Z-man: You guys are kidding, right?

Are *you* kidding? The same guy who brought up Jeremy Lin on this thread in the first place, unprompted, then turns around some 40 comments later and says “he’s not a fan of all the Lin talk.”

Trolling 101.

Gotta agree with Z-man and er here – this is the same board that STILL is debating the wisdom of the Carmelo Anthony trade at times which happened 1.5 years ago. Like it or not, the decision to let Lin go will be dissected up/down/left/right by all the mainstream papers and websites, and every Knicks/Rockets-related blog until he shows us what kind of player he really will be — and if he turns out to be anywhere near the player that had a PER of 25 for a few weeks, then those same outlets (and this board) will kill the Knicks for it for several years.

We can simply avoid that by, you know, not doing that.

Yes, I know that even if you, me and most every other regular does avoid it, some new poster will stop by to gloat one way or the other, but it doesn’t mean we should.

For instance, if Lin has a great year in Houston, I assure you that I am not going to say shit about it, because what’s done is done. Gloating is for guys like Frank Isola and Marc Berman.

I’m all about the present and the future of this Knicks team (well, except for celebrating the past, of course. Just not going over what ifs).

Of course, if the topic does come up, I can’t say that I won’t respond to it. I’m only human, after all. ;)

flossy: Seriously!If you don’t like it, do your part and STFU, quit trolling Knicks blogs with the latest Lin boxscore and “time for concern, Lin lovers?”Jesus.

Nick C.: Then why did you initiate it?

I was interested in talking about what it could mean for Lin. I’m less interested in going over what happened in August.

knicknyk: Who creates Lowlights of a player lmao and the fact that your using this as evidence ruru really defeats your arguments. For everyone talking about Lin’s health & dinging him for it, there is no shortage of irony in that when we are paying Amare 20 million. Anyway I wish Lin the best of luck with the Rockets & will try to catch as many of his games as I can. I am over Lin as a Knick.

You don’t often get to see video of a guy struggling. This thread is about Lin struggling. I wish no ill will, nor am I trying to prove he will suck the rest of his career. Seems to fit my originsl post. People are showing their true colors and they arent orange and blue.

ruruland:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=alhnuwnc8ws
Lin vs SA

Who creates Lowlights of a player lmao and the fact that your using this as evidence ruru really defeats your arguments. For everyone talking about Lin’s health & dinging him for it, there is no shortage of irony in that when we are paying Amare 20 million. Anyway I wish Lin the best of luck with the Rockets & will try to catch as many of his games as I can. I am over Lin as a Knick.

If anything, I would be very very concerned about his knee. If he was 85% ~5 weeks after the surgery, why isn’t it 100% now ~5 months later? There was a fair amount of talk around the time of the surgery that he had “by definition” chronic arthritis based on what the surgeon saw in there. He’s still really young so I would imagine that it’ll continue to get better, but if a whole offseason isn’t enough, I’m not sure what will be.

The other thing I’d be concerned about if I were Houston is his defense. If y’all remember, there were many articles written even during Linsanity that the Knicks’ offense actually wasn’t really that great with Lin running the show – rather, it was the defense that got a whole lot better. Some of that most likely had to do with the level of competition, and a lot of that had to do with no Amare/Melo on the floor. There was lot of Jeffries/Chandler/Shump combos on the floor, with Shump taking on the best backcourt offensive player during important possessions (remember when he completely shut down Calderon after he scored 241209 points against Lin?). And in fact, PG after PG just torched my man Lin. Some of this might be blamed on the fact that his knee was flaring up, but if his knee isn’t completely 100%, it’ll just keep happening.

Z-man: You guys are kidding, right? Like the Lin story is not worthy of further commentary? Many prominent people here trashed Knicks ownership/management for not matching Lin’s offer sheet. Those like myself who defended the decision were bashed from pillar to post, not just by Lin fanboys but by regulars. It’s not trolling to bring up this very current event, nor is it premature gloating. It just is what it is. The guy people were dying to throw boatloads of Dolan’s money at is currently playing like shit and his knee is still not right after 6 months. That’s a story worthy of this blog. Deal with it. You can bet that I’ll be revisiting this topic frequently as we go forward. And if I have to eat a lot of crow if Lin turns things around, so be it. THCJ certainly has not tired of bringing up how stupid we were to pass on Faried, and I have absolutely no problem with that; it’s not trolling.