Jeremy Lin is struggling to perform well consistently in his first season in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, creating speculation that 'Linsanity' will not be given a new deal in the summer.
Lin is averaging 11.9 points to go along with 4.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game this season, which is quite decent for a starting point guard, but Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports said in a recent interview that the Lakers are leaning towards letting the fifth-year guard go next summer.
"I think this Lin is a one-year player with the Lakers," Wojnarowski said of Lin, who was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Lakers in the offseason. "He's a backup point guard in the NBA."
Wojnarowski said that Lin became the Lakers' starting point guard only because of the team's lack of talent on their roster, and also because veteran playmaker Steve Nash went down with season-ending injury before the 2014-15 NBA season started.
"He's obviously be thrust into a bigger role because of who they have, with the injuries and with Steve Nash being out for the year," Wojnarowski added. "You can see that Lin's confidence is not there. There's not a great chemistry between Kobe and Lin, that's obvious."
Lin recently admitted that he is having a hard time adjusting to the Lakers' offense this season, pointing out that Houston's system last season was a better fit for him.
"Houston was the ideal system for me," Lin told Orange County Register. "Personally, as a player in terms of spreading the floor, running and making plays and having guys with a lot of space, stretch fours. That's the ideal system, but that's not what we have here."
However, Scott disagreed, saying that Lin just needs to develop "guard instinct" such as deciding who to look for in offense, determining who is hot and who is not, and when to look for his own shot.
"I think in the system he was in (in 2012) in New York, the ball was in his hand 95 percent of the time so he was able to run pick and roll and be able to get to the basket and get shots for himself," Scott said. "This system you have to get other people shots as well. You have to be able to do both. There's a fine line at times."
