Jeremy Lin is not just looking to become the court general and orchestrate the offense of the Brooklyn Nets in the upcoming NBA season, he is also looking to score since he is an offensive player, first and foremost.
The 27-year-old Harvard graduate said that he has become a better shooter because his shooting has vastly improved. He believes that with the improvement of his shooting, it will also open up much of his game, details the New York Post.
He also believes that his being a starter with the Brooklyn Nets will also help solidify his year-long attempt to remake his jumper.
Lin explained that he has been putting up 5,000 jumpers on a weekly basis to improve his shooting touch. Aside from driving the ball to the hoop, he has taken it to task to fire from long distance during practice.
He said that it is not about how many shots he takes but how he takes them, which would help his shooting percentage improve remarkably. He added that he has also added some mechanical tweaks to his game and it is now making its impact felt.
The Nets starting point guard said that he knows the work he put in going into the 2016-17 NBA season so he is confident in his shot, adding that he is more confident in his shot today than he probably has ever been and that he is hoping that it carries through in the upcoming NBA regular season.
Lin also disclosed that he has changed his shooting form while playing for the Charlotte Hornets which is why his shooting percentages dipped. He enthused that he was not as comfortable with it and he spent another summer to make some tweaks on his shooting. He believes that he now has the most fluid motion when he is shooting from deep or long distance.
Thankful for everything that comes his way
Jeremy Lin believes that ‘Linsanity’ would not have been born if he was not an Asian-American NBA player, hinting of some discrimination but in a subtle and slightly positive way.
He said that he always thought that race is a double-edged sword. He said that anything he has done on the court since his Linsanity days with the New York Knicks is hyper-magnified in a good or bad way.
Lin said that people are quick to discount him or say certain things about him because of his race and because of the way he looks.
He explained that Linsanity would not have been Linsanity if he had a different skin color. Lin added that he would not have been as big of a deal, and that also goes to his advantage.
The point guard with multiple hairstyles said that he has always understood that there are good and there are bad effects of discrimination and he thinks that it is good to just take them together and be thankful for it all, cites Yahoo! Sports.
Ready to become a team leader
Jeremy Lin normally plays best when he is at the point. His breakout period in the NBA came during the 2011-12 season when New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony and several other team stalwarts got injured and he had to start at the point.
That was when he made that impressive run which was later dubbed as Linsanity. Unfortunately, the Knicks thought of it only as a fleeting thing for the America-born player of Taiwanese descent. So he was shipped to the Houston Rockets where he signed a three-year contract.
Unfortunately again, Jeremy Lin was lost in the Houston Rockets offense even as a point guard since much of the offensive thrusts of the team emanate from James Harden who like to orchestrate the play despite being an off guard.
On the third year of his contract with Houston, Jeremy Lin was again shipped to the Los Angeles Lakers where he was not just lost in the offense, his kind of play is not to the liking of not only Kobe Bryant but also erstwhile Lakers coach Byron Scott.
He again moved to the Charlotte Hornets last season and played no-pressure basketball, playing second fiddle to Kemba Walker. The result is obvious, he delivered well which is the reason why he got a three-year $36 million offer from the Brooklyn Nets, which is way better than the $2.2 million per year he got from the Hornets last year and the $5.6 million offer that the team made to keep him.