When Jeremy Lin came off the bench for the New York Knicks back in the 2011-12 NBA season following the injury that sidelined Carmelo Anthony, he whipped up a storm in the court for 17 consecutive games.
That whirlwind and helluva of a performance earned for the 26-year-old Harvard graduate the moniker of Linsanity and life has never been the same since for Jeremy Lin.
However, when Carmelo Anthony went back to active duty, Lin was relegated to a sideshow and practically became an unsung hero for the New York Knicks.
So upon the close of the season, he was traded to the Houston Rockets and signed for a three-year contract beginning in the 2012-13 NBA season.
Unfortunately, Lin was a not a fit in the Houston Rockets rotation because the team has just plenty of point guards and off guards in its lineup that he surely would not be able to compete for playing time with the likes of James Harden and Patrick Beverley.
So on his third year, he was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2014-15 NBA season. While he showed some occasional brilliance, it was not enough to impress Kobe Bryant or Lakers coach Byron Scott.
As a result, the Taiwanese-American player had his most miserable season as an NBA player since his New York Knicks day, and not counting his rookie year with the Golden State Warriors.
Hope springs eternal
But hope springs eternal for Jeremy Lin especially when he was picked up by the Charlotte Hornets during the off-season from free agency and was signed for a two-year contract.
Hornets head coach Steve Clifford alluded in recent interviews that he is looking at having Jeremy coming off the bench for starting point guard Kemba Walker.
Subsequently, however, reports also started coming out that Clifford might decide to use two point guards the way the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors have done last year, to give the Hornets multiple pick-and-roll options on offense. That certainly opened up opportunities for Lin to come in as a starter and get more playing minutes.
Recently, starter off guard and small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist got injured during the off-season 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 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 free agency 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 off guard or small forward, notes Hoops Habit.
A re-emergency of Linsanity
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 after the team’s star player and prolific scorer 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.