Jeremy Lin acknowledges the effectiveness of Mike D’Antoni’s system - NBA News
Is the secret ingredient behind Jeremy Lin’s success the genius of “system” devised by the maestro of defence Mike D'Antoni?
The journey from nobody to Linsanity has baffled the pundits of game. No NBA team drafted him out of college, Golden State Warriors waived him off after a year and Houston Rockets waived him off after 2 weeks. Finally his epic
journey took him from a bench warmer to maverick.
Once he found his niche at the Knicks it didn’t take him long to prove his metal, the skyrocketing craze of Linsanity fan club speaks for itself. So what was it really that helped him become such a phenomenon, a player who used
to be ignored and was also on the cusp of being waived off by the Knicks is now a starter and has rekindled the hopes of a Knicks championship run spoke for himself recently. And rest assured he credited Mike D’ Antoni’s system for his huge success.
"It's a combination of the system”. Lin said. “Being able to fit into the system, being comfortable, being able to play through some mistakes, and then building confidence,"
Jeremy is not the first point guard who has benefited from D’ Antoni’s offense first system. If we sift into the time then names like Steve Nash and Raymond Felton reached the heights of fame under Mike D'Antoni.
It is natural to expect a guy as humble as Lin to give credit of his success to his colleagues and coach but one cannot undermine the struggle that has been put up by this underdog. But yet again success in NBA is subjected to
the opportunity; a player regardless of his talents requires a supportive team, coach and a system and Jeremy has finally found it all. Whatever the sceptics have to say, his 14.4 points per game average along with his career high 38 points against Los Angeles
Lakers and another 14 assists against the reigning NBA world champion are all testament for his basketball genius.
“I know there’s a theory that it’s just a perfect system for me and so I agree.”Lin said. “It’s a perfect system for me,” I’m truly thankful that I play for Coach D’Antoni because he really is an offensive genius, the way he designed
the system. So it’s very suitable for me.”
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