Giving Lin less minutes is better for his overall career

TheLastPope · Mar 29, 2013

Haymitch said: ↑

I did. But if you're refering to the ppg/apg stats I put about Teague, OK. Here are some other numbers comparing Teague to Lin.

PER: 16.8 v 15.0
WS/48: .114 v .098
TS%: .549 v .537

And when you look at their per 36 numbers you see the same thing: Teague outperforms Lin on everything except rebounding.

To be honest I was surprised at how well Teague has been playing this season. I had no idea. I thought of him as a 6th man/scorer off the bench type guy.

Anyway, I don't want to sound too harsh on Lin. I like him as a player, as a Rocket, and as a person. I want him to succeed; I want SAS to have to eat his words; I want Dolan to regret letting him go. But, of course, more than all that, I want to see the Houston Rockets succeed.

And some of the criticisms against McHale or others about Lin's use/performance/minutes are just so off base that I can't resist budding in. In this particular case, I just wanted to give my take on Lin's alleged lack of playing time because I think that complaint in particular is insane.
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I really Like Teague, kid doesnt get the credit he deserves
but just for fun

Teague against Lin 0-2

34 4-17 .235 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2 9 0 1 3 5 10
27 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 7 1 2 4 4 14

Lin vs Teague 2-0

40 6-16 .375 2-3 .667 7-8 .875 10 7 0 0 2 3 21
40 6-11 .545 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 4 8 2 4 1 4 16

cw3k · Mar 29, 2013

CCM721 said: ↑

Yeah, maybe Mchale can just not play him at all. That would be even better for his career! Then he would have zero risk of injury!
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I like this idea. Just pay a players 25 millions and bench him forever. Or better, get a real coach and use Lin that 25 millions look like a bargain.

muas2010 · Mar 29, 2013

cw3k said: ↑

I like this idea. Just pay a players 25 millions and bench him forever. Or better, get a real coach and use Lin that 25 millions look like a bargain.
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That's what the Sixers just did to Bynum....just much more money.:grin:

Haymitch · Mar 29, 2013

TheLastPope said: ↑

I really Like Teague, kid doesnt get the credit he deserves
but just for fun

Teague against Lin 0-2

34 4-17 .235 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2 9 0 1 3 5 10
27 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 7 1 2 4 4 14

Lin vs Teague 2-0

40 6-16 .375 2-3 .667 7-8 .875 10 7 0 0 2 3 21
40 6-11 .545 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 4 8 2 4 1 4 16
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It's a shame the Rockets season isn't simply 82 games against the Hawks. If it were, Lin would look pretty dang good.

muas2010 · Mar 29, 2013

Haymitch said: ↑

It's a shame the Rockets season isn't simply 82 games against the Hawks. If it were, Lin would look pretty dang good.
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He did pretty well with GS and Knicks too...:grin:

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