When Daryl Morey answered any and almost every question posed to him on Reddit.com in August, one in particular unleashed something just short of pent-up rage.
"Do you think it would be better for the team to relegate him [Jeremy Lin] to to a bench role with Omir Asik?" asked one Houston Rockets admirer.
Morey never actually answered the question, but his impassioned defense of Lin's 2012-13 campaign made up for it.
It is amazing to me that all the time I encounter people feeling negative about Jeremy's season with us. I have chalked this up to:
-- he started off slow, mostly do to getting 100% back from injury
-- very high, unrealistic expectations after his time in New York
-- had a rough ending in the playoffs, again due to injury
-- people generally remember starts & ends more than anything else
-- people generally compare things to their expectations when forming opinions versus look at the big picture
Last year was Jeremy's 1st full year in the league. Essentially his rookie year. If last season would have been his rookie year and he never would have played in New York, righ ...
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