Yeah. do you get the feeling like teams don't know how to defend him yet? They play him for the drive then he raises up and nails a 3pointer in their face. They stick close to him and he slips past the defense and tosses up a crazy offbalance reverse that somehow goes in.

What is this kid actually good and bad at? nobody knows. His 3pt% says that he's a sucky 3pt shooter but when you watch the games it doesn't seem like that at all. How the hell can a kid shoot 28% from 3 yet constantly nails all these clutch 3pt shots?

 

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What do you mean it's not racist? How is it not?

 

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Yeah, that. But it is without question the only reason they used that metaphor is because Lin is Asian-american.

 

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I'm not a big believer in team chemistry. The guy makes some amazing assists and that makes his entire team better. Not because he is liked by the team. If he was a horrible player but had all the chemistry in the world, then all of the sudden the narrative is different.

 

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Remember, Mike Dantoni is the coach and you know how frenetic he likes his offense. He needed a Steve Nash to make it work and viola! He has one.

 

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You can see amazingly skillful passes made by tons of players in the NBA. Team chemistry is a phenomenon involving a lot more than being liked. Chemistry is the mental synergy of the players, everyone working well together and making plays up on the fly. Most teams will fail without strong chemistry.





He's very clever and focused, so his defenders MUST play attentive and active defense. With 82 game seasons I think many players go on automatic to some extent. There will still be many players who won't be able to adapt to defend him, Steve Nash still makes whole teams look silly on defense, and Jeremy Lin is younger/stronger (same height, 20 more lbs). But you don't have the risk of unstoppable athletic plays like you did with a young Kobe, for example. There might be some smart and more physically adept defenders who will hold him off, more likely in the playoffs.

 

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http://deadspin.com/5886296/saturday-night-lives-linsanity-cold-open-officially-exhausted-the-list-of-lin-puns

I'll just leave this here.

 

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ok that was pretty funny. Kenan Thompson is still terrible though, how does he have a job?

 

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my comment still stands.

 

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