Posted on 08/17/2019 9:24:34 AM PDT by rebuildus
[Very interesting comments about the problematic bone structure of Orientals. Did not know this. Perhaps something in (or not in) the diet?]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968570/
The Mexican American number is probably a good proxy for the Oriental average, since they have common ancestors. The qualification is Mexicans are more like hapas, given that most have Spanish ancestry.
That may be true but he seemed very happy in the locker room celebrations and parade. As I posted above he is unsigned for next season right now and his NBA career may be over or not. Who knows for sure. The Raptors will get their rings on opening night Oct. 22. If unsigned I wonder if he will show up for that or not.
Thanks, Zhang Fei, will look into this
discostu, I just realized something: You may be right that Lin is not a franchise type of player at this point. But it’s not his PHYSICAL skills that are lacking. It’s his confidence. That’s really the only difference between him and a Kobe type of player. The skills are there. But his confidence isn’t here at this point to whether the ups and DOWNS of the NBA (that everybody goes through)
No. It’s his physical skills. His confidence is right inline with his talent.
He’s 30 - now he should go play in China. He can make huge money in a place where he is already famous (and a place that needs a strong Christian example), and it will be better for him than riding the bench on a last-place NBA team for a couple more years.
I think your teamates can determine how well you play.....I think there was probably a bit of deep jealousy over the fuss made over Lin.....by other minority players....can’t have an the public fawning over a non inner city player...
He has shown—at least in relatively small doses—that he has the potential to be one of the best players in the NBA.
I saw this with Tim Tebow. Even though he won a Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football while winning two BCS National Championships; and in the pros winning a major playoff game for the Denver Broncos, Tebow was never given his due by football analysts.
The author answers his own question in the title of the article when he describes Jeremy Lin's career path. If Lin had serious NBA talent -- especially as "one of the best players in the NBA" -- he never would have been overlooked every step along the way from high school to 2019.
Most people even here on FreeRepublic who know a thing or two about professional sports would have told you ten years ago that neither Lin nor Tebow was a solid prospect for a top role on a major professional sports team. Both of these guys were working hard on improving their basic fundamentals in their mid-20s ... at a time when most NBA and NFL stars are already in the prime of their careers.
That's kind of like saying running backs from Army and Navy would be great NFL prospects ... if only NFL teams would adopt the old college-style wishbone offense.
Bingo! The rest is B.S.
You haven’t seen as much game film of Lin as you should, if you’re making a flat statement that his physical skills are problem. That just doesn’t explain his up and down performance. Confidence is a huge X factor in sports or anywhere else. As they say, the man who gets it done is the one who THINKS he can.
No, I’m saying that you play to a man’s strengths, it’s crazy to play AWAY from them. Unless your intent is to move him out, and from what I’ve heard reported, that was what Carmelo Anthony (and likely others) did to Lin and coach Mike D’Antoni. Think about it: Carmelo Anthony is the big shot in NY. They go on a losing streak with him in the lineup. Lin comes in and starts winning. Anthony ends up going out with an injury and they keep winning. He publicly backed Lin, but knifed him in the back from what was reported.
I’ve seen all I need to see. He simply is not that good. Sorry you can’t wrap your head around basic facts, but that’s on you. Actually it FULLY explains his up and down performance. Not so good players have up and down performances, because they are inconsistent. One of the basic ingredients to being a not that good player is inconsistency. Really good sometimes, total crap other times. Because they haven’t developed the talent to be consistent. There’s a bit of luck in their performance, and we all know luck is streaky. I am in full agreement with Lin. He knows he’s not that good. I know he’s not that good. Someday you’ll catch up.
cherry, from what I saw on game film, and heard reported, this is exactly what appears to have happened to Jeremy Lin in New York. Carmelo Anthony (was the star player, a notorious ball hog, and .... black). The team was losing with him in the lineup, once Lin came in, they won, then Anthony and another black player went out with an injury, and Lin really stepped up, and the Knicks continued winning. It was reported that Anthony helped push the coach out who played Lin, and possibly Lin himself. The race issue has definitely played an impact--mostly negative--in the story of Jeremy Lin.
For a basketball team, the bigger issue is that you don’t play to the strengths of your backup guard.
Ok, hopefully this is my last comment here: You make an interesting point about consistency. And yes, better players are more consistent. Yet EVERY player goes through slumps. The players that break out of slumps quicker have more CONFIDENCE. Not sure why you’re minimizing the mental game, which exists, as I said, in EVERY arena. Think sales, etc. Nothing against good ole skill, but think of the best players and they have extreme confidence. Are they confident BECAUSE they are good? There is some of that too, of course. But to me, it just doesn’t explain it all. Last point: I know of what I speak because I WAS THAT PLAYER. I had more ability than confidence, and hence never played to my potential. It happens every day, everywhere.
I am writing more about the pragmatic aspect of it. If you are winning Superbowls, the owners and your teammates won’t care. If you are not getting it done, no one wants to hear it.
You're talking about the same "backup guard" who just turned your franchise around?
Not really. Great players usually don’t. Most of the time when you think a great player is going through a slump it turns they’re nursing an injury. Jeremy Lin’s confidence is right in line with his talent. He is, quite simply, not that good. Sorry this bothers you, but again: HE knows, I know it, every NBA analyst on the planet knows it. FIGURE IT OUT. If you don’t have confidence in your ability it’s because you don’t have the ability. It’s very easy, especially in a sport, to tell if you have the ability. Can you make the freaking basket or not? I’m not minimizing the mental game, you’re lying to yourself. Short term sure, some guys get the yips and it screws them up. Lin’s been playing basketball at some level or another for 20 freaking years. And at no point has he been that good. That’s not the yips, that’s not the mental game, that’s NOT BEING THAT GOOD.
Lin is 30 years old and has had a total of just five NBA seasons where he even played (not necessarily started) 70 games or more. And he's started fewer than half the games he's played in his career.
Where does anyone get this idea that he's a bona fide NBA star?
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