jon abbey: I guess, Chandler is already not too far from being suspended for a game for cumulative technicals, and another few games for fighting would have been a big blow to this team.

anyway, the same thing happened to Rubio, I’m sure the same thing happens to Nash night in and night out, that’s life in the NBA.

WHICH IS WHY I RAN TO MY BEDROOM CRYING LIKE MEADOW SOPRANO.

Jake S.: It’s true that there’s a certain amount of recklessness to Lin’s game, but your memory is a little selective if you think Kidd was the only player who gave him a cheap shot. Game in and game out, guys were going out of their way to get up on him and knock him around. I’m not advocating the Knicks get into a brawl or anything (Hell, if Lin were still on Golden State or Houston, I’d hope the Knicks would work him over the same way). But it would have been nice if someone–Chandler, whoever–showed that there were consequences to repeatedly hacking one of our guys.

I guess, Chandler is already not too far from being suspended for a game for cumulative technicals, and another few games for fighting would have been a big blow to this team.

anyway, the same thing happened to Rubio, I’m sure the same thing happens to Nash night in and night out, that’s life in the NBA.

jon abbey: he beat the crap out of himself to a large extent, a big chunk of his offensive game involves creating contact inside before releasing his shot. also his odd herky-jerky way of moving is effective but also very dangerous, defenders expect guys to be in certain places and it’s easier to get hit very hard when you suddenly stop, change direction, etc. also, the way he recoils from even brushing contact on the perimeter (often snapping his upper body backwards) is dangerous. sorry to say, but to me it seemed pretty inevitable from early on and I expect an injury-plagued career, which is why I’ve been saying he’d be ideal for 24-28 minutes off the bench.

but if what you’re saying is that Chandler or whoever should have started a fight on that Jason Kidd foul or a few others, not really sure what that would have accomplished. Chandler had just gotten his ring earlier that night in Dallas, so I doubt that was happening, and that was the cheapest shot I remember on Lin.

It’s true that there’s a certain amount of recklessness to Lin’s game, but your memory is a little selective if you think Kidd was the only player who gave him a cheap shot. Game in and game out, guys were going out of their way to get up on him and knock him around. I’m not advocating the Knicks get into a brawl or anything (Hell, if Lin were still on Golden State or Houston, I’d hope the Knicks would work him over the same way). But it would have been nice if someone–Chandler, whoever–showed that there were consequences to repeatedly hacking one of our guys.

Jake S.: I just wish they didn’t let him get the crap beaten out of him night in and night out.

he beat the crap out of himself to a large extent, a big chunk of his offensive game involves creating contact inside before releasing his shot. also his odd herky-jerky way of moving is effective but also very dangerous, defenders expect guys to be in certain places and it’s easier to get hit very hard when you suddenly stop, change direction, etc. also, the way he recoils from even brushing contact on the perimeter (often snapping his upper body backwards) is dangerous. sorry to say, but to me it seemed pretty inevitable from early on and I expect an injury-plagued career, which is why I’ve been saying he’d be ideal for 24-28 minutes off the bench.

but if what you’re saying is that Chandler or whoever should have started a fight on that Jason Kidd foul or a few others, not really sure what that would have accomplished. Chandler had just gotten his ring earlier that night in Dallas, so I doubt that was happening, and that was the cheapest shot I remember on Lin.

jon abbey:
if there’s really a realistic four week possibility in this specific case, it’s a little annoying they delayed surgery by a week with this tight timetable.

ruru, talk to us about the on-court dynamic between Melo and JR on Denver. I know that Smith came in and took a ton of shots off the bench, but did they generally both play at crunch time?

I’ll be back to post on this in an hour or two…. I think you’ll find it interesting.

BigBlueAL: Read today that Lin averaged 36 mins/g in D’Antoni’s final 19 games.Not exactly criminal abuse.

It’s a lot if you consider the compressed schedule and the amount of pressure the kid was playing under, but I’m not really hanging this on D’Antoni. Or the Knicks, for that matter. I just wish they didn’t let him get the crap beaten out of him night in and night out.

Jake S.:
A final cranky thought before I tune out for the night: D’Antoni’s riding of Lin has already been well documented, but I’d like to think the Knicks players are at least 2% responsible for the latter’s injury. Maybe if they didn’t stand idly watching while the league batted him around like a Raggedy Ann doll for two months, we wouldn’t be in this mess. I know the NBA has changed dramatically since the 90?s, but Jesus, would it have hurt them to knock someone to the ground from time to time?

*runs to his bedroom crying, like Meadow from The Sopranos*

Read today that Lin averaged 36 mins/g in D’Antoni’s final 19 games. Not exactly criminal abuse.

ruru, talk to us about the on-court dynamic between Melo and JR on Denver. I know that Smith came in and took a ton of shots off the bench, but did they generally both play at crunch time?

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