There's no doubt the Los Angeles Lakers are willing to part ways with Jeremy Lin, however no team has expressed real interest in acquiring the struggling point guard and his $8MM expiring contract, Sporting News writer Sean Deveney stated in his report.
According to the NBA writer, the Lakers have been exploring a deal to dump Lin, who is averaging barely 10 points and 4 assists in 25 minutes per game. Unfortunately, Deveney observed that the market for the Asian-American star is simply very thin right now.
"Lin has had a rough season, and it's happened at a bad time-just ahead of free agency this summer. While some of that has been the result of a bad fit in LA, it's also been Lin's own struggles with his shooting, particularly from mid-range.
He still would make a good backup point guard, and the Lakers would move him if they could get an asset in return, but the market for Lin has been weak."
The Lakers acquired Lin along with a first-round pick from the Houston Rockets in the offseason, hoping the former Harvard standout would answer their point guard problem the past three seasons.
After snatching a starting role at training camp following a season-ending injury to Steve Nash, Lin started for the first 20 games before he lost his job to backup Ronnie Price because of what Lakers head coach Byron Scott called inconsistency issues on both ends of the floor.
Since being relegated to the bench, Lin's numbers drastically decreased as Scott placed premium in fielding a better defensive unit and recently developing young talent like rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson, who is logging at least 34 minutes per game since Kobe Bryant went down with a season-ending torn rotator cuff.
The 26-year old Lin is earning a career-high $15MM ($8MM against the salary cap) and will become an unrestricted free-agent at the end of the regular-season.
