The problems are not just about the loss of the Nets starting point guard and all that means day in, day out. It also is going to delay development of on-court continuity and chemistry. Lin had only played four and a half games before being injured. It’s almost back to square one when he returns.
Lin has become sort of an assistant point guard coach, with clipboard, natty suit and matching eyeglasses in the Nets’ last games.
Incidentally, there is no bad blood between Jeremy Lin and his former team, the Charlotte Hornets. They parted amicably since the Hornets management can only afford to offer him such in light of its talent-heavy roster.
They also could not offer him the starting point guard position for the team because that rightfully belongs to Kemba Walker.
Jeremy Lin would have loved to play against his former team during the match pitting the Brooklyn Nets against the Charlotte Hornets early last month but the 28-year-old Harvard graduate still felt some tweak in his left hamstring.
The Hornets defeated the Nets but if he comes back to the lineup real soon, Jeremy Lin would have three more chances to play against his former team.