Comments on: Jeremy Lin, By The Books

By: Zach Horst

Zach Horst — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:32 +0000

ephus: MDA put his finger on Lin’s greatest attribute — he attacks the double team.____, Bibby and Shump-Shump largely do not try to turn the corner on the pick and roll, but rather move east-west and draw the double team.It was very predictable that the roll guy would move to the dotted circle, and teams were rotating weakside baseline help to cover that man.The Knicks were not reversing the ball quickly enough to take advantage of the 4-3 on the weakside.When Lin works the pick and roll, he makes the help defender move his feet towards the basket, which often draws the weakside baseline defender to help.This frees both the roll man and the weakside baseline Knick for short jumpers or lay-ups.

Great point, ephus. He really can bust through double-teams. If he can't, he finds the seam to the open player.

By: Zach Horst

Zach Horst — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:42:46 +0000

Thanks, cock jowles, for the insults. I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to criticize me. It’s a simple article on basketball meant to raise a few points – not a literary masterpiece. Just trying to throw my 2 cents in here and there.

By: Jim Cavan

Jim Cavan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:01 +0000

Guys, let’s cut out the personal attacks on the authors. If you don’t like a particular piece, email one of us directly about it and state your case. But don’t drag a guy who took his own time to compile content (and who obviously got the green light) through public mud.

By: ephus

ephus — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:25 +0000

MDA put his finger on Lin’s greatest attribute — he attacks the double team. ____, Bibby and Shump-Shump largely do not try to turn the corner on the pick and roll, but rather move east-west and draw the double team. It was very predictable that the roll guy would move to the dotted circle, and teams were rotating weakside baseline help to cover that man. The Knicks were not reversing the ball quickly enough to take advantage of the 4-3 on the weakside. When Lin works the pick and roll, he makes the help defender move his feet towards the basket, which often draws the weakside baseline defender to help. This frees both the roll man and the weakside baseline Knick for short jumpers or lay-ups.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:32:16 +0000

I don’t know, Lin and Tebow don’t seem that similar to me… the biggest thing about Lin is how much of an overachiever he is, the kid has been ignored and dismissed though most of his life, never getting scholarships from big programs, not being drafted, being waived twice…

Tebow was one of the most coveted recruits going into college and was probably one of the 5 most succesful college football players EVER…

I can see the comparison, with both being highly religious, humble guys who’ll receive a lot of scrutiny, but I don’t think it makes much sense.

By: daJudge

daJudge — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:33:10 +0000

Zach, I’m also somewhat concerned about Lin’s left handed abilities. As far as his conditioning, I hope that explains why his shot has been a bit flat and short at times. Personally, I think its simply technique. I do agree that his ability to keep his dribble has been quite refreshing. What’s most refreshing though is that I can only nit pick about Lin.

On Tebow, I thought the rancorous nature of the debate was fascinating. I live in a conservative area and the amount of love/hate he received was like a socio/political/religious referendum. Many of my friends and folks down to the Y watched Denver games just to see him succeed, like it was evidence of God’s existence. My running joke was that I would convert to his faith if Denver won the Superbowl, which would have clearly been proof of God’s existence.

By: RastaPappa

RastaPappa — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:45 +0000

IMO Lin does one thing so nice. He doesn’t stop dribble. And that’s why the rest of the Knicks boys have to move all the time. I really hope that then Melo comes back he understands that this is the key to success. Don’t stop ball.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:27:52 +0000

The key thing is whether it is fair to rip on Lin’s success or not, we are going to see one “he’s not that good – he’s a product of the system” article for every three “Linsanity” piece that go up (provided he continues to succeed, of course).

I am pleased that the game is on ESPN tonight. We have a party to go to tonight, so it is cool that I can Tivo the game and watch it later. I like what Bill Simmons had to say about the Lin situation, that leave it to James Dolan to unearth a gem like Lin only to not let many New Yorkers actually watch him play.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:14:55 +0000

yeah, I don’t know whose nephew Zach is, but his writing is about three levels worse than everyone else here, except Thomas B. of course.

also the semi-random censorship here kind of sucks. if someone as innately slow-witted as THCJ calls me slow-witted, I’d like to know.

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:01:42 +0000

Maybe if Tebow didn’t COMPLETELY SUCK for the first three and half quarters of pretty much every single Bronco game, they wouldn’t have needed all the miracle comebacks. Tebow’s “success” was probably the worst thing that could have happened to the Broncos. They’ll never be able to get rid of him now.