. lol

Ireland also kind of saying Byron already put all the guard in, if he take JC out, whom he is going to put in? Jeremy Lin, he go 29 last game….. even worse.

And other radio show they would say JC “selfishly” win the game, and next year he is going to play with bad teammates, etc.,

ESPN LA was kind of saying Byron already put in a team tank, just he could not throw the game away. He already sit Lin

Lol!

Yep, sacre, and throw in a little tension and crazy 2 mins sit here and there to ice players and he would have had the tank. He even lost in losing, he’s so bad of a leader.

I totally agree JC’s so selfish… In the beginning I was hoping Lakers could win bc I hate BS….LOL! But when I saw what JC was doing that really made me mad bc if he could only missed on FT shot then there was no OT & … smh!

I read few weeks ago, Mitch was watching a player (forgot which shcool?) on court… He played SF.

JC a better player than Jabari.

Thanks @psalm234:disqus. Just watched it. Indeed it was an awesome wedding. Believe Jason and Kat are still honeymooning in US. Not sure whether they have gone to watch JLin games or not. I know he did plan to watch a couple game. Jason is now working in HK.

Are they some well-known couple?

Just look for mock draft on google

man, the nets are motivated! Riding the line with the Pacers.

BScott & Kobe?

Oh, tx. Didn’t know. LoL.

Other Lakers know Lin is on the way out, so they don’t really care what some Lin supporters say.

Any idea what is this?

Everyone. 9. games. left. We’re almost there!

It’s 1 April today. Wonderful. That means:
15 days
9 games to end 2014-2015 season
90 days to FA!!

Get well soon JLin! Stay strong and healthy! Continue to improve your games!

Generally speaking, this is the end of the story.

HAHAHAHA you beat me to it.. 2 hours ago… I didn’t even see your post underneath here.

ill concede its possible.

its highly unlikely the lakers would fall out of the bottom five which is all they need to “get the pick”.

there is argument for them to go lower to have a higher % chance of nailing a top 3 pick; but that is just %’s, and % shift between 4 and 5 or 3 and 4 is not substansial; however the difference between 3 and 5 is somewhat significant but still not in any way determinant.

that being said: if sacramento does shut down cousins for the rest of the season and rudy gay remains out with injury, its theoretically i guess possible for lakers to fall out of bottom five but not realistically possible. they are currently 6 or 7 games “ahead” of sac. with only 9 games left.

well, I can tell you the Bay Area was once so nice to grow up in. Nowadays, dinner parties are not fun … in general.

thanks for the update 🙂 they seem like a great couple
Hope Jason get to catch some of Lin’s good games

Probably an Adidas promotion. On the WSS facebook page it says (with the above picture) :

One of THE biggest names in the NBA is coming to LINCOLN HEIGHTS on SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH! Come meet in person LA Lakers’ Jeremy Lin 林書豪 starting at 3pm! More details to come… Stay tuned!

Hm, JLin could still be out again tomorrow?

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/583094068005081089

ok, then I guess because they beat PHI 2x, due to JC FTs, JLin is on a very tight leash sheesh. JC, what an ironic disappointment.

Applies to many more.

Fair enough. Thanks for the info.

Never mind about CF… he just wants to use this subject to get Lin’s fans to click for rating…

The drop from 4th to 5th is wide so Lakers better not improve pass Orlando.

Lin put up real numbers vs inflated PB.

Lin can run a team if giving the ball vs inflated PB.

Exactly. Don’t click in there to help his traffic flow. Best to ignore that site altogether. No new info there.

thanks for posting the %
That means LAL can’t afford to fall to 5th since it’s almost 50-50 chance to get the Top 5 Pick

Not sure what this stat is implying.

Good and fair article. The thing is if Scott had given Lin more rope he would have delivered late in games, even when he starts off crap. Minnie game during Linsanity where he had a bad 3 quarters only to hit the winning ft in the 4th. Even the Raptors famous valentines day game he was getting torched by Calderone but coach put Shump on Calderone for D and Lin came back to win it with the three. Too many examples where Lin has come back from a bad start to finish strong. Yet people still forget.

Well said. In the twists and turns of the NBA, you’ll never know how things work out. Clarkson may or may not be successful in the long run but his journey is completely different to Jeremy’s.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/583107995824848896

Sandals

That’s why Steph Curry got my MVP vote…broke CP3 ankles big time

https://twitter.com/DimeMag/status/583117297486721024

here’s the link directly to the right time. https://youtu.be/-MH0uBZZ6rg?t=200

HOLY SH*T.. I can just walk there.

My money is on Chinese ancestry. Both bride and groom. I double checked their parents’ (I think) features just to make sure.

Did you guys see the news flash on ESPN just now? Lin got TRADED back to the MSG (birth place of Linsanity) with Hill and Boozer for Melo! I can’t believe this is happening!!! Lin is free from BS and Kobe. I can’t wait to watch the two ISO alphas fighting for a single inflated bladder and compete for most baskets. Lin is going to revive the Knicks once again and I can hear the garden crowds cheering already.

… you didn’t actually buy this I hope. Check your calendar as it is now April 1 in my time zone. 😉

Ha ha I couldn’t help it. I know I can’t catch everyone off guard but I just had to do this. I am gonna pull this one in the office see if anyone’s still half’sleep.

nice try but the TRADE keyword is a giveaway for seasoned Lin fans :]
a picture of Lin’s NY jersey might sell it more

I’ll just have to make some changes and see if I can do better next year. I am jotting this down on my 2016 google calendar right now…

yes, I hope coaches/FO let him excite the Staples Center crowd while still guaranteeing tanking vs a good Pelicans team

that was epic!

but big baby got moves too!

Big Baby working that spin move. Warriors-Clippers in the 4th quarter of a tight game on #TNT pic.twitter.com/EZmzlo6tzd— Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) <a

LOL Thought you are a troll:-)

LOL at bench and Barbosa’s reaction

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/583116253855948801

I have no problem if they let him get 20/10 first :]
someone has to make Staples Center crowd happy, right?

Agent 017 is ready to excite Staples Center tomorrow

Doesn’t look sick to me at all. Sick person would not be playing ball like that.

never underestimate the power of @heroballjlin:disqus :]

I never do 🙂 hence my name

Doesn’t he have access to indoor courts? Bad lighting and exposure to elements is not good for a recovering from illness.

sound like my mother

Looks like he is catching up with the lost time! Go LIN

66 degree’s F in the evening in Santa Monica. Not bad.

A change in JLin’s website. JLin’s statement of NO MORE LAKERS????!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/583213339565666304

APRIL FOOLS

this is not a april fool joke; big super typhoon my philippine freinds text me last nite is headed there, everyone battening down; especially bad cause comes at holy week when everyone is traveling.

category 5 at the moment already killed a bunch of people in the pacific islands.

i know there used to be at least philippine lin fans here or have friends or relatives there. if not aware of this thought would put up; not there yet and hoping it will reduce in intentisty before gets there.

That was sick. made my day

ouch, pray he could at least stay in the NBA a few more years. Read an article on him that his family is not well off, be nice to have a nest egg to live comfortably.

Prayers up! I think this is the first typhoon in 2015 for the Philippines, which experience these natural disasters at least several times every year. Hopefully the government is getting more and more prepared now, as unfortunately this has become a way of life.

That means he is ready for FA now bc it’s April.

Lin has said he doesn’t want to be identified with only a certain style, and that he wants to prove he can play not just in one system. I think he is now proving he can adapt and excel in different circumstances.

That’s erfect temp for a workout.

Adidas pv: http://news.adidas.com/GLOBAL/images-and-videos/video/Climachill—BTS—Jeremy-Lin/a/3ae14159-5d60-423e-ace2-bd6e7863767c

Interview with a sina’s reporter: http://video.sina.cn/sports/nba/2015-04-01/detail-iavxeafs3993582.d.html?wm=3049_0007&wb2sina=1&from=wb2source

probably im not familiar with “vanuatu”; the reports i saw only referred to “micronesia”. broadly as several deaths and much damage.

as kp c says its a regular occurence but rarely do you get these category 5 warnings; the straitline winds these storms produce are double anything in the states.

upwards of 200-240 k and beyond; its amazing anything survives. but usually the people just pick up the debris and start over.

we all better get used to it with the recent mass reports of “climate change” confirmations beyond even the worst predictions; this will be increasingly the circumstance of not just “the other” but “the west”.

Never liked purple and gold.

Understand that. Queensland was hit by Category 5 Cyclone back in February. It was rather devastating despite of days of preparation. Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia continue to hit by cyclones as we are in cyclone season.

Wow, Lin can’t even wait till the end of the season to take the jersey off.

That’s big for someone so politically smart. Lin is definately making a statement.

He never envisioned his days in Lakers is all about loosing games which is totally against his values. JLin & BS are not on the same boat. Let’s see how Laker’s owners will decide in the end, Kobe or Lin?? Somehow, Jean Buss has kept mum about Kobe since she paraded in ESPN initially and hopefully they realized Jeremy is about winning, loyalty, and teamwork.

Kobe or Lin is exactly the same question as Melo or Lin. Even at the height of Linsanity, Melo was chosen over Lin. It’s now clear that in 2012, Melo gave Dolan an ultimatum: Either Linsanity goes or I go! The Knicks choice became apparent when coach D’Antoni was replaced, even though the Knicks were heading for the playoffs. In choosing Melo over Lin, Dolan was also challenged to come up with a pretext for letting Lin go. Otherwise it would be damaging to Melo, the goods he was keeping. So Dolan claimed he was furious at Lin for re-negotiating with the Rox. Two years later, the Knicks gave Melo a 5-year contract at $25M per year.

Since the Michael Jordan phenomenon, NBA teams have realized that the big money comes from having superstars. Superstars are even more important than winning from a profit POV although ideally the two go together. Lakers also pay Kobe the max $25M per year and Kobe has another year left on his contract. So it seems clear that the Lakers will not choose Lin over Kobe. In their eyes, it’s not really an option.

where did you get 99% of scientists agree? I only know 99% of socialists. Typhoon has been around long before we have cars, private planes, airforce 1….

never liked purple.. but gold is good.. if you don’t want it, give it to me!.

What province?

Agreed. This CAN happen.

However, if it does happen, I just hope Lin gets his minutes on court and not the bench.

boo.. i like him in purple and gold. it’s just the wrong year for him. so sad that he’s leaving lakers…

That’s right lots of gold and green, right?

That too. But I try not to complicate my posts with extra details 🙂