PG (C+) Lin 79 Clarkson 69 Price 63 WING (C) Kobe 83 Clarkson 67 Brown 62 Young 60 Price 53 Ellington 52 Johnson 50 Kelly 39 BIG (B) Davis 88 Hill 80 Boozer 72 Black 71 Sacre 66 Johnson 58 Kelly 43 Randle 21 Clarkson takes it up a notch.
Black is in a good role. In fact... Lin/Clarkson Kobe/Ellington/Brown ?/Young Hill/Boozer Davis/Black These players are all playing reasonable good roles. I take it we'll have a shakeup at PF, we could use a PG who doesn't go passive when Kobe plays, and we could use a starting SF. (Or a C and reshuffle.) It's interesting to see how players have moved in and out of the rotation and how they have done with these different looks. Our rooks are making moves.
Black has proven to be productive with minutes. Clarkson has been the steal of the draft. Randle looked great before his injury... What if we leave 2014/2015 with three of the best rookies from that year? Not bad, eh?
Looking at PER, Jabari Brown is also in the top 30 right now among rookies. I know it's limited time, but if we just picked up 4 of the top 30 players entering the league this year, that's a huge coup. And I presume we'll add one of the top five and a total of two of the top 30 next season. That's a quick restocking. It's a really exciting group of players.
It really is, I agree 100%. We'll still need a legit, experienced star to lead those guys, but the future looks bright.
Trodgers, is it possible to get a statistical breakdown of Lin's numbers post all star break, please?
Pre STAT Post 5.51 Scoring 6.21 3.75 Passing 3.89 2.33 Hustle 2.84 75 RATING 91 Lin has been a beast post-ASB
It's great that he's playing well and all, but where was this at the start of the year? I don't like it.
This is what pisses me off; also, Clarkson came in and has gradually improved as a ROOKIE under Byron Scott and contributed positively...if a rookie could come in and be a net positive on the basketball court, then I would expect Lin to do the same, take charge, and lead our offense and put people in positions where they need to be successful on the basketball court as the point guard. I've seen more from Clarkson has a basketball player and as a leader than I have from Lin at any point in the season minus his recent sting post ASB. However, I'd be willing to give it one more shot with Lin on a discount of a deal, and I'm excited about him staring with Clarkson in the backcourt. Also, I do think Byron has been running more pick in roll with Lin, and he (Lin) has benefited tremendously evidenced by the numbers he's been putting up recently.
I share those sentiments. Why couldn't he get this going early on? Kobe? I doubt it - because Kobe missed a lot of time.
It was that Lakers clique of about 6 players where they scapegoated Lin for everything and yelled at him on the floor. Wouldn't even help him up when he was knocked down hard. Oh wait.....that didn't happen here it was in Houston. Here we all thought he'd be so mentally tough coming in. He and Scott seemed to not be a mutual admiration society as a pair. Maybe that got to him. Who knows.
PG (B-) Lin 80 Clarkson 70 Price 63 WING (C) Kobe 83 Clarkson 69 Brown 62 Young 60 Price 53 Ellington 52 Johnson 50 Kelly 41 BIG (B) Davis 88 Hill 80 Boozer 72 Black 72 Sacre 66 Johnson 58 Kelly 45 Randle 21
I think I had Brown's numbers mixed up with another column. PG Lin 80 Clarkson 71 Price 63 Wing Kobe 83 Clarkson 70 Young 60 Price 53 Ellington 52 Brown 50 Johnson 50 Kelly 40 Henry 38 Randle 20 BIG Davis 88 Hill 80 Black 73 Boozer 72 Sacre 66 Johnson 58 Kelly 45 Randle 21
Au contraire....he has been willing to do the dirty work...... .......of maintenance on the Tank. Ever see the tracks on those things after stomping through the mud?
Hm... I think he's a decent scorer. He's got 7 points a night on 20 minutes played shooting over 50% from the field and 46.7% from deep. I do agree he doesn't do much else statistically though.
