Hornets Stung by More Injuries; Lin needs to play PG

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Smart guy.

His Harvard jersey! Must be an alum.

Lin to the Knicks?

I don’t think MDA will be free to coach until next season, so I’m hoping for an “impossible” Kemba trade. Deal him while his stock is inflated. Kemba for Gobert or Hayward.

Not even that
They gotta move the ball

and move off the ball. When Lin was PG that short time in 2nd quarter, we had Troy, Frank, Batum and Hawes, all of them are slow and set shooters. Lin can’t roll with them. It’s like putting 4 Jordan Hills with Lin. They all stand in one place wanting the ball. That’s why Stephanie Ready said they need to move more and stop watching.

https://twitter.com/At_The_Hive/status/690002662742425601

Has anyone here heard of Clifford having his team watching film?

You mean taking a page from McHale ?

The difference about Cliff and MDA is that they both empower the point guard, but Cliff lets the PG shoot the team out while MDA focuses on the PG play making and scoring. Cliff also assigns PG roles to other players which makes it more confusing to every player on who the real PG is. When Lin was playing for Knicks with MDA, everyone knew Lin was the PG and respected him because they knew he was going to pass the ball to him. We’re seeing the same thing happen in 76ers.

Wasted hours because nothing changed.

When you lose you search for reasons. I’m afraid Clifford only sees the injuries, especially big AL and not the real, fixable reasons for losing.

I don’t think it is his call. Or he will bench whoever not following the game plan, be offense or defense reason.

It’s hard enough to get an assist when you bigs can’t finish under or over the rim. All they wanted to do was to shoot long range. It’s so annoying when Lin drove to the rim drawing 2, 3 defenders and Hawes was 20 feet away.

It’s time to play Tyler 8 to 10 in non-garbage min straight to see what he can do. Hornets have nothing to lose now anyway.

I wonder if MKG knows how. I heard MKG was practicing with Lin earlier in the season.

wait Lin has a Nets jersey too? Who’s #4?

yes, Psycho T is the anti-Hawes
One deals full-body contact; the other one avoids contact

Hornets need toughness inside so they don’t get bullied

Have to go back and review preseason tapes. MKG’s reputation is for defense not offense. I’m not sure if he can help once he returns.

i agree as well. The best part about hansborough? He can ACTUALLY make a layup or 2 under the rim, unlike Zeller/Hawes who are lost cases.

If Clifford watched film, he’d be SHOCKED at how much the starters ignore his coaching.

I really like tyler… he works hard man… doesnt get a chance… clifford is a yes man or a maroon…

kaminsky doesn’t know how to play D. I would still play him though since hes talented. Another player is troy daniels…excellent outside shooter and perimeter defender

Hans can catch and rebound well too. I think I heard in college he was the leading scorer. Somehow, in the NBA, he’s not being used properly either.

A little off topic… has anyone seen pitch perfect?? I was shocked at embarrassingly offensive portrayal of asians… who approved this? Goes to show how racist our society still is and how jlins unfair treatment can plausibly be a result of racist attitudes…

When Hansbrough was used properly for half a season in Indiana, he was a regular 20/10 player.

he is a decent 3 pt shooter, he can be a good role player on the team if given a chance. You are just biased because he was an exrocket like lin. But daniels and lin both get along fine, and daniels has potential

Biyombo flat out sucked, had no basketball skills or instincts. Clifford could do nothing with him – NO ONE can.

Clifford’s problem is that he’s still waiting for MKG to “save” the team. So Hairston plays too much just because he’s MKG’s placeholder.

Once MKG returns, Hairston might be a DNP CD for the rest of the season.

that’s the scariest part, the coach was waiting for MKG, but MKG could not save him.

He’s not sucking for the Raptors.

cliff is not smart. There always 2 sides to a person, 1) phsical 2)mental. No matter what kind of physical talents someone has, if hes not as strong mentally, then he won’t have the drive or passion to play the game to his full potential

Pacers GM Larry Bird made the FATAL decision of signing David West who was allegedly “more athletic” than Hansbrough.

Well, everybody knows that West is an old soft frail outside shooter whose best days were behind him 10 years ago. And Hansbrough was unfairly benched behind him.

From then on, Hansbrough was not allowed to compete in NBA games. But whenever West went down and Hansbrough started, Hansbrough beasted. He beat up Lin’s Rockets so badly, Coach McHale said that the Pacers “bashed us around”.

Hansbrough still has game. He’s simply not allowed to show it.

Imagine having to go against Hansbrough and Lin in practices on a pick and roll.

BRUISERS

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I’m totally amused at how most poeple here understood this even during thatgame. Nice!

It wouldn’t be the first…or the last. Seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Pitch Perfect appears totally PC compared to the Mr. Yunioshi gag.

I happen to agree.

He picks up fouls to quickly. If he was given more play time he’d foul out.

Yikes, Kemba Walker is making James Harden (at least Bickerstaff era) look like Jeremy Lin on D!

Seriously, is Clifford blind? How about playing jlin as pg. It’s a no brainer.

I agree with KHuang that with more PT, he’ll learn how to do so

His toughness is definitely a much needed injection for defense. Steven Adams got frustrated by him in 1 play
It will trigger momentum for others to play harder

Hornets D is way too soft right now.

Yeah but pitch perfect was like 2 yrs ago!

Where did Rasheed Wallace come from?!

It matters! He runs play better, get all teammate touches. It usually leads to teammates play harder in d&o.
In addition, don’t want to see any centers bringing up the balls.

Wallace joined Knicks in October 2012, Lin left the Knicks during summer 2012.

They never played together.

Nice pic of JLin

https://twitter.com/jain0517/status/690042864550744065

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Wow! Cliff finally said it… LOL!

Injured Amare, Toney Douglas and Shumps, one-dimension Novak, retiring Mike Bibby and Baron Davis, bench composed of Billy Walker, Jerome Jordan and Josh Harrellson…the truly workable players were Tyson and Jared Jeffries (for his tough D) and maybe Fields for his fast cut-ins.

Hardly Lambo Gallardo roster, don’t sell Linsanity short.

YAWN…

nothing will change.

The unthinkable – 76ers might end up with better record than hornets.

Jlin penetrates, always think of kicking it out to teammate. Kw penetrates, teammate yawns, slowly run back down.

It’s a definite possibility.

76ers won 96-87 over Magic.
Ish Smith had 13pts/11asts/2rebs in 30 min

JLin arguably would have better stats than Ish being a better shooter/scorer with more FTs

After tonight’s win vs Magic, the 76ers record is 5W-8L after hiring Mike D’Antoni
They won the 1st game after hiring MDA vs the Suns on 12/28

So what about Hornets record since 12/28?
.. *drum-roll* … 3W-10L

Yes, it’s that bad for the Hornets due to no accountability on defense.

Cliff was mentored by MDA but he still has a lot to learn.

yes, It’s very possible

If the players buy into the system and play team-ball on both ends of the court, they’d be called the rising team by end of season. MDA would get full credit. Although I’m not sure if he will get multiple Head Coach offers.

They’ve lost a couple of ot games already with Ish shooting below average. Once they get others more involved on the offence, they’d be deadly.

I think so…. just talk… he will dare to change anything unless MJ also agrees.

It’s really 3 or 2 after he catches the ball. If it is 3, it’s a travel.

I think he doesn’t how to play tough without crashing hard to other bodies yet

with more PT, he should know which border not to cross, I think

I don’t think Lauren Holtkamp “favors” Lin, she’s just calling things fairly. But yeah, that in the racist NBA “could” be considered “favoring” Lin.

ya cause all those miss calls Lin gets it’s ridiculous. Did anyone see how Lin got blood today?

Durant or Ibaka, I forgot which one, looked like they traveled on a dunk today too.

Just wanted to show you guys some numbers, supporting the statements I made on Kemba and the state of this team, in the last game. First 2 rows the numbers keep increasing, the next 2 rows the numbers keep decreasing…

LOL

Lin as a one year rental really needs God’s blessing to be on the court playing rather than sitting on the bench.

It’s unclear whether anyone in the organization understands basketball at all.

Lin starting does help if he does not get his touches. Its mostly Kemba and Batum controlling the ball.

Sooner or later the organization going to put the blame on injuries

There is still 40 games to find out….

https://twitter.com/LakersSBN/status/690044470642003968?s=09

C’mon, the Linsanity Knicks won, not because of offense but because of defense. With Lin getting everyone touches and playing in rhythm, the team was energised. Fast breaks, alley oops, taking risks, all got them energised. The Hornets play too safe, don’t run, don’t reward the bigs, don’t reward the guy that digs out a rebound … lack athletes.

76ers are having fun winning basketball with MDA’s offense.

what is taking you so long? Should have said it last season, first season of BS. They could have made the playoff by using Lin and drafting a big guy like Okafor.

Allstar push and still didn’t make it

Cho is the culprit IMO. Clifford can’t be this dumb. His reputation as a coach has taken a real hit since this losing streak started. No one can be this blind to recognize that playing Walker 40 and letting him chuck while playing no defence is the reason. Clifford loses his reputation as a good coach and has nothing to gain by losing. The only one that gets anything out of making Walker and Batum look good is Cho. It’s been rumoured that his job is on the line and he may be desperate enough to want to make his players become stars. Losing can be blamed on injuries. If Walker and Batum gets their star stats, Cho looks like he’s done a good job of assembling good players.

The start of the season was all about Lin and BF1 rescuing the team from the starters. It made CHO’s players look bad that a 2 million scrub is outplaying the big money players. Cliffrod was then bought with his extention to chnage that and disband BF1 and play Walker and Batum heavy minutes to make them look better.

Once Lin leaves the team, CHO’s players will be ordinary again with no bench to outshine the starters. They’ll go back to being a sub 500 team again. Fans will asking how Cho let Lin walk and become an allstar with Sixers. Just by that fact alone Cho will be fired next year.

Roberts and Kemba cannot play or defend SG. Batum is out on top of that. Can’t make Lin in PG. the defense would be even worse. Right now because of injuries everyone’s position is just not ideal. Hornets D and O is just awful. Except for the bench, slightly better than awful.

Not sure how repeated losing makes Cho, Walker and Batum look good. But I guess that’s the NBA. Most fans may be more similar to WWF.

It’s on Clifford. He controls the plays and the players. He plays politics, and he is not smart. Period……

When simple logic becomes useless to make sense of a situation, we have to come up with convoluted conspiracy theories to explain the situation. We’ve done it with Dolan and Melo, Mchale and Beverly, BS and Kobe. None of what they’ve done made any sense either. Look at how dumb Mchake was to take Lin out with less than 1 sec left to lose game 6 of playoff against Portland. Lin had completely shut down Lilliard all of the forth quarter and yet Mchale took him out? Why? To make sure Lin was not on the court when they won the game so that the glory went to Beverly and Parsons. Lilliard made the shot and Mchale lost the series by trying to promote his guys.

No, but 1 player with superstar status within the team can sabotage a team’s chances of winning.

LIN SUCKS!

Benching an All Star talent like Lin, that blows up a team from the inside.

I read somewhere Steph Curry can finish +1228 by the end of regular season. wow

Recall that JLIN mentioned that he came to Charlotte after finding in discussions that Clifford really knew his game and that specifically was coming to be the Backup to point guard Kemba Walker.

Clifford has NOT kept that promise, besides in pre-season/very early, JLIN has spend most of his play (90%+) at SG shooting guard, ostensibly because of injuries to other players but fact remains…
…he is not doing what he thought Charlotte promised he would do here.

Lin fights for more rebounds under the basket than the Hornets big men…. let that sink in for a while.

On the next game vs Magic, I have a feeling KW will try to shoot 30pts, especially if Cody is out. He’s going to look to score first instead of getting his teammates involved early. Do you guys think so?

Clifford had a personality of a politician. He can be very nice in his talks like most politicians are, but the actions and results is not the same as the talk.

my 3 year old son is in a basketball league but has trouble shooting the ball. He does not have the strength to get the ball over the rim. I come to the basketball experts here for advice on shooting tips to get more power so the ball gets near the basket. The basketballs they use are small and the rim is regulation and lowered. So when the kids just throw it near the rim they usually go in.

Kills me to see his sad, little face that he can’t get the ball in the hoop. If he doesn’t get better I’ll probably pull him and do this with him later when he gets bigger. My fault getting him into basketball. He is always smiling and having fun playing in practice until he has to shoot. Then just disappointment. 🙁

Kemba’s 52 point game pretty much ensures that for the forseeable future (especially with Batum & Cody out) that KW will do isohero volume shooting every night.

Last night, Kemba and Clifford new it was futile because a clearly superior OKC team started to shut Kemba down so they pulled him.

Lin is actually working on the skill which would help your son too – i think it called one-stage shooting motion

yes. i use the same way and i could shoot from the half court when i was 15.

It’s the give-and-go! A tried and true way to get open and beat a sleeping defense. Lin throws the ball to Spencer Hawes then sprints to the rim. Hawes, to his credit, makes an incredible bounce pass that’s right on the money.

According to Synergy Sports, Lin happens to be one of the most efficient scorers in the league when he cuts, averaging 1.8 points per possession. He doesn’t do it nearly enough, though.

Maybe the Hornets should consider working more of this action into their offense.
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/jeremy-lin-charlotte-hornets-spencer-hawes-highlight-layup-012116

Lin can have better stat if play more teamball.

I also had a problem with my youngest son when he started joining a league of not having enough strength (6-7 years old on regulation rim). Are the other kids also 3-year olds?

What’s important is to ensure kids enjoy the game at this age. Usually 5-6 year olds would have more strength and coordination for lower rim. Perhaps practicing with dad using smaller rim would be the most fun and helpful at this age so basketball is fun for him

Hope this helps. Here are some tips on teaching very young kids to shoot :
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http://hubpages.com/sports/Making-Kids-Coachable-by-Making-Learning-Fun

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hm, why not Hornets own D-League team? why OKC D-League?

More playing time will be good for the rookie

They do not have confidence on themselves, they have less confidence to their D league. Maybe?

The problem is, Kemba shoots more, misses more, and does not hustle back in transition to defend.

See how this site has become? How wonderful, isn’t it?

Anyway, I don’t have boy and my two daughters are already in teens. So I really can’t give much advice other than you buy a some kind of smaller basketball hoop stand and you start from there playing with fun and confidence first and go from there. Good luck parenting.

“why can’t we have a game like this every night, Kemba?” Lin

LOL Barbosa doesn’t like this bear-hug #NationalHugDay

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Yes, especially since the Magic BADLY OUTPLAYED Kemba Walker last game.

Like I’ve said all season, Lin s not the one getting hurt by Kemba’s isoball.

BATUM is pretty much completely frozen out by Walker now.

Unlike Lin, Batum doesn’t have enough game to overcome that.

You are doing good to take your son at that age to sports so he can develop the motor, brain connects, etc. That leads to confidence!

On any inputs, I would recommend you start with a kids ball. I found all organized bball is around the official junior sized ball, and that is too heavy for kids to get the feel for a dribble or shot. Then there is the spatial dimensions of fitting a big ball between the legs if he ever gets good. I remember for me in middle school, I kept hitting my legs with the 1 size ball we had back then, so I just never tried to improve my handles beyond just dribbling.

The other thing is at that age, his world is pretty much you and your spouse, so 1-1 bball with him on a short kids hoop will help him develop the joy for the game.

I used to do bball with my son in the back yard and I let him win everytime because I would mistime my comeback. This year, he’s moved onto soccer and I have to get back to bball with him so he has more breadth in sports, given there’s always a good pickup game with new friends somewhere in any town.

Yes!, they have to have fun and feel the love from the parent in anything they do at that age.

The bigger question is do you let them win or win all the time? Some in my family won all the time, and that helps their kids fight injustice and work through down times (JLin?). I have to start working on that side as I’ve tended to let my son get leads, then I can’t come back because I wait too long.

Thanks for the info, Arsenium.

In comparison, NBA current deal with ESPN is $930M/season to expire in 2016. Then it’s 3X more for the next 9 years
It’s smaller deal but it’s important to capture more China market to generate more revenue.
http://www.sbnation.com/2014/10/5/6916597/nba-new-tv-deal-espn-turner-24-billion

I wonder if Tencent’s Hornets games rating would provide more profit for the Hornets.
If they do, JLin’s presence in any NBA teams will bring a lot more interest and financial windfall.

I wonder if JLin team can capitalize on that fact when negotiating contracts with NBA teams.
They would benefit by planning ahead with Chinese sponsors, etc.

Hopefully JLin will get some of that:

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There’s SO much $ this summer, Mike Conley, DeMar DeRozan, Harrison Barnes, Ryan Anderson types expected by some to get max $. Chaos coming.

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I figured either they did it off season or they used green screen because when would they have time to get together during the season as they are in different regions.

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oh boy, this will be another loss vs Magic if nothing changes on both ends of the floor

https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/690295483437178881

With Zeller and Batum out I guess it’s no surprising. Nothing will change as long as Kemba is PG, doesn’t defend and doesn’t get teammates involved.

They don’t need to go to the tanking route. The way how Cliff coaches and Kemba plays, it’s a loss anyway. Chances of winning is very slim unless the leopard can change its spot.

What? So many injury players….? smh!

What? It’s Orlando that lost to the Sixers and the Sixers have been playing more competitively even in games they lose. Very few if any are going to connect the two like that. If Hornets lose to Orlando, they lost to another playoff contending team, or one fighting to be.

I agree here…she was very favorable to Lin.

Hawes used to be a decent player when he was playing center in previous teams (except Clippers) Hope he finds his game.

Losing hope on Hawes.
JLIN has had half season to work with Hawes presumably, they appear close – and on no team has JLIN ever NOT found a big-man to work with on the P&R.

JLIN knows how to coach Big Men the intricacies of P&R so my guess is :
a) Hawes does not have the physical skill/acumen to ROLL hard/smart with JLIN or;
b) Hawes unmotivated to run P&R in Clifford system because Clifford is ambivalent to P&R
c) Hawes knows JLIN is FORCED to play shooting guard for Clifford so sees no need to learn P&R from JLIN since few opportunities because JLIN doesn’t run the point and control game flow.

To me they all seem legit. Batum’s is old. We saw what happened to Lamb. Cody showed visible pain when he got injured. Jefferson’s injury is old and he’s still rehabbing from it. Maybe Lamb could get traded because he’s been out quite a few games or maybe they saw what happened to Batum and gave him proper healing time.

Batum shot poorly (6-27) in the last 3 games (6pts, 10pts, 0pts) so if he thinks his toe is bothering him, he’d only come back when he feels 100% so it won’t hurt his stats to get max contract next season

JLin could’ve done the same in Jan after hurting his ankle on 12/28 vs Lakers but JLin believed in giving his best despite affecting his shooting %

I hope JLin is back to 100% and will capitalize on another starting opportunity like his 35pts explosion vs TOR

JLin back to 100% now? I really don’t think he is. I think that can’t happen until after the all-star break. I think he’s taped up and the Charlotte medical staff is hoping it gets no worse. I think he’s capable of 30 or so, even on the bad ankle. Sooner or later he knocks down most of the 3s he takes, that’ll make it easier for him.

Five years? JLin isn’t going to be there five years. Tencent should have consulted us before making that deal.

eh winning… well that is a big question… depends on age and maturity. Learning to lose is important too. It is very hard on some to lose. They can get discouraged and not try again. When they do lose you have to be there to tell them the things they did well and maybe one or two things they could do differently next time. Older children you first ask them what they could have done differently and then maybe add some guidance to what they say. you have to also train them to reflect on what went wrong and how to course correct

It is very important though that you do not set them up to lose/fail. Whatever they are doing needs to be within or just out of their range … not yours… not another child’s ability range… their ability range.

in education there is a theory called Zone of Proximal Learning. Essentially it is about how you need to know where the student is ( academically or physically) and you have a zone just outside that region that they can do with guidance/assistance and a zone beyond that that they cannot do alone. You as the coach/ parent /teacher use what are called scaffolding techniques to get the student to push through to that new level. ( ex. holding a child’s hand while they learn to write letters) You have to be careful not to push the student to far too fast. ( hand a 2 yr old an artists brush and expect a Michelangelo) If they go too far past their ability to accomplish anything with guidance they will give up. They will feel and be defeated. So you guide them and then let them try on their own, step back and reassess where they are, and then guide them again.

point of all this is slow steady increases in difficulty not huge leaps keeps a child interested and motivated.

The basketball program above seems too much for a 3 year old. he may end up hating something that otherwise he might have been good at and loved.

Sigh… “CHA new tankers of NBA…” Sigh…

My observation is JLIN was collapsing to the ground on even minimal contact so as not to stress the ankle too much while maintaining balance. Last night was better but still his motion and shot affected.

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Why Jeremy Lin Is Elite in the Pick And Roll (and why the Hornets need to play him more): https://youtu.be/B-JEkpMmRIo

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Yawn, I’m not planning to watch. Reminds me got to make dinner reservations for Valentines day.

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voting is rigged. How did IT get more votes in the last round than Jeremy Lin? IT wasn’t even close to Lin after the 3rd round.

lol Hawes better start learning how to dunk

76ers become more energetic and explosive in offense and that also translate to better defense because they really get their running game going against their opposition. The long arms of the 76ers seem to affect their opposition too. Ever since MDA stepped in as associate coach, the offense has improved. No doubt this 76er team is young and energetic and they have some quality players that can make some NBA teams. There are also players that couldn’t. Hinkie has done his job to make sure the team tanks rather than plays well.
Perhaps Brett Brown is a good coach but I haven’t seen him done anything to improve this team. Hinkie has done such a horrible job that nobody thinks it’s Brett’s fault not winning more games. But now I start having doubts to Brett in his offense. Clearly the 76ers has improved ever since MDA was hired.

Forget dunking. He needs to rebound!

Thanks. Don’t remember what he got from last year for total votes? This year higher than last season or lower?

So tencent is like $170 mln per year if the rev share does hit $200 mln. ESPN is $310 mln per year. That’s not bad considering you only have 1 Chinese player in the league right now.

Because Kemba would then be only secondary in scoring then.

This is a new weapon for Lin this season.

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@ToddKrieger1 Lin is a sensitive guy, and when the coach treats him like sh*t, he doesn’t respond well

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Not talking about Al (can’t fake a knee surgery) or Cody at all, I specifically stated toe sprains.

Batum and Lamb’s cases, while not 100% fabricated, it’s entirely possible that they’re being exaggerated. If anything I doubt that the injuries are more severe than Lin’s ankle. This could be indication of either 1) Lin’s expendable so what if we kill his ankle, or 2) Lin’s staying (at least ’till end of season) but Batum and Lamb need to be shelved in case they become trade chips.

They deserve 10 more years of Byron Scott…
Wish they’d extend his contract

ITs not Coach’s decision, its Lin’s and medical staff who decides and gives the green light

he won’t play
probably assistant coach or something
Knowing him, could be assistant GM or FO position

I don’t agree about Batum. psalm cited his numbers. He’s had that injury for awhile and last night he could do nothing on the court. There’s nothing suspicious I see at all. He’s injured. I don’t know why Lamb is out so long but it may just be he hasn’t responded to treatment and isn’t effective trying to play. It’s not easy to compare injuries. A toe injury is very serious. An ankle one can be but the type you can play on depending where the sprain is. When Lin was more compromised by his ankle it was noticeable and I think it is still noticeable in his play.

Well, I got some numbers too, Jeremy 0-9 and 3-10. So Batum’s numbers dipped, but he sure can still play.

Let me be explicit: Batum IS injured (as is Lamb), but not to the point that he (they) cannot play. So what if he’s not a 100% effective? Neither is Jeremy! Point being there are factors OTHER than injury (politics, trade scenarios) dictating which of the injured players get to rest, and for how long.

Tennis coaching for 2-5 is extremely rudimentary. Often we don’t do any drills that even look like we are rallying. To be honest, unless they are truly gifted, the failure of not doing what they are supposed to do will kill the joy in the play. For example, I would have them play games that require them to push light weight tennis balls with very short 19 inch rackets and push them through and around pile ons. They compete against other teams to see who pushes the balls fastest through the pile ons. It’s fun and they learn to associate the racket face with directional control.

If your child can’t manage a kids basketball try something even lighter and create a game that has nothing to do with shooting so that they can get the motion while having fun. Be inventive in finding “end result teaching”. Make that end result achievable while they are actually playing games. Put a target in reach of their ability on a wall and have them throw the ball above it. As they get stronger, you can challenge them even more until they’ve develop the muscle tone to throw a ball. The throw motion is a very important component of shooting because the chain of muscle activation is very important for shooting.

“End result training with play that involves the muscle groups you want them to develop will keep them having fun while they are actually working hard. That’s the key to keeping kids interested in any sport. If they have fun, they’ll work at it. If they get bored, everything becomes work.

will cliff learn?????or just word?

given!
but the blind people will never see it not because they have blinders but because they have no eyes to see it!

and his doing affects his teammates on doing the same thing whenever there’s a chance..chaos and no team play!

why on earth you have to play JLIN as SG when Roberts is in the court..wasting valuable minutes for a very good opportunity is a sign that the coach needs a reality check!

daniels can be a very good shooter but his defense is lacking thats why cliff is hanging him in the balance and most of the time has given lamb the chance…if he could at least make a decent defense then, i think coach cliff might find time for him.

as to kaminsky, he’s a rook and still learning , but height cannot be learned, and if i chose between kaminsky or troy,i chose the height and learning player . right now you cannot have 2 players with has no defense or forthright learning to defend.

doubt they will do it.

I dunno, KWL, I’ve been watching Hawes for 3 yrs now and I don’t trust his ability to have constantly good games. I really dunno, I’m not trying to disagree with you.

so passive, my bad lol.

classic western view of the eastern raise man. Totally untrue, based on false understanding of the signals a strong Asian man gives off. The nuances escape westerners. Those who seek understanding get it.

I feel this is a bait just for Lin fans to download his app, but I think will take the bait, lol.
Coach Nick is pretty sneaky, he had bball breakdown on Lin’s game when Lin was in summer league, and at that time, he said Lin will play oversea or Euroleague. Then after Linsanity, he actually went back and changed that video’s ending and said Lin is a NBA player, lol. Give credit he picked Lin to breakdown really early, I just don’t like that he went back to change his prediction.

Hi TTNN, just FYI the bballbreakdown app is free and you can always delete it if you change your mind. Thanks for bringing up that point about his summer league success, i don’t remember if i watched that one! I guess i don’t really mind the fact that he changed that video, perhaps Lin’s play changed his mind and therefore he wanted to change the video to also support him. I don’t really care since it is to JLin’s benefit anyway.

Thanks for the great advice. True we are our kids world right now. I am hoping sports will help with his perseverance and confidence.

I agree this site is great. I appreciate the support. Fun and confidence and physical growth are more goals as well.

thanks for the help. I’m going to go back to a smaller hoop as well to keep it fun.

Practical advice. Thanks. My son was doing the exact opposite. Excited to try teaching him the proper form this weekend. Trying to keep it fun for him since he’s only 3.

I see how my dad raised me and while he was that generation’s tougher on me, and I reacted by being too much a good soldier boy (with no social network snarky comeback instincts), it help me go far in life. I think the key is to teach kids how to use different modes that are within us to always have choice. A 3-12 yr old is always trying to expand beyond themselves, and maybe we are too 🙂