Jeremy Lin Voices Frustration on Byron Scott’s Princeton Offense; Lakers
Throwing Away Linsanity’s Talents?
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There seems no shortage of words to describe Jeremy Lin's frustrating stint
with the Los Angeles Lakers so far. In an interview with Mark Medina of the
Los Angeles Daily News, the Asian-American star has expressed once again
disappointment for not providing the spark the Lakers have been looking from
him this season.
After putting up decent showings against the San Antonio Spurs and the
Minnesota Timberwolves, the 26-year old Lin found himself back to earth with
another nightmarish performance in Monday's 110-91 blowout loss to the
Indiana Pacers.
Lin recorded two points on 0-for-6 shooting from the field with one assists
in 17 minutes of playing time. Price, who snagged his starting role, also had
little impact in the game as he tallied five points and one assists in 19
minutes.
似乎用簡短的句子很難形容JLin在湖人的挫折時光，在記者Mark Medina訪問中，這位
亞裔球星再一次表達他無法帶給湖人所期待的火花而失望。在對馬刺和灰狼優良表現後
26歲的Lin在對溜馬夢靨般慘敗之後又回到低潮。17分鐘0-6/1。普萊斯出席先發也對比
賽有極小的影響力-19分鐘5分。
After the game, Lin had a brief chat with Medina to talk about his recent
performance, and as expected, the former Harvard hotshot precisely described
his current situation.
"Knowing what I'm capable of and not being able to bring that to this team,"
Lin said in response to Medina's question on what is the toughest thing for
him with the Lakers.
Acquired by the Lakers in an offseason trade with the Houston Rockets, Lin
entered the 2014-15 NBA season with decent expectation as head coach Byron
Scott promised of a bigger role for guard, especially after Steve Nash went
down with a season-ending back injury.
Through the first 20 games with the Lakers, Lin averaged at least 11 points
and 5 assists per game and put up several impressive games against elite
competitions.
賽後Lin和Medina說到他最近的表現，預料中，這位前哈佛好手準確地描述了他目前的
狀況，" 我知道我有那能力，但我無法帶給球隊。" 他這樣回答了Medina的問題-關於
Lin在湖人最艱難的事是什麼。
湖人在上個暑假將Lin交易過來，總教練史考特允諾會給予較大角色被寄予厚望，尤其
在Nash因傷無法歸隊後。過了20場比賽，Lin得到11分5助攻，有幾場很亮眼的比賽。
However, playing at a high level consistently has been a problem for Lin the
past three seasons. While he was able to hold his ground against the likes of
Chris Paul and Stephen Curry, there are moments when he seemed lost.
Moreover, his miscues on the defensive end have also ticked off Scott, and it
ultimately forced the Lakers coach to make some lineup changes.
Analysts believe Lin has the talent to be a high-impact player in the league,
though it appears Scott's Princeton offense along with Kobe Bryant's
tremendously high usage rate is taking away what Lin does best: push the ball
hard and create scoring opportunities off pick-and-roll plays.
Indeed, Lin and the Lakers are apparently a mismatch. As long as Bryant
continues to dominate the ball and Scott keeps on benching him, the Lakers
are throwing away Lin's talents for good.
然而，每場都表現高水準在這三年對Lin是個問題。在他沒有被Chris Paul和Stephen
Curry打敗時，他有幾度似乎迷失了。更甚者，他在防守端被教練責備，最終教練改變
了先發陣容。
分析者相信Lin是一個在聯盟裡有天賦有著高度影響力的球員，史考特的普林斯頓和Kobe
極高的使用率讓Lin無法施展最好的表現: 推進球，P&R製造機會得分。的確，Lin和湖
人不搭。只要Kobe持續持球而史考特持續冰他，湖人就是在丟棄他的天賦。
感想: 體系不合是一個藉口也是一個理由，我試著想一下如果在這種情況下我到底要
打我自己的風格被冰，還是去配合教練的體系但不是發揮自身優勢，目前狀況來看教
練似乎不想給Lin機會，每場頂多就給你十幾分鐘，要在這麼短的時間有所表現和對
比賽產生影響真的很困難，但現在也只有效率和數據能吃而已，希望他把握住每個得
分機會，Kobe都叫你繼續投投出自信就別再猶豫了，拿到球得分優先好嗎....