G76 LAC @LAL Game Thread

2 easy

closest to the first ever!

Ha! first lady here!

Behind you

Usually Jeremy plays well in days like xmas or easter. Go jlin!!!

So you knew where haha

hehe

where what?

both myself and another poster on here have referenced our long run battles with uri/sinus; that can last months and never go away.

that being said if lin has not had a history of this it would seem a concern. imo he was played too much when he was initially sick; they played him more that one game when he was still sick than any game all season!

since then hes not been right.

I don’t know, I don’t want to see Lin playing well in only holidays, lol..

I think Byron Scott is just using players as scapegoats for his poor coaching. From his point of view nothing is wrong with his coaching, or way he utilizes players (or lack thereof).

a good point. an interesting point. people try to speculate various explanations theories for various scenarios that play out.

a simple explanation for a lot of things that doesn’t require any conspiracy theories:

its not his fault. (he says).

oh dont take me on in song lyrics. i got a dunk there 2.

What BS says is true, but BS shouldn’t say this to media.

Byron Scott is really sure of himself that they will have a great free agency recruitment. I just don’t see it happening.

spurs continue their hot play against the best time in the nba up 29-11 on the splashies in first q.

Lin played great defense covering for Clarkson.

No way will Byron Scott get any big one. This is an inept coach and the team is going to be sinking with Byron heading the team.

Byron is sick and deliberately sick-minded.

Yey I found the thread! Was lost there for hours. Hope Jeremy has a good game!

As usual, Laker is scheduled to be the last game for the day.

The Spurs is whipping the Warriors.

The Spurs plays great defense on Klay Thompson who is shooting only 3-11

But with Kawhi Leonard playing at both ends of the court, he simply dominates the game offensively and defensively. He should be the real MVP.

He must be on BSD. Lol Say something that makes sense. Just goes to show you how BS is willing to throw the team concept out the window for Kobe, his idol. The thing that makes this non-sensical statement more sad is that he wasn’t joking.

BS + LSD = BSD.

The firepower of GSW is incredible but the depth of SA Spurs is horrifying. They make whipping the GSW look easy.

Sorry to hear that.

Pray that JLin is able to find his rymthm this game.

What?? Is BS on drug?

good one. He’s old-school indeed 🙂

I wonder if they said the same when LAL beat them…

No worries. Let’s go Jeremy!

Mighty good looks.

Yep! Go Go JLin!!!! Want to see him to end the season in high!!!!!!!!!!

Statement made.

They made it already?

Boston has a very good chance to make it to the playoff. Their young players are playing better every day. They have depth and youth.

Currently Celtics is only half a game behind Brooklyn for the 7 spot. Boston is at the 8th. Charlotte runs out of steam. Miami is on on a losing streak. The Pacer is at least 1 game behind The Celtics. Only 3 teams fighting for 2 spots; Cletics, Nets and Pacers.

I dare say the Celtics is going to overtake the Brooklyn Nets for the 7th.

LOL!

Lord give Lin strength!

BS should be a comedian. He will get a big laugh talking like that. Even Kobe is embarrassed by BS’ talk.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/584892755500859392

Jeremy prevented an easy basket! Good D 🙂

sloppiness cause lins turnover

2 times by Jordan, got to tighten up.

Out already? boooooo

Byron Scott has tried his very best to destroy any team chemistry within the team.
Today is his judgement day!

its crazy how wes will take any shot and every

ouch… thanks

It’s Boozer who saves the day.

this h*** is almost over y’all

Just put in Davis, jeremy Boozer and they will set things on the right track.

how did Jeremy look on the bench? unhappy?

so im guessing jeremy got his starting and backup pg roles taken away from him lol

It was better when JLin came off the bench. At least he’d get to play THE PG. When JC plays PG he gets his points but team looks like dung.

No….not really. The point really is it is better Lin just do not play for Lakers…lol

They are running out of games to do that anyway…lol

they gave up hope trying to convince him to come back as backup PG LOL

yeah..I guess you are right

Only his body is still there..

lol .. this Lakers team is a D-League audition for next season

Lets not insult the D League lol.

I really think Byron will say this is a lost season so he’s justified to evaluate players for next season. Must be nice to have this “All-You-Can-Tank” coaching job :]

Doug Rivers is making a wise decision to let Byron keep the new Lakers playing on the court by using his 2nd team. By the time Doug send in the first team, it would be too late for the Lakers to get into any sort of team work.

At least they had the best bench in the league and it was more fun to watch for a few minutes. Now the whole game is garbage time.

oh well 🙂 .. Byron shouldn’t even coach the D-League then

time for starters.

No you can’t say that.
They will have the greatest player ever Kobe return, they got a new westbrook / new CP, they got the greatest coach, they will have many other stars willing to join the team (per BS)
Lin is too suck for Lakers :-))

Carlos Boozer is having a great game for himself.

If Lin stays with Lakers next year, I am going to cancel my Ballstreams. Not because I don’t like Lin but I cannot justify watching Lakers BB again next season. I rather work and make money than watch Lakers for free. Lol

wow Dwight Buycks just brought up the ball, not made a single pass and missed the long-jumper
That’s the new PG?

I thought that’s the 3rd quarter?

that is always the gsme plan

https://twitter.com/jas83j/status/584902792961101824

idk ??

6 ..

yep on their honeymoon

Lordy, lordy. Lol

dont need Lin for tanking…lol

Lol….

just turn it off. if they are not gonna have lin in, there’s really no point in watching a tanking team.

Lin in, after another TO by Clarkson.

guess i’ll turn it back on again.

Byron is panicking.

lin cant save this mess just focus on individual play

With Ryan Kelly, Black, Clarkson
I don’t think it will work.

JC still in though.

What’s the point without ED? 🙁

Won’t matter as long as Clarkson PG and initiating offense.

It’s a pickup game out there and nobody will look for the Asian guy, unfortunately.

Unless you can get DeAndre Jordon foul out, this game is over.
the team chemistry is missing.

Made both with a smile 🙂

glad he made both.

Assist!

Sure glad Jeremy settles down. Go Jeremy!

Who’s got Redick?

Lin’s primary on him.

Byron so stubborn.
He should put in Ed Davis, Boozer, Jordon Hill: the veterans. This is a game for grown ups.

Lin needs to score and point to Davis at the bench, “For you, buddy!” :]
Make a statement

Now he’s seeing the type of defense Lin usually sees. It’s a different game when the other team targets you to stop you.

correct

McHale…

true, making money > watching tanking ball

lol … can’t wait for next season’s drama :]

BS getting tips from Mchale..lol

i would’ve thought BS wanted to beat Clippers.

Reddick is really good playing w/o ball and using those screens.

No PnR. Just great Bryon.

Still manage to have an assist
Look how many assist made by the new Westbrook – ZERO

sickness

Seems Lin is in a shooting slump.

Lin is missing everything!!! Just stinks.

0-5, sigh

lin should sit the rest of the games . dnp please

Torture so far…hoping for a good second half from Lin

Agree. He must be force to play in a difference offense designed by Byron Scott.

Yeah he looks much better, glad he didn’t stop shooting after all the misses.

It’s not his shot. It’s the timing to take the shot. He is not in sync with the entire offense.

I like Lin coming off the bench on this team. Lin playing with teammates that provide no support. When Lin had boozer, Davis, even Hill, Lin was getting screens and help. In first unit Lin gets nothing, no help at all.

Dont’ be so negative, he needs the minutes to get back his rhythm.

LOL….I like him just leave

fair still i cant wait for the improvements next year

he has made it impossible by switching starter often. benching players at random times. its rough out there

The Clippers has shut down Jordon Clarkson. Jeremy just got feed off from JC in the last seconds and that wouldn’t work.

Brainwashing job strong as tank.

Several sets were called, but JC rarely go with Lin. Lin was mostly having to create something out of nothing.

Shhhhhh, don’t give the tank away.

another lesson to learn…need to know how to do that sooner or later

BTW, Lin was smiling while doing FT…..he seems happy for some reason…must be because only 6 games left

Doc Rivers

Lin hitting his shots during warm up now

He and davis chatting now

All net

he and davis are gone for sure.LOL

It has been really like h*** in Laker.

Hallelujah LOL

The only reason that Clippers is only ahead by 13 points is
Doc Rivers let their 2nd team in for a long time all by themselves like the Lakers did.
Once the first team was in, they started hitting the Lakers.
The Lakers is just a punch bag.

lins like sooooooo what teams you wanna join

I wish for “So I got this interesting MDA text today …”

yeah they both know why they are not giving PT these days

Thanks

CP’s 10AST

‘Coach Scott, can I tell you something?’ Lin
‘What is it?’ Byron
‘Your offense simply doesn’t work today because CP3 seems to know everything you’re running.’ Lin
‘Yeah, he was my star PG.’

Did Clippers double team Lin?

maybe he knows something we don’t know about a potential trade.

Lin go short playing time again?

Swish!

step back shot!

Sweet first FG from Lin!!!!!

finally, 2pt!

Clipper annoncers annoying as h*ll too.

Lin looks content not to try too hard anymore. refs calling nothing for lin…

Lin’s finding ways to score or find open teammates

go go jeremy !!!!

That’s the 2nd time Wes got blocked by the rim.
Wow!

LOL, Lin really looks happy..

Yeah haha he does

Theyre racists, not just against Asians. Nba suspended them for racism before

Not gonna be a trade.

he kept telling himself “6 more to go, yesss” lol

https://twitter.com/cloudharbor1/status/584914248775634944

I think so bc didn’t you see how warm Boozer to Kobe?

6th Man of the year! lol

Lin had a long chat with the ref at the last time out

it is not up to lin..

Is there anyway that Lin can sue the NBA refs for bad calls?

Lin was sick…

Did you notice that once Lin was pulled, the Clippers enlarge their lead.

and he’s just cruising to summer. JC winning those 2 for Phils makes this whole season a bust, so everybody gave up. There’s nothing to go for, even losing.

omg boozer wish he was dnp cd

How is JC defending Griffen?

lazy transition D….

LOL

I don’t like his flopping and complaining about calls but his fundamentals are great. He sees the floor, is efficient in his moves, secure with the ball, and great at getting his team mates easy shots. He’s a real point guard and when he needs to, he can score.

But he chokes a lot in play offs….I still have my doubts..

Yep, looks like he was beginning to get a rhythm and out he goes.

lol…at this point…probably many from the team..wishes that 🙂

Lin needs to get into good rhythm first before he can start shooting better.

Clipper has scored 10 unanswered points since Lin was gone.

Doc Rivers makes Scott looks like amateur. Actually, most coaches do.

Clarkson got better in sharing the ball, making more passes, but he still seems to miss that ability to set the tempo and get his team in rhythm. A subtle talent I’ve seen unique to a few like Lin. Other teams like the Hawks have a system in place to get the team in rhythm but Lin is able to do that on his own. This game would feel totally different if Lin ran the show, but BS truly would think it was just luck.

Oh no! He just got his rhythm back a little bit, he needs more minutes!

Whether Lin plays good or bad, Lin gets taken out same time like clockwork

Laker has not made a FG since Lin was gone. The lead exploded.

They are so far behind, there is no way JLin could mess up the tank. There’s tanking, then there’s being embarrassed.

Ya! Right now probably the new theory it’s to see how this new PG doing. So needs more playing time for him. smh!

hahahaha

that was unselfish of paul.

some player you really don’t need to see them play

81:54
That reflects how bad Byron Scott has done to this team by changing to this new lineup.

Lin -7 is the best among starters at end of Q3 w/ Lakers trailing 28pts (54-82)
Rest with -16 to -23

It means Lin’s the only starter not playing (&losing) most with other starters

When Lin left it was 62:49 13 points behind.
Now it’s 83:54 29 points behind.
Byron, why don’t you retire now?

I would much rather Lin be a bench player if he actually played PG of the second unit..

So now he puts in Davis.

BScott stopped giving PT or good roles to Lin w/ 6 games left & Lin possibly not coming back

BS is either so fear or so dumb not to let Lin have the ball to lead the team.

yeah…just waiting for the season to be over

Ya! I think so…smh!

Whenever Robert Sacre comes in, basically means the game is over. Like a wounded deer, giving up.

Wow! I think anyone who bought the tickets for Tue game better sell bc this game it’s so bad… Can’t believe BS really put this for Lakers fans… smh!

Poor Ed, he’s playing with such crappy team mates…

What a sad way to spend your Easter Sunday if you are a laker fan.

ZERO chance J Lin will return with the Lakers if BS is still there.

yup .. only Lin good shooting will probably give him a bit more min
Otherwise, it’s just audition time

This is an embarrassing loss.
Take the 2 D-leaguer out!!! Silly coach!

40 pts behind now
Let’s go for 50

hahahahahahahahahaha

7 points more please!!

Is there a mercy rule in the NBA? They need to stop this game

Go Clippers!!

is this the lowest scoring game ever from LAL?

NBA TV will feel so shame to broadcast this lousy game in National TV. smh!

This is a sinking ship with blind owners, clueless captain at helm, and poor fans don’t know what to do. Pathetic at best.

I said so!

Not as badly as needing a new coach.

Remember BS called the Clippers are not good enough to be rivalry with the Lakers?

In terms of tanking, I guess. Now Lakers see drafts as trophy.

This is tank prime

Of course, what a waste time & money. NBA should ban & fine Lakers for doing so… smh!

They may set the record for largest point deficit loss.

Poor ED, bricked every single FT.

Enough bricks all around to solve the homeless crisis.

Ok, good night good folks. May enjoy doing laundry over this.

smh…just waste of time! sigh

Lin played the least amount of minutes (17min) out of the starters. Why start Lin? Lakers trying to get Asian people to come to their horrible games. Lakers trying to patronize Asian fans by saying Lin starts but gives him even less minutes then when he came off the bench.

what happened to Clarsanity tonight?

Right through Booze’s legs

https://vine.co/v/Ol9wT5rwa0Y

Does lin have the towel over his head?LOL

Laker is not afraid of having none of their fans coming to watch their home game because the Clipper fans will come.

Byron scott: putting jeremy lin at the starting line up last 10 games….didnt say how long he would play tho….

Looks like he knows something. Either knows he has a better team in the bag or Byron Scott is getting fired at the end of the season.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/584926456968417282?s=09

scouted and shut down.

Didn’t say what position he’d play either. Might as well play center. SMH

He smile bc of Griffin…

lol

or who he would team up with or who would get usage ha ha.

I wonder where Jeremy is going hmmmm?

barely haha

No needs to care what BS said bc it’s all BS. smh!

Its like the monkey’s paw. Everything you wish for turns out horribly wrong.

clarkson with 2 pts … pretty hard to be a PG he’s learning.

Nah, I think Lin sent them a message with the magazine article and him taking laker of his website, that I am not coming back to come off the bench.

go home and rest

It’s Lakers.

some players are really good, and some are just not scouted yet. so, if clarkson does not perform well next year, we can conclude that he was just not scouted yet.

Kobe is just fronting. He only cares about himself. He is jocking hard trying to get Rondo to LA, so that Rondo can help him get another contract.

Adam Silver should fine the Lakers big for torturing its fans?

there are 100 Samuels there, whoever says something nice about Lin, then he call him Samuel..

lol
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/584917111161520129

lol! there’s a high probability of that…

I know they were cloning you

Here is the damage control. They are so full of it.LOL

https://twitter.com/Gadgetomi/status/584931946825785344

Trudell was wrong, lakers have 4 1st rounder playing in this game.

also, lilliard is not a great defender. cp3 is. these things make a difference in how one plays. it’s no coincidence that JC played well against lilliard, while not with cp3

davis

Ya! They just tried to say how important the draft ranking… smh! I am not even bother to say anything to Lakers now. Just can’t wait to end of this season.

oh, okay. And of course Lin was undrafted.

Scott was given too much excuse that he got a bad line up. But that does not gives him excuse to play the bad part of the line up.

We know this, this is just mike’s way of looking for an excuse.Did you see he mention the seven inured players(that never really effected the team)

BS was forced to play, he just played them over starters

It started when Lin/Griffin was playing at ASG after Linsanity. I recall Blake held Lin up from falling in Hou/Clip game in Houston. It was a baseline foul.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/584933928223514624

Question will be how he recovers/learn in the next Clip game. CP3 got his number. lol

Where was JC defense?

They would be great teammates :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xjSMoCa9A

Next game, lin will be running PG against CP3..LOL

lakers are ready for summer vacation already!

I bet he’s so happy he’s leaving. No pride is being part of the Lakers’ immediate future at all.

Check out lin..LOL

i know hahaha….

Yeah same here we will see next season…as for lin…the guy has got the tools too suceed but if there is one aspect he has to train on during the offseason it has to be the mid range game..put that in and he will be deadly..Lin is very nashlike in the way he plays..put that jumper in and we will see him put 30 on lakers next season!

From today or old one?

Today

Agree. Love Griffin’s commercials, could be in Lin’s yt vids like Nash. lol

Why am I wasting my time here?!!…could have rested…

I agree with you on those aspects as well he will get there keep practising and he will get there…Im not saying this because im a lin fan…you can see when a players got talent…it’s not hard too see it with lin…it is hard to see him being played this way…2 years from now i believe Lin will be on his A-game.

Also glad Young speaks out … I guess he doesn’t mind to get traded now.

agreed.

That’s how dumb this FO … I think he will be traded.

it was pretty stupid for Byron to say that if Lakers get some FA during summer, Young might not even able to make it to rotation. He have not get his FA yet, and already starting to throw his player under the bus, I doubted what kind of FA want to come to play for him.

Just think why a FA want to come? Other than money, they don’t have good players, they don’t have good coaches. One attractive thing is they could afford to have multiple player come at the same time, but that will not be this year. So there will be another year up in the air, so Lakers don’t want to have multi-year contract, Lakers will be filled up with one year contract players again.

don’t underestimate LA! FA (at least the ones who are concerned about fame and money) want to come to LA… it’s a foolish move, but many are enticed by all the stardom they think they will get with the TV network and $$$

Does Lin’s nose looks right?

Can’t agree more w this one. I hope Lin can just DNP to the end of the season.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/584901599446827008

https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/584936372831649792

They do this to lin all the time.

a little crooked? did he break his nose before?

Announcers also said Clippers definitely game-planned against him. Life will be tougher for Rookies of the Month when you’re on the scouting report.

2pts with 1-6 shooting in 26 min.
No doubt Byron will continue to “develop” Clarkson more in Round 2 vs Clippers in 2 days

I expect the same results of this blitz

looks a little swelled, not sure whether crooked or not.

now you got me focused on his nose!! hahaha u are right, maybe swollen. maybe blowing his nose from sinus infection.

Bc dream just broken…. LOL! I don’t even bother to say anything to Lakers media now. They will learn more about what JC really is….Just enjoy the show. LOL!

Cant wait either!! But I hope Lin will have a mini-Linsanity game in front of Karl even with very limited time that day!!

I don’t think so… from today’s game you can tell.. they don’t have any game plan to against Clippers. They just put out the lousy game to loss. JC didn’t ISO too much today. I think the plan changed again. Just tank to let these new comers to play & loss the game.

Bc he only played 17 min so…it’s OK.

It’s too bad Blake’s a Clipper, he’s one of the star PFs that would work well with PGs.

Ya, they never bring that up when Lin gets double teamed game after game.

I dont watch the whole game, but I dont think Clippers tried hard to shut him down. Defensively, being double-teamed is just common…no big deal…

What kind of coaching tips is scott going to give him? Clippers will turn it up even more because it will be a home game for them.

So JC was that bad.. LOL!

i don’t know… but they will probably study film together? but, yeah, you’re right. his coaching tips are probably going to be useless. we wouldn’t know because byron hasn’t given any tips to any players all season long.

I think so. Really hate BS is so evil. Besides w Lin on the court w JC, that sure can help JC to have more score chance… smh!

Oh, so the draft is now the certain predictor of wins? This is such a stupid tweet that you have to seriously wonder if this guy has ever watched a basketball game in his life, or if maybe he’s a computer generated avatar running on DOS software with a 286 chip.

Yes sir! We need to figure something we can do online to celebrate! lol

It is not like BS can give good advice to Lin after a film session anyway

He is, Lin is especially annoying to BS….lol

Although, Lin missed lots of shots. His misses were pretty straight in general….Good to see.

I think he took 8 shots, right?

Yeah….he generally taking more shots after ASB. even in games like this. Good to see that too.

IF this is really a tank job, the magic number is 3 now for seal that top 4 spot. Maybe we will see big numbers again in final 3 games…lol…ok I know that is just wishful thinking.

I am glad he did not stop shooting.

Bc he knew his playing time is shorter & shorter each game. I wish only one game left… smh!

If JC can not accelerate, he just degenerates to a cone with a ball.

Yeah, he was pretty bad.

Who is JB?

Oh! He is SG not PG. The new PG seems not very good either.

M….any guard has to be good…unless you never have to dribble

He got contract now, for his own sake, he better go practice..like I care…..LOL

Did anyone watch the game w TWC tonight? What did they say about Lin?

Their game plan is give the ball to JC

Joyce and you must have a strong neck….you shake so much…..JK

This is the look on Lin’s face when he leaves the Lakers.
https://instagram.com/p/1HXtIghFO-/

Clippers announcers on Clarkson RT @FlyByKnite: "He was a second round pick for a reason. Someone has to be the best scorer on a bad team."— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) April 6, 2015

i know you guys don’t like talking about clarkson, but thought this was an interesting point made by clippers broadcasters. could be true.

Guess I’m beyond disgusted with BS, KB and Lakers FO now. Glad that one more ugly game is down and
6 more games
10 more days to end watching this shameful tanking org. I’m so ready to wash my hand of this org than ever.

95 days to FA.

Pray for getting your rhythm back, stay healthy and continue to improve your game before season ends. Pray that more teamball orgs with coach who believes in you will make an offer so that you can choose well to play in the years to come. Go JLin!!!!

OK

https://www.flickr.com/photos/derra1029/16586460918/

Thanks, now it is 6 too many. Better with4, lol.

Jeremy is still not 100% and got tired early but he’s getting there. He’s one of the few Laker players that can stay with the Clippers on the court. The defense of Jeremy against DeAndre Jordon is specially impressive considering the mismatches. After listening to PFV’s analysis, I am feeling much better now. I’m no basketball expert and I kow it.

Also it’s Tarik Black and not Ed Davis who is playing along side with Jeremy. Of course there is a difference!

Since Byron doesn’t care about the loss so why should Jeremy take the loss hard. The skill and intelligence of Jeremy in playing this game is worth watching.

Jeremy has a good game in defense. Once he left, the team simply collapsed. Jeremy at least learned to play a game at lower energy level when he is still affected by the sinus infliction.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/584865410090041344

Perhaps it may work.
Jeremy’s defense certainly can help the Clipper. CP3 is 29 now but Jeremy is still 26. I’m looking forward to this. In fact the Clippers has no backup PG for the team. They need one when CP3 is getting older.

awww stu is like jeremy’s grandpoppy all of a sudden.. worrying about jeremy’s well-being. this is getting cute.

It’s not entirely JC’s fault. Tarik Black should play without the ball and offer the guards more help.

I don’t think Clippers would allow JC score over 30 on them.

Any of you think that Jeremy is being frozen out (even more) by Scott after the Pablo Torre article? That article definitely put Scott and Bryant in a bad light.

Lin is getting there. There is less and less nasal congestion in his post game interview. He’s recovering from his sinus infliction.

Not even half as much criticiism as Jeremy took. Nick, you aren’t too tough.

Jeremy is simply sick and not been able to play at his potential. I don’t think Scott really wants to ice him out. As you can see, once Jeremy left the game, the defense simply wasn’t there and the team collapsed immediately. Jeremy’s team defense at least kept the scores low. Byron needs all the help he can but he insists on breaking up Lin-Davis-Booozer connection. That’s unforgivable. The fans should throw everything they have at this dumb coach.

JLin lost weight quite a fair bit.
https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/585017546253795328

PFV told us that Jeremy was tired at the bench.
Sinus infliction may take weeks to heal and Jeremy is not fully recovered but he’s getting better every day.
The good news is that he’s still helping the team by playing at lower energy level.
It’s just too bad Lin and some of his teammates got sick and injured.

I have had acute and chronic sinus infections. They are very annoying and will linger on unless you get complete rest.

A mess for years to come!

No FA will want to play for a coach who throws him under the bus whenever things go bad.

Rondo couldn’t help the might Mavericks. What makes anyone think that Ronda could help the sinking Laker. That’s so unreal.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnLeeVF1/status/585034084994252801?p=p

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/585039238409822209

Fade in “Hotel California”…. ” you can check out of the Jlin hotel, but you can never leave”

Here’s hoping that with two additional days to recover, Lin will finish the season strong.

Scott post game, looking irritated and upset, says once again that “losing doesn’t sit well with me,” while letting a rookie run the show rather than Lin, and also benching Davis, the Lakers’ best defender with one of the top FG% in the NBA (.612, PER 20.19). Now that’s an Oscar-worthy performance. It’s also insulting to the intelligence of his audience, albeit many set a very low bar and have blissfully gone along with this charade.

That’s what I thought bc everyone knows they let him score to get something to show for the teams or fans ….

This will be another working off-season for Lin, making self-assessments & corrections: his floater and moving off ball, knowing now he may have to adapt to all systems and not necessarily playing PG. But he will figure it all out. It’s a new beginning.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/585061013684297728

Doesn’t mean a thing unfortunately. Their announcers took shots at the entire team, and Lin. The things they said about Lin.

Poor Jeremy Lin…. he’s got nothing of much importance to do <> Hopefully a new chapter shall present itself to my hero Mr. Lin (as well as to Young and Ed Davis) someplace out there of finer quality.

The Faker Lakers are bound for another season of Classic basketball featuring the one and only Kobe Bryant and his ol’ friend Rajon what’shisname; two indubitably venerable players with a penchant for antiquity; along with their predictable primeval coach stone faced Scotty. HEHEHEHEHEHehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe……..

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/585091914002726912

A guaranteed failure. Laker fans will have many more years of disappointment in watching slow and ineffective and boring basketball.

BS has been trying to fool everyone that Ronnie Price is the head of the snake, Clarkson is the future All-star, Kobe Bryant still has a lot left in his tank etc. Byron Scott is just BS.

On Ed Davis standpoint, Laker has already got lots of value from his year of service. For future service, Laker has to make a proper offer, not the veteran minimum salary that Davis is getting paid.

The organization is so sick that they have not been using their capspace properly. They used 20+ million on the worn out Kobe but was absolutely stingy paying Ed Davis. Byron Scott is out of his mind to think that he can have Davis cheap next year. It is unforgivable for Byron Scott to break up Davis-Lin connection to make Davis look bad.

Byron is hoping for Clarksanity, Brownsanity in order to save his career.
Well no body thinks Byron Scott comes close to MDA in coaching. He can never get anyone close to Linsanity. Just watch how he has been using Jeremy and you can conclude he has no potential in coaching ****sanity.

Movements off ball is usually planned plays. If he winds up in the corner, it’s because that’s planned.

Here is longer vision of post game interview from last night. Sounds to me Lin will not stay… start from 1:40 to 2:00….

Jeremy Lin Still Fighting To Enjoy End Of Lakers Season

Least creative is the euphemism for being dumb.

Yeah, BS did it. He got the record. He just needs to make sure that nobody else will ever break his record now by losing all the rest of the games.

Lakers set franchise low with 56th loss

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/lakers-set-franchise-low-56th-loss/story?id=30112793

…The Lakers at least avoided playing the lowest-scoring game in franchise history…. (Sounds like somebody has little faith in what BS can accomplish in the last few games.)

Jeremy is not cutting his hair for warmth to help fight against his sinus infection.

If Lin goes to 76ers who might get Lakers Top 5 Pick, that would be the ultimate irony

Especially after Lin’s 29pts led the Lakers to beat 76ers in LA

as they should do.
I’ll be a Clippers fan if they game-plan against JC again and leave Lin alone next game

From what I have seen. 76ers play pretty hard. They try to win.

What I meant is, they lose because they suck as a team. But I see most players are willing to help the team win. In LAL, players just want to pad stats.

I alsosaw on twitter headlines from Lakers that Kobe vows Lakers will be better next season. Didn’t read the atricle,just got tickled at the Headlines.

Kobe might be speaking the truth.
He played 35 games this year. If he only plays 15-20 games next season, Lakers will be better next season LOL

LOL, we’ll get our last laugh for sure.

the problem is Kobe can only play the whole season if he shoots with left hand. I think his right arm could be done

Not sure about that yet, because we do not really know who will be their next coach.

If Lin is not w Lakers next season then I really want Kobe to play for Lakers next season. Kobe said he is fine?! FO will offer him extend contract for sure… hope they can get Rondo too.

I also hope Kobe will get his way to get Rondo.
It would emphasize how costly Kobe has brought down Lakers franchise by catering to his ego.

Sometimes the ownership has to his the low point before they realize what they’ve done.

I really hate & blame Lin’s miserable life in Lakers half due to this weak & no guts FO. (Young suffer too…) If they can stand up for Lin then they will not be in so bad position today. They got what they asked for it. smh!

…plus there’s time left to waste.

And yet they still don’t know how to end of this nightmare w Kobe but at the same time, they don’t have guts to cut him off. But always allowed him to do whatever he wants in this team even he is not playing now.

MDA does have his own shortcomings but after we witness how easily coaches marginalize Lin in the past 2-3 years, I bet Lin would take 35+min PT and be the true PG

And he can handle it as he knows how to play more safely by getting more fouls on the ground (not in the air) as @real_dsb:disqus and others have said.

Of course, weighting all the pro and cons. MDA definitely is a top choice.

They are tanking right now. It might pay off so I won’t be surprised if the team got better. I’m sure they will make better moves offseason.

didn’t JC put in a FT to get into OT? Did they shut Lin down early on that game? My memory is bad for negative things ha ha.

I don’t think this article by an AA does justice of portraying the unfair situation in LA in marginalizing Lin’s strength, especially the drive-by comment that Lin is probably less of a talent not than a rookie, JC.

There is no mention of the unfortunate situation with coaches especially Byron Scott that inexplicably separate Davis from Lin despite being difference-makers due to the tanking situation.

It leaves the impression that Jeremy Lin is only an average NBA player whose fans expect too much of his ability and NBA doesn’t understand him. It would be a better article if it expounds on how NBA misunderstands him as being “not tough”, not given fair chances, etc.

Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Want To Carry Your Flag by Andy Liu
http://hardwoodparoxysm.com/2015/04/06/jeremy-lin-doesnt-want-to-carry-your-flag/

There is a general disconnect when it comes to Jeremy Lin, the rest of the NBA players, and his fans. These were widely discussed in Pablo Torre’s superb ESPN piece on Lin’s place in the league. As the only full Asian-American basketball player in the greatest league on Earth, he has had to deal with an odd sort of circumstances that’s both a part of the Asian culture mashing into the fraternalistic mindset of the NBA and expectations unseen.
..
As an Asian-American myself, Lin can do no wrong. I don’t care that he’s probably less of an NBA talent right now than a rookie, Jordan Clarkson. I didn’t care than Melo was a top-level power forward that ended Lin’s term as the primary ball-handler and creator. He’s not the highest IQ basketball player on the court — despite his Harvard credentials — but I’m going crazy whenever he blindly dribbles into the lane, throws a shot up, and somehow draws a foul. There are legions of us across the nation. It’s just that Lin was never so much about embracing that love than trying to forge ahead as a normal NBA player.

Garbage article.

This guy often posts on twitter and he has never like lin. so not even going trip

exactly

he clearly isn’t Lin fan.

I see it as dangerous as he’s pretending to be a big Lin fan due to his AA link although deep down he knew Lin is an average player. No facts were cited. The goal is to tell many AAs, “Hey I understand, I’ll root for him but know that he’s average”

I don’t like sneaky people

A Lot – 5 seconds, since he never talked to players.

There has to be a reason why his first and last name initials stood for something. smh

So I guess Steve Nash is chop meat..LOL

I had a feeling people were gonna start using the Pablo article to lessen lin. Pablo article was great, but can also be misinterpreted to Lins weaknesses.

It is really ok…..Lin will let his play do the talking. I am 100% believe in that.

hehe 🙂 … I feel you

I know some do it w/o realizing it due to uncertainty/negativity but some do with EVIL intention.
This writer is EVIL for sure

Then he is a psycho displacing his anger , frustrations, depressions whatever the case maybe to the most humble, quiet, hardworking, and professional player and of all the players, why Jlin? so much jealousy & insecurities. Maybe it isn’t race after all , who knows what’s brewing in their minds, but for all I care, Jlin will need to get out of this system ASAP.

Not worth reading.
I trust MDA’s evaluation of Jeremy’s talent.
MDA told us that Jeremy scored in the context of team basketball.
This guy doesn’t know anything about basketball.
When a PG is surrounded by opposition, the best he could do is to break out of it and not waited to be stripped away the ball. When you went towards the basket, you forced your opposition to stop you and make adjustments in split seconds. Of course there are fouls uncalled or there could be good plays from opposition which I consider is fifty to fifty chances. If not, Jeremy’s basketball would be stolen.

Jeremy’s speed and quickness is his most valuable asset. There is absolutely no wrong in his situation to draw foul or to shoot the basketball and have his teammate collected the rebound; this is also called Kobe Bryant’s assist, just a joke. For anything to be successful, Jeremy needs the support of teammates. Basketball should be a game of five on five and not a game of ISO. Jeremy did what he should do to get his teammates involved with his quickness and athleticism. You know Jeremy’s FG% is solid as a legit PG.

Jeremy currently scored 11.2 points per game; the 25th as a PG but every PG above him made more field goal attempts per game. His FG% is about 15th; His 3P% is about 14th. 28th in minutes played per game (almost the bottom of the list as starting PG)

thats because he hasn’t been a starting point guard. only started 29 games (28 or 29 i dont remember which). out of what 76?

This person sound like an attention junkie by trashing Lin. Not worth the brain cells to entertain this person.

Undeniably biased
His bias is unlimited.
Byron Scott is biased towards 3P
Byron Scott is biased towards PnR
Byron Scott is biased towards whatever JLin is good at.

More like delusional

Jeremy improves his game every year. Of course JLin wants to be better than who he was, who he is at present.
Jeremy will be a better player and there is no doubt about it. What is wrong with that?

This Anderson Liu is biased in his presentation of Jeremy Lin by badmouthing Jeremy Lin in every possible way.

“Jeremy wanted to be better than who he was, what he is, and plausibly sustain the run of Linsanity.”
is obviously an effort trying to be derogatory towards Jeremy’s improvement in years.

To summarize, Jeremy Lin has improved since Linsanity and Anderson Liu doesn’t like it.

So Lin is back to bench again?

I hope so…lol

Yes sir

Why? I think they probably want him to take 2nd unit? So funny, BS act like he really wants to win… smh!

Haven’t heard anything, dont’ think so though. BS has mentioned he’s likely to keep the same lineup.

Most Asian Americans in the media are like this guy and Kevin King or Jay Caspian. They are self haters and all too eager to diss Lin and/or Asians at large to fit in. Its like this, these stereotypical AA writers do this:

“yeah so I’m asian, but I get it. I’m like you guys, the mainstream. I’m not some stupid dumb fan from Asia who thinks Lin is Michael Jordan. I don’t even think Lin is very good. See I’m just like you guys. And so believe me when I say, Lin is a cultural phenomenon. But he mainly stinks at NBA basketball but has moments of glory when he plays against bad NBA teams with no other options except himself to turn to so he no longer thinks and just plays to the best of his limited abilities and gets lucky.

Lin is a flash in the pan, and because I am Asian, I can say it and admit it and justify it for everyone else because the AA writer has said it so it must be true. So you guys are not haters, Lin fans just don’t get it. Lin will you go away already so you can make my job as an AA writer easier? I’d rather cover Damian Lillard and I hate it when my editor asks me to write about you just because I am Asian too.”

Laker stands as the 4th worst team in the league this season with 82.8% chance of keeping their lottery pick next season.
There is still a 17.2% chance of losing the pick to 76er. It’s not up to probability to decide on the future of the draft pick. It’s up to the Divine Intervention to decide on the pick.

82.8% has no guarantee that it has an edge over 17.2% in the future. If Laker losses this draft pick next season, that 82.8% chance means nothing. The least probable often happens. 17.2% chance implies a true threat of losing this draft pick next season. In short, Byron Scott has blew his chances of tanking by winning 2 games against 76ers and a game over Minnesota; two out of 3 in OT and only by 2 points.

Should Laker loss their lottery pick next season, these 3 wins against Minnesota and 76er would haunt him and I don’t think the FO is going to like it. The landslide win of 76er on home court with Lin scoring 29 points should be fine. But the two OT wins against Minnesota and 76er on the road would be just as hard to justify as the recent bust by Clippers in Staple Center. What I’m looking forward to is “Byron Scott, you’re fired.”

Again, Byron Scott has downgraded his baseline for measurement but Laker will still be out of the playoff.
Improvement means nothing if the team has sunk to the cellar and couldn’t stay above 50% winning as long as Kobe is playing for the Laker. Kobe only played less than 25% of the games in the last 2 seasons.

How many losing seasons will this take before JC could be a true PG?
Byron Scott would be fired sooner than that.

Throughout the years, Laker has made many foolish trades.
The last one that I recall is Lakers traded Steve Blake to Warriors for MarShon Brooks and Kent Bazemore.

Steve Blake later signed with Portland with a contract of $4.2 million for 2 years and is currently an active bench player averaging 19 minutes per game there.
Bazemore is playing as a bench player for Atlanta averaging about 17 minutes per game and I’m sure he is happier there.
Brooks is playing for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League.

Laker can surely use Steve Blake now.

Ya! Maybe just for the practice… Hate this team.

BS’s delusion is malicious and caustic.

Bcoz he is an AA and forced to write an article…who knows…not bothered.

That makes Anderson Liu a one of a kind in Aisan American.

Or Anderson Liu has sold himself out for money to come up with an article like this.

Complete rest for Jeremy. I can’t imagine that Byron would be so kind to JLin.

The reason spells BYRON & KOBE.

“I got a sense of a whole lot of them I wouldn’t want to be in a fox
hole with,” Scott said after Monday’s practice. “I think they’d end up
shooting me in the back. So I’ve got a pretty good sense of the guys
that I think are going to be around, that we will build around, build
together in this process and go through it.”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-lakers-fyi-20150407-story.html

lol

On a USA Today page, we have Jason McIntyre recommending the ESPN article by Pablo.
Quote:”Recommending reading: Jeremy Lin’s frustrating time with the Lakers. Yeah, when Kobe’s MFing you, it’s probably miserable. [ESPN the Magazine]”

lol!

a ROTTEN old-timer

When an “ASIAN” writer say things against Lin with no use of facts or data, we have every right question his motives and legitimacy. BUT WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME ANYWAYS with all writers that write lazy trash pieces based upon party lines and facts. That’s notihng new. This site has provided us with arm loads of data to support Lin and to take down the negative naratives levelled agin at him by media bias. We are all well aware of the language of haters and we’ve identified ALL the tactics they’ve used to try to take Lin down. The only difference with this writer is that he claims to be Asian.

So what does Psalms mean that this writer is “dangerous”. The truth is that all Uncle Toms are used to sell a narative against ASIANs, by using another Asian to say what the haters want to say, they make it seem like it has legitimacy. It’s the same the way it was used to keep down the African Americans in the past.

We Lin fans are constantly reminded of the distortion that Lin fans are only Asians who don’t know anything about bball. When one of our own writes about how we are delusional, it empowers the rhetoric against Lin fans everywhere. These self proclaimed ASIAN reporters legitimize the haters view that Asian fans don’t know anything and are totally delusional because Lin is Asian.

While it is doubly annoying that one of our own has sold their soul to get clicks on line. I remind people that even in China, there are lin haters. That’s the fact of life. The only sure way to shut haters up is to ignore them and don’t feed them clicks. Blacklist them and let them get only clicks from other haters and not Lin fans.

Byron Scott is only the coach for Kobe Bryant looking after Kobe’s interest. He’s not a functional Laker head coach.

yes, I’ll do so to warn others to not give clicks for future articles

Yes, I become very selective in what I read about JLin this day. No point to give any power to hater article, tweets….

yes, Brent said it best that it’s just an AA using Lin to show his pretend objectivity

https://twitter.com/BrentYen/status/585206929787658240

What I don’t like is there were a lot of opinions being conveyed as truth to “brainwash” AAs to think he’ll support Lin based on skin color although “Lin is just average NBA player”. No facts were provided, no explanation were given to his point of NBA misunderstanding Lin. Even Kobe disproved his point that “Lin wanted it so bad after bad GSW year that it sustained Linsanity in NY” by saying only someone with talent and skill can do so GMs/scouts did a bad job.

Thanks for reminding us that haters will not hesitate to resort to dirty tactics in nonsense articles.

Can we just fast forward to breaking news, Lin agrees to sign with ZYZ team to reunite with coach MDA please please please?

Yup and skip all those rubbish articles

Sorry Pslams if I was too heavy handed in my opinions. Your site provides us all with ammo to shoot down these haters. It’s been a rough time lately for us Lin fans and our emotions are a bit frayed.

“Pretend objectivity” is a pretext to more subversive undercurrents of hate. By using another ASIAN to voice the “objective” voice, they pretend that because an Asian say it, it must have extra meaning. This clearly is not the case. What matters isn’t that the writer is ASIAN, white, gay or Martian. The only objectivity that matters is what’s written and if those words can be correlated to real data.

Everything everybody has said below, plus…it’s hard to avoid an actually sensible conclusion that BS just isn’t very smart. Smarter people with a controlling agenda are usually not quite so unaware of the appearance they are creating. It’s just shooting yourself in the foot to say something like this. A “whole lot of them” might end up “shooting me in the back”? One or two players can be written off perhaps as misfits or whiners, but when a whole lot of them dislike you so much that you imagine they would like to do you harm…it really does make you look bad.

Truthfully, if Rondo accepts this “friendly fire” killing ground, it has to mean he’s losing confidence in himself and his NBA future. He’s willing to imagine a safe place as Robin to Kobe’s Batman now that Dallas hasn’t worked out so well and the shine is dulling on his fame.

Just had this thought…sometimes people accuse others of the emotions they can’t admit are really their own. It’s quite possible that it’s really Scott who would like to shoot a whole lot of other people in the back.

He had been shoot them down one by one the whole season. And he is afraid that they would do the same thing.

Just saw this activity seemed only Kobe & Lin show up for Lakers?! I wonder two of them talked to each other or not? LOL!

The squad arrives at the Lakers Celebrity Golf Invitational & Dinner Presented by MIR Audio & Video. pic.twitter.com/u190eonzzl— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 7, 2015

hahah they’re probably the only 2 getting all the photos.. no one else on this team is very important.

I think what Brent means is that some Asian would purposely undermine JLin a little bit to show that they are objective, just because they are Asian. I have seen that a lot, and I really hated it.

Saw the Yim only post Lin & Kobe picture in his tweet… LOL!

don’t know why you think that. Byron, Kelly and Clarkson were all on radio for this event.

https://twitter.com/ESPNLosAngeles/status/585225850146009088

https://twitter.com/ESPNLosAngeles/status/585246402558627840

https://twitter.com/ESPNLosAngeles/status/585251262179909633

just assumed. because the only photos that were available on twitter seems to be kobe and lin according to cjshyy. i didn’t look into who did what with the radio about this event. don’t even know what this event is for honestly

LOL Be patience my dear:-) I know it’s very hard as we still have 84 days to look forward to:-)

yes, although it’s hard to prove the Asian factor, the best way is still to break down the poorly researched and written article. For now, I would decline to give it airtime by even writing a post on the site.

No worries. It’s better that way! Hopefully I only have to endure another 9 days of this org:-)

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=12633077

it was pretty fun to listen to Max and Marcellus, and they were making fun of Byron interview him.

i like their talk show. they don’t sugarcoat their words. also very funny

https://twitter.com/KamBrothers/status/585288559055241217

Don’t forget about this event if you live in Los Angeles

Are you ready? #Linsanity is coming to #LincolnHeights this Saturday! Are you ready for #JeremyLin (@JLin7)? pic.twitter.com/p7SucrL7an— WSS (@ShopWSS) April 7, 2015

wow.. listening now..
Max: basically says most of lakers are not nba players, but luckily lakers gave them a job.
then, soon after, invites ryan kelly for interview.
dang. that’s a burn.

Lin after today’s practice.

Lin’s hair is probably the longest in his NBA career.

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/585308022697660416

https://www.facebook.com/twcdeportes/photos/a.339127756172213.79622.300883473329975/812405692177748/?type=1&theater

Probably he’s saving hair for his next video clip.

zip. nothing. not a mention

Where suspicion arises, the crime has already been committed in the back of that persons’s mind.

Only six game. I bet he get higher ppg as back up.

They are not really talking about Lin recently. There is nothing to talk about. Plenty of praises goes to JC, and Lin is not even playing PG now.

the burn is on ryan kelly. basically calling him trash, then “hi, come sit down for your interview!” hahahaha

I think it’s PR time for JC to make it up for his lousy game vs CP3.

he needs to dye the front blond so he can look like an Asian surfer dude in So Cal!

Byron Scott has not used Nick Young properly on the court. It’s not about effort. Almost all NBA player plays hard on the court. It’s the role the player is given and the support he has that distinguishes the player’s achievement.

The roles given to Jeremy Lin has never been consistent and he manages to do well. Lin has improved greatly in his defense skills which was his weakness. Byron Scott in order to make Lin look bad has played on Lin’s weaknesses for a long time and that is helping Jeremy to become a complete player. It’s quite beyond Byron Scott’s expectation.

Byron has tried so hard to set up JC to promote ticket sales but one thing for sure is JC could never overtake Jeremy’s popularity. JC did not have the kind of experience of being dissed because of being an Asian American. JC looks perfectly like a normal American, a typical black NBA player. Clarksanity would never happen.

Jeremy is an asset of NBA that only coaches like McHale and Byron have deliberately trashed for their hidden agenda. His struggles and his hardship touches me and many others around the world. Jeremy is a global icon that JC could never be. It is unthinkable that there are people like Byron who wants to hurt Jeremy.

This team is better than the record shows. They did defeat the GS once without Kobe Bryant. They did defeat Atlanta with Kobe Bryant.

From then on, Byron Scott changed the lineup several times before team chemistry was developed. There are players who could contribute to a better record. Carlos Boozer, Jordon Hill, Ed Davis, Jeremy Lin, Nick Young and Wesley Johnson are legit NBA players that can compete. Ellington, Price, Kelly, Clarkson, Sacre, Black are legit backups for the team. It’s the coach who had messed up to create such a pathetic loss records.

I don’t like the excuses of relieving Byron Scott’s responsibility of a head coach. This team could have won at least 30 to 40 games. It’s Byron’s fault that the team is underachieving.

I had exactly the same reaction. I don’t know if Scott wants to shoot his players in the back or not, but it’s often true that a person tends to project his/her own mentality onto others.

I for one believe that Scott is a small-minded, vindictive person, or at best a hypocrite. He just presumes others think the same way he does. His players are better than that, and should be insulted by this comment, and be glad when they leave.

You mean those Asian purposely undermine JLin for them to look not too Asian?

If I am the FO I will fire BS for this lone comment.

Thank you sir!

This also explains why Lin starts to shoot early for the past few games.

I totally wish for them getting BS as coach, and Rondo as PG.

I am not completely sure, but I think he hates MEM too. He barely played meaningful minutes.

Maybe someone blamed him and he get defensive? lol

I think he wanted to play and eventually starter.

Lakers promised him he will have lots of play time, he will never get it in MEM.

Mitch has a tough time to put foxes in BS foxhole other than some scrubs coming for 1 year min contract.

BS can show off his tanking technic for next season again for the top 3 pick. Hes a genius. No doubt.

With the way he had played, he should easily find another team willing to give him some decent cash and playing time.

LAL is still rebuilding next year, so they want cheap young players which they have now with JC, Randle, Tarik(replacing Ed).

Once Kobe can not help the team win, same thing will just happen again

yeah, at that time, D-Mo wanted to come to Lakers too. As everyone knows there is no big in Lakers. Glad D-Mo was not here, he will never got play time over Kelly. BS even play Kelly at 5.

Haven’t followed D-Mo, but the past weekend’s game, sounded like he was contributing quite a bit before he got injured.

This just tell you whatever GM promised you before you signed the contract … just can’t count on it. smh!

D-mo like Lin a lot and wanted to leave houston too.

That is what Zach Lowe does…lol

https://twitter.com/aryeabraham1/status/585179284576186368

FO agrees?

Even though the Lakers is a mega money business, it’s essentially a family operated business. In general only 1 in 4 family operated businesses ever make it though a seocnd year. Obviously, the success of the Lakers is to be envied by all accounts.

One of the biggest hurdles for family businesses is succession. Only 30% survive the first generational change of management. By the time it reaches the forth generation, it is down to 3% chance of survival. Statistically the chances for Jim and Jeanie Buss to survive the multiple problems of succession is quite low. Often, it is because of the very large shadow of the founding father of the business. The fact the kids are saddled with KOBE is because of Dr. Buss. This is typical of the problems of family business succession. What was successful in the past can never be recreated in the present. By locking the kids into the past, Dr Buss has left a legacy he built upon a system for the 80s, thereby making it impossible for the kids to adjust to modern times.

This is a hard lesson to learn for all family businesses. In athleteics, teams that has the lead will play it safe and will not dare to change a winning formula. This is why it’s especially important for our kids to learn how to compete. Respect for a father or parent can influence bad decision making for the health of a business. Playing safe with what has worked in the past is a recipe for failure. In sports or in business, if you stand still, get ready to be run over.

he wouldn’t shoot anybody in the back; now raylan givens….thats another story:
bad guy: “you shot me in the back”
raylan: “if you wanted me to shoot you in the front you should have been running towards me”.

he’s been a top 100 nba player this year; esp with howard out most of the time has really helped me to be showcased; dont know what his contract situation is but he has established himself as legit nba talent.

give him a head with hair/long beautiful hair.

We already know who he wants up his hole. Lol

yeah, good news!

The information was disclosed by Mark Followil, an announcer and a trusted source in the Dallas Mavericks community on April 1 citing that Mark Cubancalled him very early in the morning to tell him that he (Cuban) is interested in bringing Jeremy Lin to the Mavs next season. But the report has yet to be confirmed by Mark Cuban though.

April 1！！！！！

Using the April fool to spread a very legit rumor.

Also, Nathan on twitter said that Cuban made him take the tweet down.

Yep. I think Amare,Parson’s and Tyson Chandler may have been pushing hard for lin to come there. Also I hope he will look at Davis also because Tyson Chandler needs a backup.

We need to celebrate this….lol

Those 3 are Lin’s big supporters and they know Lin always looks for them to score. Plus with Dirk’s shooting skill, Lin will probably get 6 shooting attempts per game because he might have 12 plus assist per game.

Amar and Tyson are king of PnR.

Rondo’s PER is 11.8 with the Mavs.

https://twitter.com/EricPMusselman/status/585503470691753984

https://twitter.com/Sixers/status/585505756591607808

KB wants to get another contract so don’t think he will retired anytime soon.

Yea, there’s no way he’s walking away from that $25 mil.

hehe … if it floats your boat lol

Yikes. But Mr. Clueless left himself wide open for a lot more of the same 🙂 This was such a fabulously awful quote that it has a good chance of going down in history – “shot in the back”, “foxhole”, smh. A new meme is born…

Game Thread 77 vs Clippers is now open!
Let’s vote who the next BEST COACH for Jeremy Lin next season. (choose up to 2 answers)
This poll is open for public.

http://www.jlinportal.com/g77-lal-lac-game-threadnew-coachteam-poll/

Only 6 games are left before Jeremy can focus on his summer Free Agency!

Despite not fully recovering from URI, losing some weight, it’s good to see Jeremy had fun when playing on court. He just liked to play and will continue to give his best on court. Let’s hope he can finish strong

Let’s start a new Coach and Team Poll to see where fans want to see JLin go next season

Continue to give your best, Jeremy!

re ish smith below; correcting a previous error i made in reading a chart/ smith was not with toronto multiple times however he has changed teams 9 times in 5 years; prior to this march a career 10 mpg game 2 point per game player.

unleashed with the draft pick crazed hinkie’s his only competition the below referenced ex rocket 4th stringer canaan; since mar. 1 has put up numbers roughly comparable to the suddenly beloved jc for the lakers.

still no one as far as i know is talking about ish as the “future”.

just shows to go you; anyone can put up big numbers given free rein in losing with a tanking team.