Based on the statistics provided by a basketball site, it noted that the averages of Jeremy Lin have been declining over the last four seasons. Prior to his breakout game, he has been norming 10.4 points per game this season and the site is comparing it already to his 11.2 points per game average while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers last year.
It is just ironic and quite absurd really to compare his points after 19 games and put it against an average for the entire season last year composed of 82 games. Somehow it just does not do justice and obviously, the site is just capitalizing on the popularity of Jeremy Lin on the internet.
It did point out that when Lin was playing for the New York Knicks, he was averaging 14.6 points per game. In his two seasons with the Houston Rockets, Lin was scoring 13.4 points per game during his first year, and 12.5 points per game during his second year.
For a player who is earning $2.2 million a year, and scoring 10.4 points per game and dishing off 2.9 assists per game, the Hornets is surely getting more than its investments. But some critics seem to focus on the microcosm of things like Lin’s hairdo or his uncompleted fastbreak play.