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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2012, 07:22:59 PM »

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Now I guess I'd go with Jeremy Evans on Utah. 

Good call...  Right now he's nothing more than a dunking machine, but he COULD become one of those guys that has "Dennis Rodman-esque" qualities to his game that could help somebody.  Who knows?...maybe he could average 12 rebounds a game if given a shot.  But he was a name that came to mind for me as well.

Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2012, 08:50:24 PM »

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2012, 09:29:15 PM »

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2012, 09:33:52 PM »

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Maybe Shaun Livingston if he ever gets way healthier and stronger than I think he'll ever be

Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2012, 08:52:37 AM »

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2012, 09:08:39 AM »

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2012, 10:00:29 AM »

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Greivis Vasquez. I think he's still under utilized.
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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2012, 10:20:32 AM »

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Play well for five games?

Could be just about anyone.

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2012, 10:25:20 AM »

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Greivis Vasquez. I think he's still under utilized.
Yeah, I think he could be ridiculous one day, although I expected more out of him  with his new-found minutes.

Remember when Rondo used to shoot that many floaters?
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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2012, 10:41:57 AM »

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Greivis Vasquez. I think he's still under utilized.
Yeah, I think he could be ridiculous one day, although I expected more out of him  with his new-found minutes.

Remember when Rondo used to shoot that many floaters?

He's being used as a point. He is a scorer, Unfortunately they have Gordon in that team. But the dude is big time on one on one situations. Torched the ACC doing it. He can be a scorer off the bench like Harden is.
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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2012, 11:51:32 AM »

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Play well for five games?

Could be just about anyone.

This Lin stuff is WAY premature.

Anybody remember when Flip Murray  broke out at the start of the '03-'04 season?  Ray Allen was out for the start of the season, so Flip Murray got to step in as the starting shooting guard for Seattle.  For the first 11 games he was averaging 24ppg, and this was after averaging only 1.9ppg in 14 games the season before.

I wonder if there were any "let's trade Pierce for Murray" threads back then.

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #26 on: February 12, 2012, 04:39:16 PM »

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #27 on: February 12, 2012, 05:02:58 PM »

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Play well for five games?

Could be just about anyone.

This Lin stuff is WAY premature.

Anybody remember when Flip Murray  broke out at the start of the '03-'04 season?  Ray Allen was out for the start of the season, so Flip Murray got to step in as the starting shooting guard for Seattle.  For the first 11 games he was averaging 24ppg, and this was after averaging only 1.9ppg in 14 games the season before.

I wonder if there were any "let's trade Pierce for Murray" threads back then.

Hey LarBrd33, do you remember what the buzz in Seattle was like at the time?

Lin's doing a lot more than just scoring though.
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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #28 on: February 12, 2012, 05:57:57 PM »

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Play well for five games?

Could be just about anyone.

This Lin stuff is WAY premature.

Anybody remember when Flip Murray  broke out at the start of the '03-'04 season?  Ray Allen was out for the start of the season, so Flip Murray got to step in as the starting shooting guard for Seattle.  For the first 11 games he was averaging 24ppg, and this was after averaging only 1.9ppg in 14 games the season before.

I wonder if there were any "let's trade Pierce for Murray" threads back then.

Hey LarBrd33, do you remember what the buzz in Seattle was like at the time?

Lin's doing a lot more than just scoring though.

The man who deftly picked him up in our fantasy league would say that  >:(

I don't know, through the first 11 games for Flip Murray in '03-'04 he averaged:

23.9ppg, 50% fg, 39% 3pt, 65% ft, 4.3rpg, 4.4apg, 1.5spg, 0.6bpg, 2.9 to, 1.5 assist/turnover

Lin's averages over the last 5:

26.8ppg, 52% fg, 18% 3pt, 74% ft, 4.2rpg, 8.0apg, 2.0spg, 0.2bpg, 4.6 to, 1.7 assist/turnover

Except for assists (but it equals out somewhat when you consider assist-to-turnover), their numbers look pretty similar to me.  Let's see how Lin's numbers look at the end of the season.

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Re: What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?
« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2012, 06:46:07 PM »

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