[Mick]

Thanks for posting.  If he's good, I hope we don't make the same mistake we did with Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin ramped up his game considerably after college and during college.  As a sophomore, he started for Harvard against Stanford in a 111-56 loss, and scored 0 points in 21 minutes.  He had five personal fouls, two steals and a turnover.  TJ called it his worst college game, but Stanford had a Sweet 16 team that year.

Trent Johnson said he really didn't develop at all until his junior and senior seasons.  Stanford had committed to Landry Fields, and they had a big post game.  Harvard's coach Tommy Amaker took his time with Lin and did well with him.

And then, of course, no NBA team took him either.  Then Lin set a record by being the only NBA player to score 20 and have at least 7 assists in each of his first five starts.

[Mick]

Thanks for posting.  If he's good, I hope we don't make the same mistake we did with Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin ramped up his game considerably after college and during college.  As a sophomore, he started for Harvard against Stanford in a 111-56 loss, and scored 0 points in 21 minutes.  He had five personal fouls, two steals and a turnover.  TJ called it his worst college game, but Stanford had a Sweet 16 team that year.

Trent Johnson said he really didn't develop at all until his junior and senior seasons.  Stanford had committed to Landry Fields, and they had a big post game.  Harvard's coach Tommy Amaker took his time with Lin and did well with him.

And then, of course, no NBA team took him either.  Then Lin set a record by being the only NBA player to score 20 and have at least 7 assists in each of his first five starts.