Don't worry about Lin

Recommended reading:"The Evolution of a Point Guard" by Howard Beck of The New York Times, detailing how Jeremy Lin became an "overnight success."

Not surprisingly, it has to do with tremendous persistence, study and hard work.

There were reasons Lin was overlooked coming out of Harvard: He had had a slight build, which meant he could be pushed around on the court and he lacked a decent outside shot, among other things. And there are reasons he overcame all those deficiencies: He's outworked and outstudied everyone else.

Wrote Beck on Lin's arrival in New York: " ... the same traits Lin showed in Golden State quickly emerged. He was the first to arrive every day, and the last to leave. He sought and devoured game tapes. When he requested his own clips, Lin asked to see his turnovers and missed jumpers, not his assists."

What the Beck story tells me is not to worry about Lin's recent poor game against the Heat. Said one of Lin's Harvard coaches before the Miami game: "I’m sure in the next couple weeks, someone’s going to figure out how to slow him down and stop him. It’s a chess match. He’s going to figure out how to beat that. That, to me, is a kind of a testament of who he is.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/sports/basketball/the-evolution-of-jeremy-lin-as-a-point-guard.html?_r=1&ref=basketball