[PhiSlammaGrammaParticipant]

 Anybody seen this article on SLAMOnline about Lin’s testing numbers?

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2012/03/life-in-the-fast-lane/

Looks like it’s a series of new blog posts by the company who does the athletic testing at the NBA Combine

thebamboxscore.com/

 

Pretty interesting stuff!

 

[B FreeParticipant]

 That was very interesting, I really like the way its broken down. But I don’t think we all thought he was slow.

[aamir543Participant]

Damn, but after watching him a couple times this past month, you can tell he has a really quick first step, but how do NBA teams miss that? I mean, to have speed times that fast and then to call him slow?

[Hi its BenParticipant]

LOL I thought this was the second coming of "Jeremy Lin Facts"

[aamir543Participant]

 ^I mean, it could be, anyone up for some Rugrats?

[Mr. 19134Participant]

 Kyrie Irvings agility is off the charts.  I tried explaining to people that Rose isn’t greatest lateral accelerator these numbers back up his combine score in the lane agility testing.  But I’m not sold about these results the timing they were released is a little odd and he’s not faster then Wall no matter what way you wanna test them.

[DurantsWingspan]

I don’t believe these stats for a second. Jeremy Lin is nowhere near as fast, quick, or anything as Rose, Wall, or Irving. I mean are you guys kidding me? Yous see it with your own eyes.

[FastAndFuriousParticipant]

 Yea me neither, sure the numbers say otherwise, but c’mon, if you didn’t have these numbers NOBODY would even utter Jeremy Lin in the same sentence as Derrick Rose far as speed and agility goes.

If someone did they’d have hella negative points, numbers don’t lie, but in this case I’ll stick with my own 2(eyes).

[WeavvvParticipant]

 Just keep in mind, all these tests were done without the ball in their hands. It’s a completely different animal to continue to move this fast while handling the rock. As any sane basketball fan would argue, Wall, Rose, Irving, etc are all magicians, at this point, moving with the ball in their hands.

[TallmanNYCParticipant]

 Basketball Prospectus ranks all NBA players for athelticism on a a scale of negative 5 to plus 5. They base their athletic scores solely on the basis of doing things they consider athletic that end up in the box score. Those are mainly rebounding, steals, and blocks. They compare players against other players based on their primary position. So a guard who blocks one shot a game increases his athletic score while a center who blocks one shot a game isn’t going to help himself. 

Lin’s score was plus 5, highest that they give out. This is what they wrote when the book came out in December, not after Linsanity. If you look at his college numbers, the production was there as well. Now that we are seeing him in consistent minutes we are seeing that he produces in these hustle, atheltic areas. Also his first step to the rim off the dribble is nearly unstoppable. He can’t finish like Rose and Irving since he doesn’t have Rose’s hops or Irving’s coordination. But man I thought it was ridiculous to watch him blow by the first defender repeatedly and have the announcers say that it was deceptive speed. There is nothing deceptive after you’ve beaten your man for three quarters. It is just speed. This is just more evidence that the NBA teams dropped the ball here big time even though they had lots of information right in front of them. Honestly, I think this is going to change the way the NBA drafts. There are NBA owners going to their GMs saying, "How did you miss this guy? Give me an explanation and understand . . . your job’s on the line here." 

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

Not sure what the Knicks are going to do about that. I thought he was going to get drafted. It was strange to see every team missed him. He showed serious speed at Harvard. The one thing I knew he could do was get to the rim against almost anyone. He is struggling with this squad since Melo’s return though. He has had to change his game too much and they are not winning. Wins and losses tell you how you should play. The Knicks play better when he is in control with the green light.

[aamir543Participant]

 I love Lin, but he needs to cut down on his attempts, because 18 attempts with two of the top 15 guys in the game(Amare might be having an off-season but you get what I mean) he needs to become more of a distributor.

[billykParticipant]

Lin would make a GREAT back up point guard, I think teams are starting to figure our his game…. His shot is inconsistent, he can’t go left, and he is a not the great of an on ball defender… Not to mention he is turnover prone!

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