Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott is somehow clueless about the up-and-down play of point guard Jeremy Lin, who has been frustrated with his play as of late.
Scott, who is given an enormous task guiding the Lakers back to championship contention, has seen nothing but disappoints in the face of his players in the first one-and-half month of duty as the top bench tactician for the purple-and-gold.
Over that short span, Scott has made several adjustments on and off the court, from giving Bryant the luxury to sit practices to making Jordan Hill as the second go-to scorer, in hope of improving the team's chances of winning ball games.
However, there's no more crucial decision he made so far than pulling Lin and Carlos Boozer out from the starting lineup to give them a better defensive unit on the floor. And so far his move has led to mixed result with Boozer responding with big output while Lin struggling to find his groove back.
Averaging 10.7 points and 4.8 assists per game this season, the 26-year old Lin is once again dealing another up-and-down year as his familiarly with Scott's Princeton-based offense and the pressure of playing alongside Kobe Bryant are obviously taking him away from his comfort zone.
Scott, who lauded Lin for his competitiveness and ability to score in bunches, admitted that he still has no answer on how to maximize his point guard's talents.
"I don't know. He's just been up and down. Sometimes he has nights like this," Scott said of Lin in an interview with Los Angeles Times after the Asian-American baller tallied just two points on 0-for-6 shooting in 17 minutes of playing time in Monday's 110-91 blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Lin, on the other hand, has once again expressed his remorse for putting up another lackluster performance despite exerting his best effort to be a major contributor for the Lakers.
"This is one of those games where you kind of wish you had it back," Lin said after Monday's loss. "My regret isn't with my effort. My regret is with the performance, whether it's hitting shots, making plays, all those things."
Without a plan, Lin's future with the Lakers is under a cloud of uncertainly. With his $8M contract expiring at the end of the season, there's a possibility Mitch Kupchack could move such asset to land a better upgrade at point guard position.
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