Apparently Lin partied with the Blazers last night

If you can't beat them, join them.

 

who cares as long as he's all business on the court

 

after a series loss, especially where he handed them one game...this isn't really appropriate.

 

Great post.

Alot of people seem out of touch with reality. That, or they are just looking for yet another reason to b****. Seriously, people here need to step out more. They live in this fantasy world where the world revolves around them. Fickle, knee-jerk fans so quick to turn on players game after game, screaming TRADE PLAYER X, TRADE PLAYER Y are now butt-hurt because they expect "loyalty" in return, when the players understand this is a business. Literally or figuratively, why exactly would they want to "take a bullet" for fans like you? Only the ****iest type of fans would nitpick about crap like this. I'm glad they don't give a **** about your feelings and just live their life.

 

I doubt anyone is going to change anyone's mind on this issue. People have a right to be bothered by this. People have a right to be unbothered by this. Neither is "wrong," IMO.

 

Win or Lose, these guys all get paid at the end of the day and are usually friends off the court. The fake rivalries are pretty much created by the fans. These guys switch teams so often - there is no true rivalry.

 

As a fan it's disappointing but at the end of the day all these guys are buddies off the court. Starts with AAU where all the top prospects play together from their high school days.

Something doesn't seem quite right when the fans are apparently more upset about game 6 than the players.

 

Paul Pierce vs Lebron

 

Pierce and Lebron is a personal rivalry. It has nothing to do with team rivalries. They've been going at each other regardless of what team they're on.

Take 450 human beings and some of them are going to dislike each other. It has nothing to do with the jersey on their backs.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/mi.../the-long-history-of-the-james-pierce-rivalry

The players know that the fans are fickle. They're all one game, one series or one play away from going from zero to hero and back again. They play for themselves, their team mates and their coaches.

In the grand scheme, the fans are significantly lower down the list. And the actual organization is a blip for the most part.

Sure, there are players that love their organization and city. However that usually only happens after the organization ALSO displays loyalty... and how often do you see that happen if you're not a HoF caliber star?

Look at a typical day of CF threads. How many are along the lines of XXX sucks, YYY needs to be traded, ZZZ has no heart, etc, etc. If you're a player, why would you feel ANY loyalty towards that? Especially when in 2 seasons you've seen friend after friend after friend traded away whenever it's convenient?

This isn't college ball. This is professional sports where you're only as good as your last game, and you're basically only a trading card in a game being played by Billionaires.

 

You're saying
1) Lin et al. feel no loyalty toward Houston fans
2) CF posters suck with all their negative posts about their own team (you're right there)

At least Parsons won't be partying with Mo Williams.

 

Did JLin really hand them game 4? There were 18 seconds left in regulation, even after Batum scored and gave Blazers 1 point lead.

18 seconds is a long time: 2 Rockets possessions and 1 Blazers possession long. Then there was an OT.

 

Lin is on vacation now. Can he not do what he wants? You want him to mope around until the start of next season? You guys are r****ded...you can mope around all off season, but people have lives outside of basketball...

 

Lin is a traitor, I have a recording audio of Lin having a conversation with Dorrell Wright. Let's listen in...

Dorrell Wright: "Hey bro, thanks for turning over the ball at the end of the game there...that was awesome."
Lin: "No problem. I knew it...I was just waiting for the right opportunity to screwed them up.lol"
Dorrell Wright: "Right..right...I can't thank enough bro. I'll buy you dinner tonight if you want. All on me."
Lin: "We'll talk about it right after this series is over."

 

Sorry I don't believe this. J Lin is better than that.

 

will Harden party with Westbrook this off season? you think Beverley will joint?

 

He showed up for game 3 and 6?

 

I dont weather its his crazy fans or just his "dumb look" after a mistake, but i seriously havent hated on a player this much in a long a while...i hate jeremy lin and i hope we trade him for a bag of peanuts

 

Nope, not mope around til next season.

These guys get paid because of fan interest and performance. Perception is part of the job.

The least he could do is wait a couple days before partying, or not partying with the guy that just beat us