Brooklyn Nets Have No Timetable For Jeremy Lin Return

Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin still does not have a timetable for his return after suffering his second hamstring injury of the season on December 26th.

It has been a tough season for the Brooklyn Nets. They have a record of 8-26, right about where many people projected them to be this season. But the Nets thought they would be able to outperform some of those expectations with Jeremy Lin leading the show as the point guard.

Lin and center Brook Lopez would have made a solid one-two punch for the Nets to begin building some momentum with. Along with the new regime headed by general manager Sean Marks and head coach Kenny Atkinson, there was finally some hope brewing in Brooklyn.

But then Lin became injured and things quickly went off the rails. The Nets were very competitive the early part of the season with Lin healthy. They hung in there with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, picking up victories over the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. Against the Pistons Lin injured his hamstring and the Nets struggled mightily.

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Lin would miss the next 17 games because of the hamstring injury, and the Nets went 4-13. He returned to face one of his old teams, the Houston Rockets, but missed the next game against another former team in the Los Angeles Lakers with a back injury.

The back injury would prove to not be serious, as Lin missed only that one game. He would return to the court versus the Orlando Magic December 6th but would last only six games before being injured again.

Lin injured his hamstring once again, but the injury was not thought to be as sever this time. That original diagnosis may not have been accurate, as the Nets still do not have a timetable for Lin’s return.

"“It’s been difficult. The night that I got hurt I didn’t feel like talking or was just not in a place where I had anything to say to really anybody,” said Lin."

Frustrating is mounting for Lin, but he is not going to rush back until he is 100 percent ready to play. The Nets have nothing to really play for as the playoffs are a long shot. Lin signed a three-year, $36 million deal in the offseason so they want to make sure that he can still provide value at the end of that deal even if he is not providing much currently.

Lin hasn’t been able to help the overmatched Nets much even when he was on the court. Brooklyn is only 3-9 when Lin plays this season and 5-17 when he is sidelined. While injuries are tough to deal with, Lin has tried to take a positive approach to it.

"“I think the whole process has been not what I anticipated in terms of getting the opportunity to be on this team, but I think that’s life,” he said. “I think it’s more how you respond from it.”"

Lin and the Nets had some high expectations when he signed with them this past summer. The last time he called New York home, Linsanity exploded onto the scene; a big contributor in that? Atkinson, who was an assistant coach with the New York Knicks on Mike D’Antoni‘s staff at the time.

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The two were hoping to replicate some of that success with the Nets in Brooklyn, but have not yet had much of an opportunity to do so. They have found some of that success when Lin is on the court, as he has put up solid averages of 13.9 points, 5.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game.

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