StatsTeacher:
@Juany — I don’t want to be the guy defending Lin, he has had some awful games, I just think the situation in HOU has been tough to figure out.There training camp was a waste of time with the Harden trade coming exactly as it ended, and Lin’s shot is definitely off after the meniscus surgery.Not for 1 second did I think “Linsanity” was going to be repeated.But in the long run I do think 14-18 pts + 8-10 assists is what he’ll give you.Can’t say “They should have kept Lowry”— then they couldn’t have gotten Harden with Toronto’s pick.Dragic left because of a contract dispute.Dragic, Lowry, Mo Willimas, Steph Curry all recently got~ $40 million deals.Morey at Houston has routinely pointed out that Lin was a “steal” at his contract price.I think eventually (another 20 games?) that will turn out to be true.

The problem is that I’m at the point where I’m hoping Lin will turn out to be average whereas coming into the season I had assumed he would at least be solid. I never liked the move from the start, but thought Lin would at least come close to replicating what Dragic gave the Rockets, instead he’s crapped the bed and I’m supposed to be excited when Lin’s best games of the season are roughly what Dragic is averaging. I’m ok with the Lowry trade now that I realize it was made in anticipation of the Harden move, even if Harden alone probably won’t be as good as Lowry, Martin, and Lamb combined, it’s always better to consolidate your pieces into a star, as the Melo trade clearly showed with the Knicks

Oh and Lin’s contract is pretty damn good for a top 15, above average point guard. Right now he’s not in the top 20 however, and any hope I had that maybe he could one day reach Linsanity levels consistently has been replaced by the hope that he’ll at least outplay Raymond Felton…

I love that he played average point guard games against an injured Kyle Lowry and Mo Williams, but I’d really like it if he didn’t go 3-7 for 6 points with 3 turnovers and only 8 assists in 42 minutes against OKC. Keep in mind, the Rockets need Lin to shoot, he was supposed to be their main option before the season started. Now apparently Chandler Parsons is, but at least Lin isn’t getting benched at the end of games now so that’s good.

StatsTeacher:
@JC — watched the entire Rockets game and honestly the stuff that Juany8 posted is bs.Lin had a fantastic game tonight, it would have been a blow out if Utah wasn’t on fire for 3?s.He controlled the offense and HOU coaches are finally lettin’ him run the offense.Vs Toronto, Lin had 16 + 4 rebs + 10 assists and completely outplayed Lowry, who has really fallen off a cliff (might be injured tho).

Thanks