G78 LAL @DEN Game Thread+Best Coach/Team Poll

2nd

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/585885918721998848

Bronze metal for non mod! Go Lin!

This is the current situation of Tankathon from tankathon.com
With 5 games left, Lakers is probably locked into #4 with 84% chance of getting Top 5 pick.

There will be Fire in the Foxhole if Lakers hit 16% chance to lose the Top 5 Pick in June!

Lin is unlikely to face Kobe, since Kobe is pretty injury prone of late.

That is very likely to happen….we do not even need to wish for it. LOL

lin will not be a laker anymore idk why you care or need to create these conspiracy theory 5 more games and move on.

We will find out in 3 months if Lin has a real NBA future. Get your popcorn ready.

just Realize i meant it for the other guy not you

I already know he has…and I ate my popcorn yesterday while watching NCIS…lol

Yes, it is only few more games, look what BS spat out from his rotten mouth?

I am glad you dont know much about what BS or KB said. Keep it this way is better for your mind!

Brent please tell him not everyone is a guy or a dude!

Wow D-Mo out for the season, including playoffs.
Back injury is no joke, just hope JLin keeps healthy and gets the stats, this stinky organization’s not worth risking his body anymore.

DMo is out for the season with back injury.
Too bad, I like DMO since he’s quite a good friend with JLin.

https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/585888742281388032

For HOU, I hope it falls to seed #3 so it will meet #6 hot-streaking Spurs in the 1st round of playoff LOL

yeah, I would also banish KB and BScott in my mind.
They will get what they deserve eventually. Both start to get paranoid now :]

Let’s focus on JLin’s getting good games before season is over plus great Free-Agency soon.

Jlin future is real and la won’t be in it and I will looking forward to the day the la trolls are gone from this forum.

Hoping Lin Gets 15/5 in 25 min would be real nice!

JLin’s hair is getting to Bruce Lee length.

For now, the Mavs is the #7 seed.
I also want Mavs w/ Rondo to lose in 1st round 🙂

So double-whammy for HOU+DAL to lose in 1st round showing they need JLin. hehe..

Isn’t there also like a 16% chance that they move up to #3?

according to raining3s tweet below, 84% is the lottery chance to get Top 5 after drawing

Not sure about the chance to move to #3. That’s the chance Phi will win to let LA catch-up.
I’d say maybe 1% since Phi wants that Top 5 pick from LA =)

yes, I agree. I think we’re saying the same thing different ways :]

Popcorn was always ready. Only BS keeps on trying to prevent us from having some and tacos! Ruined my appetite for more!.

My answer is where the $$$ is. Dallas would be a better place, no state income tax and big market for his endorsement.

Denver for me!

See my reason below

Nuggets hasn’t played since April 4, well rested. Lakers back to back plus high altitude, its going to be tough. Hope Lin has an excellent game.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/585935893418024960

Yeah agree but for another reason. The team that fits Jeremy best is the team who is willing to invest on him. That should be the team who is willing to pay for his real worth.

The breaking up of Lin-Davis and Lin-Boozer on the court is quite obvious. Byron has been trying hard to keep Lin from playing with two of the best teammates on the team. Byron has been cutting down on their play time on the court too.
What Byron said and what he did towards his players are not helpful. Byron Scott has kept real team chemistry developed from his players.

this is hilarious lmao

who better to be influence by.

if lakers was in the playoffs it wouldn’t. its been a very long season lol

Haha! Bc everyone all knows the result… LOL!

Only one thing need to be known, Lin is gone.

infinity88@linfinity88
30m30 minutes ago
@JLin7 Pregame shootaround vs Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center. Go Lin! (yaomovers IG)

VIDEO: https://instagram.com/p/1O6O5iDz2h/

Last few games will be good for JLin . Auditioning for Denver, Mavs and maybe Wolves and Sac. lol

Another way to look at the last five games is to consider them showcasing for potential FA destinations. If DEN signs D’Antoni then it’d be an almost lock for Jeremy. Then there are the Mavs’ Carlisle (though he needs no more showcasing, he knows what Lin’s about) and Kings’ Karl.

But yeah, Minny’s is a throwaway game.

wow. Hope he’s better next time..

ESPN radio. Ireland

But just saw his pre-game shooting around?!

Yep I’m really surprised to hear this. Another new low for BS???!!!!

tanking… smh!

https://twitter.com/lakersreporter/status/585969479697309696

don’t think its byron. it would be lins choice after going to the team doctors

I like it actually. Lin should sit out of the rest of the tanking games.

Yeah, getting yanked around on the court hurts Jeremy’s stats.

Haha! I wish but MDA is not their HC yet…LOL!

Well, let’s put it this way. You have a better faith in BS than me.

look at it this way 1 less game lin gets to rest

Hehe I can focus on work this morning….

Seem like it that way:-) BS is beyond despicable.

I hope so bc there is not reason to play the lousy games & maybe will get injury for this team.

I hope Serena ends up with Lin-Davis after FA! LOL

IKR, all Jeremy gets for playing D, taking charges and getting hammered (and no calls) is being called soft.

Lakers are not worthy. (pun unsure)

LOL Guy is guy. That’s all I’m going to say:-)

JLin isn’t playing tonight.

Lin’s not starting due to soreness in left knee?

OK. Somehow I feel relieved. No need to waste time watching the ludicrous game.

A ha! It’s cool for you to follow Jeremy, yet you tease me on Serena? :p

Wow, I hope he’s not hurt and it’s just a BS bs.

Even with the five languages that I speak, it’s difficult for me to find a word to properly describe how low BS is as a person. Maybe a couple of profanities in Hokkien come close.

Not handsome but cute to me :))

LOL. I can speak more but refuse to go low with this subhuman being:-)

Like… 白目？GY？

Adorkable.

Hope it’s minor aches and pains and nothing serious.

She is also adorkable.

LOL That’s why I said it hit men more than middle age woman:-)

All Lakers media stink. Even Serena.

No no no. BS wanted to stay in the foxhole passively fighting the war, while Lin wants to go out there to win the war.

The Spurs just tied the game with the rockettes. ..8-0 run…go Spurs go!!!

You take that back, you SOH you!

:p

Get used to it, LAL! Because it’s going to be the norm next season.

Not happy Lin is hurt but glad I don’t need to watch the Lakers.

popcorn is all stale now ;(

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/585979679846301696

I rushed back just to find out Lin’s out today?

Thanks…Jeez…I didnt even realize…didnt look at the title as well, except for the next game counter, which is two more days….lol

The game started!!!!! Need to get my stream up

injured ….knee soreness

I dont mind him resting…nothing more to show under BScott scheme

is this the one he got surgery on? I was worrying about his back yesterday, now this.

idk left knee???

which leg did lin have surgery on ???

I checked, it was his left knee 3 years ago.
Knee injury is no joke, I feel bad.

ok, I feel much better now.

Saw him pregame shooting around…nothing wrong.

that’s from MarkG_Medina

Huh? He’s not playing the remaining games?

i hope lin is okay..better sit out

Whose playing PG with clarkson and buycks? It’s a shame they get to play with Ed Davis.

BUycks.

She actually had the guts to subtly call out BS on a couple of occasions when no one else would or dared.

lol summer is always the worst for sports. hopefully the easel puig blows up this year

LOL

Houston is NOWHERE NEAR playoff ready with Jeremy out of the team and all those “fancy” pieces added.

mostly its kawhi leanords development. parker is not what he was last year. so spurs are lucky leonard got a lot better this year.

spurs up by 15

Rockets don’t know how to defend a team that passes the ball around.

clarkson 2-10

he’s the future, he’s allowed to play through mistakes or whatever.

I would just wish him luck because reality will hit him once training camp start next season.

No.

JLin is out tonight. Sore knee. Happy he is not playing for this BS.

Ironically, Lin is not playing, so Ed has 15 min PT in half time already.

spurs up by 19

They really play well no ISO ball like Lakers. Great team ball. So happy for them & also great fun to watch their game. Kill Rox tonight. LOL!

Rockets getting hammered.

Yeah, run him down as to set up for third 1st round exit in a row.

this is a statement game for the spurs its crazy last year spurs had no shot against the rockets. we we’re clearly more talented and athletic for them. but that was last year

Ugh, for some reason Jeremy isn’t ending up with teams who prioritize team ball. I kinda feel bad for him and I know the feeling. I do wish he can get out of that rut soon.

Well, last year the Rox had Jeremy, ’nuff said.

mcheil is waving the white flag….down by 22…hahaha

no one can mess with the spurs!

well

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/585993388681519105

Lol the Spurs are letting the rockettes backup scrubs scoring at will…sympathy points..

WOW…LAL starters are ALL double digit!!!! on +/-

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/585993903096131584

Lakers future shining bright!

Game over …good job Spurs.

He’s close to double-double, good stats anyway. #theFuture, lol

no defense by lakers.

except lin

Does he look injured to you? just sayin

https://instagram.com/p/1O6O5iDz2h/

a little he is not jumping that high also he lands a bit soft like he feels pain. i may be bias given i know he is listed as hurt.

No doubt, his heart is hurt.

You are seeing way more that I see. Even Nathan (on twitter) said that when he covered the Knicks,that most reporters given injuries after shoot around or before.He thinks that this is awful suspicious.

lakers are locked in at 4th, so it sort of doesn’t matter anymore if they win or lose now. don’t know if its about tanking more than about giving jabari brown a better look. that sounds like something byron scott would do. unless lin is really hurt, then that’s unfortunate..

BScott is playing EDavis to reduce the embarrassment? lol

I think so it’s a B2B game why needs to play since Lakers obvious wants to loss…

Plus Lin said in his post game interview he is OK now… he looks so happy & in good mood last night.

was Lin on bench? Did not see him

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/586000258565570560

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/586000827665481728

Didn’t see him either. I thought that’s a little strange.

I feel even TWC announcers think this game it’s so boring & hope the game to over ASAP. LOL! Ya! JC got more TO today. Didn’t really shoot that well. Now w 6 min left to pad his stats time.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/586002460860358656

Should have done it a few games earlier when BS took the PG role away from him.

Ya! In this trash time he got the points & AS.

He’s still watching? you have to admire him.

It’s trash time so more easy to score also AS.

Even when Lin had bad game, he still could get the other team defense focusing on him. Tonight Lakers have zero threat.

Statpadding.

Couldn’t agree more, at least sit out the two after the URI.

This kid is lucky.

Ya! The announcers & Trudell didn’t even care he score or not… just worry about draft #…. LOL!

Fool’s gold

Definition: Team loses by 18 pts yet the PG with pretty stats has -24 on efficiency.

and PER!

no-D shooting practice for both teams.

I’ve just started to feel bad for Clarkson. He’s being used like Beverley.

without proper street clothes you’re not allowed to sit on bench, lol

I just hope Lin is ok. He MUST protect his Knee….and Back….

sickness cause exhaustion which cause injury

He seem fine pregame…..

No, his heart was hurt.

Of course he did. Lin was nowhere found, something’s wrong.

THat I do not care…LOL JK

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/585994892154777601

Heart broken young man. Horrible franchise Lakers.

Or something’s right? F/O summon or agents at work?

yes it does..Still hope to see some Lin action last few games!

OMG….

This is terrible… he’s taking too much contact. I hope he’s ok and will work on his jumper to preserve his body and career.

I am going to pray that it is not serious, and just maybe some arthritis.

I hope he did not play through it too long….

on the other hand, he should know the problem since he went through it once, so hopefully it is not as bad, and might as well shut it down….

NO!!!!

Yeah….hmmmm kinda odd

Just hope it is nothing serious. Just rest for the rest of the season. Not worth the 4 meaningless games.

the people who watched the game are the real winners here.

this does not sound good… he should’ve just sat out after that sinus infection… sigh! 🙁

Hope you’re right that he is sensitive now to the warning sign.

Athletic not that easy to get injury in short moment. Plus they’re hiding Lin so far right now because they know Lin is bad at lying to his fans.

At times…players to get carried away..as well…hope its not serious

Post game TW sports and still not mentioning about Lin or interview him. They’re hiding something.

I don’t think he has another torn meniscus. I think it might be soreness,which after surgery most patients will have to live live with. Lin has not played that many minutes as he did in NY to aggravate this tear. I think it might be more of arthritis pain.

That’s why I feel so weird. I just check MM & Trudell… no infor about Lin’s injury at all. In fact, they don’t even talk about it? If he needs to have MRI?! I guess Lin is going to join Young’s group to DNP until the end of the season.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/586009634806333440

i hope so! that’s more reassuring~

probably a tanker charade to dnp Jlin the rest of the season…which i want to see anyway.

Still 5 or 6 games left. They also want to see rookies to play more. No point for Lin to be in uniform now.

Lin needs to sit now, if MRI is needed. Positive or negative, he sits…please.

By the end of the game, TWC announcers & Trudell were talking about secure the pick, they don’t even care about JC score or not…? If Lin’s injury that bad why during the whole game no one mentioned anything at all?

I agree but the way it goes, SMH. Fans are still want to see him 5 or 10 min in useless game and no hard contact, no harm.

Trudell was there. He is team beat writer. I really feel this just like when they said Hill & Young was injury… the same MRI then Hill can play…?! This team just so weird.

Yep, lakers media are working together with the team unlike NY media.

Right, I remember that. Lin wasn’t playing like himself till Dec. Well I don’t want to jump to conclusion to much but man that would suck. Lin needs to be in good shape for FA.

It’s ok with what you believe.

Again, no one tweeted where Lin is.

Dear Lord You have been protect Jlin all along…I have faith that you will protect him for the rest of his career…Thank you Lord and Amen.

yeah! hahah this feels like a movie script. Lol.. oh the conspiracies.. hahaha

maybe from the FA….lol

maybe… if media gets a hold of lin and asks about his knee, lin might respond with, “what about my knee?” and we’ll find out that lakers just pulled a stunt. hahah i’m just joking. i don’t know. it seems weird that he didn’t sit on bench during game with a sore knee. i mean, it can’t be that serious if he was practicing right before the game, right?

My theory is Lin has been sliding around and falling down a lot lately in his games, esp last night. Lin has been wearing different Adidas sneakers which I believe do not provide a good enough grip. I think Lin’s shoes are not providing enough lateral support and agile support for the way Lin plays. Hopefully it is nothing serious.

What do you this is? This still a business and entertainment. Team controls what send out.

yeah, however, it is kind of strange that Lin only announce not playing 15 min before the game, and nobody even ask what happened after the game. Maybe they were not allowed to talk about it….

I think so. By the end of the game, Trudell & TWC announcers only talked about secure draft pick not even report the game or care JC score the last 3 points…?! Lin, no one even talk about him at all. Not TWC or even Den feed about his injury today?! Weird.

Haha! That’s exactly how I feel. Even now I don’t believe anything wrong w Young at all. Just got DNP that’s all.

Parker IS good, but he also has some of the best in the business, teammates AND coaches, to help him get the spacing needed. Whereas Jeremy gets near zero picks (BS no-PNR) and lazy Hill clogging up the lane. The only guy with enough smarts to play PNR with him isn’t even allowed to share court time.

I am not talking about the help. When you see Parker go one on one against the bigs, he has very unconventional moves that I have not seen any other PGs have. He has the ability to stop and then glide and scoop his shots, all at the same time.

Only 4 games left.

Not trying to diminish Parker, just comparing situations. As good as Parker is, his play would still suffer under BS treatment and dumb/lazy teammates.

Bovine excrement poisoning.

Oh ok….M……

I think if Duncan was playing with Lin in that CLi game, he is not gonna be blocked that many times.

Good, someone understood my English. LOL

I don’t see anywhere you acknowledged the specific skill I am talking about.

yeah, but he would tell the twitter jlin fans that he could not get a hold of lin. or something along that line. right now, it’s just pure silence. fishy..

parker has a great jumpshot. probably one of his best attributes to his game.

This is a back to back game and so there is not much time for practices. Lin looks alright on the court in the last game against the Clippers. It’s fishy

The point is you didn’t do that before when you said you did. Now you are doing it. Anyway, it’s just incredible to me how Parker manages to avoid getting blocked by the bigs time and time again. That’s why Parker is so good during playoff because of this ability to avoid getting blocked using his underhand scoop.

Exactly. Duncan commands a lot of attention that none of Lin’s teammates have ever had except for perhaps Chandler. Even Howard was quite useless for all of his sheer physicality. Howard just didn’t have the court smarts to move off ball to help create spacing for Lin, in fact one can argue that he clogged up space for Lin.

What? TWC didn’t even mention JC? Now I find that strange after hyping him EVERY game.

I’m with you about JLin “alleged injuries.” Something doesn’t smell right.

I said Parker “IS” good, just didn’t go out of my way to explicitly acknowledge the particular skill specified, since it was implied as I’m replying to your post. Pardon the laziness, ended up typing more to clear up.

Has Lin ever use a scoop like that?

I think it was a tear or fracture in his kneecap.

I NEVER understood the hype about Howard. IMHO he’s really not much better than DMo. But in a league where Kelly can be an NBA player…

I miss the skillful bigs of the 80’s and 90’s like Jabbar, Olajuwon, Ewing…

I didn’t see the Parker play, but just last night, Lin avoided a Jordan block by shifting to his left hand and lifting the ball above the incoming block. That was great, and BBall Breakdown called it getting more elevation off the wrong footed takeoff. I’m not sure it’s that – it’s just using his left hand to elevate above the block. That was really smooth. Jordan swatted the glass it was great.

And did you see the footwear highlight at 25 sec where he went through his legs, necessarily unlike Harden’t windup, to create a near ankle break with Barnes and get completely free? Too bad I think that got a block, but he was like wide open in the paint with Barnes shooting to his right while he cut toward the rim.

It’s an EXTENSION from your point. And Parker DOES have a lot of help, and it DOES NOT diminish his talent by admitting such. Why are you acting as if I’m trying to diminish Parker when I’m not, and acting up like I’m trying to hijack the thread or something. Chillax.

I’m afraid to say anything but my prayers because it could be anything.

I saw the video. I don’t think anything wrong w him, IMO. This Org just weird & sick… This just like standard SOP… name injury then MRI then no more news. Like Hill & Young. Just Hill for no needed treatment ….magic he can come back to play…?!

I hope Jeremy tweets something. Anything. I also think there’s something strange going on. Just hope he’s ok.

I read about it but missed the highlights from the last couple of games. Too depressed and too little time. Prioritized Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode last night. 🙂

I’ve read a lot of stupid quotes by BS. But man his “shooting me in the back” quote might take the cake.

Possibly during one of the slips, he twisted his knee. Probably felt the worse of it today. Hopefully, Lin address it in the next few days.

I think the Footwear highlights are on the last thread. Def work a look, that between the legs move at 25 sec.

Yep. I have “deep” suspicion on BS.

Yep, Vitti..

Their list of injury is just…..too long

yup…totally agree with you

I just remember how Lin stuffed Parker last year and totally dominated him. Parker is indeed one of the best in the league, but after watching Lin play, with some pretty bad teammates and no help from refs, I think lin is on track to be a much better player than Parker.

The point is that when you rave about someone else on this forum, you’re going to get immediate comparisons to Lin. Maybe it was totally unintentional for you to draw that comparison, but you have to expect it because of the current situation Lin is in. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MOOD OF THE POSTERS ARE SUCH THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM THE BS TREATMENT THAT HAS HAMPERED LIN’S GAME.

No because he has been with the team fo more than 20 + years and has not kept upon today’s sports medicine

OIC, thx. New ideas are good.

He’s a terrible coach. I can’t think of anything good he’s done for the team.

He got that top 4

Worse that because he wants to tank so much that he even got the uninjured players practiced so hard in between games. What a despicable person!! Never dislike a person so much besides KB.

I recall in TWC previous discussions, it was all about who should get the MVP award & JC.

I will sit with you on this, and lin is ok with this because he is sick of Scott and his antics.

AT times, swelling doesnt happen immediately, overnight swelling is a possibility

2013 article…

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1618056-la-lakers-injuries-its-fair-to-question-training-staffs-effectiveness

Kobe Bryant—ankle sprain, Achilles strain

Dwight Howard—torn shoulder labrum

Pau Gasol—plantar fasciitis, concussion

Steve Nash—broken leg, strained hip

Ron Artest—post-surgical knee

Steve Blake—strained abdominal

Earl Clark—strained groin

Chris Duhon—back spasms

Devin Ebanks—flu

Jordan Hill—post-surgical hip

But information like possible injury will hurt an UFA looking for his next contract next season. JLin is an UFA and I don’t think he would go along with it if it is hurting his chances of playing for another NBA contract, unless Lakers has already made a substantial offer to Jeremy Lin to stay being a Laker and Lin has already verbally accepted it. Then Jeremy would have to oblige to this sort of arrangement.

Jeremy mentioned he wouldn’t answer any question about his free agency next season until July and then subsequently changed to the end of April. There must be a reason. No team can talk to Jeremy before July. If Jeremy could answer the Q of his agency after the end of April, the contract must be from LA Laker.

Afterall just letting go of Jeremy free after paying $15m to him for this season really doesn’t make good sense; not financially. I tend to think that the FO knows what they’re going to do about Byron Scott + Kobe and Mitch Kupchak has had plans for them. Byron Scott is not happy about that and that’s why he’s saying that some players are shooting him on the back.

Jeremy’s agent told us that victory is certain. He wouldn’t have said that unless he knew that the next contract is ready for Lin to sign; possibly at the end of this season (April).

The FO is aware of the what Jeremy said in the last postgame interview and perhaps they don’t want Jeremy to comment anymore about this before the final announcement is made at the end of April.

That’s logical. Because it’s hard to sell Laker tickets next season with Byron and Kobe on the spot light again. If Jeremy agreed and accepted a contract to play for the Laker in maybe the next 4 years, I don’t think selling tickets would be a big problem as long as Byron Scott and Kobe fades out as scheduled and Lin gets to play his game. We have to agree that Jeremy is a big draw to Laker fans and the poll about Jeremy’s Lin comeback is not without a reason though.

That’s not impossible. We all know that Byron Scott and Kobe are just less than 1 more season thing. Jeremy matures and becomes a PG of the future. As to the rest of this season, the FO may decide that they would let Byron Scott finish it whatever way he wants. Byron Scott is not in the future plan of the Laker and the FO would just want everything goes quietly for the next few games left for the season. Team rebuilding will be started at the end of April and Byron Scott would be striped off his power in controlling the team’s future.

Something might happen at the end of April that would surprise lots of Lin fans here. My prediction, Lin would probably agree to stay in LA and play for the Lakers to my disappointment and the disappointment of many fans here.

Reasonably protecting his own health is also being professional. He is doing the right thing.

in a losing effort.

some speculated the practice floor could be too hard and might’ve caused so many injuries

But whether it’s true or not, it’s better not to be in Lakers for the long-term.
Spurs fountain of youth or Suns famous medical staff will be better

I agree. If Lin shuts it down until the final game or 2 to show his knee is OK to many GMs for the FA, it would be good for me.
No need to prove anything in the last tanking games

Would MRI on the knee be able to diagnose any toxic rabies from spending too much time in the FoxHole? LOL

4 more games to Freedom!

I think it is too toxic that MRI machine might be knock off and need a re-calibration.

a) He shows up for his fans…big heart…appreciative
b) saving self for next team

LOL! too funny.. this is a good one

MRI technician be like, “Fire in the FoxHole!” lol

yeah, if DNP due to MRI on the “left knee” having previous injury is just an excuse but can be question mark to Lin’s FA, it would be highly irresponsible of Lakers

This is why I feel so odd about the sudden DNP. JLin even went to shootaround. Very very suspicious on this decision. Something is going on. Doesn’t matter. Only concern about he is getting a real injury for this nonsense org. Not worth it at all. As long as he is healthy, I’m okay for DNP for the rest of the season.

Because he didn’t expect to not play, he wasn’t suiting up and/or Lakers didn’t want another reprimand for DNP-CD . So he stayed in locker. Whatever that is, I’m very suspicious of this move.

If this MRI is just an excuse to DNP Lin, I hope Lin would take a lot of public pictures of biking/golfing/wrestling to show GMs and fans that he’s doing all right.

And perhaps take a picture with someone wearing this T-Shirt 🙂
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419-jueBxRL._SX342_.jpg

Yes, he was warming up pre-game & getting up shots. Photo was taken before game. There was a time stamp on his photo.

oh okay. that would make more sense. thanks!

After JLin posted this pic in his FB, it confirms my suspicions that something else is up rather than “alleged” injury. Yeah I believe he does have bruise and minor injuries at this time but not something that causes the loss of playing time or something to be really concerned with. This is just BS way of DNP-CD.

my theory is that Lakers want to start Brown at SG for evaluation purpose today, thus Lin don’t want to play as back up SG, thus decided not to play 15 min before the game start. There is really nothing to play for if Lakers are not playing for the win, and they don’t really need Lin.

Usually player start to shoot around 90 min before tip off, Lin decided not to play only 15 min before tip off, which is right at the time they need to announce starter, it is hard to imagine knee injury take that long to find out he could not play. Also, in that case, usually the team will say Lin is questionable at the beginning of the shoot around, but today there was no mention earlier. And for this unexpected injury, surprisingly there is no one ask the coach about Lin’s injury after the game.

So it could well be that they know what it is, but could not talk about it. Only one reporter report it. No other mention or update, which is kind of strange.

Also, in the practice before yesterday’s game, Lin was in bench’s jersey.

Further, Young wasn’t even join the team in this away trip.

Not sure whether Byron’s don’t want to go to the foxhole has anything to do with this or not, could due to this talk, Lin don’t want to play. Could also be this whole thing was planned as an excuse to start Brown, since Lin might told them if they want to start Brown, he might as well not play, then Byron got frustrated and talk about foxhole then.

I really hope so,,,,

Ya! I think so. That’s his way to tell his fans that I am OK. I really hate BS.. why Lakers FO will be fooled by him?! smh!

Really hope so…..kinda worried here… 🙁

Did Lin delete that picture?

Can you at least entertain the fact that something happened during his warm-up, causing “sore knee”? They don’t do MRI for no reason!!

It is now 11:30 LA times. That pic was posted on his facebook about 46 mins ago. Not sure when picture was taken tho.

Sure, ANYTHING is possible. But the timing is way coincidental on this one, and BS doesn’t exactly have a clean record when it comes to being sneaky or DNP-CD about Jeremy.

It is not anything. It is medical deduction.

Most likely scenario.

I meant announcing injury right about when starters are announced, after 75 min of practicing just fine.

He just posted a photo. Not telling fans anything. MRI tomorrow is the definitive answer to all wild speculations here.

I think so. Before the game he didn’t have to carry the backpack. The dress isn’t right either.

I have a theory about things happening to Jeremy and the comments and changes of Byron Scott about Lin.

It seems that Lin’s agent and LA Laker has already agreed on a contract for Jeremy to play for LA Lakers for years to come. It also seems to me that there is already a team revolt and Byron Scott is the one who is desperately asserting himself in the rest of his days in LA. That foxhole comment is for real and BS knows something that we don’t to the extent that he feels he’s being shot at the back.

The knee injury thing is highly suspicious with Jeremy taking shooting practices and complying to stay away from the media. The last time Byron Scott DNP-CDed Jeremy, Jeremy was immediately reinstated not like the other teammates. Lin’s agent told us that victory is certain. The only victory for him is a contract for Jeremy for the next season. Byron Scott seems stay away from being negative about Jeremy since then to the extent that he has even praised Jeremy. I think the would happen if Byron already knows that Jeremy is coming back and there is nothing he can do about it.

In due respect to all Lin fans here, I am also one of them and I don’t want Jeremy to play for Byron Scott ever again but it’s not our choices. Jeremy seems to like playing in LA, not necessarily playing for Byron Scott but that can be arranged because Byron won’t stay being the head coach for too long. I guess Jeremy will have a longer and better contract than him from the Laker.

Paying Jeremy $15m this season and just let him go free thereafter doesn’t look like a good financial decision. I guess the FO will let Byron finish this season in whatever way he wants. Byron would want to suck the organization into as many future commitments with him as possible. Byron’s effort to get more talents and help JC in padding stats tell me that he wants to have control in the team. That is not to say that he doesn’t have the control right now. But Byron Scott is feeling increasingly insecure with his position. His foxhole metaphor says something about him being shot at the back. That’s not a hypothesis. I think that’s having real consequences for his future in the team.

So what do you think about Lin’s future season?

The poll to test players that fans want to have them back is not an accident. The polls recently really meant something more about the future of the Laker. Jeremy seems to agree on something with the team. When he was asked about his free agency, Jeremy said he would only answer this question at the end of July but he changed to end of the April immediately. From April to July, only Laker is allowed to make an offer to Jeremy. I think there is a realistic chance that Jeremy will come back to play for the Laker next season to my disappointment and the disappointment of many Lin fans here.

LA Laker is going to have problems of selling tickets next season. This is real revenue not like things about Byron Scott’s team management. It’s cash and revenue. The FO has to sell tickets to their fans. With Kobe coming back and Byron Scott still running the show, do you think they have enough draw to the fans of buying into their team rebuilding. My 2 cents is nobody would care to watch Kobe’s final year and Byron’s mismanagement which frequently leads only to landslide losses after losses.

Yes Byron is good at padding stats for some of his players but he couldn’t manipulate a win from his opposition. That’s why Byron is still having the worst win-loss record in NBA. How many more fans will come to watch Kobe and Jordon Clarkson to loss games next season?

The FO needs to sell tickets and Jeremy Lin has been a big draw to sponsors and ticket sales. Plus Jeremy Lin clearly has turned around the corner and played like a legit PG in the league. Lin has earned respect from his opposition that has been very obvious. Paying $15m to Lin this season and let him go free is an insane decision! Teams don’t run like this.

Those are expensive resources for the team.

it’s not a matter of us not wanting him back in la. for one, he doesn’t want to be back in la. second, byron scott is not going anywhere yet. he’s staying at least another year. so, i HIGHLY doubt this is true

There were videos from practice. Again, it’s in the timing. Sure, stranger things have happened, but I wouldn’t put it past BS with a smokescreen.

Let’s stop playing the conspiracy theory police here. I’m willing to entertain that medical issue IS a possibility, but people have the right to suspicion of foul play.

i think it’s really suspicious that the media has not mentioned a single word about this post-game. usually, they are all over these kinds of things.

That is obvious a reasonable doubt

This is the same story from Hill & Young too. smh!

Lin’s left knee is an easy cop-out. Even if MRI results came out negative, no one can fault the Lakers for being cautious with his once-injured knee. Too convenient and timing was fishy, especially so after NY’s injury coinciding with his dog-house status.

Man…I have not read this yet, but this is really long…lol

I still do not know why Lakers care

So what do u think it’s???

Yeah, press is like sharks, they follow the blood. No press attention sure is very telling, especially with Jeremy who normally commands LOTS of media attention.

LOL! i skimmed.

I think it is normal to feel sore in NBA…..lol especially when you are in a fox hole…

To tell the truth, after saw his post game interview from last night, I got the same feeling that he maybe will stay.. Hope I am wrong…But he looks like a leader for this team when he talked about the team, player. Also he said about his FA… just worry this will come true.

so MRI is BScott’s secret weapon! 🙂

That machine does have a big hole in the middle.

…or cover up. One possible scenario, BS telling Jeremy he’s not starting at the very last second, Jeremy said F this and walks off. PR move ensued. LOL

If he bleeds P&G I think he would say it is not a rivalry. It will until LAC gets a banner there.

You mean…like the Colony Laser?

i don’t think so. laker fans HATE clippers. more than a rivalry, it’s just absolute hatred for repping LA. LA= lakers. but for clippers to put LA in their name caused the rivalry. trust me, all die hard lakers players and fans hate the clippers. even though jlin does not feel the rivalry (which of course he doesn’t because he just got here), i think he could’ve at least told a white lie if he were going to be staying in LA. that’s why i think he’s definitely not coming back.

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IDK, I feel some Laker fan are pretty delusional. They think LAC is like 76ers. in a 50 yr span I guess

IDK either, Tandem Sports? Media backlash? Agreement with Montgomery? The plot’s so thick it matches Beijing’s air viscosity!

I never fully understood the root of this dislike, though I’d venture to guess it’s from being stunk up by Sterling for over two decades.

My theory is Lin has already agreed to sign with the Lakers next season and the FO doesn’t want Lin to run the risk of playing a meaningless back to back road game in high altitude. DNP-CD would lead to an abrupt implosion that should be avoided. The next best thing is to take him for an MRI. Lin can then rest through this game naturally.

not necessarily.. Lakers just don’t want to share los angeles with another nba team. LA belongs to the Lakers. it’s a pride thing.

FoxBot?!

Lin certainly knows about this more than anybody. He’s one of the few who had successfully blocked Tony Parker’s shot from behind. You could add Dreymond Green, Derrick Rose, Josh Smith to the list.

Lin’s has improved on his dribbling a lot and Barnes’ fouls against him were so ugly.

Looks like a physical examination before signing a new contract to me.

A multi-year contract is an offer that is hard to refuse.

It’s not our decision. It’s Jeremy’s choice and Jeremy seems like playing close to family.

Money talks bs walks

Mitch Kupchak is too smart to let Jeremy to test the market. The last time the Knicks tried it, the were cursed until now.

The natural conclusion is that Rebuilding of the Laker team is urgent enough to start with or without Byron Scott and Kobe. Mitch Kupchak is going to make the decision because he’s the basketball man behind the FO in making this decision. I’ve confidence in this man. He speaks softly but he is smart and tough.

Well analyzed. And yes, Jeremy returning is one possibility, though not necessarily a certainty despite the April comment. It shows that Jeremy’s keeping an open mind, weighing his options and taking time to decide. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If Lakers offer a five-year 70M contract on a silver plate (true, starting PG role), then I’m all for it. Obviously Kobe won’t last next season in its entirety (assuming he outlasts the preseason) and BS would not be returning should Lakers decide to build around Jeremy.

I’ll wrap up this post with a long stretch: perhaps D’Antoni hasn’t signed with Denver because Lakers are talking to him about reunion with Jeremy in LA?

I think the real fire on the pants comes from Jim’s promise on returning Lakers into contention in 3 years. Time’s running out and Jeanie likely has been grinding that axe for a while now.

Another key indicator is that, when an agent announces “victory”, it means for both his customer and himself. If your theory is sound, Montgomery’s victory means a “big paycheck for himself”, which in turn implies Jeremy gets a fat, long-term contract from LAL.

Nothing’s certain, but Jeremy’s return is a possibility indeed. This would also explain the MRI PR coverup for today’s DNP-CD to avoid upsetting fans.

The lost the game and I don’t think Jeremy wants to make this loss more important.

I’m sorry.
I just want to show people how the ridiculous conclusion is made despite my own personal feelings against it. It’s just like a jigsaw puzzle and the final picture seems so unreal to me.

🙂

I still thing this MRI thing is the examination conducted before a long contract.

Mitch Kupchak must have enough confidence in Jeremy before making the trade for him. He’s not going to let Byron Scott tell him that he had made a horrible $15m deal to bring in a horrible PG worse than Ronnie Price and Jordon Clarkson. From my life experience, Byron Scott is going to get his rear busted for doing what he did after this season is over.

I’m not even surprised by the end of April, the Laker will announce MDA is coming back to LA. It’s darn right that Byron Scott should feel he’s shot at the back; a lethal shot indeed. Jim Buss is not going to go down without a fight. Now this ex-Laker coach is so horrible and that is the time for his coach MDA to right what’s wrong with Linsanity and company.

I don’t sense that JLin will choose to stay in LA because of family…. The most important to him is he wants to meet his goals as he continues to state–starter, ring. So I believe he will choose wisely in FA. When he said he would talk about FA in April, my take is that he didn’t want to talk about FA until the season is over. Believe he will say the same as he said during ASG that it will have a more complete pic when he knows what is out there and what is being offered. Don’t think we will know much until mid or late June. There may be many rumors but we won’t know for sure until JLin makes his decision in early July the earliest.

The only certainty in this whole mess is:

Jeremy knows this FA is the most critical decision that’ll shape his career, and will choose wisely.

Whatever decision he makes, I will respect and fully support it.

kwok, i do commend you for writing this up! it’s very thorough. while i disagree with your conclusion, we can all agree that lin will do what is best for him in months to come 🙂

Personally I see Lakers is crippled by their past glory and still buries their head under the sand. Not sure they have gut to leave the past glory as its past and move to 21st century BB. Like an alcoholic/addict, unless one has hit the bottom and wants to be out. No one can help the person if the person doesn’t see the need to be helped. From what I’ve seen, I doubt that they have yet hit the bottom as they are still happy with the tanking BS and aging injury prone who needs to be retired KB. Seriously doubt JLin will choose to stay in this kind of org that plays past glory ball.

That’s my take as well. Hence, doubt that JLin will stay unless Busses finally have the gut/needs to cut the umbilical cord of KB and ex-Lakers.

Btw, did you read anything from Tofee 太妃糖？

I agree with Psalm here. If Lin DNP-CD for the rest of the season because the rooks need training time, it’s fine with me. I don’t want him to get banged up and risk new injuries. But if all this smoke & mirror cast doubts on his health during FA, then it becomes an issue.

Look, we just don’t know. We can speculate. We have to wait for the results of the MRI.

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Well, let’s see what happens after the season is over. We will find out soon anyway.

Just a few more weeks before the end of April.

If he really does that, he’s not crazy; he is a genius.

I only knew this blog recently, just started reading from chapter 200+ Don’t know much background as well…

Don’t think they are actively seeking Lin like Mitch Kupchak did.

If BS is fired for having at a historic losing season and if MDA is coming back to coach Laker, I think Jeremy will have no reason to leave at all.

@brentyen:disqus could you remind me… on the statistics that you were looking… couple of weeks ago?

I think so somehow from Lin’s post game interview vs Clippers did give me the feeling that he is the leader for this team. he said my first year here… sounds like more to come… ?! I really think Lakers FO will do everything they can to keep Lin just like all the sudden they just gave out the Linsanity DVD to fans. Hope they will fire BS after draft pick. LOL! Really hope this happen if Lin stays. Still hope he will go somewhere not Lakers.

sleep tight…me too and hope its a good news

About Jeremy’s free agency:

If D’Antoni will be an NBA coach next year and his team wants Jeremy as starting PG it would be foolish to turn down that offer. But then expectations will be high, from us fans and from media too. And even if he can put 20/10 every night they would say he’s not a winner til he’ll win an NBA title. So there are good and bad sides.

Rick Carlisle would be a great coach but will Dallas want Jeremy? How he would be used? Dallas could be a wonderful place cause of their roster if they truly believe in Lin.

Brad Stevens would be perfect but they already have Thomas and Smart and even Bradley. And then Ainge has a bad history with jeremy’s agent cause of Ray Allen and don’t know if they truly want to rebuild on Jeremy. Knowing Ainge he could trade him for the first star available.

Sacramento could be good. Jeremy and Cousins could be lethal like Stockton and Malone but it depends by Karl, FO and Cousins himself.

Brown and Philadelphia depends by Philadelphia. Jeremy could do great things there but do they want to compete?

Pop will retire soon and they have Parker; Gundy… I don’t believe in him…. We will see…

I think it would be wise to follow the money: more money they offer you, the more they believe in you. Obviously he has to trust FO first and then the coach.

Pretty sure Jeremy and his agents know what’s best for him. Hopefully things will be better from July. It could also happen Jeremy will stay with Lakers if they change coach or something happens. We will see.

This is the pivotal point in Lin’s carreer. Let’s hope and pray everything will work for the best. Jeremy deserves it

I know one said right, but the other said left???

Haha! I don’t think there is anything wrong w Lin’s knee. Just for tanking to DNP him.

Hey Kwok, you have right to have your theory. At this point, nothing will surprise me. Cheers.

http://youtu.be/Af5SwZYWGWA In this clip, Griffin seemed to bump into Lin’s left knee and Lin fell down, looking painful and holding his left knee? Anyway, let’s pray Lin’s injury is a mild one and get well soon.

I do not remember either, I think it is about those player trracking stat and we are talking about it could not be splitted based on pre/post ASB.

I am w you. This whole incident was so weird. Lakers cares so much about draft pick more than anything else so… I think for some reasons they just didn’t want Lin to play… Like the whole game means nothing to Lakers but just needed to loss. If you check LP video can tell by near the end of game… Trudell’s voice showed up to talked w TWC announcers about how Magic did & draft #….they didn’t even report about the game. Even when JC score the last 3 points… no mentioned at all.. just so into the draft # ….secure the pick talk….

Lol Brent has joined the dark side.

…and lin is the threat for them to secure the lost.

Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Might Have Finally Played His Last Game for Byron Scott by Greg

A knee injury that might or might not be serious and maybe a call back to his injury during his season with the New York Knicks could mean that Jeremy Lin has played his last game for the Los Angeles Lakers and more importantly, his final game under the coaching of Byron Scott.

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t lose to the Denver Nuggets because Jeremy Lin didn’t play; they’ve been losing with or without him, left or right, to everyone in recent games. But it was a continuation of a long low point of this season, in which it seems the rift between Scott and his remaining players couldn’t be greater. Not that everyone hates him, but they’re not getting anything out of him.

Assuming the injury isn’t something too serious with lasting effect beyond the remaining week or so of basketball, it simply takes away an opportunity for Lin to impress just before he hits free agency. After doing well after getting back his starting role, he’s been more than a bit unlucky with injuries and illness.

But back to Scott, and the bleak future for the Lakers, if he stays. Scott has been busy doing one thing, or maybe two, this season: Sucking up to Kobe Bryant while completely misjudging his ability to handle a workload that simply doesn’t fit a 36-year old player after a couple of serious injuries late in his career, and blaming everyone but himself on why the Lakers have been bad this season.

Nothing guarantees the Lakers have a much better roster next season. There isn’t exactly a horde of players just waiting for a call from Mitch Kupchak. No one is waiting in line to play for Byron Scott, or next to Kobe Bryant.

The fading embers of Scott’s career have been extinguished. Instead of trying to rejuvenate it by connecting with his players and teaching them some offense. Developing players. Improving them. You know, something a coaching staff and especially the head coach are supposed to do.

But this isn’t Lin’s problem anymore. He leaves, or is just about to, a dysfunctional empire that doesn’t seem to know how to get back on course. Byron Scott, it seems quite clear to everyone, isn’t part of the road back to success.

Jeremy Lin Quiz — Think You Know Jeremy Lin? 13 Questions

http://2paragraphs.com/2015/04/jeremy-lin-quiz-think-you-know-jeremy-lin-13-questions/

I also endorsed rondo to the tankers… git’er done mitch… hehe

kobe just killed the lakers for the next 4-6 years

good pickup. pfv said left knee.

Fun quiz. Guess I didn’t know JLin that well. The ones I got wrong was the grade point average and I thought Jeremy would have gotten scholarship from Div 2 or 3 schools

“…runaway ill-advised quote machine…”. Hahahahahaha

I don’t think so. Look frame-by frame at the hit and fall…J’s got a nice even stance at he gets hit – body not twisted, both legs under him. He falls directly back with neither leg torqued or at an angle. Lands on his butt/back and rolls over. Griffin manages to avoid stepping on him. As a dancer with a lot of kinesiological training, I don’t see a problem here. IF in fact he has any soreness in his knee, I don’t think this was it. I think something else is going on here; it’s possible it’s a coach/FO DNP excuse, but I equally think it could be from Lin’s side – smartly not wasting his health on a few last garbage games.

Yea.. Maybe by end of this week at earliest. Hope it’s negative!

Mark MedinaVerified account
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Awaiting MRI results on Jeremy Lin’s sore left knee. But Lakers currently list him as questionable to play Friday vs. Minnesota
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/586259124578557952

Got 9 out of 13.

I think NY reporter does things much quicker.

MIN game is another Must-Lose game since they’re #2 in the Bottom 2
They might need to DNP Lin and any other players that can jeopardize the loss with an accidental win

If I’m not mistaken, lakers are locked in at 4th. There’s almost no chance of going down to third unless sixers go on a winning streak, which is highly doubtful. So at this point, lakers can win or lose and it won’t matter! It would be interesting to see Byron use his best rotations to try to win games so that he can redeem himself. But we all know he can’t coach. So there’s that

yes and only minute chance to overtake PHI at #3

Though unlikely, Lakers are yet mathematically eliminated from taking bottom third, so this will be their last run to out-tank Philly. Another possibility is the betting odds, whenever something does not make sense just follow the money. Something’s gotta be motivating the Lakers to pull the MRIgate.

Yeah…and Lakers wait in line just like most patients… *wink*

Additionally, why list him as questionable before the results are out? Almost like they are expecting a delay in MRI reading. *double wink*

Yeah, and then the papers got misplaced? It’s all very fishy.

yeah, Swaggy P’s did take along time to come back.

Bwahahahaha…”face-palmingly averse to three-point shooting”.

It’s becoming the Lakers’ standard MO for those in the BS doghouse.

Yeah, the question that’s killing us is why. It could be something as simple as preventing media or fan backlash, or as elaborate as Kwok Wai Lai’s lengthy thesis.

Scott knows that he can’t put lin in the doghouse. Scott is mad that he can’t really touch lin.so now he picking on Swaggy P.

mark medina posted on twitter that they expect results some time later today after some body tweeted and asked him when the results would be available.

http://instagram.com/p/1RFP0QOP1l/

Aww jlin just posted this on his ig. Adorable!

Interestingly, Tankathon.com offers a “Simulate Lottery” button.
I got curious of what’s the chance for Lakers to fall out of Top 5 so I did 3 tests to see how many simulation tries I need to do before Lakers falls out of Top 5 pick even with 84% chance to stay in Top 5.

Here is the results:
Test #1: 7 tries
Test #2: 2 tries
Test #3: 9 tries

So most likely, Lakers will get Top 5 Pick but it’s always possible to give it to PHI with 16% chance.
Here is a snapshot of Lakers getting #6 pick in Test #2

Nobody could have guessed the scrawny Asian kid could ball.

Probably they’ll tell us something by the end of season

If philly goes on a winning streak…

That’s what I thought… ?! Weird… smh!

Don’t know or hear any news on him. But during one of the games, Stu mentioned about him briefly? Maybe Lakers is interested in him?!

Hard to say what’s in FO mind now… I don’t think if they are not interested in him why Stu had to talk about him?!

Ya! I like the idea Lin as PG & his brother as SG. I will be very fun to watch the game.

Lakers: Scott is giving his endorsement for Defensive Player of the Year to Jordan. “He scares the h*** out of guys and alters shots and he makes guys think about coming into the middle,” Scott said. … The Lakers haven’t beaten the Clippers since Oct. 27, 2013.

Somebody please makes me stop laughing.

LBJ is pursuing something Kobe and MJordan couldn’t do in their career, win championships with different coaches.

So surgery has result faster than MRI?

Ridiculous.

It took Howard 1 and half years to fully recover from the same surgery.

Well, at least Scott didn’t say Jordan Clarkson should be the DPOT, lol..

He meant compared to Jeremy’s alleged MRI results after the last-minute pull from game.

Weird, Boozer did the same thing.

what did NYPD did to him? That’s horrible, best season that could run for East conference champion and that is gone….

Doubt it. There are hundreds of Div 1 players already in the draft. Jeremy even went undrafted. I doubt whether Div 3 (?) players, even though he may be a standout in that division, would get a serious look.

Not the result, it’s what and when they want to release.

Couple of days? Season end. LOL!

Remember when Lin was sick a week or 2 ago? He was still on camera and video talking and answering questions. This time he’s nowhere found.

WOW! What an amazed JLin fans!
https://twitter.com/RizzoisReal/status/586280542565433344

Disagree. One should know the result within an hour. I have done MRI and many many medical tests/procedures that you want to know esp the past year. The only question is when they want to release the info.

https://twitter.com/nbadleague/status/586238827804655616

I’m not sure what rules apply. It seems the rules are different for illnesses vs. injuries. If injury is involved, it seems any announcement about condition is supposed to come first from the team. But Jeremy is posting pictures. Maybe that’s his way of letting us know he hasn’t disappeared.

Scott could be a Tiger Dad, rips his own players and praises others.

I hope so!

Mark Medina@MarkG_Medina
6m6 minutes ago
I’m told Lakers won’t have/announce the MRI results on Jeremy Lin’s left knee until sometime tomorrow

****So they haven’t got the result yet, right?

so is this informally being called mri-gate now?

Waiting for more tickets to be sold?

I sure hope Lin’s knee is okay. I think regardless of MRI results, Lin should shut it down the rest of the year. No point playing on sore knees for no reason.

exactly how expected. Still debating Lin’s future with the Lakers.

There’s something going on now and I suspect they don’t want to let Lin go just yet. Don’t be so sure they want their franchise going through another season like this with BS.

Anybody know why they would need to rest Lin? With fourth from bottom assured, I see no way Sixers give them third with their tank Do ppl get out beforeahead. It ask comes down to jc and his two Sixers ft wins our to get to ot.

I’m confused on Lin announcement delay. Pray for the best. A serious injury is the only thing we didn’t need from this season. Do some ppl understand now? All this Lin needs to do this and that, … Pray Lin is healthy.

Yes it’s formally called MRI-gate to me:-)

Interesting to witness the game Lakers continue to play with their players. Hopefully this is the last game they can play on JLin and his fans. I have enough of this org. With Rox, I still hold a little reserve but not Lakers. My patience is getting very thin:-(

Reading fundamental.Medina posted won’t have results until tomorrow and then announce results.

Lakers to the medical staff: Lay back and just enjoy the weekend guys. We don’t need the results back ’till next week anyways. LOL

I believe they do have the result. Just they don’t want to make the annoucement until tomorrow. Probably so-called second opinion. Honestly it doesn’t take long to read the result. Here in Australia, I received the result within an hour. If consultant is busy, probably 2-3 hours. Many patients here complained about the “slowness” of getting things done. Apparently Lakers is much much much worse.

Somebody summoned? — Smokescreen

LOLOL. Jerseygate, startergate, and now MRI-gate. What a “ride” to be JLin fans:-)

Precisely the point.

So you think lin is injured?

How apt then, that even the HC’s name is BS. The irony.

This season Lakers fans saw what Kobe did and they weren’t paying for it. The F/O refused to release Linsanity after Kobe was injured fooling themselves into that a top 5 pick would be better than Linsanity plus ticket money. Now they are really scared about their ticket sales for next season knowing that Kobe is poisonous, Lin will be gone and no player is coming to help.

My take is yes but just the normal bump and bruise from regular season. Not something serious. It made no sense that he went thru shootaround and was pulled out from game about 15 min before the game. That wasn’t JLin. Something is going on. Hence, Lakers had to come up with a story that it was his knee. You can see the confusion between 2 reporters to report this. With saying it was his operated knee made sense of why he was DNP-CD. MRI is just JLin way of wanting to get the truth out to his fans. This is confirmed with his postgame pic (with huge smile) as well as Palo Alto game pic. JLin is trying to convey he is ok via these two pics. If he is indeed injured, he will send a different pic.

Another tip is why he isn’t available for media??? Something doesn’t smell right here. So, I hold my belief that JLin is ok. It’s just another war between BS/KB vs FO. Maybe it’s the aftermath of Foxhole gate?

There are 3 more home games that aren’t sold out so it wouldn’t surprise me if they drag their feet, or make him day to day or something in order to keep moving tickets.

Yep, with digital mri, even the radiologist can sometimes be convinced to give the result before you get dressed.

I don’t think people want to come in for tanking game no matter w or w/o Lin bc they all knew Lakers wants to loss the game. Why pay for the lousy game.

This is his longer explanation. As a Lakers fan, he might be disappointed if/when Lin leaves LA

https://twitter.com/RizzoisReal/status/586313098887352320

Lin helps ticket sale tremendously, win or loss.

You might be right. I thought it was odd that Scott came back with the players are ready to shoot him the back. Something had to provoke that coming out of his mouth.

Not if people know ahead of time he isn’t playing.

Yep something big is going on on that foxhole gate. I didn’t read nor watch except reading what it was posted here and Twitter. Had a feeling more interesting events will happen in offseason. BS wants us to see he is part of future Lakers and stay beyond this season. I’m not 100% sure. The silence from Mitch is very telling. From my little observation of him, believe he only makes announcement when it’s a done deal. So, can’t wait to see what might happen after season is over.

My hutch is that don’t buy the ticket. JLin won’t play. It isn’t because of injury but it’s DNP-CD that is disguise as “injury.”

If you can catch a fight tonight you might make it on time for the game. lol

Maybe, but not necessarily. There can be many reasons: 1) results not available yet; 2) need to get a second opinion; 3) MRI not conclusive thus requiring a second take.

Who knows? Also, a hospital sometimes “outsources” the reading and interpretation of MRIs to specialists in Asia, in countries like India & Pakistan. It may take time to get the report back.

I think Jeremy expected to play when he got on the plane to Denver, because I don’t think he packed a suit. He’d need one to sit on the sidelines. If he had any concern about his knee and was going to test how he felt in Denver, you’d think he’d be prepared to sit it out.

You don’t have to. You only need to wear suite if you were injured prior but not before or during game. He can just wear Laker practice suite.

Good to know. That begs the question then of when he was supposed to have been injured. But another question: Who would the radiologists report their findings to? Gary Vitti?

Yes LA JLin fans please go and convey our concerns and supports to him:-)

I think Laker would want to win all of their home games. Even if they do, they are still the 4th worst team in NBA. I think the result of the MRI should be announced today and Jeremy’s knee would have no problem at all. The examiniation of Jeremy’s knees must be for other reasons.

The minority owner of Laker is Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. People seem to ignore him altogether. He is concerned about the Laker. He even asked President Clinton about the team in an interview with Clinton.

If you want medical advice, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong could help you abundantly only if you could afford the price. He’s a true scientist. I’m sure that he keeps himself informed about the Laker.

I can see power struggle within the organization. This is not even news.

Ex-Lakers wanted to seize control of the organization but they have been losing until MDA resigned. Byron took over the head coaching job. Then Phil Jackson the much heralded coach moved to Knicks as GM and having the worst record in NBA. The rivalry of Laker, Boston Celtics is having a good year on their way to playoff.

The hope of ex-Lakers trying to kick out Jim Buss are in vain because right now Byron Scott, an ex-lakers, is having a worse season than MDA. MDA has at least won a season opener convincingly against the Clippers. Byron Scott lost all the games against the Clippers.

Arguably this team has players better than the players last season. The core of last season is essentially here. The new addition of Boozer, Davis and Lin has proved to be legit NBA players despite Byron’s frequent messes around with the lineup. Granted Pau Gasol left Lakers. But Boozer + Davis more than made up the contribution of Gasol. It’s just that Byron Scott refused to play them more.

Byron is sensitive about his comparison with MDA and this is probably why he’s so harsh against Jeremy Lin.

Even if BS wanted and to tell Lin that he would not play, Lin has no right a abandon the team. He would be fine because his job is to make himself available.

its might be FO decision to avoid JLin from telling the truth..

Totally FO decision ever since.

Imagine you could and you did until you find out Lin is out?

I do believe Mitch is trying to get Lin for much less now while he’s in control without an open market competition

I think Lin is pretty much in charge his FA not Mitch or FO from Lakers. Lin maybe can’t make FO to put him on court for the last few games but he sure can decide his own FA.

So that’s what Lin said after season end?

Don’t worry Joyce. Nobody has been injured at the knees because of sinus infection. Both knees are examined! This seems to be a checkup before signing a player whose main asset is his explosiveness on the court.

we interrupt mri-gate coverage to bring you this nba score; bulls outscore heat 33 to 8 in third quarter to take lead after being down 19 at half.

now back to yer regularly skeduled programming.

Have you ever been cruising in AK? I can tell you that you will love the experience and the beauty of natural cold climate.

The ad has a footnote which says, “Get an autograph with purchase. Event time subject to change. Restrictions apply, see store for details.”

Really? “Restrictions apply?” Are they trying to discourage people from coming just to see Jeremy?

chickens, haha

Nop but have wanted to do twice in the past but wasn’t successful. I did go to 13 days South Pacific Cruise and enjoyed it tremendously. So, my next trip to North America will place Alaska Cruise as priority in my plan. Everything else is secondary. It will take at least 3 weeks for the trip in mind plus 4 days on the flight. So, 4 weeks is a bare minimum. Well, I need to save my leave once I begin to work again:-) Thank God we have 4 weeks of annual leave here in Australia:-)

Yes he can now, contract extension.

Perhaps, something is going to be announced to motivate the team winning the rest of the games for the new season but it should only be done after blowing out the Minnesota Timberwolves at home.

4 weeks would be so good. Last we went only 2 weeks plus local flight extra day was no big deal. If you love cruising and most cruises are in warm weather and fun but if you want to explore where most men can not step foot on, Alaska is highly recommended. Imagine standing there with your hot cup of tea and watching a big piece of ice broken off falling down into the water making a sound like a big bomb and it happens constantly was indescribable.

It’s hard now for Lin to agree any deal if any unless a deal hard to say no.

How about winning for the chance to play with Kobe next season ?

With the promise that MDA will come back to LA as the head coach of LA Laker.
How about this?

That would be great, except lakers also hate mda…

The trick is after a so so season. Jeremy Lin is at least paid no less than the previous contract or may be a little more to cover up the tax deduction. Then Jeremy may just sign at the end of April instead of taking a roller coaster ride of free agency.

Byron Scott did worse than MDA. Now Laker is filling the promise of Linsanity to the fans. With Phil Jackson virtually fell flat on his face in NY, those hate would be moderated after a few games won by the Lakers.

I don’t know how the front office feels about keeping Lin, but Kobe and Scott have done everything publicly to hand him an eviction notice. Kobe made no secret of the fact that he’s trying to recruit Rondo. Scott has made it clear that Clarkson is part of his rebuilding plans, and I don’t think he plans to play Clarkson as third string next year behind Rondo/Lin. Even if Rondo doesn’t come, Scott is playing Clarkson ahead of Lin.

All we have seen are these inexplicable changes a few weeks ago in some attitudes towards Lin (like Stu actually saying some nice things). But the coach still is acting like he’s not a fan of Lin’s, which the same coach has recently used Clarkson and Westbrook in the same sentence as well as suggesting Clarkson could be a future all-star. The FO seems castrated at this point.

Unless the FO changes coaches to someone who can actually manage Kobe Bryant’s playing and ego, I don’t see how Jeremy could possibly entertain an offer from the Lakers … even if they’d make one.

Lin should be so over this relationship. Kobe-BS-fest. Third wheel, no thank you, LOL.

Third

and it is done without a ball hogger taking all the shots for the team.

yes, and perhaps ask him to give us a hint on the MRI results.
Ask something like, “Would you be comfortable to dunk now without waiting for the MRI results?” LOL

hahahaha LOL

I’m thinking of one now.

If I were the F/O I would have done the same to let BS finish his job. After that I would fire BS, hire a real coach (to marginalize Kobe) to send a winning signal to FAs for next season, and give Lin a top tier contract.

Well here’s the thing.. Dantoni came to replace Phil jax, so he had a lot of heat for not meeting up to standards. Byron did not come with much expectations as this roster was made to fail. So he’s given a pass for this year

So Lakers is the only team who can talk to Lin about FA after season end? What about the other teams? May?

I think the more crazy fans who are always following everything with lakers are sick of Byron. The regular fans are saying they want to give him another season. I feel like media has their own opinions of the coach, but won’t disclose.

100% agree, even with the bit about Lin not being a prolific “curser.” If this is true, then at least Jeremy has enough gumption to stand up for himself and not take this bleep anymore from this bleep organization and bleep BS. Bleep bleep bleep Lakers. We’re done here.

Yes, “We are done!” (Lin and fans)

Please check with the guy in the Foxhole

There is one thing I can’t really measure. Even if the whole team no longer trusts and respects Byron Scott — with the single exception of Kobe Bryant — how would that weigh with the Busses and Kupchak? Does anyone in the FO have the stones to tell KB he’s not running the team next year? Can they make it stick? If not, then Byron Scott stays.

Hahahaha ex-FBI
I’m sure FO wants to keep Lin (for backup) but pretty sure Lin will not sign with Lakers unless
1. Kobe gone
2. BS gone
3. MDA return
So let’s enjoy the last drama in LA! Lin will wear a different jersey in October 🙂

Kobe loves to play ISO. This time he would not be given the BS coach. If he wants to play for the Laker any more, he has to earn it.

I guess my question is whether anybody in the front office would actually dare to tell KB that very thing within the next couple of months — or any time later.

July 1st.

not related but if you’re bored to death. Here’s the semi finalist in Asia’s got Talent..
https://youtu.be/Va3mI0FJ3mw

Exactly. The move indicates that at the very least Lakers don’t wanna burn bridges with Jeremy, his fanbase, and the sponsors. It may only be money-driven, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitch wants Lin back.

The F/O was afraid of Kobe because of his fans paid the LAL. It’s no longer true any more. In fact, Kobe began to hurt LAL financially starting early this season.

One small yet interesting factor: When Roger Montgomery tweeted “Victory is certain”, he offered neither scope nor timeframe. It may have simply meant no more DNP-CD and guarantee to a guaranteed amount of average playing time, but that’s not really much to boast about. Has he achieved anything bigger or something long-term and just not telling us?

Sadly we don’t see that and maybe never will. Kobe has no respect for no one.

Current standing, Rockets meet Spurs. Eww.

Texas Chain Massacre: Basketball Edition.

Absolutely. Spurs are on a roll. Rockets should be afraid. Be very afraid.

i want the spurs play the mavs and the trail blazers play the rockettes…. massacre gallores

POR ran this very same play against HOU last yr. Lin broke the play, that’s what a smart player does.
https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/status/586392143003922432

Man Steph Curry makes it look so easy. Hope one day Lin can shoot like Steph. One thing Steph does to improve his shooting is, he practices on tired legs. Maybe Lin can try that too.

Yup he is peaking well!

lol

Yessss… Another HOU 1st-round exit then

thanks, they’re super-talented indeed.
We still have 4 games left but you can definitely post more under Off-Topic FUN thread from homepage in the off-season.

Didn’t d’antoni come to replace Mike Brown?

Yeah Lin is like the running back of the team. Do all the dirty work that no one wants to do.

You made it sounds like Lin is playing stupid…lol

Curry does not jump high. WHich is good for late game situation

Stupid blake

Personally, I see nothing wrong with it. But I think indeed the “defense is optional” approach is more appealing to fans and body.

Occupational hazzard…LOL

Yup it’s the exact play but Lin recognized the play and intercepted it!

The fact that Lakers are waiting till tomorrow before a home game is a bad sign. Lakers know if they announce that Lin is out for rest of the season it would mean, people will not buy anymore tix to see Lakers esp the Asian fans. So basically Lakers are trying to make as much money as possible until they are forced to make this announcement before the game. It is possible Lakers are doing a retest MRI, making sure for sure Lin is ok. Hopefully it’s the latter.

The question is why wait for Lin to first practice for 75 min (and videos show that he’s moving around fine), and then announce that he won’t be playing 15 min before the actual game? And then the press silence. Things just don’t add up.

JLin was the one who went for the charge though. I hope it’s nothing serious.

yes. i may have used the wrong words.. dantoni took over HC position over phil jackson after mike brown was fired. either way, point is that since dantoni took phil jackson’s place, there was a lot more unfair criticism placed upon him.

The game against Denver is a back to back road game in high altitude. If you want to take precautionary, this is the game that you should avoid. Plus Denver is not tanking, the game was pretty tough. Should Laker wants a healthy Jeremy, they shouldn’t mind save Jeremy for the rest of games.

Now Jeremy is on a DTD basis, I don’t think it would help the ticket sales. It’s just as bad as DNP-CD to the fans. Perhaps DNP-CD doesn’t cause rouse alarm on Jeremy’s knees.

I think the FO didn’t want Jeremy to take the risk and Byron wouldn’t mind playing Jeremy in the worst possible situation. That could explain why Jeremy was practicing before the game because Byron intended to play Jeremy there but the FO made sure it didn’t happen by escorting Jeremy away from game situations and from Byron Scott.

What’s the motive behind MRI Jeremy’s knees, I think the FO might want to win more games this season with Jeremy. MRI examination is the reason that overruled Byron Scott’s decision of playing Jeremy at the time. My 2 cents is that Jeremy would be reinstated as soon as possible for practices before playing Minnesota.

Librafree (@Librafree) April 9, 2015

i love that first photo. with the creepy nuggets player in the background HAHAHA. made my day

Lin should work on a quick pull up jump shop this summer…also, catch and shoot…I would love for Lin to emphasize a bit more of 3pt shooting…I feel he doesn’t take enough of them….Lin to be a bit more crafty/creative with his ball-handling…like Irving.

As for emulating Curry..that may be very hard…Curry handle/dribbles is very quick…Lin has a looser and slow-motion handle..which I believe is an area he needs to improve.

I think the guy Lin could emulate is Thomson…Lin is tall enough at 6’3 and he’s not skinny…Lin needs to learn to come off screen a bit tighter and develop a “catch n shoot” jump shot”…and also a floater.

I totally agree w you. Plus if something is really bad Lin will send out the bible tweet… but nothing so far.

The hits and falls are a function of the lax ruling by refs to allow it to happen. The league doesn’t have that many PGS that truly attack the rim. Rose used to and he paid the price. Westbrook is the only other one that has the strength and speed combination like Lin to take a hit and score at the rim. Harden gets the calls all the time so he gets protection. The hits by DJ and Aldridge on lin where they snap his neck back should have been flagrant ones instead they weren’t even called! So the league has created this problem where bigs take liberties and part of the game gets lost.

We will see if Curry will end up like Harden and start to miss 3s in playoffs. Live by the 3, die by the 3. It’s then that they will lament that they don’t get enough penetration. Lin and Westbrook both are known to be wrecking balls for defence systems. They are the “masters of chaos”. The fact is Lin fits MDA’s offence is that he can attack the paint like NASH AND PASS LIKE NASH. Westbrook not so much. Lin attacks the paint not just to score. He does it to wreck defense and create space for his teammates.

I may be old school to say this, but playoffs are more about trading jabs than throwing roundhouses. You need the 3s like a football team needs the deep threat or a boxer needs the big hay maker, but come crunch time, making a higher percentage shot can be the difference between winning or losing.

Yeah, he should learn to play like Jordan Hill who never goes into the paint to get mucked up.

The league makes the rules up to favor one way of playing, while they let parts of it go. Rim protection has made the restricted area non existent. If they want to see more circus shots around the rim, they have to protect the players that venture into there. Right now it’s a free for all and the bigs are taking scalps.

There was an article about how the bigs are learning to shoot from the 3s and that the game is now basically evolving into 4/1 offences with all peremiter players except for one. The kids coming up have adapted to this game. If the trend continues, it will be a game where shooting is the only premium.

I predict that the game will eventually change again to promote more attacking of the rim and the restricted areas will be enlarged to do it.

These two are worst… don’t listen or read what they said…

I think Blake knows what he was doing. That elbow hit was intentional.

https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/586272109351084032

Harden is a weird player. He definitely does like passing, but he also likes ball-stopping. Curry is a scorer but he at times gets the other guys the ball. He’s not a traditional PG. If you have the right balance of players, and the ball falls your way, you win championships. It takes some luck to win championships.

well, lakers friendship is better than the roxieorges for sure.

start at 3:16

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GT6lWdQOA

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/586592945609945088

Lin not playing tonight. Still waiting on MRI.

Byron says team is still waiting on MRI results on Lin's knee— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) April 10, 2015

Jeremy Lin will not play again tonight.— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 10, 2015

I guess MRI is a rockets science. Lol

the season is over

There are technically 3 games left he is possible to play as of now. But there isn’t much left he can do. Lakers run was very disappointing, we had a lot of hope going in and it didn’t pan out. I guess we’ll all have thoughts of what will need to happen for Lin and what Lin can do more to further his career when the season is officially over.

A sore knee sounds much better than DNP-CD. I will take it. And the same for the rest of the season.

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/586599576540286976

was hoping see this one since its nationally televised. Don’t have league pass.

When Lin doesnt play theres so much more time for activities!

BS sure can’t say I don’t want him to stay otherwise Kobe will kill me. LOL!

If the results comes in negative, but it is just sore and to rest, that should be okay.

Agreed. What amazes me about Curry’s shooting is that he can be leaning backwards and still get off decent shots.

I think the results are negative. I really do think it was lin’s agency advising him to shut it down in these last games. The way it happened was so weird. Lin said it was a little sore before the game,but they pulled him 15 mins before the game started.

no its on NBA TV. I do not league pass, but do have NBA TV so was hoping to see this game.

Lakers.com has Jeremy Lin on front page in hollywood nights jersey. Without Lin playing tonight, no one cares about Lakers. Lakers holding onto only thing that attracts viewers.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Enlightening, yes. It might explain why Jeremy still gets so little awareness of his now very good defensive abilities. Might explain part of an NBA-wide bias on “who can guard who” that gave PB his undeserved edge over Lin (apart, of course, from the pure politics of it all). He has the exceptional speed they want, and for sure the work ethic. It’s interesting to note that the bias is not apparently just about Asians.

https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/586608701433221120

Welp. Lins not coming back to lakers.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/586612153206996993

I hope he will not stay…

I see three agendas flowing through this Laker’s organization. I see Scott’s agenda to stay employed(the shooting him in the back), scott playing more to the press, Kobe trying to get another contract to by bringing Rondo to get a pass from the fans because of Rondo’s name and the F/O that is running on borrowed time to become a contender and lin is the middle of all of this. I think lin/team playing it smart on their power moves.Lin has built up a brand overseas especially in Asia, and he is using to his advantage. I think lin removing all things Laker from his website was a power move. I am not saying lin will stay with the Lakers, but lin is the one in charge of his destiny and he is making power moves.

100% agree

😉

Very interesting indeed. Explosive Athleticism has been the measuring stick in the NBA.

[3:48] “Speed, Quickness and Hops are the Holy Trinity in the NBA”
“Who can he guard?”

Even Jeremy who had #1 or #2 BAM speed test had to overcome the stigma of “deceptively athletic”.
It would be extremely hard for 5’10” – 5’11″white American players to play in the NBA.

Only Jason Williams and of course Steve Nash (Canadian) come to mind as PGs, and they have exceptional ball-handling skills to set them apart. Nash made it w/o great defensive skill.

Even Jeremy with good defense still has to overcome this stigma. It made me realize how tough and athletic JLin has to be to continually prove people wrong.

Might be but still if he’s with the team, some reporter must have seen him and asked questions.

What questions? I think they only interviewed Byron. Lins probably chilling at home 🙂

BS is full of his initials. If he’s from the old school and the PG sets up the team, and Lin has that approach, then Lin should have played more PG when he was on the court with the other PGs and maybe alternate. On with Clarkson, definitely a shoot-first player, Lin played SG. On with Buycks, a D-leaguer, Lin played 2 guard but that may have made more sense since Buycks didn’t play that much and is something more of a PG in approach than Clarkson. I guess he’s right that Lin is still learning the game but he never knows how to make things constructive and always ends up sounding like he’s minimizing a guy’s talent unless it is one of his favorites., Even with Ed Davis he said Ed does a few things well which sounds like he’s minimizing big Ed.