LINSANITY in LA Season-High 29pts!

hehehe

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/579879920576282624

I’m enjoying it.

Totally awesome game – Lin was looking for his and then with 3 mins left, he shut it down for himself but maintained control and feeds.

Any longer highlight?

They erased Byron out to not get between Lin/Davis :>

not yet. This highlights is just like Lin.

It leaves you hungry for MORE! 🙂

https://twitter.com/Jen2Jenny/status/579881131236962305

not sure if court-side interview has been posted

Longer locker room post game interview.
https://twitter.com/LakersNation/status/579885874424324097

Woah! .. This will be HUGE Anti-Tank squad!

So the rest of players all have to miss the shots….LOL!

Sorry, I overdosed on Linsanity tonight. lol.

Lol Big Ed in the background taking radio interview awesome! This could be a great team if Lin, Ed, and Young were able to lead them without Kobe and BS.

https://twitter.com/ajRAFAEL/status/579857079256510464

Let’s hope Lin/Davis will take their All-Star talent somewhere without tank and Kobe/BS =) We’ll get nights like this in regular basis, no doubt about it!

true, it’s Byron’s specialty! 🙂

Looks like a Mavericks uniform:

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/579891270715215872

ED talking about Jeremy.
https://twitter.com/LakersTV/status/579893248597970945

perhaps it’s a coincidence … or a subliminal message to Mark Cuban and Chandler Parsons

https://twitter.com/sowsports/status/579877348310323201 “Lakers were an entirely different team in 2nd half with Lin running the offense”

Or Adidas caught wind of something…

“We tried to double team with seven or six and a half minutes left and [Jeremy Lin] still found ways to score,” said head coach Brett Brown. “We tried multiple people on him. We tried to get length on him. We tried to get quickness on him, and we tried to blitz him. We searched to try to find ways to defend him, and we struggled all night.”

But I am so happy Lin seemed to be more prepare w double team now. That’s great! Bc he will be the target for double team a lot.

For some reason, I felt…BScott answers and the way he put it was different from the previous interviews

Another awesome comment from opposing Head Coach!

Translation = “If possible, we WANT him in July!”

With the recent post-ASG long leash on Lin, followed by the Linsanity DVD giveaway, the change of tone from BS and Stu(TWC in general) and tonight’s game, it’s tempting to suspect F/O internal battles are coming to an end. This could mean either the Pro-Lin faction has come out on top, or that Kobe’s recovery is really going very badly, thus he’s losing his death grip on the club.

In the current state of things, it DOES look like Lakers want to keep him, or at least not to burn the bridge with Lin. Seeing how Lin has no leverage on the Lakers, it does seem that the former possibility beint the more likely.

Great take.. We haven’t heard much about Kobe’s recovery so it could be lack of good news from the doctor so Plan B by Lakers FO to test-drive Lin is in place.

The challenge would continue to excite Lakers fans at home while still tanking to get Top 5 pick. So Byron might try to lose all road games

“We” including Byron Scott.

The 76er actually are decent in the last 10 games. They are winning more games than before.

They took OKC and Chicago to OT and lost the game. They also lost to Toronto, Utah, Brooklyn and Boston.

They won games against Atlanta, Sacramento, NY Knicks and Detroit.

If what Stu said about everyone is auditioning for next season with noone playing over 30min is true, I’d say Lin just blew #AmericanLindol competition out of the water!

Too much Monta? Mavs might have to move on

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4704919/too-much-monta-mavs-might-have-to-move-on?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Dump Monta and Rondo. Bring in Lin. Problem solved.

https://twitter.com/TWCSportsNet/status/579877990621790208

Still waiting for long highlights but this LinDavis connection to beat the double-team is worth at least 5 replay!

This is why Lin needs to move back to Eastern Conf next year!

Yes.

Really, need a big who can move, seal, catch, and out it in. ED is pretty good.

Skip the ref a wink.

Hopefully Jeanie Buss see this face of joy of #Lakers court-side fans after watch Lin/Johnson connection.
She had to know about the standing ovation from Lakers fans at the end of the game

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/579916430319038464

12 minutes highlights.

as the title suggests “team highlites” ; lin pretty much doesn’t appear in the first half. fast forward (but dont miss the clarkson/swaggy take on ed davis dunk)

yep. i am just noting some about that in post below. you beat me to it.

LoL.
In fact, 76ers wants to win games at the end of the season. They have been playing some very good games. The dragged Chicago and OKC to overtime and lost. and they won at least 4 games in the last 10.
Lakers would have their chance!

but not in the first six minutes.

NOTHING has been jeopardized.

Lakers were 4th from the bottom, still are 4th after the win. These so-called fans are just closet haters in disguise. Despicable human beings who are too cowardly to admit that they’re biased/racist/hating.

Just curious. Aren’t there is a rule that a team supposed to report the injury player on a weekly basis??? Thought I read it somewhere before.

yeah. they’re on the internet fighting for a lost cause 🙂

https://twitter.com/NBAcom/status/579854530923249664

another highlights clip:

Picture Time…

More coming…..

Lets continue…

Thats It for today…Folks…Enjoy…. 🙂

Team defense at best.

Monta is about 30 now. Normally his game would slow down a bit.

I think the Laker’s F/O have decided not to pay overpay Rondo just for a big name. I think they know that no quality PG is coming to the Laker’s while Kobe is on the team. I think that the Laker’s will hold out for Westbrook in 2017, but in the meantime, they will offer Lin a contract to keep the fans in the seat and let him play his game leading the bench. I think that the only reason lin will consider a contract with the Laker’s, if they offer his brother a contract with the Laker’s D League team. just some thoughts

I don’t think his brother wants to play basketball as a profession. What happened to Jeremy will keep him from trying. Lin will only consider Laker if MDA is the coach. Well, we’re all guessing. LOL. LOL LOL.
God will help Jeremy make the right decision.

bcoz they suppose to double-triple team JL…and yet he got loose! 🙂

You might be right, but I think that the Laker’s big man that they go after in FA might be Kevin Love. Love is the 3rd guy on the totem poll in Cleveland and I think he and the coach has some issues. I think he is a big enough name that Kobe will play with him for a year. At this point I don’t see the Laker’s offering Kobe another contract after this next season. I don’t know, something has changed in the F/O of the lakers with the narrative on Lin lately.

The Divine Intervention is on the way. Things are changing. God knows what’s going to be for Jeremy. Who would have guessed that Jeremy explode after ASG. He simply takes his time, gets himself comfortable with the flow of the game, and then he tears the defense apart in the last quarter. WOW! That’s Linsanity Prime. Now his PER is above 16. If he could get his PER higher, he would be able to get a decent contract anywhere he likes.

The FO seems to be making a move in favour of Jeremy. Mitch simply ignores Kobe’s request for more. Scott seems to soften at least in post game interview. As I see it, Lin definitely is the future of Laker if they keeps him. He tends to make everybody around him play better. Lakers would win lots more games this season if Kobe didn’t go crazy and Byron didn’t try to help Kobe out by losing games.

I think, the F/O knows that they have hit rock bottom when the Laker’s tickets start at $35.00 now. I don’t think F/O buying this fans want to see Kobe play because even Jeannie Buss said that the Laker tickets weren’t selling even when kobe was playing. Also notice how Scott said today that he was thinking about starting Lin/Davis. Translation: we start them at home games to sell more tickets. I also think scott knows that his employment is tied to whether kobe comes back to play next season, or perhaps Mitch has told Scott that he needs to chose sides(F/O side) if he wants to remain as the coach.

Byron Scott will have lots to think about before the season ends. Again, I’m always against tanking for draft picks. Good organization like Miami Heats always gets help from scouting talents that most teams don’t want.

Rebuilding starts from a coach and with vision and competence that Byron don’t have. Like you say, the plot thickens when Mitch is stepping up his pressure.

Lin definitely should be a part of the Lakers rebuilding. He’s the PG that many organization covets because right now he’s underrated and he always plays against PGs like Dragic, Bledsoe and Westbrook. Jeremy stays with them on the court on both sides of the court. That’s not easy to find.

Also I notice that the team chemistry of the bench improves. Jabrai Brown and Jeremy are working smoothly passing the ball around. for good shots.

Playing against OKC, the team is going to step up to the next level. Without Scott, the team might just break out with players like Tarik Black, Jordon Clarkson, Jabrai Brown, Ryan Kelly, Wesley Johnson and even Jordon Hill (if he starts hitting 3s, he will be a very formidable big man for the Thunders). Nobody knows fully their potential and Jeremy would play well with all of them. Basketball is a game of five players on the court, you know.

I agree. I think he needs a good coach to help him develop these techniques.

If you play hard enough, you attack as a team. You will get many offensive rebounds. The missing shots may be just like assists to your teammates. That I can understand.

I think that Lin/Davis will start at more home games to sell tickets.

Yes, Joyce! And that mind set is so important. So glad Lin is tuning the noise out & playing his game in his own pace & rhythm, Scott not withstanding. But you’re right. Lin needs a more supportive coach on his next team to help him solidify his game at the next level.

https://twitter.com/BBALLGAMEPRO/status/579879292345065472

All of their guards are > 29 years old next season.
Their centers are > 30
Parson Chandlers is the only young star there.
They need to win now; they need Jeremy.

Awesome. … I have always wanted Jlin to bust the tank….haha

It’s time to start Jeremy Lin, Ellington, Wesley Johnson, Ed Davis, Carlos Boozer.
The bench would be Jordon Hill, Tarik Black, Ryan Kelly, Jordon Clarkson, Robert Sacre, Jabrai Brown.

Watching the game on Ballstream now.

Didn’t see him only Young & Randle. He probably too mad after Lakers sent out Linsanity DVD to fans last game. LOL!

indeed!

I wouldn’t worry about it too much, because they both Mitch/Scott are probably lying to each other.LOL

Season is not end yet of course Mitch has to say so… wait until off season to see what really will happen then?!

well said!

zamm… look at the double team tower ing him.

I’ll buy that — but I’m not sure who is lying to whom. The Lakers seem dead set on turning the 2015-16 season into Kobe’s farewell tour. Worse, I think Kobe is determined to turn the 2015-16 season into a springboard to another contract. I think Scott’s position is secure as long as Kobe is calling the shots.

June should be interesting. Other teams can’t approach Jeremy until 12:01 a.m. on July 1. But the Lakers can make offers before then. It’ll be interesting to see if the Lakers make an offer in June — or if they decide to wait until later in the summer to see if they can’t sign whoever else Kobe wants first.

found it odd as well. Seemed disingenuous. Though there were at least 3 passes/plays that could not help but elicit some sincere praise. That no look bounce pass to Wesley Johnson for the dunk, the pass to Davis for the lay up during a fast break, and the pass to Davis through 2 bigs at the end stood out.

I think it’s only for active player with injury but if it’s out-of-the-season there should be no need to report the update of recovery, I think

IMO if we read between lines, it could mean that BScott is doing a great job to do what FO approves.
Support Kobe in the beginning (until he wore out), tank and feature Lin lately w/o jeopardizing the tank to get Top 5 pick.
We’re about to see if Lin continues to be featured in the last 15 games as part of Lakers audition. Interesting times indeed!

Note: I still want Lin to leave and rejoin MDA somewhere

“He said I’ve been doing a great job in getting all these guys to play hard every night,” Scott said. “With all the injuries that we’ve had and to be in the games that we’ve been in, he thinks I’ve done a terrific job.”

Scott also said Kupchak reiterated what he and executive Jim Buss stressed during last year’s coaching interviews. Then, Scott reported the Lakers’ front office conceded a possible lengthy rebuilding process that they would address in the 2015 offseason through the NBA Draft in late June and free agency in July.

Monta announced that he’s opting out of the 3rd year player option. Rondo doesn’t have such option, he’s just waiting to see who offers him the best contract this summer, a situation not unlike Dragic’s.

He was just as greedy when he played for the GSW. They improved significantly when he left and acquired Thompson, Iguodala, etc.

Really? About what?

Couple of TAG Heuers or one of this:

About Linsanity.

Huang thinks it is real.

Most likely yes, it was just active 19 days ago and might be designed to smart-troll some people

I think the Lakers have a dilemma. The FO may decide to give the Lakers ticket-buyers some excitement for the rest of this season. Why not let Lin lead the team in some fast-break excitement and some more Taco wins?

But what happens at the beginning of the 2015-16 season when everyone — again — has to slow down their game to accommodate their team’s returning senior citizen? It’s going to be a different game once more.

As I said in an earlier post, we’ll know in a few weeks how much the Lakers want Jeremy to return. If they want him, they’ll at least have to make an offer before July 1 when the rest of the teams can call his agent with offer sheets in hand.

He, I gotta question, did you post pics as Ed Hamilton for a time?

oh, does she? I only know she reads her twitter feed

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=172781

Lin — — “We needed this win,” Lin said. “On the road you never know what can happen, it’s tough.” He got better as the game went along. He had 8 points in the first half, 9 points in the third quarter, getting to the line and being aggressive. He threw the knockout punch in the fourth when he went off for 12 and led the charge against the lowly Sixers. All of his assists came in the second half, including a sweet no-looker to Wes for a dunk and a fastball off the dribble to Davis from about 35 feet out for a layup. He didn’t have that Steve Nash stiffness to him tonight, but had the game. Extremely well-rounded attack, hitting threes, step-backs in the lane, drives, drawing FTs. He got the 29 points in 29 minutes. “He looked pretty good and obviously he must have felt good,” he said, giving him praise for his play on both ends of the floor.

The Stats: He scored 29 points on 10-16 shooting (2-2 from three, 7-8 from the line) to go with 5 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 29 minutes. He was a +10.

The Action: He wasn’t aware of the shotclock after entering the game and it expired with the ball in his hands and the D giving him room to shoot, tanksational. He attacked from the wing and scored a layup. He had a lob deflected (should have gone for a two-for one). He was called for a push-off with his off arm on a drive. He sank a three in early offense. He dribbled into a crowd and was tied up on the floor. We won the jump and he swished a three. He missed an elbow pull-up jumper. He had 8 points on 3-4 shooting, no assists and 2 turnovers.

Second Half: Quick attack down the middle of the lane for a layup. He no-looked a sweet bounce pass between defenders on the break to Wes for the slam. He attacked the paint and drew contact trying to turn the corner, he made both. He attacked the paint and ran over a player, looked like possibly a charge but he got FTs, he made one. He drew a touch foul on the perimeter for more FTs, he made both. He stripped a man, pushed it up and hit Brown for the three. He swished a step-back wing jumper in early offense (possibly going for a two-for-one). He missed a wing pull-up to end the third. He sank an elbow jumper. Davis blocked a shot and Lin took it the distance for a layup. He pushed out the Davis block and hit Davis for the layup. He missed a floater. He probed the lane and swished the step-back 10-footer. He attacked and was blocked out of bounds. He attacked and hit the step-back wing jumper. He curled off a screen and hit a fading 16-footer. Nice challenge on the other end to get a stop. He was trapped and drew FTs, he made both. Wide open wing jumper and he missed. He pushed up the break, awkwardly scooped a shot around a defender and bricked badly. With trapping defenders trying to track him down, brilliant bullet baseball feed off the dribble from about 35 feet out to Davis for the layup.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/580048539989983232

Isn’t this a bad year to get a long term contract? I thought the new TV deal or something that player can get more money kicks in after next season.

A lin fan

Jeremy Lin biggest fan

The only “advantages” the home team has in the case of an UFA is that they can offer a longer contract than other teams — and (more importantly) they can make their offer before the other teams can make theirs. The home team doesn’t have to wait until July 1 to offer a new contract.

If you read some of the internet stuff posted by Laker fans, you would get the idea they think Lin will be hanging on until just before training camp this year, with Lin hoping against hope that the mighty Lakers will just allow lucky him to come sit on their bench for peanuts next season.

I think the Lakers FO knows that Lin will be gone if they don’t make an offer before July 1 — and it’s more than likely he’ll be gone even if they do. Why would he subject himself to even one more year of the tender mercies of Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant? But would the Lakers even make the gesture of offering him something early to at least give the appearance of trying to keep him?

I like Mark Medina more and more #LinDavis #ShockAndAwe #PnR

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/580062317649518592

Finally, a rockin’ banana… not just a dancing banana 🙂

Steve Nash also had chronic “back spasm” that caused stiffness so Nash can’t move well.
Lin’s back spasm didn’t seem to slow him down at all

I believe Lakers announcer said Kobe wasn’t there.

Next game against OKC, on my bday! As I’ve said in the past Lin is undefeated on the teams he played with on the March 24th date. Hope that streak dosen’t end, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they lost though..

Back Spasm is uncontrollable muscular pain and it happens to many NBA players including Lin’s ex-teammate Chandler Parsons. With proper treatment the pain could be relieved but Lin has to rest enough for the pain to go away but it will always come back when he plays for extensive minutes. Byron Scott’s rotation doesn’t help because Jeremy was usually asked to play from the rest of 3Q to 4Q. That could be about 17 minutes with only a quarter break for him to rest.

Lin has to maintain a correct posture and is gritty enough to keep playing.

Kobe stops the flow of the game. He actually slows down the flow of the game.
Jeremy likes to play at high speed and pulls his teammates together with him. Yes he will use PnR when there is no open court fast break opportunities.

I really don’t think Lin should bet on the Lakers with a long contract. He might just be used as a trade bait. Jeremy should never give Lakers the home court discount.

I have to say. ..it is surprisingly pleasant to listen to the tankers announcers. … keep it up Jlin …make them have to praise you.

No Davis? Stupid. Black is good too though.

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/580082710082813952

But who will be backup PG?! So Lin is more like SG? He replaced Ellington.

At least they have until then to negotiate a contract with Lin’s agent. Jeremy Lin is one of the most marketable NBA player in the league. People just love to see him play.

This is really a weird change…so the Bench will run Boozer ISO all day long?

BS never ceases to amaze me on how much he could tank. Take LIn out of position, detach him from Ed Davis, pair the worst shooter on the court in Kelly. Sorry BS your plan will still fail because everyone in this lineup will play defense and Lin will make Black look like a star.

So…I guess to start Lin as SG is more like BS wants Lin to babysit JC too?

Check out @SerenaWinters’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/580085475098021888?s=09

It gotta be that they wanna hide Davis and try to resign him or something for playing him so little minutes. Lin and Davis not playing together just doesn’t make any sense other than tanking.

I do think Kobe will have a difficult time selling the Lakers on another contract. But I also think he will do everything he can to use next season to try. And, as long as Byron Scott is coaching and Kobe is on the team, then Kobe will be calling the shots.

It was really chilling to watch Kobe giving the death stare to his team mates’ exuberance upon winning a game a few weeks ago. But what really was a punch in the gut was Byron Scott’s rush the next day to cover Kobe’s rear end by similarly dumping on his team’s celebrations. (Way to encourage a winning mentality, coach!) So yes, Kobe will be calling the shots next year — even if it means having his personally-approved coach once again sit promising and energetic youngsters to bring in another slower, thirtyish ball handler to spoon-feed the aging diva.

A leader like Jeremy brings joy to the game and his team. Jeremy will bark at a team mate in the heat of the game, but he doesn’t hold a grudge after the game. Yet Jeremy’s work ethic and effort have never been questionned. I can’t imagine having to play along side of Kobe’s continuous, dour disapproval for a whole year.

LOL… it’s so obvious what lakers are doing. they really want that pick. Everyone knows davis and lin play well together, so naturally, they separate them.

Lin to start, means,
1) babysit the future of the Lakers, either JC or JB
2) making him to adjust again.

Well, given Jeremy enough time, he has already developed team chemistry with even Jabrai Brown. This is the merit of Jeremy: he really wants to play with his teammates and he will find ways to involve and be involved. There is no problem of playing with JC because Jeremy will have him space the court and share the ball. They will catch on. Ed Davis should come in earlier and Jordan Hill should try more 3s. That will really spread out and generate opportunities for fastbreak and open court passing.

76ers’ defense is actually better than I thought. They are long and fast. Just lack of experiences I think. Even JC just called PnR possession after possession….he just bricked most of the shots..

Kind of puzzling though. I think most teams when they tank trade away their best players. Why didn’t they trade Lin away at the deadline if they wanted to tank?

probably couldn’t given his huge salary. i’m sure they tried to.

Could have waived him then.

He still has to play with Kelly who has been struggling. This line up …smh

lakers want to tank, but they also want to fill their seats. not smart to waive lin when he has such a huge fan base… but honestly, who knows whats going on inside their heads

Just like the game against the 76ers, Lin will let Jabrai Brown run some plays and get his assists too. If the opposition keys on Jeremy’s passing, Lin will just take the ball to the hoop or shoot it himself. Same is true for Jordan Clarkson. Linsanity Prime is to take whatever the defense gives you.

The important point is Jeremy really having patient to get in the flow of the game before asserting himself. He took the time to warm up on the court, reading his teammates and the opposition before making plays. He worked on defense and played without the ball before the flow of game came to him.

Unfortunately every game I went to he disappointed me.

He is not used right IMO

That $15mil is sunk cost. If keeping him causes them to win and lose the top 5 draft pick then they are disadvantaged by keeping him. Unless they figure they keep him to draw fans, ratings and Scott can keep a lid on him so they don’t win. But then why did Scott let him play so much and finish yesterday. He usually take him out when they crawl out of a hole and get within 1 point or ahead 1 point.

Jabari is a scorer. Lin can work w/ him cuz Lin is in charge. BS wants JC to be PG so Lin is not used as much to build chemistry.

Just like earlier in the season, when Ellington almost became a PG. It destroyed Ellingtons’s game so much. Coaches need to give a clever perimeter for each player to work with based on what they can and can not do. JMO

So they are using Lin to teach clarkson now that nash has officially retired? I assume if nash retires lakers can’t ask him to help clarkson? Not that he wouldn’t on his own… idk

Check out @evan_b’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/evan_b/status/580084251250417664?s=09

I think so too.

Tanking?

shhh…

TANKING!!!

LOL

Lin works well with Black too. So if they get some practice in they should still be good. So Lin as PG can work with Black when with starters or Davis when he plays with bench.

Check out @evan_b’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/evan_b/status/580088596331286528?s=09

So he ignored Harden and Kobe

He is so backhanded. Even in his interview he said something about players not being able to play games like last night consistently.

No!!!!!! The tank is still rolling

LoL
I thought they will give more when Jeremy reaches Linsanity. Like giving out free XXXX when Jeremy makes/breaks his season highs.

Check out @EricPincus’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/580094217629777920?s=09

Man….Bill…

That is why i stopped following him and Idomir on twitter.

I read Kelly used to play well just like JC… so…

He seems like a smart player. Hopefully, playing with Jeremy will help him.

He should be the guy was pulls away either a 5 or 4 from the defense for Lin.

Yes sir! the maximum entropy!

don’t understand why the chef is still smiling. he prolly doesn’t know that he is gonna to be replaced soon. 🙂

He needs to hit the wing 3s too to be an effective stretch 4.

Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Jordon Hill are benched.

I think he is the real MDA. He has been posting for few weeks at the other site. Khuang has ask him in depth questions about certain players (hardly anyone have heard off) and MDA answered his inquiry in depth with regards to these players or former teammates of MDA.

I could have told you that 3 years ago. LoL.

This is internet…..we will see

I don’t think it’s real MDA but it will not hurt w his good comments on Lin….LOL!

I think so MDA should be worry about his next job first ….

Kelly is a good help defender. He reads correctly. Just not fast enough. So…something has to give between these 2 I think

Lakers using lin to help them evaluate who they will keep next season. They are not playing davis because the more he plays and the better he plays his value goes up. I think lin/davis will play a lot together for home games

What takes BS so long to learn that?

Jeremy Lin: “I got in the ZONE last night” [mark 1:34]

Should but he is what he is.

Yep, tanking is not a good way to live too. Maybe you tank once in awhile to avoid getting your head cut off or expending too much energy like Sun Tze taught, but in the end, to go through life aiming to lose for the upside is way worse than aiming to win and missing the upside by a bit.

looked it up, good one.

I really liked in the highlights how he released the ball to Lin knowing and trusting in Lin (in coming up the court).

yes, if I were Lin’s agent, I would throw in a requirement that Kobe/BScott will relocate to Hawaii =)

to his credit, Lin said he’s used to play with another “ball-handler”, not “ball-hogger” LOL jk

wow hes an nba player. gotta love those backhanded compliments from the aptly named bs.

king of the back-handed compliment.

this is a terrible lineup; i would have much preferred lin remain with the second unit and play with brown and davis.

actually what this smells like is another attempt to rein in lin while giving the impression that he is being supported. while keeping the tank rolling.

you separate lin from davis. tho johnson is a largely absent player he is certainly more professional than kelly. and last and certainly worst you keep lin on the court all the time with clarkson as opposed to giving lin time on his own to control the court.

most importantly perhaps regardless of lin’s interests you further the tank interest but constantly altering the players rotations so that no one can achieve any kind of familiarity that might lead to sucess.

which probably ultimately is the larger intent.

did scott say lin was “the point guard?” i didn’t see the annoncment: if he did, eh doesn’t mean anything. if he didn’t then its not good at all because lin as 2 with clarkson on ball just takes the ball entirely out of lin’s hands where previously he had it without the hindrance of clarkson for at least 12-24 minutes a game depending on how scott decided to rotate things on any given night.

Guess KB feel bad that LAL is playing better w/o him.

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/580120122922131457

i still love ido but i never liked this guy.

coach D’Antoni posted to me? wow.. I must missed that..

thank you .. have been saying the same thing despite the fact that his stats and play were impressive esp with back spasm. If this was against gsw or memphis, it will shut everyone up.. including me, the devils advocate. If it was against gsw or memphis, he might have 20 and 4, 4. and lakers might lose.. and no free tacos!!

tough as nails, not soft like Charmin!

https://twitter.com/LakersNation/status/580117660018470912

Just hope the lin has another monster night against okc.. That will shut the haters up who say let’s see how he does with wb. Now after the hurdles is gone..they will say let’s see how he does against gsw.. it will never stop ..until lin leads a team to championship, playing like this WITH another coach other than dantoni.

He had it before Adidas. He said it’s kind of a bonding thing between him and little Lin who had matching stripes. Maybe Little Lin graduated now and back home so doesn’t need the stripes.

I know right?…lol let’s say he won a championship by running his game of PnR. He will still be labeled as a MDA boy. So…my point really is, Lin is beyond that “I have to prove myself” stage already. It will not change much if he did not explode yesterday or he sucks tomorrow in OKC.

actually players are the ones who knows his skill level because they played with and against lin first hand.
So I would assume the players give him more respect than coaches or FO or any neutral guy who is not a lin fan.

unless you’re name is deron williams.

Well….with Lin’s last name….things just does not come easily…we already know that…:P

LMAO…

I love to see how Lin can bully OKC back by breaking their double team. It is ok that he can not tho. It is the OKC we are talking about anyway.

Jeremy isn’t going to score big every night. What’s important are the reasons. Did the other team shut him down? Did one or more of his own teammates play selfishly? Was Jeremy himself “off” that game?

Yes, PHI team had offensive problems in the game. But I wouldn’t put down Jeremy’s scoring success in the second half to the other team’s defense. PHI defense wasn’t that bad. Jeremy just had the answers to everything thrown at him.

If anybody can promote unselfish team ball in the Lakers last fifteen games this season, Jeremy can. Whether it’ll result in enough scoring to outscore the volume shooters of some of the teams they’ll play is questionable.

But if Jeremy feels his new starting position is for the purpose of bringing along some of the less experienced members of his team, that’s what he will try to do.

I though Mark Madsen was the next in line?

https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/580123819009949697

no, dwill gave birth to linsanity.. he doesn’t want to be labeled as that.
But I don’t see anything embarrassing about if he was a flash in the pan, that’s more embarrassing because an ‘unskill’ or dleague player beat you.. but he is not a flash in the pan and a very solid player at least so it just means that he is nba material and it’s an nba material player that beated you.

right and if someone else like curry or groan had a hard time beating lin, he DEFINITELY should not be embarrasses because those pg can beat dwill also.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/580126051679997952

Lin must play for Dallas, Miami if not NY or LA. His endorsement value needs it.

How so?

So? Michael Jordan and Kobe won all their championship because of Phil Jackson! In fact Kobe would have never won those rings without Phil. Look at where his career went after Phil left Lakers.

The Volvo was a failure after he landed in Houston. The high-end watches will suffer the same if he plays in small market.

So long as the coach treats Lin fairly I could care less what people say about Lin’s success is due to MDA. But the same can be said for other multi championship stars like Duncan. Duncan had the luxury of a great coach in Gregg Popovich who was ex Spurs GM, got to call the shots and knows what he’s doing. For sure Duncan’s career wouldn’t have lasted this long if not for Pop.

Of course. If I can have a ring, I really do not care what other’s say. I am gonna get it and celebrate

Yep, high-end watches are like high end fashion, perfume, race/luxury cars etc…they stay in NY, LA, Chicago or acceptable Miami.

Too small town as I been there.

Like he wasn’t an NBA player before? Another backhanded comment from the hater.

When does BS stop tanking???? Don’t expect anything better from him. He will use every occassion to want JLin to fail. Anticipated he would throw Sacre in the starter lineup and too Tarik out.

Maybe a feature of Lin in Disney move can change that? Lol

very true .. only glitzy people buy glitzy watches

LOL The question is “Do you believe BS’ words?”

Don’t know. …but I like what he said.

BS after practice interview. Almost at the end of the clip, when Lin was about to talk, noticed the camera men and reporters start to run toward him and abandoning BS to speak to Serena. LOL

Well lin was coming off a bad back. We know how Lin does when hurt. I was a little worried he wouldn’t do that great, but I guess the trainers and staff really did work to make him feel better.

FO starts the PR now…

https://twitter.com/TWCSportsNet/status/580127167809396736

Yes, I hope LAL bid up his value.

Please don’t join haters to vote NO.

Wow! I am in Barcelona and I missed this Linsanity game! Barcelona was facing Real Madrid and everyone here was in fever high!!!

Me too. That’s why I vote yes but I really don’t like Lin to stay unless no BS & Kobe will retired soon.

In the right context I’d like Lin to stay with the Lakers, If B Scott is fired and Kobe retires.

this from a satirical but supportive 6ers site championing the 6ers hinkie led tanking success in “not prioritizing winning”. what was interesting to me was this was the only serious moment in the piece, the rest was all jokes about the excitement of the org. being up to the task of insuring the glorious path to tank heaven. (but agreeing with that path).

even comic tank fans gotta acknowledge the goods when they see them.

“Speaking of Jeremy Lin and Ed Davis: holy…(note: word cant use here) , Jeremy Lin and Ed Davis! You guys did a great job! They are the kid’s detective duo their parents have to endure and let themselves get caught so they can go to bed. Ed and the Jerm went off tonight. Lin was vintage: throwing no-look bounce passes, pulling up for three, getting to the rim on the pick-and-roll… it was a reminder of why half of two continents fell in love with the guy. 29-5-5, and every bit as Linsane as advertised. Davis, meanwhile, had an 8-minute stretch where he was king of the world. I couldn’t go to the bathroom without asking him first (this, as I understand it, is the first job of kings– telling their subjects when they can and can’t go pishy), and neither could Nerlens Noel. There was one possession when Ed thunderdunked it over Noel, and another where he ate his bagged lunch and shoved him to the ground” –michael levin, libertyballers

look at NBA stats for the team’s defense… http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1 the 76er’s are ranked 10th BEST defense in the league… so although everyone likes to think of them as the lowly tanking 76’ers their defense is legit and JLin took it apart.

i think this is only at 2500 dollar watch; but all the same to me. my watch cost 3.99 u.sd.

who was that masked man?

I am not sure…I expect more masked man in OKC after tomorrow’s game. LOL JK

preach it sister. amen. can i get an amen.

Amen!

You’d think I’d have developed some teflon by now, but this guy can still say stuff that makes me grit my teeth! Grrrrrrrr!

Is this Pressley the white hair guy who used to talk to Lin all the time?

This makes it even sweeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks wu kong!!!!!!!!!

LOL Of course you can:-) Am tired to be treated like a child/delusional fan in JLin fansite:-(

Oh! Thanks. Don’t know anything about him at all.

Agree. As soon as I read that I almost want to push BS even more:-) Try to stay away from emotionals ups and downs this season but still…..

Don’t believe JLin will choose family/friends over his goals–starter and ring. As JLin gains experience and insights of teams/orgs/coaches/players…. he will choose his next destination based on:
1. Starter and ring org
2. Head coach and coaches
3. Players – team-oriented players (superstars/stars…)

Congratsss !!! XD

Also Davis helps Lin defend especially against fast PG’s. If the opposing PG starts turning the corner on Lin Davis will usually be there to cut them off. Don’t see that other players are as good as Davis at this.

can the sixers win the ncaa tourney?

anyone posted this (_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2fHYnWN6f0)?
14:34 long

LOL
Jeremy is both sensitive and sensible.

Let’s keep it real down to earth! Mine cost $8.

Come back for Linsanity Prime.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/580157249919840256

If there is any team who sign Jeremy, Ed Davis, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Steve Novak, Carlos Boozer, Landry Fields, Wesley Johnson altogether, they will have Linsanity reunion and that doesn’t cost much at all. Wouldn’t it make you a contender at once. This roster is certainly better than the tanking 76ers with even their lottery picks.

Lucky for The Jeremy Lin Show that BS did not run his usual Pic-N-Roll, i.e.
Pick-on-Lin, Roll-with-Price (Clarkson). Now I think the latter is the more accurate picture
of how BS runs the show time.

Thanks for the report. Glad to know that. It’s funny to keep on reading many Lakers fans didn’t want/like JLin fans.

you’re famous!

Sorry, I missed your posting.
I don’t want Lin to go back to Byron next season.
However for Jeremy’s sake, I vote YES.
I don’t want Jeremy to be humiliated.

I voted yes with this statement:-)
https://twitter.com/MelodyTing3/status/580151371761987584

That’s right, my friend. Some of the comments above are pretty scaring.
I certainly don’t want the poll result being interpreted as “Fans don’t want you here, Jeremy.”

Give this guy a break just for the sake of his old mom!

There is a little problem with your priority.
May I say
[(2) (3) (1) ] Head coach and coaches come first
Jeremy can hold his own anywhere with good coaches.

Jeremy can choose but I certainly don’t like the poll results come out and tells me that Laker fans don’t want Jeremy.

And lots of laughters.
And lots of beautiful girls.

They took OKC and Chicago to overtime and lost.

I’m right with you, man!

Hey Brent, catch some CHI Mirotic minutes. He’s playing really well … FTs, dishes, great D, etc.

Kobe is not a factor anymore. Just forget everything about Kobe. His legacy is over. That will make your day.

They should also ask:

Would you like to see BS return to coach the Lakers next season?

https://twitter.com/jared_thigpen/status/580167181876355073

Best retort. They will probably get the 99.9999999999999999% no. Since they are BS clone buddies, they don’t dare to make the poll:-)

Not if people gave reasons, and most of them did.

Imagine 8 blocks away, the MSG board showcases Linsanity Prime for Championship for Knicks. Well, only in dreams.

Short-sighted narrow-minded owner. SMH.

yeah i just said basically the same thing above; didn’t read down far enuf!

a lot of anti monte brewing and justified based on his server slumping lately (see chart here somewhere) which (apparently) has led to a lot of locker room disruption, but just looking at the season as a whole to me mavs started down down down when they got rondo.

Jeremy in two of the top 5 Lakers’ plays this week. Some nice slow motion sequences …
__________

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/580173888270700544

learn the coaches 🙁

I think Rondo’s defender actually gets closer to Monta.

I cannot agree. THe Sixers are a listless team and they are no good. At this point, we know Lin can kill 1/2 the NBA teams. If he can show he can kill the top half on the regular, then he will come full circle.

Bravo!

Haha, they are still debating if Lin is an NBA level player? LOL. Pathetic.

That’s exactly right. For Lin to be the most effective, he does have to play high risk, high reward. With more experience and consistent playing time, Lin will find the sweet spot to get the most reward with less risk. Of course, he needs a coach that recognizes it and gives him consistent playing time to gain that experience and court chemistry with teammates.

His older bro, Josh, is in LA now. Yes, I don’t see this as the reasons JLin stays in CA. JLin will choose his next team based on what are his goals in mind (starter and ring) with coach who has team ball in mind. Family, money and endorsement aren’t in his main considerations. when he chooses which team he wants to play in.

Yes, I think so. He had a good early season, but then he cooled off and I think they didn’t use him as well. Today, when AB is in, he’s not as productive. He did much better with K Hinrich.

Thx on FForester. I shall check it out. This McFarland is the real deal. I ran cc in high school, it takes a lot of guts and gives you something to hold onto in life when the chips are down. I’m amazed they took farm workers’ kids and made them national class. They being themselves, too, their parents, the whole community.

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/580180708250931201

Bako!

Agree.

Here are highlights from Christine Cheng (11 mins 49 sec).
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Maybe playing with Rondo who can’t score and another ball handler is effecting his game? Either way I hope both Ellis and Rondo leaves Mavs that way, JLin has another team to choose from.

Boozer can get double doubles on a daily basis with 20pt games, he’s still a great starter! Not to mention Davis and Boozer work well together as unselfish Center and Point Forward! Wes is tall and with long arms for defense, 3s, alley-oops, and cutting to the basket for dunks, much better than Landry! Wes Johnson at the 4 helps space the floor for Lin!

Byron wants to tank, all that lip service about starting them together is just talk so he won’t sound like a hater after they had a great game.

it appears minnesota has only 7 players available 2nite to play 9 out for one reason or another. most if not all appear to be legitimate injury and not just for tanking purposes. (but i could be wrong about the last part).

Nice.

Jeremy Lin, Ryan Kelly to join Lakers’ starting lineup

Jeremy Lin and Ryan Kelly will join the Lakers’ (18-50) starting lineup when they start a five-game road trip Tuesday in Oklahoma City against the Thunder (40-30).

According to Coach Byron Scott, Lin will join rookie Jordan Clarkson in the backcourt with Wayne Ellington moving to the bench.

“I’m going to change the lineup. As a matter of fact, I’m going to start Jeremy and J.C. together. They don’t even know it yet,” said Scott. “Ryan will be at the four.”

Lakers beat 76ers as fans pine for lottery Kelly, who has played most of the season out of position at small forward, will displace Jordan Hill, starting alongside Tarik Black and Wesley Johnson

Lin is coming off his best game of the season, a 29-point performance in Sunday’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers (17-53).

“That was something I had planned on doing,” said Scott, who had long hinted that Lin would eventually get back into the starting group. “It had nothing to do with last night, but last night made it a little bit easier to throw him in there, because he played so well.”

Scott said he’ll stagger his rotation so that at least Lin or Clarkson is on the floor for the entire game.

“I think we’ll be able to help each other,” Lin said of Clarkson. “I don’t necessarily always see it as you’re the point guard, I’m the shooting guard. … It’s a tandem.”

Scott will miss the next two games after the death of his mother. Assistant Paul Pressey will run the team in the interim.“

It just happened after Rondo joined Dallas.
Players are sensitive.
He probably sensed that Cuban would not give him a new and better contract.
He wasn’t happy since then.
Dallas started falling apart then.
Mark Cuban had really messed up his team by getting Rondo in the middle of a season.

I hope reporters would ask…why RKelly, instead of ED?

Jeremy Lin Full Highlights 2015 03 22 76ers @ Lakers 林書豪狂砍29分
– by liao anton 14:34min

Mark Cuban paid Howard Eisley 41 million dollars on a 7 year contract in 2001 while Nash was having his breakout years with the Mavs. Cuban sells his greatness as a owner who has built a great franchise. His PR team works hard to sell his rep but Cuban isn’t that smar. He’s smarter than Dolan but his record of blunders are there in print.

Cuban insulted Nash after Nash turned the Mavs franchise around. His first 2 seasons in Dallas, the fans booed Nash badly when he was learning a new system and maturing as a player. Nash was only putting up less than 10 ppg. But then 2001 and 2002, Nash put up 15.6 ppg, 7.3 apg and 17.7 ppg, 7.3 asp. Cuban decided that Nash was on the decline already and paid big bucks for Eisley who he beleive to be a better prospect. Guess what, Eisley was traded a couple of years later and turned out to be nothing more than a backup, while Nash became a MVP for the Suns. Cuban never even offered Nash a contract and basically pushed Nash to sign a big contract with the Suns.

Cuban also let Tyson Chandler walk after he was a key part of the title run. The situation with Monta Ellis is similar to the Nash’s situation when Cuban got Rondo when the team was doing quite well. Ellis is not happy becasue he felt betrayed and not trusted. The chemistry and Ellis’s slump is caused by Cuban’s meddling.

I don’t trust Cuban and don’t want Lin to be part of a team that depend on the whims of a fickle owner.

This video was made soon after Lakers signed Jeremy:

“Jeremy talks about perseverance”

[Full Ver.] CCTV Storytelling – Jeremy Lin 央視-開講啦 林書豪特輯 14.Mar,2015

05:10 English Narration of Jeremy Lin about perseverance
18:15-20:10 Jeremy’s conclusion about perseverance;
23:25-24:30 Knicks vs Lakers ;
28:15 about skipping class partially in Chinese;
29:15 about his Chinese;
23:05 about dating (he said he has a girlfriend)
41:13 Jeremy said, “people’s opinion waver and is not worth playing for.”

Jeremy’s stats will suffer with Ryan Kelly as PF.

I see no flip-flops

The battle has already begun. We’re winning (I hope).

🙂

I’m not going to ask what did you vote because I know you’d protect Jeremy as much as you could.

You express better than I do. Exactly what I mean to say. Thank you so much.

It adds fuel to fire. Byron will be so jealous!

I bet Jeremy must like the watch and the car himself.

76ers took OKC to overtime lately.
If Lakers does that, I think they do a good job.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12547769/russell-westbrook-oklahoma-city-thunder-loses-triple-double

We can comment on this one though.
It’s hilarious to see Lin make a drive to the basket and 4 players from the other team chased him from behind. It looks so funny.(@2:10)

LOL…yeah that was one of the best….They were really trying to stop Lin as the coach instructed!

The new starting lineup makes no sense. Ryan Kelly is in a shooting slump the last 10-15 games. What happened to Lin & Davis? Didn’t BS say he was thinking about starting Lin with Davis???

BS has to start Lin bc FO said so… but at the same time he also wants to tank… that’s why this new starting lineup for tomorrow.

our best scenario is to have 25+Linsanity games, Win or Lose is secondary :]

Jeremy’s in business mood now! :>

Jeremy Lin’s game isn’t that flashy or insane. Nothing he does looks special, except for his ALL NBA speed and quickness. But Lin is one of the most deadly guards in the NBA. His efficiency is off the charts when he is allowed to play his game and be trusted.

I promise you Ish Smith and Canaan will face no tougher matchup all year other than Westbrook, arguably.

Lin is an efficient assassin especially when his jumper is on. When Lin can hit the jumper, he is almost unarguable. There is a reason every team puts their most athletic 6 foot 6 to 6 foot 8 wing defender on Lin. And given enough screens, Lin will torch them all. He puts immense pressure on the defense. He is one of the best in the NBA at exploiting basic openings and weaknesses without fancy ball tricks. He is unusual that way. And that is why he is so deadly.

Watched the highlights, I know I sound like a broken record, but I love that he’s picking up all his fouls on the floor. He’s playing smarter every year.

It is also good to see him get better to beat the double team. That laser to Ed Davis was a thing of beauty. In the past, other teams could neutralize Lin by trapping him and forcing him to give up the ball. But if he can consistently either find a cutter to the basket or pick up a foul when trapped, then he will be unstoppable.

Did you see Lin’s reaction when Davis went all the way and dunked? He was roaring like a lion, having so much fun.

I hope that Lin can finish the season strong! (as long as coaches stop interfering and just let the players play their strengths).

of course Scott’s lineup makes no sense. None of his lineups made sense.

I would only approve of Lin staying with Lakers if: 1) no KB 2) no BS 3) Lakers move to Eastern Conf! LOL

For me it would be, BScott, no way he is coaching…as Kobe, he is tamable, with the right coach 🙂

don’t forget rehiring MDA LOL

4) Lakers add Steve Novak

the way I see it is .. Lin/Davis combo has 90% chance to destroy the tank, but separating Davis from Lin it gives Byron the flexibility to pair him with Davis if he wants to but not at the cost of blowing the tank goal.

So I expect Lin/Davis to close games in home games to excite crowd but not on the road to guarantee losing ways

The joy of playing basketball and watching it play far exceeds a championship.
I value the process more than the product.
At the end, we all die. What so good about the finishing? But the experience is unforgettable and cherishing.

It happened to the Lakers last season with MDA as coach, am I right?

I think Lin is just starting the final 15 games to keep the Lakers relevant in the NBA till the season ends. Also more Asians will buy tickets to home games to watch the guy. If I know Lin will get 30 minutes and a spread floor, I might even give in and watch a game before he hopefully leaves the Lakers this summer.

I do not think the Lakers have any intention of keeping Lin other than through a low ball offer, probably in a backup role. Even if Lin does Linsanity the next 15 games in a row.

I went to a Clipper Laker game this year where the Clippers were up by 40. I bashed Kobe HARD all game and all the Laker fans who could hear me got really mad at me. Some woman really got pissed at me and gave me a look. She then told someone in my group while looking at me that it was a damn shame Kobe had such pathetic talent around him that it was like 1 on 5 and that she wished Nash was healthy. Basically I had been saying Lin was shackled all game so he couldn’t do his thing while bashing Kobe.

I hope the tide has turned. Somehow I just still doubt it. If I go to another game this season, I suspect I still see #24 everywhere inside.

Me too!

Man, China & Taiwan need to make peace so Lin can play for them in the Olympics. Dang if Lin had a few good Asian stiffs to play with, I mean it would be insane to watch him take on team USA.

It will take Lin a few games to get used to it.

He pulled both of his hamstrings in Byron Scott’s practice; first one and then the other. Without his feet 100%, the shots won’t be there.
After an off season, he may get back in shape.

5) Lakers add Amare and Tyson Chandler.

Byron is keeping the players from generating real team chemistry to win.

LOL

Lin alone is not even going to crack the final 12 teams …. Needs a LOT of help…either he plays for China or Taiwan.

Older brother and sister-in-law in LA now.

This is true. He will continue to suffer playing 3

Lin and Davis lineup got vetoed by KB. No good for the tank.

Ish Smith and Canaan didn’t do so badly against Westbrook. They took Thunders to OT. 76ers won 4 of 7 game before this one.

great analysis!
He definitely can read the defense quickly and find the smallest openings. It’s this innate court vision that Bob Cousy recognized during Linsanity and it’s something that he shares with Nash.
Bill and Stu had to exclaim, “He quickly read the defense!” as he drove for a quick layup before PHI big men can jump early enough to challenge him.

The PHI game showed how he can now be so dominating even when double-teamed. It was tremendous to see and it left people hungry for more!

I don’t think we’ve ever seen more chemistry than Lin/Davis for Lin’s PnR.
They just get each other and read each other mind so well even without much minutes together.

I’d suspect that they had to talk about sticking together in the FA to find a good team/coach with reliable PnR system. At least that’s my hope

Perhaps Lin can persuade Davis to have triple China/Taiwan/US citizenship LOL
Now a lot of people would pay to see that!

impressive kid! Thanks, I’m going to show it to my boys

Not so fond of the torment that has come with it, but watching Lin rise above every challenge with so much force of will and creativity has been a tremendous ride-along. He has done nothing but get better and better. It’s really an exceptional story. Thrilling, even.

I bet a lot of people would like to tap that….brain.

Phil Jackson had 8 rings to show for it including 2 from his time as Knicks NBA player, other coaches don’t!

Yes I think BS has been playing him out of position at the 3 and can’t keep up with opponent teams speedy 3’s. His natural position is a 4 so will see if he plays better at the 4. Also from his shot chart he’s better from 3 in the corners and not from the wings so perhaps playing the 4 will put him there more.

And they don’t want him to win.

good post. but proably got too much sense in it to be understood by the average laker fan. re

Well said, real-dsb!

The only think I dont like of Kelly is, he do take some forced shots…would like to see play 50-50 at rim and at 3pts

Good for him…he is a vet now…and should start to look into Biz

Now we know who is who. Thanks Librafree.
https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/580331137769172992

thats what hes there to do: not play this team to its fullest potential.

exactly. and he keeps mixing and matching them so that its impossible to establish any continuity that would lead to sucessess.

in a few games the season will be over! (and of course thats the point isnt it?)

aaaaahhh. Who can have any doubts? Unleash Lin and he shall perform like the extraordinary fellow that he is. This is simply his nature nowadays. I can not watch a single boring game whence he’s not playing. Poor Lakers……… give them rondo :] Rondo and Kobe. hehe!

I guess the rockettes won’t be winning any championships this year either.

it all depends on whether harden gets foul calls or not. when harden gets his 20-25 fouls shots per game; when he gets more foul shots than the entire rest of his team, more foul shots than the entire other team (as he has done in 2 of the last 3 games) he will score his 40-50 points and the rockets will (probably) win.

when he gets only 5 fouls shots (as he did in the other of the last 3 games). he will only score 10-20 points and the rockets will (probably) lose.

historically in playoffs refs have not been as generous in rewarding the bearded one for his adventures in flaying into the lane and then falling down.

(some people refer to this as flopping; but flopping is illegal so of course the beard doesn’t do taht).

the masked man has acheived his legendary string of triple doubles by and while:

a. leading the league in turnovers (since asg)
b. taking 6 more fga’s per game than any other pg in the league (since asg)
c. taking 6 more fta’s per game than any other pg in the league (since asg)
d. playing more minutes per game than any other pg in the league (since asg)

still an accomplishment but with asterisks above usually ignored. (harden still get more fta’s per game tho).

Now you see Byron has planned to tank once Kobe couldn’t play anymore.

Who cares about those “Laker fans” think?
when Lin has a bad night, they would say “lol Lin sucks”,
when Lin has a good game, then would blame Lin for not tanking along.
Lin will never do anything right in their eye.

To keep the tank alive…LOL

I suspect OKC will have Dion Waiter guard lin tonight.

Just watch Jlin raises Kelly’s efficiency rating

Lol

It’s a shame. Aside from Lin’s exploits , it’s the only thing i’m looking forward to in a Lakers game… that Lin- Davis connection.

That is funny. The more Kobe talks, the more he puts his foot in his mouth.

It is funny that the man-child NY had to restrain Clarkson
when Davis jams.

That’s the Lakers way! Ed Davis works well with Jeremy? OK, take them apart, throw Ryan in. If Ryan works well with Lin, they will replace with a new guy… on and on!

“Lakers’ Byron Scott to miss 2 games”

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/12540513/byron-scott-los-angeles-lakers-miss-two-games-attend-funeral-services-mother-dorothy-scott

Wow, Kobe must be so desperate to try to give himself some credit to be an idol for younger players.
I don’t remember MJ had to resort to this act of desperation to give himself credit much even when he was about to retire.

It’s about to get worse for Kobe as he doesn’t know how to deal with not being in the spotlight.

thanks for the info.

so there’s little possibility for China and also a long shot for Taiwanese National team although supported by Papa Lin

yes, I read about those Olympic stories too. Very interesting.

Lin might be a special case due to his global popularity and IMO he probably believes in himself that he can compete for the US National Team if he becomes an All-Star. But it’s interesting to ponder if he one day considers joining the Taiwan National team. A lot of things have to gone right for sure. For now, finding an ideal team and an All-Star aspiration would have to be the focus

yes, even LakerNation acknowledged that NBA GMs will like Lin/Davis combo, the chemistry is too obvious to ignore. This is great for both of their FA values if they join forces 😀

The best is yet to come!

Looks like kobe has contracted the foot-in- mouth disease.

D’Antoni’s take on Westbrook
https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/580397908995936256

About selling his house due to his dad and the next move

Q: Well in honor of the way he did it, I don’t want to look backward too much. Looking forward, how’s life right now? I hear you’re crazy enough to give up that Manhattan Beach view.

A: “No, it’s great, first of all. I love coaching, and I miss that right now and I want to get back into it, without a doubt. I am giving up the view, but I’m going to spend – I have a house back in West Virginia … and I’m going to be able to spend time with 101-year-old dad. I’m going to go back there and do that. That’s the reason for the move, and trying to set up for the next phase of what’s going to come down the pike and be ready for it. It’s a little bittersweet, but I think right now is an exciting time for basketball. I think the NBA is exploding, and new ideas are coming out. I think it’s pretty exciting right now.”

TNT just dropped the Lakers and OKC game fot Mavs-Spurs

wonder if LAL lose money for not been shown.

LOL nice dig on Kobe

Yep

They know that the Lakers are tanking. I think it was Barkley who said Silver should fine the Lakers for obviously ttanking. LOL

LOL this is why the tanking is so bad.

It’s not fun to watch TNT and for announcers to do analysis when one team wants to win and the other is ready to concede

Not me, because I think it’s an obvious set up by Scott to make lin look bad.

Wow! I really hope Buss family will fired BS…Look what he’s done for Lakers… smh!

I think it’s OK too bc Lakers sure will loss this game. smh!

The Refs were unusually generous with Lin in the game. He’s getting calls that he normally don’t get. This factor definitely contributed to the Linsane game. Just something to keep in mind.

What’s yours say? I block advs. Also it’d be interesting to see what is on for different ppl as I think they tune it to demographics and I would bet by now individually, though they claim it’s anonymized. Electronic Freedom Foundation said they can tell from your browser bookmarks it’s the same indiv coming back – check it out. They call it browser fingerprints. Those tw, FB, yt, etc icons all call those servers with your IP address so that’s a network that tracks all your site visits given it’s pretty widespread. I laugh/am saddened when bankers, accountants, service providers etc. use those icons on their professional email signatures because they are just volunteering as a professional to help this sites track people. Delete cookies when you can.

That’s why I need JLin – a little bit of genuine goodness in the world.

Actually, he’s pretty good at mixing team chemistry up all season under the guise of finding the right formula. I wonder if they’ve done the math to see how free Lin can be and still make the pick. I believe Lin will not do as well with this starting lineup as with ED because they were so potent together. It’s going to take lin a little time to get this unit going, maybe at lease a half to a game.

When I think of it, it was ED’s great D and roll threat that gave J the room to shoot, though he himself had a good step back or whatever it’s technically called to also generate the room for ED to roll. That’s going to hard to come by with Hill, etc. Hill is just going to look for his pop, and JLin is all alone on double, triple team in the paint so he’ll be forced to feed the pop. That only goes so far, unless JLin initiates body contact and gets the calls.

Check out @NBAonTNT’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/580412188063449088?s=09

Dallas is imploding…

According to the article, ESPN will release its evaluations of the coaches on Friday …

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate every team’s owner, basketball decision-maker(s) and coach from 0 to 10, and we then asked the panel to tell us how important each role is. … We’ll break out the three categories — owners, team presidents/general managers and coaches — from Wednesday to Friday.

kobe’s desperate for publicity. since no one paid any attention to his documentary; thats why he came back to sit on the sidelines so someone would notice him.

Have faith. I do.

sorry no. kelly can’t shoot. can’t defend. his marginally acceptable play last year was entirely on just no one else available and a system fit for him. and still not very good and still an anomaly. kelly will be out of the league and on to europe or actually probably china or israel or turkey or russia soon. his horrible play this year is who he is.

I think it is part of website setup that owner of the forum has no control of what contents of the “surrounding” components will contain. Most likely ads that might get your attention based on the pattern of webs you (or the other person that uses the same PC/Mac the browsers run on) visited.

a hill doesn’t move; thus his last name.
and when he does drive in, seems like his feet has sticky pad on it too.

Yesterday on nba schedule, already showed tonight’s game will be on LP.

Easy there, lol. Don’t get our female posters too excited.

I think one of the reasons for lin in the lineup with the rookies, so that lin can teach them.

reports are dwight howard may return to play as early as tomorrow.

the rockets have exactly the same winning percentage this year with or without howard.

Yeah, no expert, I think barefoot running is still good. One of my boys was into running, now mountain climbing, He got one of those but an earlier vision: http://www.amazon.com/Vibram-FiveFingers-Barefoot-Shoes-Black/dp/B00KR4OSWK/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427225514&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=vibramfivefinger

I guess Byron can at least take consolation that LAL players don’t decide to have mutiny to get him fired. That plus he has FO & Kobe blessing.

Oh well, the NBA politics are definitely not fun

And as we see over and over again, Lin continues to surprise Byron by outperforming his marginalized role no matter which lineup is given to him =) Byron’s tank is getting pulverized by AntiTank Lin and I believe deep down Byron is truly impressed

Honestly I do not think Byron is impressed by anything Lin does. And never will be. Many in the NBA are like this with Lin.

Hill is not starting.

I think so too. I also think scott/kobe is responsibile for the dialogue of lin not staying with the lakers. I love the fact that every challenge they have thrown at lin he has overcome.I love the fact that whenever scott says something iin the press, lin challenges him and scott has no comeback answer only vindictivenes

if we believe Byron, he said he wants Lin to slow down Clarkson (possibly including his ISO mode)

I heard a say that DH12 doesn’t matter during the regular season for the Rox, and Haren doesn’t matter in the playoff.

That is if cheating refs don’t rig the game! We all know home refs like calling phantom fouls. It’d actually be better for Lin offensively if he doesn’t have to guard opposing PG! But we’ll see. If Lin’s playing SG than he probably won’t be guarding Westbrook.

I think Morey did something public on a tweet and that is how he got busted.

historically at least refs in playoffs have not given the beard the frequency of foul calls he has enjoyed regular season.

I noticed at the post game discussion at TCW, OC Green was gushing about lin. He really likes lin. He called lin his man. He also said that he has spoken with lin privately. OC Grren is a devout Christian. He was one of the fewer players in the league that remained a virgin until he got married.

OKC Game Thread is open
http://www.jlinportal.com/g69-lal-okc-game-thread/

Lin will start again in the last 14 games of the season but how many times will Byron allow him to finish?

Will Byron only allow Lin/Davis to thrive at home games to generate home crowd excitement while ensure enough losses to tank?

As Byron undoubtedly feels the pressure to tank more after the potentially costly Win vs the 76ers in the “Must-Tank” game, there will be more expectations to lose the majority of 5 road games.

Starting Kelly with Lin instead of Ed Davis would explain the desire to tank because Lin/Davis combo easily threatens to blow up the tank.

Go Jeremy!

LOL .. yes, that’s funny and ironic indeed
Not exactly JLin’s values either to bring together JLin fans with 5 young women =)

as I mentioned to 1mtoldman, I sensed Byron can’t help respecting Lin when he played with back spasm. Now he knew Lin’s tough as nails!

I prefer the match up of uprising Jeremy against the explosive WB than the lowly Rondo-Ellis meeting his fate against the elite Spurs. Anyway, we have OKC-Lakes on cable TV here in Hong Kong.

You don’t expect Ryan Kelly, Tarik Black, Wesley Johnson, Robert Sacre, Jordon Clarkson, Ronnie Price, & Wayne Ellington go on mutiny.

good point lol

Tyson yes. Amare no. =)

what, Russian women can’t be Lin fans? lol