Ex-Knickspoint guard Jeremy Lin recently talked openly about his struggles lastseasonwith the Rockets.At points, Lin said he felt "emptiness, confusionand misery" in his first season in Houston.
One NBA scout thinks there may be brighter days ahead for Lin.
The veteran scout thinks Lin, who signed a three-year, $25 million deal
with the Rockets after a breakout 2011-12 with the Knicks, could thrive
this season, thanks to the addition ofDwight Howard.
"He did have a ton of success when it was all pick-and-rolls and he seemedto be
very effective [with the Knicks]," the scout said. "In that way, Ithink
teaming up with Howard should be in his wheelhouse.
"I think they could develop chemistry right away."
Both Howard and Lin have a history of success in the pick-and-roll.
During his rise to prominence with the Knicks, Lin had great success whenpassing to the roll man in pick-and-rolls.
When going exclusively to the roll man, Lin ranked fifth in points per play
out of the 35 point guards who ran the play at least 100 times in
'11-12, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
In that same season, Howard was the best pick-and-roll finisher in the NBA. He
averaged 1.38 points per play as the roll man on pick-and-rolls, best in
the league among players with at least 35 plays.
Houston's offense will run mainly throughJames Harden and Howard. But as thescout notes, "If the shot clock is running down, you run a pick-and-rollwithLin and Howard, and it should be successful."
Lin struggled with the Rockets last season, averaging 13.4 points and 6.1assists a game, and battled injuries that forced him to miss two games inHouston's
playoff loss to theOklahoma City Thunder.
But late in the season, Lin seemed to improve his chemistry with Harden.
"I wasn't a fan of Lin at all, but they started to get their groove. Jeremystarted to figure out how to play with James a bit," the scout said."I think they'll definitely be competitive in Houston. I'm not ready tocrown them champs or even Western Conference champs, but it increases theirchances."
QUESTION: As a Knicks fan, would it bother you if Lin had success in Houston?Or do you not care at all?最近，前尼克斯控位林书豪接受了媒体的访问，敞开心扉的聊起了上赛季在火箭队的挣扎期间，他曾表示自己在休斯顿的第一个赛季充满“迷茫、困惑和苦恼”。不过一位NBA球探则认为，未来的日子，林书豪会逐渐迎来光明。这位经验丰富的老球探认为，林书豪在经历了2011-12赛季在尼克斯的大爆发以及之后与火箭队签下3年2500万美元的合同之后，会在新赛季重新焕发光彩，而这其中的关键，就在于德怀特-霍华德到来。
“当球队主打挡拆时他获得了无数成功，在尼克斯期间他看起来效率惊人。”该球探说道，“从这个角度考虑，我认为和霍华德联手会让比赛进入他的掌控之中。我认为他们马上就能建立起化学反应。”
霍华德和林书豪都在挡拆方面有过成功的经验，“林疯狂”时期，书豪在挡拆后分球上就取得了显著成功。
根据ESPN的数据统计，2011-12赛季，在全联盟执行挡拆战术至少100次的35名控球后卫中，林书豪每次挡拆的传球后主导得分率高居第五。
而在同一赛季，霍华德则是全联盟最好的挡拆之后的进攻终结者--平均每做一次挡拆配合，他能够得到1.38分，高过其他任何人（至少执行挡拆战术35次以上）。
新赛季火箭队的进攻将主要围绕霍华德和哈登展开，不过该球探指出：“如果进攻时限降至，你让林书豪和霍华德去做挡拆配合的话，效果一定不错。”
林书豪上赛季在火箭队表现挣扎，场均只能得到13.4分和6.1次助攻，并且数次遭遇伤病侵袭，季后赛对雷霆的关键时刻更因此缺席了两场比赛。
不过在赛季后半段，看起来“哈林组合”之间的化学反应已经越来越好。
“我根本不是林书豪的球迷，不过他们已经开始找到默契。林书豪开始搞清楚怎样和詹姆斯(哈登)配合，”该球探还说，“我认为他们毫无疑问会充满竞争力，我还没认为他们会成为冠军，哪怕是西部冠军，但他们的机会会越来越大的。”
问题：作为一名尼克斯的粉丝，他如果在休斯敦取得成功，你会不开心吗？或者你根本无所谓这件事？
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