On February 16 2012 09:27 Zlasher wrote: Yeah who else finds getting paid around 30-50k a week a small salary
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lol yea. reminds me of T.O/chad johnson during their prime getting fined 5-20k a td celebration but they just kept doing it like it was a 5 dollar donation. must be nice!
On February 16 2012 06:22 Jibba wrote: Let me put it this way - I wouldn't want Kobe or Lebron or Durant taking that shot either. The whole "clutch"/"fearless" mythos in the NBA has been taken to epic proportions by Kobe and ESPN, and that 3 - no matter how much he was "feeling" it - was simply not his best option. There's pages devoted to "clutch" in the other threads.
I don't see how this was a bad shot at all. Calderon sagged off a lot to prevent the drive. Also he tried to Force Lin to his left which is considerably weaker. If goes for the drive o drive and does get denied he has to take a fadeaway jumper or some shot off the dribble which is considerably harder than a wide open 3. Or he risks a turnover be cause he got caught a couple of times in that game already and the Raptors help defense was pretty good in that game. The knicks got blocked a lot around the rim.
So his options are:
Drive to the left with possibility of not getting to the rim at all, getting denied at the rim by help defense, getting trapped by a double team, or passing it out with a risk for a turnover to some mediocre shooters. (Fields, Shumpert, Chandler and Amare are not known for clutch 3s). A lot of ifs
Or
He takes an open 3
You are criticizin Lins accomplishments in every single post you make but this one is just not valid.
No, his primary option is going to the right because Calderon can't do anything on his own. He's likely getting the foul, but if he doesn't like the position of the interior defenders, he drives, steps back and shoots a regular jumpshot from the top of the key, which is one of his most common moves. When you have room, you get closer to the basket. This is just fundamentals. If it were in the middle of the game and Hubie Brown was casting, he'd go on a rant about it.
Biggest problem I see with Lin is his turnovers. He's getting really high production while also really high TO #s, Russel Westbrook-like (except RW doesn't get as many assists..) Most of his TOs come from getting mucked in the lane while driving or bad passing towards the end of the game. If he can fix that part of his game, he could really become a Steve Nash PG