In a couple of days, Jeremy Lin will once again see if he will be given the green light to resume his point guard duties for the Brooklyn Nets after suffering a strained left hamstring in their game against the Detroit Pistons last Nov. 2.
Almost two weeks ago, Lin was sidelined in order recuperate from the injury he sustained after taking a long step in transition. He landed on his left foot which is where he pulled his hamstring. Since then, the starting point guard for the Nets has been out of commission and there no one is more upset about the situation than Lin himself.
"No [timeline], they basically said, 'We're going to re-evaluate in two weeks,' which means two weeks minimum," Lin told ESPN just before his team went up against his former squad, the Charlotte Hornets last Nov. 4. "From there, what they've been saying is that it's hard to tell with hamstring stuff. It's not always easy to know what is a good timeline. They really haven't said anything other than to keep rehabbing, and in two weeks, we'll see how you feel and go from there and make a plan."
Since Lin had to sit out games, there has been a specific decrease in terms of the quality of play that the Nets have been delivering, according to an analysis done by Bleacher Report. Granted that there were also other guys that were not fully 100 percent, the Harvard alum not being the point guard was hard on a team that is still trying to jell with each other; more so since he is touted to be coach Kenny Atkinson's No. 1 extension on the court.
As of now, Sean Kilpatrick and rookie Isaiah Whitehead have taken over the reigns in terms of setting up plays for the Nets with Greivis Vásquez also sidelined. In their defense, the two are handling it decently, particularly Kilpatrick. The 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard finds it somewhat easy to switch from No. 2 to No. 1, but admittedly, some pockets of his game still need improvement.
For example, the 26-year-old guard is having a hard time playing around pick-and-rolls as well getting over screens. Needless to say, he says that his newest role as a point guard has him pumped.
"It's a little transition for me," Kilpatrick shared to Newsday on the change in position. "It's the first time I've had to do this. But I'm pretty prepared for it. Coach prepared me through summer league to be doing that. And now I can get a couple games under my belt while Jeremy's out."
The Brooklyn Nets is tipped to square off with the LA Clippers tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. ET.
