The Golden State Warriors have passed up on a lot of talent over their franchise history that has many questioning their organization. over the years they have traded Wilt Chamberlin, Robert Parish, Chris Webber, and Tim Hardaway to name a few. Most of whom became all stars, won championships, and have gone into the hall of fame after being traded by the team. Jeremy Lin, the much talked about surprise player for the knicks, was also traded by the Warriors. He has stepped up tremendously in the last couple of games after the injuries to Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire seemed to hurt the team. The Knicks are currently on a five game win streak with Lin averaging around 28 points a game. Considering how well Lin continues to play this may add to the abysmal list of good players that Golden State gave up on and traded away.
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Good read. The thing is, the Warriors already have Steph Curry and Monte Ellis who are two elite scorers in the league. Ellis especially is I believe the 6th leading scorer in the league. To go along with them, they have the rookie guard Clay Thompson and Nate Robinson who are both well rounded guards who provide a spark off the bench. I don't think the Warriors made a mistake on this one but Lin is doing big things and is definitely a huge surprise to everyone, the way he is playing.
ReplyDeletei think we should wait to see if realising Lin was really that big of a mistake or if this is just a short term thing that will go away
ReplyDeleteVery interesting take on the Lin hoopla. The team that let him get away also plays right in his backyard. Incredible! (I lintentionally did not say lincredible.)
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