Tag: Kevin McHale

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Better Without James Harden But Still Needs Him

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Better Without James Harden But Still Needs Him

    The Houston Rockets losing 123-117 to the Philadelphia 76ers was a perfect example of how Jeremy Lin can be a great scorer when he doesn’t play next to James Harden, but how his team do need their injured shooting guard on the floor, if it was obvious in the first place, but also just how bad of a coaching job Kevin McHale has been doing.

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Gets to Carry James Harden

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Gets to Carry James Harden

    Maybe this is the game that makes Kevin McHale understand there’s no reason for Jeremy Lin to be demoted and for James Harden to be put on a pedestal. His backup point guard according to his recent lineup selections led the Houston Rockets to a 110-104 overtime win over the Toronto Raptors in a double overtime game.

  • Houston Rockets – James Harden Ruining it for Jeremy Lin and the Rest

    Houston Rockets – James Harden Ruining it for Jeremy Lin and the Rest

    The main reason the Houston Rockets have lost two consecutive home games? James Harden getting too much credit, freedom and power from Kevin McHale. At the expense of Jeremy Lin and team basketball that is proven to work much better for the Rockets, not to mention an attitude of selfishness spreading through the team, running the promising start and making it seem like adding Dwight Howard doesn’t change a thing.

  • Houston Rockets – James Harden Needs Jeremy Lin to Stop Him

    Houston Rockets – James Harden Needs Jeremy Lin to Stop Him

    There are plenty of reasons the Houston Rockets picked up an embarrassing and needless loss to the Los Angeles Lakers: Dwight Howard unable to convert shots from the line, Patrick Beverley starting for Jeremy Lin, terrible defense early on in the game, and James Harden not knowing when to stop thinking only about scoring on his own.

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Need a Focused Dwight Howard

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Need a Focused Dwight Howard

    The undefeated start for the Houston Rockets is over as Dwight Howard gathered too many fouls early on, James Harden went into his selfish mode and Jeremy Lin struggled to put the pieces together after such a horrendous start from the team.

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Great as a Bench Player

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Great as a Bench Player

    Maybe Kevin McHale knew what he was talking about – it doesn’t matter who starts, but who plays the most minutes. Jeremy Lin had an encouraging start to the season in his new role as the sixth man for the Houston Rockets, although most of the headlines were grabbed by Dwight Howard, having a great start to the next chapter in his career, hopefully ending better than the last two.

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Becoming a Sixth Man

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Becoming a Sixth Man

    Unless Kevin McHale has a change of heart at the last minute, it looks like Jeremy Lin is going to come off the bench in the early games of the 2013-2014 NBA season, which means Patrick Beverley is being preferred to play next to Dwight Howard and James Harden for the Houston Rockets in the starting lineup.

  • Jeremy Lin is Better For James Harden & Dwight Howard

    Jeremy Lin is Better For James Harden & Dwight Howard

    If preseason is an indication of anything, than Kevin McHale still doesn’t know what to do about his starting point guard position, giving Patrick Beverly the start in the final game while Jeremy Lin came off the bench, although it’s quite obvious when both of them are on the floor that James Harden and Dwight Howard will benefit from Lin playing as much as possible next to the two stars.

  • Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Need to be Like in His Linsanity Phase

    Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Need to be Like in His Linsanity Phase

    The Houston Rockets, at some level, expected Jeremy Lin to be as good as he was for the New York Knicks during his short ‘Linsanity’ phase. But the point guard isn’t that good of a basketball player to put up those numbers for a whole season. He’s a good enough player to do well in the league and with his current stock of teammates despite not hitting that level of being in the zone for more than a few nights a year.

  • Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin, James Harden, Dwight Howard and the Pick & Roll

    Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin, James Harden, Dwight Howard and the Pick & Roll

    While Dwight Howard is working on his post game with Hakeem Olajuwon and Kevin McHale, Jeremy Lin, and probably James Harden as well, are hoping to enjoy the presence of their new star center by utilizing him in as many Pick & Rolls as possible. The only problem with that? Howard might not be too keen on doing that anymore.