It did point out that when Lin was playing for the New York Knicks, he was averaging 14.6 points per game. In his two seasons with the Houston Rockets, Lin was scoring 13.4 points per game during his first year, and 12.5 points per game during his second year.
For a player who is earning $2.2 million a year, and scoring 10.4 points per game and dishing off 2.9 assists per game, the Hornets is surely getting more than its investments. But some critics seem to focus on the microcosm of things that even the slightest miscue of Lin gets to be published.
Playing for the Hornets, the 27-year-old Harvard graduate is proving to be a dependable reserve point guard for Steve Clifford’s backup roster.
In a recent interview with Clifford, the Hornets head coach said that Jeremy can actually play two spots with the way the NBA is going at the moment. He could play as an off guard to Kemba Walker’s point guard or can also play as a point guard.
What is important for Jeremy Lin at this point is that he is playing so well minus the pressure of a big-money contract that used to hound him when he was still playing for the Houston Rockets for two years, and the Los Angeles Lakers for a single season last year.
Hooray for the underdog JLin…an American story
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