Lin averaged 11.7 points and 4.4 assists per game for the Charlotte Hornets last season while not exactly trying to blend into a crowd. Then it became a burden, because I didn’t know what I’d gotten myself into.
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“If there had been no Kenny there, I would not have come even close to considering joining [the Nets] That relationship is one of my more special relationships that I have developed”.
Atkinson, then a Knicks assistant, was at the forefront of the surge, working tirelessly with Lin to get the most out of the Harvard-educated playmaker.
Jeremy Lin and the Linsanity craze attached to him came and went after 35 games during the lottery shortened season of 2011-12.
With or without the racist issues, Lin has one thing in his mind – embrace his new opportunity and prove he belongs in the National Basketball Association.
He clearly wants to put the past behind him and focus on the future on Brooklyn. “I don’t even know what to think of it all ’cause it’s just so messed up”.
According to General Manager Sean Marks, “He’s grown [since Linsanity]”. Something about going through the trenches together – we kept at it. His supporters helped him have a great experience playing for NY.
“Obviously he’ll be our full-time point guard”, the first-time head coach added.
With former All-Star center Brook Lopez in place as the lone remnant from the Nets’ high-priced three-year playoff run upon their arrival in our fair borough, Lin lines up nicely as Brooklyn’s No. 2 option.
“I’ve been wanting to do this and a bunch of different hairstyles for a long time, ” Lin said. The mental approach to me, I try to worry about that more than the physical stuff. If you look at what’s going on in the world, and a lot of violence that’s going on in the world in terms of the justice system and all these different things, that’s real life.
With their introductory press conference now out of the way, we go By The Numbers with a dozen facts spotlighting the new members of the Brooklyn Nets for 2016-17.
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“It’s definitely less hectic”, he said of his life now and around the time when he first arrived in NY. His brother, Devin, was a freshman at Clemson during Trevor’s senior year (2009-10) and was a starter for the Tigers the next three years before beginning a pro career overseas, and their cousin is Jordan Hill, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft and a veteran of seven seasons with four teams. In a lot of ways – not in a negative way or that I’m offended – it dehumanizes me to refer to me as a phenomenon. I don’t really know any braiders in the Bay where I am in the offseason. “I’m not just saying Asians. I’m going to be here, keep playing my game, do the best I can and whatever you guys want to call it, that’s up to you”. I got scared. Started not to trust people and that turned into.
