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Its trouble in the Clip show. Kobe would be passing to Kobe. If this were the Lake show.
2 ONE 3 what's going on bruh.
No Blake, No CP3, No JJ
Don't understand what would've happen with this...
According to sources, Riley — who had no cap space — did want Aldridge to wait for a payday with Miami, but he wanted Aldridge to do that in Miami. He offered the Heat’s mid-level exception, which would have represented an enormous pay cut. 2 hours ago – via Miami Herald
According to sources, Riley — who had no cap space — did want Aldridge to wait for a payday with Miami, but he wanted Aldridge to do that in Miami. He offered the Heat’s mid-level exception, which would have represented an enormous pay cut. 2 hours ago – via Miami Herald
My latest “TK Show” conversation with Jerry West: On the Steph Curry revolution, the Warriors at 9-0, and what Lacob & Guber have achieved in exactly 5 years
I’ve talked with Jerry West many, many, many times–back when he was running the Lakers and now in his role as a Warriors executive board member–and I’m certain I’ve never heard him as cheery and happy as I did today during our very lively podcast conversation.
Jerry’s always great to talk to, whether he’s in a happy or displeased state, because he’s so damned honest and because he’s accomplished so much he doesn’t really care if what he says is bothering anybody if it’s what he really feels.
But a happy, contented Jerry West is something to behold and you’ll get a dose of it on this show. One thing that was making him smile: Later today, he’ll be part of the ceremony to present the Warriors minority owners with championship rings.
The rest of the team’s 200-or-so employees will get rings, courtesy of Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, a little later this month.
The sign West was in a fantastic, fantastic mood: First thing–before the show started–West did was joke that he was furious that PR man Raymond Ridder (one of West’s fondest associates) had just called to remind him to do the show.
Then, as I say to all my guests, I told West that at the end of the interview we’d say thank you, then to clear the line we might end up hanging up on him and please don’t be offended by that.
“I’m so old now that nothing offends me any more,” West joked. GOOD MOOD.
It was West’s second appearance on the podcast, so maybe he just was thrilled about that. OK, that probably wasn’t it.
Obviously, West was thrilled by the Warriors’ 9-0 start and even more by the fact that he thinks the Warriors haven’t played great the last several games… and still keep piling up the victories.
I asked West about Stephen Curry’s clear rise to another level, beyond his MVP honor last season, and West said this of Curry:
“I think he’s going to create a new kind of player.”
We talked about Lacob and Guber officially taking over the franchise exactly five years ago today and West described what he saw especially in Lacob when they first talked about hiring him soon after.
I asked West to compare Lacob to the great owner he worked under with the Lakers, Jerry Buss, and West noted that they got similar results but were almost exact opposite personalities.
I’ve talked with Jerry West many, many, many times–back when he was running the Lakers and now in his role as a Warriors executive board member–and I’m certain I’ve never heard him as cheery and happy as I did today during our very lively podcast conversation.
Jerry’s always great to talk to, whether he’s in a happy or displeased state, because he’s so damned honest and because he’s accomplished so much he doesn’t really care if what he says is bothering anybody if it’s what he really feels.
But a happy, contented Jerry West is something to behold and you’ll get a dose of it on this show. One thing that was making him smile: Later today, he’ll be part of the ceremony to present the Warriors minority owners with championship rings.
The rest of the team’s 200-or-so employees will get rings, courtesy of Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, a little later this month.
The sign West was in a fantastic, fantastic mood: First thing–before the show started–West did was joke that he was furious that PR man Raymond Ridder (one of West’s fondest associates) had just called to remind him to do the show.
Then, as I say to all my guests, I told West that at the end of the interview we’d say thank you, then to clear the line we might end up hanging up on him and please don’t be offended by that.
“I’m so old now that nothing offends me any more,” West joked. GOOD MOOD.
It was West’s second appearance on the podcast, so maybe he just was thrilled about that. OK, that probably wasn’t it.
Obviously, West was thrilled by the Warriors’ 9-0 start and even more by the fact that he thinks the Warriors haven’t played great the last several games… and still keep piling up the victories.
I asked West about Stephen Curry’s clear rise to another level, beyond his MVP honor last season, and West said this of Curry:
“I think he’s going to create a new kind of player.”
We talked about Lacob and Guber officially taking over the franchise exactly five years ago today and West described what he saw especially in Lacob when they first talked about hiring him soon after.
I asked West to compare Lacob to the great owner he worked under with the Lakers, Jerry Buss, and West noted that they got similar results but were almost exact opposite personalities.
Maybe. But theyre at their best when you engage them in shoootouts and put up 120-110 points. Theyre very reliant on 3's, when they dont fall they are vulnerable. You slow the game down stay home on shooters and make Draymond, Ezeli, and Barnes beat you in the interior. Theyre good at defensive transition points so being careless plays into their style. You also need strong rebounding vs. them to reduce 2nd chance shots. Only 2-3 teams in the league have the personnel to beat them.
2 ONE 3 what's going on bruh.
Can't believe Blake got ejected last night
Riley was drunk as fuck when he offered that proposal
Jeremy Lin Emerges As the Most Underpaid Player in the NBA: How Linsanity Lives After Houston
Jeremy Lin looks different than he did in Houston, but there's much more to the story. (Photo courtesy Hornets Online)
Houston’s not just a city of transplants. It also sends interesting people out into world who have a great impact on their new communities. In PaperCity‘s “Where Are They Now?” series, we’ll catch up with prominent former Houstonians who happen to lay their heads down elsewhere now.
Jeremy Lin heard the echoes and the outrage for years. Everyone from fans who don’t know better to fellow players who should railed against his paychecks, called them inflated and ridiculous while seeming to be somehow personally offended by the whole thing.
Wherever he turned, Lin would find someone else telling the world how “overpaid” he was. It dogged his tenure in Houston almost as much as Kevin McHale’s coaching and Patrick Beverley’s ultra-inflated defensive reputation did. Lin’s paycheck — which never truly stood out of whack in a professional sports league in which average role players like the San Antonio Spurs’ Danny Green pull down $10 million a season — was forever being used against him.
Now, the former Houston Rockets guard is clearly one of the most underpaid players in the NBA. And absolutely nobody’s talking about it.
Lin is making $2.1 million this season. That’s not just a far cry from the three-year, $25-million deal the Rockets nabbed him with post Linsanity; it’s less than half the NBA’s $4.9 million average salary. Which is absurd for a 27-year-old with Lin’s production and potential.
Jeremy Lin is far outperforming his contract — and no one’s giving him any credit for it. Surprised?
Lin’s dogged, raving critics certainly would be if they ever took the time to notice what he actually does on the court. Take the 17-point night and 7-for-11 shooting he dropped on one of his old teams (the Knicks) Wednesday night. Or the savagely efficient game he played in the Charlotte Hornets’ win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Lin took advantage of every minute Charlotte coach Steve Clifford gave him, racking up 19 points on 6-for-11 shooting, a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and a nifty plus-18 rating.
More importantly, Lin attacked the surprising Timberwolves’ defense at every turn, never letting a young team get comfortable on its own court. He repeatedly drove into the teeth of the Wolves defense, unleashed full-court passes on the break (several Lin assists were left on the table when teammates blew layups) and completely shut down veteran shooting guard Kevin Martin in the second half.
Lin even harassed and frustrated Martin into two blatant offensive fouls, showing the type of defense he’s not supposed to have. This is how you completely change a game.
When Lin first checked in with 1:51 left in the first quarter, Charlotte trailed by 11 points. The Hornets then proceeded to score on their next eight possessions — with Lin running the point — to take over the lead, and the game. Game changers like this are not available for $2.1 million, unless they have been torn down by a mob.
Whatever you think of Lin’s time in Houston — and whatever your opinion is of the notion that racism and Asian stereotypes have dramatically impacted his NBA career, as 60 Minutes, the Linsanity movie that made the rounds of the festival circuit, and other respected outlets have argued — his adjustment to Charlotte provides fascinating theater.
There is no doubt it’s an improvement over the nonsensical agony of playing for Byron Scott, the man with no plans. Lin’s still not getting the minutes his play dictates he should be getting. Before being given the chance to finish the final 16 minutes of the game (and play 26 minutes overall) against the Wolves, Lin received 22 minutes or less of playing time in the four games leading up to Tuesday. And he went back to 21 minutes against the Knicks Wednesday, though Clifford smartly closed with him again.
The minutes are much too low overall — especially considering how desperately Charlotte’s offense needs his playmaking and perimeter defense (starting Hornets “point” guard Kemba Walker somehow managed to post a negative14 plus-minus in a game Charlotte won by nine). Still, this strange minute allotment doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon. Clifford loves having an impact bench and seems wedded to Walker.
But at least Lin finally has a coach post-Mike D’Antoni who will sometimes ride his hot hand.
“I kept looking in the fourth quarter (to get starter Jeremy Lamb back in), but Jeremy Lin was really the one who did the best job on Kevin Martin,” Clifford told reporters after the game.
It’s a start. It will have to do for now. What’s more important in the larger scheme of Lin’s NBA future is that he appears more confident in who he is. Maybe that gelled-up mohawk he sports these days represents another sign — as silly as it is seems — that this is a player now unafraid to stick out and grab the spotlight.
One unmistakable truth is that Jeremy Lin is a Walking Bargain. His current salary ranks 261st in a league of 407 players, a league where Cory Joseph (8.0 points and 2.9 assists per game) pulls down $7 million a year and even Swaggy P banks $5.2 million.
Let’s see this become a story.
Jeremy Lin looks different than he did in Houston, but there's much more to the story. (Photo courtesy Hornets Online)
Houston’s not just a city of transplants. It also sends interesting people out into world who have a great impact on their new communities. In PaperCity‘s “Where Are They Now?” series, we’ll catch up with prominent former Houstonians who happen to lay their heads down elsewhere now.
Jeremy Lin heard the echoes and the outrage for years. Everyone from fans who don’t know better to fellow players who should railed against his paychecks, called them inflated and ridiculous while seeming to be somehow personally offended by the whole thing.
Wherever he turned, Lin would find someone else telling the world how “overpaid” he was. It dogged his tenure in Houston almost as much as Kevin McHale’s coaching and Patrick Beverley’s ultra-inflated defensive reputation did. Lin’s paycheck — which never truly stood out of whack in a professional sports league in which average role players like the San Antonio Spurs’ Danny Green pull down $10 million a season — was forever being used against him.
Now, the former Houston Rockets guard is clearly one of the most underpaid players in the NBA. And absolutely nobody’s talking about it.
Lin is making $2.1 million this season. That’s not just a far cry from the three-year, $25-million deal the Rockets nabbed him with post Linsanity; it’s less than half the NBA’s $4.9 million average salary. Which is absurd for a 27-year-old with Lin’s production and potential.
Jeremy Lin is far outperforming his contract — and no one’s giving him any credit for it. Surprised?
Lin’s dogged, raving critics certainly would be if they ever took the time to notice what he actually does on the court. Take the 17-point night and 7-for-11 shooting he dropped on one of his old teams (the Knicks) Wednesday night. Or the savagely efficient game he played in the Charlotte Hornets’ win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Lin took advantage of every minute Charlotte coach Steve Clifford gave him, racking up 19 points on 6-for-11 shooting, a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and a nifty plus-18 rating.
More importantly, Lin attacked the surprising Timberwolves’ defense at every turn, never letting a young team get comfortable on its own court. He repeatedly drove into the teeth of the Wolves defense, unleashed full-court passes on the break (several Lin assists were left on the table when teammates blew layups) and completely shut down veteran shooting guard Kevin Martin in the second half.
Lin even harassed and frustrated Martin into two blatant offensive fouls, showing the type of defense he’s not supposed to have. This is how you completely change a game.
When Lin first checked in with 1:51 left in the first quarter, Charlotte trailed by 11 points. The Hornets then proceeded to score on their next eight possessions — with Lin running the point — to take over the lead, and the game. Game changers like this are not available for $2.1 million, unless they have been torn down by a mob.
Whatever you think of Lin’s time in Houston — and whatever your opinion is of the notion that racism and Asian stereotypes have dramatically impacted his NBA career, as 60 Minutes, the Linsanity movie that made the rounds of the festival circuit, and other respected outlets have argued — his adjustment to Charlotte provides fascinating theater.
There is no doubt it’s an improvement over the nonsensical agony of playing for Byron Scott, the man with no plans. Lin’s still not getting the minutes his play dictates he should be getting. Before being given the chance to finish the final 16 minutes of the game (and play 26 minutes overall) against the Wolves, Lin received 22 minutes or less of playing time in the four games leading up to Tuesday. And he went back to 21 minutes against the Knicks Wednesday, though Clifford smartly closed with him again.
The minutes are much too low overall — especially considering how desperately Charlotte’s offense needs his playmaking and perimeter defense (starting Hornets “point” guard Kemba Walker somehow managed to post a negative14 plus-minus in a game Charlotte won by nine). Still, this strange minute allotment doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon. Clifford loves having an impact bench and seems wedded to Walker.
But at least Lin finally has a coach post-Mike D’Antoni who will sometimes ride his hot hand.
“I kept looking in the fourth quarter (to get starter Jeremy Lamb back in), but Jeremy Lin was really the one who did the best job on Kevin Martin,” Clifford told reporters after the game.
It’s a start. It will have to do for now. What’s more important in the larger scheme of Lin’s NBA future is that he appears more confident in who he is. Maybe that gelled-up mohawk he sports these days represents another sign — as silly as it is seems — that this is a player now unafraid to stick out and grab the spotlight.
One unmistakable truth is that Jeremy Lin is a Walking Bargain. His current salary ranks 261st in a league of 407 players, a league where Cory Joseph (8.0 points and 2.9 assists per game) pulls down $7 million a year and even Swaggy P banks $5.2 million.
Let’s see this become a story.
It kinda worked before...but that's way to much he would've left
Doc and having his fucking son on the team
The Spurs are flawed
They're going to miss Corey Joseph and they have a bunch of fours, but they need more back court depth, because they're still too dependent on a old and injury prone Parker and Ginoboli.
Nah truth wasn't the only one. I was in that thread being made saying they'd make that leap when everyone was like they weren't as well.
I don't think the spurs will win it this year. I don't root for the spurs I am a leonard fan but not enough to root for the spurs to beat other teams and shit.
look at the numbers I posted of Leonards performance in that first round series
Again if that was a 2 man team plus role players leonard still escaped virtually scot free for his performance WHEN IT COUNTED
but people move goal posts based on who it is they are discussing....Miami got slandered for losing the finals but the defending champs going out in the first round gets nary a peep
Again Wade has been more injured during the Heat playoff run than Parker was at any point in that series
Rondo has had 3 triple doubles this week
Now he wanna play right and not quit and be a bitch
Rondo you pill headed Faggit
Now he wanna play right and not quit and be a bitch
Rondo you pill headed Faggit
between the Odom and Rondo fuckups I think Cuban should be asked some hard questions
Dont get me wrong Rondo is still gonna be not worth the trouble no matter where he goes
Jeremy Lin Emerges As the Most Underpaid Player in the NBA: How Linsanity Lives After Houston
Jeremy Lin looks different than he did in Houston, but there's much more to the story. (Photo courtesy Hornets Online)
Houston’s not just a city of transplants. It also sends interesting people out into world who have a great impact on their new communities. In PaperCity‘s “Where Are They Now?” series, we’ll catch up with prominent former Houstonians who happen to lay their heads down elsewhere now.
Jeremy Lin heard the echoes and the outrage for years. Everyone from fans who don’t know better to fellow players who should railed against his paychecks, called them inflated and ridiculous while seeming to be somehow personally offended by the whole thing.
Wherever he turned, Lin would find someone else telling the world how “overpaid” he was. It dogged his tenure in Houston almost as much as Kevin McHale’s coaching and Patrick Beverley’s ultra-inflated defensive reputation did. Lin’s paycheck — which never truly stood out of whack in a professional sports league in which average role players like the San Antonio Spurs’ Danny Green pull down $10 million a season — was forever being used against him.
Now, the former Houston Rockets guard is clearly one of the most underpaid players in the NBA. And absolutely nobody’s talking about it.
Lin is making $2.1 million this season. That’s not just a far cry from the three-year, $25-million deal the Rockets nabbed him with post Linsanity; it’s less than half the NBA’s $4.9 million average salary. Which is absurd for a 27-year-old with Lin’s production and potential.
Jeremy Lin is far outperforming his contract — and no one’s giving him any credit for it. Surprised?
Lin’s dogged, raving critics certainly would be if they ever took the time to notice what he actually does on the court. Take the 17-point night and 7-for-11 shooting he dropped on one of his old teams (the Knicks) Wednesday night. Or the savagely efficient game he played in the Charlotte Hornets’ win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Lin took advantage of every minute Charlotte coach Steve Clifford gave him, racking up 19 points on 6-for-11 shooting, a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and a nifty plus-18 rating.
More importantly, Lin attacked the surprising Timberwolves’ defense at every turn, never letting a young team get comfortable on its own court. He repeatedly drove into the teeth of the Wolves defense, unleashed full-court passes on the break (several Lin assists were left on the table when teammates blew layups) and completely shut down veteran shooting guard Kevin Martin in the second half.
Lin even harassed and frustrated Martin into two blatant offensive fouls, showing the type of defense he’s not supposed to have. This is how you completely change a game.
When Lin first checked in with 1:51 left in the first quarter, Charlotte trailed by 11 points. The Hornets then proceeded to score on their next eight possessions — with Lin running the point — to take over the lead, and the game. Game changers like this are not available for $2.1 million, unless they have been torn down by a mob.
Whatever you think of Lin’s time in Houston — and whatever your opinion is of the notion that racism and Asian stereotypes have dramatically impacted his NBA career, as 60 Minutes, the Linsanity movie that made the rounds of the festival circuit, and other respected outlets have argued — his adjustment to Charlotte provides fascinating theater.
There is no doubt it’s an improvement over the nonsensical agony of playing for Byron Scott, the man with no plans. Lin’s still not getting the minutes his play dictates he should be getting. Before being given the chance to finish the final 16 minutes of the game (and play 26 minutes overall) against the Wolves, Lin received 22 minutes or less of playing time in the four games leading up to Tuesday. And he went back to 21 minutes against the Knicks Wednesday, though Clifford smartly closed with him again.
The minutes are much too low overall — especially considering how desperately Charlotte’s offense needs his playmaking and perimeter defense (starting Hornets “point” guard Kemba Walker somehow managed to post a negative14 plus-minus in a game Charlotte won by nine). Still, this strange minute allotment doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon. Clifford loves having an impact bench and seems wedded to Walker.
But at least Lin finally has a coach post-Mike D’Antoni who will sometimes ride his hot hand.
“I kept looking in the fourth quarter (to get starter Jeremy Lamb back in), but Jeremy Lin was really the one who did the best job on Kevin Martin,” Clifford told reporters after the game.
It’s a start. It will have to do for now. What’s more important in the larger scheme of Lin’s NBA future is that he appears more confident in who he is. Maybe that gelled-up mohawk he sports these days represents another sign — as silly as it is seems — that this is a player now unafraid to stick out and grab the spotlight.
One unmistakable truth is that Jeremy Lin is a Walking Bargain. His current salary ranks 261st in a league of 407 players, a league where Cory Joseph (8.0 points and 2.9 assists per game) pulls down $7 million a year and even Swaggy P banks $5.2 million.
Let’s see this become a story.
Oh now folk want to eat that Chinese food again?
He will get paid again... He's good
Dude can play, but you just gotta let him control the flow
You got the PG y'all wanted DWill, few years late tho
Well the Odom thing is unacceptable and he owns that he says that is the worst decision he has made as the owner
I don't think that alone is but the entire sequence of events post title have been awful including Odom right after in 2011
As far as Rondo goes it was a good move as far as his talent level but the dude is a primadonna and is basically uncoachable
Carlisle didn't let him work I'm not letting him off the hook either
But fuck Rondo for quitting on us in a playoff series where let's face it he was needed
Typical Mavs getting washed up players
Getting Williams didn't excite me it actually made me mad
Oh now folk want to eat that Chinese food again?
He will get paid again... He's good
definitely can play in the nba
No Leonard was ass in that series against the clippers. if he was able to show up offensively they could've pulled it out. Duncan was out there holding it down by himself
the only thing leonard did was lock up who he was defending. the clippers literally picked on danny green the entire series. whoever leonard went to just gave it to whoever was being guarded by danny green and they went to work lol
He just didn't like yall man. that's just clear. he didn't like yall yall didn't like him
I been telling folk he can play in NBA he just needs the right team where he's not the focal point
Bulls ending that Warriors streak in a few days.
Get ready!
BULLS!!!!!!!!!!
Get ready!
BULLS!!!!!!!!!!
That's like chi raq being stopped. It ain't gonna happen. D rose getting that Chris Paul treatment.
Well the team didn't like him cuz of the way he was acting
He didn't like the team cuz they wasn't putting up with his shit
Team obviously liked him enough to trade for him then he came in acting like a entitled weirdo bitch
Yea im talking bout him personally. Before you get someone on paper its a good idea.
Yall needed a K.G. to tell him to shut his punk ass up and play basketball
Demarcus cousins takes none of that bullshit from rondo im willing to bet that lol
dirk was probably being his normal cool self and rondo tried to run all over the team.
Shit doubt that tha fool kg likely promoted that fuck shit
Since you post this we gonna act like everything kool, see u aight with us!!!
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