An opportunity to bring back Linsanity
Meanwhile, Charlotte Hornets starting small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist recently got injured and was reported that he will be missing six months.
Kidd-Gilchrist was the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft and he was the main reason for the recent turnaround of the Hornets franchise in the NBA during the past two seasons. From the perennial cellar-dweller, the Hornets became a playoff contender although it still lacks a couple more pieces to finally get over the hump.
The Hornets picked up Lin and Nicolas Batum during the off-season and it seems like things will be going even better for the Hornets in the upcoming season. Until, Kidd-Gilchrist got injured just recently and put all the game plays and strategies of Steve Clifford in complete disarray. Now, he has to deal with the situation without his prolific small forward.
According to reports, Clifford would certainly be forced to make full use of his two new recruits – Batum and Lin – to pick up the slack in the absence of Kidd-Gilchrist.
Aside from the possibility of getting more minutes while Kidd-Gilchrist is out, Jeremy Lin is actually facing the prospect of reliving Linsanity all over again. He was able to exude the spitfire spirit and developed Linsanity in a matter of few weeks playing for the New York Knicks after the team’s star player and prolific scorer, Carmelo Anthony, went down with an injury.
Lin is now faced with the same situation with the Hornets and it is up to him to show that he is capable of enabling the re-emergence of Linsanity, which he was not able to do while playing for the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers during the past three seasons.