Out of the blue, Amare confirmed what many NY fans suspected that Carmelo Anthony was not a fan of Jeremy Lin becoming a star in New York in 2012. Stoudemire played four and a half seasons with the Knicks, and his time overlapped with former fan favorite Lin. Although he did not mention any names, Stoudemire said not every Knick was thrilled with Lin’s exploding popularity back then. “... »
As the Hornets have notched 4 out of 5 impressive road wins, they will face the 6th straight road home against Atlanta Hawks. Courtney Lee experiment: Unfortunately, Jeremy Lin’s role in the Hornets has become a role player with reduced minutes as the Hornets experimented by giving Courtney Lee more minutes to see what he can do with more minutes. Lee didn’t exactly impress with 7pts/2... »
It’s too bad that Jeremy Lin’s ankle was injured again in the 1st quarter in the Cavs game since it would have affect to his drives and defense for a while. Would Big Al continue to be a weakness in defending the paint for the 2nd unit? On offense, it doesn’t seem like there was much PnR rather than dumping the ball to Al inside to use his post-moves. Will JLin have to rely on hi... »
This will be a tough game to win as the Cavaliers just lost a game against the Pistons at home and will be motivated to avenge their loss when JLin led the Hornets as the PG to beat them in Charlotte Will JLin continue to prioritize his defense in order to close out games? With Kemba and Batum providing scoring and playmaking, JLin seemed to prioritize defense with secondary scoring and playmaking... »
Jeremy Lin had a quick offensive outburst in the 1st half (10pts/1ast/2reb in 11 min with 3-4 shooting with highest +15) after Kemba got some rest and he had a chance to handle the ball and set up the offense. But he lost his shooting touch and didn’t handle the ball very much in the 2nd half and had few drives blocked by Lopez and rimmed out. He compensated by providing great defense (steal... »
In the 1st game back after the All-Star break, Jeremy Lin did not have a good shooting night vs the Bucks but managed to contribute with superb defense on 6’8” Khris Middleton (4 steals for the night). It’s a night when he didn’t have his shooting rhythm and it didn’t help he played SG next to Kemba as PG so he didn’t handle the ball much to get him get a good r... »
After 11 days of All-Star Break and NBA Trade Deadline Frenzy, the Hornets have 29 games left to reach their goal to reach the playoff. They managed to get Courtney Lee by trading PJ Hairston and Brian Roberts in hopes of getting a ‘3 and D’ player to replace MKG’s presence. They are currently in #7 in the Eastern Conference standing moving up 1 spot from #8 after the Bulls lost ... »
With 2 days left before the Feb 18 trading deadline, Charlotte Hornets have been active to trade players in order to reach playoff in the competitive Eastern Conference this year. Feb 16 MKG 2nd injury on torn labrum pushed the Hornets to make moves because the Hornets will miss his defensive presence and rebounding ability. The Hornets upgraded in SG/SF position by trading for Courtney Lee from M... »
After 52 games, the Hornets will have 9 day of rest before their next game. This will allow JLin to rest his injured ankle to be ready for the final 30 games. Jeremy Lin fans generally know that he performed better after All-Star break but is it true? Will his stats support this assertion? Pre-All-Star and Post-All-Star stats The following chart shows the breakdown of Pre-All-Star and Post-All-Sta... »
With only 1 game left before the All-Star Break and Jeremy blogged entry showed the severity of his swollen ankle, JLin fans only wish for him not to play or not to do too much while playing to aggravate the ankle injury. Our hope is the 9-day break during All-Star Break will help his ankle to fully heal to have a strong 2nd half starting from Feb 19 for the final 30 games. Would JLin be able to b... »