In adjusting to life without Lin, the Nets will come to realizations about what they have and what their system can do beyond him, a setback wrapped in a silver lining.
Kilpatrick describes the Nets injury woes as pretty hard. He said that the guys who are on the bench are sitting here watching those guys put the work in. When it’s their time to perform, the lights are on. Now it’s time for them to do something because there can’t be any setbacks, he pointed out.
With the Nets so thin at point guard, it will be tempting to lean heavily on Foye once he makes his season debut. But Atkinson intends to resist that urge.
He said that he does not think they can throw Foye out there for 35 minutes. He said that it’s something where they must have a plan in place and ease into building him back up.
Foye is most useful right now as a steadying floor presence. Lin has done a tremendous job dictating the ebbs and flows of the offense and been lauded for his guidance of others, the same virtues Atkinson expects Foye to bring for however long he’s on the court.
I am confused….he did finished the game with the Bulls. He played the game with the Pistons and responsible for keeping the Nets with lead before going down with the injury…Not sure if we watched the same games.