Monday, October 8th, 2012 at 9:30 am  |  165 responses

Tyson Chandler Says Jeremy Lin Wasn’t Able to Run Knicks’ Offense


Now that Jeremy Lin is in Houston, former teammate Tyson Chandler claims that the young point guard didn’t know how to properly run New York’s offense. Reports Newsday: “The Knicks’ play at point guard wasn’t strong last season. Lin, Baron Davis, Toney Douglas, Mike Bibby and then-rookie Iman Shumpert all started at some point. Asked about Davis and Lin, who hadn’t started an NBA game before last season, Chandler said one was too banged up and the other too inexperienced. ‘Baron was hurt and Jeremy was a young point guard who was just learning, trying to learn and figure out an offense,’ Chandler said. ‘It was nothing against them and it was definitely nothing against Baron. Baron was hurt the whole year and giving us everything he had. Jeremy was a young point guard who was inexperienced, who brought a great light to the organization. But as far as being able to run the offense and putting players in the right position he just wasn’t there. We got some veteran point guards that are capable of doing that.’ Chandler was a big Lin fan and praised him repeatedly last season. But with Lin now a member of the Houston Rockets, the Knicks have moved on.”

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  • pposse

    what in the blue hell does tyson chandler know about offense anyways??!

  • msrita

    Your Coach is the problem. He told him to check his free agent options. He got more money than Carmelo Anthony the 63 Million Dollar clown. I’m happy for his move to the Rockets.

  • Raseven

    Lin is overrated plain and simple Tyson is a good judge of how a pg runs an offense considering he played with cp3 and j kidd

  • TC777JLIN168

    I suggest your numbers again. Those you quoted are the averages from the 35 games he played in his entire 2011-12 season, so include the 9-10 games in the beginning part of the season when he played very few minutes.

    With that said, I do think that Chandler is saying like it is and Lin would be the first to agree, because he is young and inexperienced. As such, he did not have the clout to command the floor when the stars Melo and Stat returned (more Melo than Stat), and was not allowed to once Woodson became the coach.

    Whereas Felton says he is a dog (about himself). I take it to mean that Felton is going to bark at everyone on the team until they fall in line regardless of stars or no stars.. Of course, for him to say that, Felton most likely has the nods from his coaches and teammates to do that, which Lin only had it when the team was without Melo and Stat. So it will be definitely interesting to see how things unfold with the Knicks this year. I for one can not wait for the real games to start. Go Knicks!

  • TC777JLIN168

    *you check your numbers again.

  • danpowers

    aggree on everything you said here. the 14-7 included his bench warmer games but all the other stats i brought up were just his starts. and yes sir, lets go knicks

  • Yi-Cheng Chen

    haha. yes, haha. tyson chandler should just play his basketball. period. if he didn’t win that championship in dallas, he’ll still just be another marcus camby (sounds like an insult to camby) but anyway, i don’t have to prove you wrong of your opinion, because Lin will prove that for himself.

  • danpowers

    you dont understand the statement then. i said lin will be a good player, i bet chandler is also of that oppinion like anybody else. this is not about what lin is going to be. it is about what he actually did. if you dont know the importance of taking care of the basketball and meshing your stars on offense as a point guard then you just dont understand the game son. nobody says he played bad in ny. just that he isnt a veteran floor general yet.

  • Yi-Cheng Chen

    did i even said anything about their playing (Chandler and JLin) in NY? I never mentioned about how good or how bad they are. You are the one typing nonstop defending yourself.

  • danpowers

    i am not defending myself. i just dont get why people go on thinking that 1+1=3

  • George@gmail.com

    SOur Grapes…one of those uneducated NBA Players…you could have just shut your mouth …people may not know your stupidity….

  • iamlinsane

    i hate you now chandler… You didnt know how to run offense on USA basketball either… punked

  • Mo Money

    Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Chris Bosh

  • Mo Money

    honestly, TC called it like it is. when melo returned, there was obviously lack of ball movement, which contributed to lin not performing as he did before. plus, there was a drastic change of style going from woodson to d’antoni. what he was basically saying was that lin just didnt fit in new york. i dont see anything disrespectful in that.

  • Mel Yellow

    Black people hate Asians, especially if they do well or better than them. F*** Chandler!!!

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