Writing’s On The Wall For Jeremy Lin After Dwight Howard, Other Rockets Deals

July 6th, 2013 by Marshall Zweig Leave a reply »

How many times can a man turn his head / pretending he just doesn't see?

Bob Dylan asked that question 40 years ago. Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin must be asking himself the same thing as we speak.

First, the bulk of Lin's ball-handling duties were summarily given over to shooting guard James Harden, immediately following the bearded shooting guard's last-minute arrival in Houston last season. Then Lin began losing time first to Toney Douglas and then to Patrick Beverley. He was even frequently benched during crunch time--which, in an uneven season for Lin, was usually his finest hour.

(Per 82games.com, Lin ranked 48th in the NBA in 2012-13 for production in crunch time, a feat which might sound fairly mortal, until you consider it's higher than luminaries like Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Manu Ginobili and Chris Bosh.)

When the team drafted a terrific young point guard in Isaiah Canaan, the mind couldn't help but wonder. And when, in a surprise move, general manager Daryl Morey re-signed veteran shooter Francisco Garcia to a two-year contract (according to Royce Young of CBS Sports), there was only one concl ...

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