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New post: Jeremy Lin: Agent of Chaos

[thenit]

I agree that Lin creates havoc like westbrook does, but Lin is a smarter player and doesn't put up a lot of bad shots. His turnovers can be argued that sometimes he takes chances with his passes. A good example is Beverley who doesn't turn the ball over but rarely creates a lot of his assists through his play. Usually his assists are from good ball movement.

 

However Lins ability to keep the dribble alive doesn't fit Mchales philosophy and based on his treatment of Lin when he struggles with turnovers or poor shooting, he gets taken out of the game, even though he would have 6 assists after 1,5 quarters.

 

Lin had 3 good games in a row, and then he had one poor game, and he gets taken out of the game early and suddenly Bev gets the minutes. Mchale has no trust in Lin and doesn't seem to like him as a player, this is just based on the past 6 games including the indiana game tonight.

[2016Champions]

I think McHale really likes the fact that Beverley brings the high intensity and on-ball defense every night, where as Lin is a little inconsistent with his energy and even looks a little lethargic out there sometimes. Personally I think Beverley compliments Harden better because when Harden is drawing all the defense towards him it's up to whoever is on the weakside to take advantage of that, and as we saw tonight Beverley was doing a much better job of attacking and then finishing with his nifty floater. Lin on the otherhand looked very unsure of himself, he is trying too hard to be unselfish and it did more harm than good tonight.

[thejohnnygold]

I can say this much....I would have pulled Lin one play earlier than he was in the first quarter of tonight's game.  I wish I could diagnose what happened.  I wouldn't be against a change of pace move...maybe split the PG minutes a little closer to 50/50 and let Lin be a Spark plug off the bench with Beverley starting.  McHale can still use his hot hand technique to close the game out.  Doesn't need to be permanent...maybe just shake things up.

[khyberjones]

This article doesn't focus on actual data we have from Lin's 1.5 seasons as a starter. He is not an inconsistent player. He is in fact very consistent and has improved in most key categories. In NY, when he took 10 or more shots, he shot around 45%. This year, he is shooting 47% with 10 or more FGAs. When he takes 14 or more shots, he shoots 51%. The team is 7 games above .500 when he takes 10 or more shots and .500 when he doesn't. He is averaging more assists, fewer turnovers, more rebounds and more steals with a sporadic to low usage rate and a sporadic minutes on the floor. With an improved mid-range and 3 point shot over the last 3 months, Lin may actually be a star level PG right now. You just can't see it every day because of the way McHale uses him.

[Richards]

IMO, This is the best Jeremy LIn article ever written. 

I always thought his play was lot like Westbrook except those "dumb shot" Westbrook threw up. 
Unlike Wesbrook, Lin force the way out instead of trying for "miracle shot", and end up with turnovers.

 

I can see Lin can excel in certain styles but not in McHale. Still, he put up a decent numbers and I respect that.

Lin played aggressive and handled ball more in his "good" games. His productivity was poor in games those Harden has high assists.

[2016Champions]

Lin would be alot better if he had the ball in his hands 24/7, but that's not an option playing next to Harden who's going to take the ball out of Lin's hands and understandably so. 

[RollingWave]

Lin is improving his 3 shooting a lot this year though, and he has coughed up a lot less TO this year relative to his previous seasons.  

 

but yeah, stacking their minutes more reasonably would probably help