"Jeremy Lin was the backup point guard, and then we brought in Acie Law and [Smart] didn't play Jeremy but played Acie Law, which I thought was not great. That was something he and I disagreed on.
Interesting quote by Lacob at the end of the column. But, yes, here's another Lin post. SORRY.
Lacob should feel somewhat vindicated, even if he did sign off on cutting Lin. I wasn’t a fan of cutting him and using the amnesty on Bell in order to sign Jordan to an offer sheet. I think everyone anticipated the Clip were going to match. However, I can kinda understand Lacob’s thinking:
Translation: The Clips wouln’t match because Sterling is a cheap A** piece of S***.
I suppose you can’t argue with that logic.
It’s fairly obvious there were very few people in the NBA that predicted Lin playing so well this season. I agree with Morey, I don’t even think the Knicks had much of an idea. They were as surprised as anyone about his play the last few games.
No reason to apologize for this post. It was a very interesting read with some good info about the Warriors. I’m starting to get a little Jeremy Lin fatigue, but Sam Amick articles are always welcome.
Pippen - February 10, 2012
What I don't get is WHY we had to cut lin, if we amenstied bell?
The amnesty should have opened up a spot for Deandre regardless.
We waived Lin to sign Ish
tafkasam - February 10, 2012
They wanted to make the offer to Jordan as big as possible in order to scare of the Clips. It was stupid, but that was their thought process.
They cut Lin on December 9, signed Jordan to the offer sheet on the 11th, and picked up Smith off waivers on the 16th. It sounds like they were hoping to get Lin back, but it didn’t work out, so they settled for Smith. It sucks, but Lin is probably better off playing in NY.
Pippen - February 10, 2012
I know if Lin even thought about a 25 point game a missile would have struck Oracle, so probably best he didn't stay here.
true torture - February 10, 2012
we apparently thought waiving lin and being to offer deandre 500k more per year would be the difference between the clippers matching deandre or not
bigkino217 - February 10, 2012
being able to*
bigkino217 - February 10, 2012
No, the waived Lin because they Drafted Charles Jenkins and thought
he Jeremy was expendable because he wasnt this good last season and no one saw him being this good. NO ONE.
Spreefor3!!! - February 10, 2012
I think all the Warriors fans think Lin can do good expect a Smart azz guy think fans are stupid and wrong
ILoveWarriorsGirls - February 10, 2012
another Lacob mis-estimation ?
the owner sounded a bit wistful when he explained that they thought they might be able to re-sign Lin after he cleared waivers, after Hou’s cut as well. did he think that no other teams valued Lin more highly than he did ? if he knew there’d be interest from other teams, would he still use Lin as the sacrificial pawn in the Jordan gambit ? "Experience is a dear school, but a fool will learn by no other "
Lin has an opportunity now that Lacob and his cohorts would persist in postponing ; if they have regrets, it’s moot and hollow. Lee gave Lin the keys to his NY apartment when he found out his ex-‘mate was homeless and crashing in his bro’s living room, and his new ‘mate Chandler had nice words of praise. we’ll probably learn more about the blind spots in Lacob’s ego ; it’s just karmic compensation for the cohan era.
the.monk - February 10, 2012
we’ll probably learn more about the blind spots in Lacob’s ego ; it’s just karmic compensation for the cohan era.
I don’t know about that. The move to me seems like one of the most sensible moves Lacob has made. Based on the evidence at the time it made sense. Can’t blame him for trying to do the right thing.
Skeptic con Urquell - February 10, 2012
It was not the right thing to do at the time
You have a player with value in Lin. They had to know that Jordan would not be signed and that Lin and Reggie would be leaving the team. The logical thing to do since the Warriors were not getting a game changing big man would be to blow up the team. Amnesty Biedrins, trade Monta and Bell for some useless but large expiring contract(and a draft pick if possible.) Keep players like Reggie and Lin, actually play rookies and young players to develop them. Reassess your own assets and trade the players that don’t fit into your larger vision and sign players that do.
This front office has used half-measures. No more half-measures only full measures. The time is now. Actually the time was a year and a half ago.
brutusbrutus - February 10, 2012
You have a player with value in Lin
No ,the knicks have a player with value in Lin. Lin didn’t have that value when he was here. Value is not a constant, Lin only had value as a backup guard which was not that much at the time. Houston, Dallas and Lakers IIRC also felt they could do without his talents. D’antoni was just the lucky guy who had Lin drop into his lap,and if Boom had been healthy he’d have never had that gift.
Skeptic con Urquell - February 10, 2012
What's up been a owner and can't tell Smart and Riley go do what he wants the team to do?
It is all excuses. Pointing fingers and has no progress to make the team better.
ILoveWarriorsGirls - February 10, 2012
Keith Smart = Looks Dumber Every Single Day
This just shows just how dumb Keith Smart was last year. How is Keith Smart even coaching in the NBA? He overplays Monta, sits Curry and rots Reggie Williams, plays maybe the worst NBA player in the league last year, Acie Law, regularly.
D’Antoni was slow, it took him 20 games, but Keith Smart had an entire season to be stupid.
Every scout claiming nobody knew how good he would be is spinning truth. They all downplayed good plays Lin made and amplified his mistakes to fit their prejudice of him as a player. Nobody gave him a chance.
There are probably hundreds of Jeremy Lins out there who could play good college ball and deserve a chance, the chance Jeremy Lin never got being the only California HS player of the year ever to not receive a single D-I scholarship.
BayMind - February 10, 2012
Kobe Bryant on Jeremy Lin (post-Lakers-game)
Kobe Bryant on Lin (now he knows who he is):
“He has been phenomenal,” Bryant said. "We have watched some tape on him. We came up with a strategy that we thought would be effective, but he was knocking down his jump shot, penetrating and he got around our guards. …
“Players don’t usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning, but no one ever noticed. … It is a great story. It is a testament to perseverance and hard work. It is a good example to kids everywhere.”
“BUT NO ONE EVER NOTICED”
BayMind - February 10, 2012
Keith Smart = Looks Dumber Every Single Day
you do know that the Smart coached very young Kings just beat the Thunder?
That’s way more impressive than JLin’s 38 points as guards on teams without lots of scorers often put up high numbers. Arenas had a couple of seasons of more than 25PPG averages after we lost him so this is not the worst thing that has happened to the Dubs, just the latest :>)
Skeptic con Urquell - February 10, 2012
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