Rockets Being Patient As Jeremy Lin Finds His Mojo

		Jeremy Lin himself admitted it — he was a bit surprised by his success and isn’t sure what this season will be like for him. That isn’t how the Rockets see things. He is their major off-season acquisition. It is Lin’s face on billboards and buses all over town. He is the face of the franchise. And Lin has struggled to find a groove with the Rockets this preseason. Through three games he has shot 4-of-19 for16 points, with 14[..]ists and 7 turnovers. He was particularly ineffective against the disciplined Spurs defense. Lin has struggled on defense, on offense he is not creating shots for himself or others. Lin sat out the Rockets preseason game Monday night, something scheduled from before the start of training camp so he could rest the knee he had surgery on before the summer, and coach Kevin McHale sounds patient with his star, via the Houston Chronicle’s Rockets blog (hat tip to SLAM). “He’s finding his way, as always happens when you haven’t played in a long time,” McHale said of Lin, who had not played since March prior to training camp. “He had surgery and took a long time off. He’s just getting his confidence back, trying to get his mojo going which is very common. “I said, ‘Just go out and relax and play. It’s going to come.” Anybody who has ever played and come back has gone through a period it’s kind of odd. All of a sudden, things click and he’s back to playing well and confident.” It’s preseason, McHale can afford to be patient and understanding. Not that he has a choice to be much different once the games start to matter — this is not a deep team loaded with options for McHale to play around with, this is a rebuilding team and McHale is going to have to ride the Lin train. But that may not be a smooth ride at all.

Rockets patient as they wait for Jeremy Lin to find his mojo | ProBasketballTalk

It's the preseason, there are people putting up 20pt games who could never do the same in an actual NBA season. Lin has shown what he can do in the past, I don't think he'll regress.

Dudes trash [pic]


Rockets lost

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"He's gonna be an allstar in the west" - Anonymous BX Poster

That's not far fetched since the fans get to vote in who they want as the starters and etc.

That Asian Market.

[pic] rockets lost

ha ha he play joke

I really wasn't expecting this [pic]

To be fair, he could with how the fans vote, they voted in Yao Ming who didn't even play that year lol.

He will be dumb nicca [pic]

16, 14 and 7 isn't that bad of a turnout in preseason...

he'll get with it.. he's no dummy.. why would he go 100% in preseason?

watch the season start, he starts ballin and ppl jump back on his !!.. [pic]

Lin sucks our back up Machado might be better. We're the youngest team in the league the only thing we competing for is a top 5 pick. Lin is here to keep Les Alexander money flowing in other than that we know he can't play.

this guy Lin will flop on the Rockets

He got his money though so [pic] That nicca played that hype. He got a nice contract, and probably a !!load of endorsement money.

If he stays healthy I expect him to develop chemistry with his new team.

An injury, new team, new system... I didn't expect him to be amazing right away

he could be the next sundiata gaines and he will still be an all star [pic]
those asian votes [pic]

He will be [pic]

Asian votes + Houston = easy money [pic]

Lin Bryant Durant Blake Dwight

Rose Wade Bron Melo Bynum

It is set in stone no matter how horrible each one plays [pic]

Lin is sucking now but he will be fine come December.
Rockets aren't gonna win a chip this year so they just trying to see
which of their new guys can step and be a major contributor that they can
pair up with a free agent + lotto pick for next season.

Lin
Lamb
Parsons
TJones
White
Donatas
Asik

ALL of these guys will get a chance to be THE guy for Houston for at least this year.
Martin is gonna be the steady 25pts a night still

Rockets have cap and picks for a decent Roster next season.
THIS is how you rebuild in the NBA, just gotta make good picks like OKC.