Jeremy Lin: Knicks’ star is Warriors’ loss

More GREAT PR for the new ownership group...

3 months ago tafkasam 22 comments 0 recs |

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this piece is a great example of typical hypocritical sports reporting

first, start the article making one assertion (losing lin is on pair with losing Parish)
then, for the part nobody reads (rest of piece), point out why the earlier comment not makes no sense (Lin had done NOTHING in the eyes of fans, players, media, coaches, that could have predicted what his doing now)

by Togna Balogna on Feb 14, 2012 3:59 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

Those of us who were aware that Lin’s greatest weakness, his lack of a jump shot, was something that was most likely something he could improve, thought he had real potential. Quick first step, tremendous composure, pesky defense and awesome ball handling? I wanted the dude here. (No, I am not Asian; I just spotted his talent).

I'm the soul brotha' like no other!

by Naticus on Feb 14, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions

Haha, that's all on Smart

Smart’s speciality: Play on player’s weakness. This is why Smart keep asking Lin to take midrange during last year’s game.

by ILoveWarriorsGirls on Feb 14, 2012 7:19 PM PST up reply actions

Spears knows what he's talking about. It's his backyard. He lives in Palo Alto.

"Go ahead. Make my day."

by callahan on Feb 14, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions

Seriously, the Lin talk is getting REALLY annyoing.

Okay so hes an Asian Cinderella who is saving a cursed organization…WE GET IT.

by Spreefor3!!! on Feb 14, 2012 4:05 PM PST reply actions 3 recs

Lin actually helping Warriors...

Knicks 6 wins straight and Warriors 3 wins straight. Pretty sure Curry wants to prove something. Haha…

by ILoveWarriorsGirls on Feb 14, 2012 7:20 PM PST up reply actions

Here's how we still could have had Lin. If we picked Greg Monroe, then there would have been no need for DeAndre Jordan. Sweet. Happy VaLINtine's Day!

Playoff team
PG – Lin, Curry, Jenkins
SG – Ellis, Curry
C – Monroe, AB, Tyler
PF – Lee, Kwame, Dom
SF – DWright, Rush

"Go ahead. Make my day."

by callahan on Feb 14, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions

Please...

Jackson would have burried Lin on the bench.

A Sonics fan without a team... but after 7 seasons now of GS Warriors season tickets have convinced me to adopt the boys from Oakland.

by mcwalter44 on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions

I thin Lin would have got a shot at backup PG

With his D

by tafkasam on Feb 15, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions

I think Lin would have got a shot at backup PG

I’m sure he would have if we’d had time to evaluate his improvements and find a place on the roster for him but it wasn’t a priority as we had plenty of backup options.
If we’d kept Lin he’d have worked his way into playing time and woulda been a nice surprise but he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to turn into linsanity here as we are too guard deep. What happened was the best possible thing for Lin and didn’t really bother us much other than the lost value we coulda have gotten from his improvement.

Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Feb 15, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

no one care about it. really. if he wasn't playing in D'Antoni's system, he would not be playing like this.

Lin is a pretty good point gaurd, but he isn’t worth speaking off related to our curses. Seriously, he is talented, but this bandwagon is getting outta hand here.

by yimoney on Feb 14, 2012 6:06 PM PST reply actions

Did you see tonight? It was a grind out game. Not run and gun. Actually, the Knicks are playing how I wanted the Dubs to play.

"Go ahead. Make my day."

by callahan on Feb 14, 2012 7:34 PM PST up reply actions

He's far from becoming a star and is more of a product of sytem, high confidence and free pass for everything while they are missing two players.

A solid player but far from a star imho. Sure it would be nice to have him but that’s like calling portland idiots because they drafted Oden and Bowie while at draft day 90 % of “those” people would do the same!

by buky on Feb 14, 2012 6:09 PM PST reply actions

And if we would somehow get Chandler or Jordan we would be something like 16-8 right now and people would jump off the cliff in happyness.

And nobody would cry about missing our backup PG.

by buky on Feb 14, 2012 6:12 PM PST up reply actions

On the other hand, if Chandler played for Warriors, Chandler will get zero pick and roll chance.

by ILoveWarriorsGirls on Feb 14, 2012 7:21 PM PST up reply actions

Why is that? Curry can pass on pick and roll, but first you need someone to roll first.

by buky on Feb 14, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions

Oh, you mean Beans is not rolling, DLee is not rolling, and non of the player wants to roll?? I see, it is the whole team’s fault, not Monta, not Curry.

by ILoveWarriorsGirls on Feb 14, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions

D.Lee pops(not always but a lot) and Biedrins is just not reliable because he's too afraid around the basket.

You need C or PF who can finish around basket and is constantly rolling to the hoop.

by buky on Feb 15, 2012 5:45 AM PST up reply actions

newsflash: He already is a star

everything form here on out will be just gravy

by Togna Balogna on Feb 15, 2012 9:03 AM PST up reply actions

Rockets lost it last technically so it aint that bad.

by AlbinoWhale on Feb 14, 2012 10:21 PM PST reply actions

Rockets lost it last technically so it aint that bad.

yeah, everyone did what they shoulda done and the odds just didn’t work out.
Kinda like seeing some irresponsible idiot spend all their money on lottery tickets then actually hit a big one and come out looking smart.It’s not pretty but all you can do it forget about it and move forward.

Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Feb 14, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs