Pacers' Amundson Surprised To See Jeremy Lin Tearing Up The NBA

by Tom Lewis on Feb 13, 2012 9:34 PM EST in Indiana Pacers News

Indiana Pacers forward Lou Amundson played with New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin long before all of the Linsanity kicked in at Madison Square Garden. The two were teammates last year with the Golden State Warriors where Lin played in 29 games but also bounced back and forth between the Bay Area and the D-League.

The fact Lin is now the most compelling story in the NBA and literally shredding other teams since being inserted into the starting lineup last week is a big surprise to Amundson, as he told Conrad Brunner.

"He didn't play hardly at all," Amundson said. "He would get limited minutes. He played well but a lot of it I guess is when you get the opportunity to play in a system like D'Antoni has, you get the green light and the freedom to go out there and just play free. That gives you a lot of confidence and to his credit he has really seized the opportunity and made the most of it. I'm thrilled for him but I'm just surprised. I mean, I can't hardly believe it."

Considering Lin suddenly looks like the second-coming of Steve Nash playing under Mike D'Antoni, maybe Amundson will be inspired and start reminding us of Dennis Rodman. May be a bit much to ask at this point in big Lou's career.

The Pacers have three games remaining on the schedule with the Knicks with the first two coming on a St. Patty's Day weekend home-and-home. If the Linsanity tour is still in full force a month from now, then the Knicks will likely be among the top teams in the East.

As painful as that sounds, it should make for some highly entertaining matchups with the ol' rivals from NYC.

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I have my doubts on Lin.

I mean even Brandon Rush could put together a good stretch of games. He’s just getting more hyped up because of where he’s doing it. At any rate, the NYK aren’t going anywhere anyways. Mike D’Antoni’s system simply can’t succeed in the playoffs.

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."
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by infinityzero.systemerror on Feb 14, 2012 2:36 AM EST reply actions

Eric Gordon's having knee surgery

out at least another 6 weeks. At this point, considering what it’d take to get him here as an RFA, I’m really just not interested at all.

"He's like Darth Vader." - Frank Vogel on Larry Bird

by IndyPacers on Feb 14, 2012 2:51 AM EST reply actions

I’m pretty sure he’s rehabbing for the olympics rather than the hornets.

by hilliard on Feb 14, 2012 7:43 AM EST up reply actions

Mike D'Antoni is like the Josh McDaniels:QBs of the NBA

Seriously. Anytime he gets a TRUE point guard, he turns him into a star, or maximizes his talent. Remember Chris Duhon? Chris Duhon. Seriously. That guy. He had a career year for D’Antoni in both of their first seasons in NY (11 points, 7 assists per game). And Chris Duhon to the New York nightlife was like a lit match and a powder keg. But he still got production out of him. Toney Douglas and Iman Shumpert are not true point guards. But Lin is. Any other system he’s probably average, unless D’Antoni’s inflated his confidence so much that he just inexplicably breaks out. I have no idea what magic he uses to maximize production from point guards, but I wish we could get some for Darren Collison.

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by LukeNukem on Feb 14, 2012 8:20 AM EST reply actions