The bigger question now is whether Jeremy Lin opts out of his two-year $4.3 million contract with Charlotte which he signed last year as he has been given the option to. But since he is enjoying his stint with Charlotte, it looks likely that he will stay with the team and just renegotiate for a better deal in the summer of 2017.
But if the Hornets go deep in the current NBA playoffs, there is a good chance that Michael Jordan as team president would already renegotiate for him a modified contract extension where he would likely get more than the $2.1 million per year that he is getting this season.
Incidentally, the NBA has reviewed its officiating database to disprove allegations that the NBA referees are biased in calling flagrant or hard fouls against Jeremy Lin.
The league made its clarification on its website and said that over the last three seasons, Mr. Lin ranked 21st among all NBA players in the number of drives to the basket. He has apparently drawn more common fouls on those drives than other players like Reggie Jackson, Tony Parker, Tyreke Evans, Ty Lawson, Kyrie Irving, or Victor Oladipo.
The NBA said that Jeremy Lin has drawn fouls at the seventh highest rate among the 23 players in the league with more than 1,500 recorded drives to the basket in the past three seasons.
Given the infrequency of flagrant fouls at one per every 500 foul calls, it is not statistically significant that none of Mr. Lin’s 814 fouls drawn were deemed flagrant, notes the NBA.