Jeremy Lin is starting to play pretty well in Houston, there are more and more games where you can see how he will fit in with James Harden and what they are doing.
He is not deserving to be an All-Star.
When the All-Star starters are announced later Thursday night, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul will be announced as the starting backcourt for the Western Conference. If there is an upset, it’s because the fans will have voted Lin in over Paul (he was more than 45,000 votes back with a week to go, so not likely). Lin was already ahead of guys like Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Tony Parker in the fan voting.
Lin said he doesn’t deserve to be an All-Star and isn’t really even thinking about it, reports Jeff Caplan at NBA.com.“Uh, no,” he said softly after another choppy performance Wednesday night as the Houston Rockets lost for a fifth consecutive time…
“That’s the furthest thing from my mind, to be honest, being on a five-game losing streak,” Lin said after finishing with 19 points and four assists, numbers that blurred a five-point night on 2-for-9 shooting through three quarters. “I don’t even care right now, I’m just trying to get a win.”
Knowing the league and it’s marketing, Lin will be in some of the events All-Star weekend. He’s a big enough international star that he is not escaping the league’s showcase weekend.
But a starter in the big game? No. Not this year. He gets it, just some fans don’t.