{"id":2207,"date":"2016-11-03T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2016-11-03T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:52:13","slug":"jeremy-lin-out-least-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/11\/03\/jeremy-lin-out-least-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lin Out at Least Two Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After playing tough and looking like a team coming together against the <strong>Detroit Pistons<\/strong> on Wednesday, the <strong>Brooklyn Nets<\/strong> have been hit with some sobering news. Point guard\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/linje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Lin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will be out for at least the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jeremy Lin Out at Least Two Weeks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just before half-time, in a seemingly innocuous motion, Lin tugged at his left hamstring. This was after he completed an assist to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Harris<\/a><\/strong> in the right corner for three. Lin did not return for the second half.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeremy Lin Medical Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dG4G6CDjcm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dG4G6CDjcm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/794255306612240384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is potentially bad news for the Nets, who are still forming their new identity as a team. With a match-up against Lin&#8217;s former team, the <strong>New York Knicks<\/strong>, looming, one can only imagine Lin&#8217;s disappointment. Lin being out is just the latest in growing line of Nets guards missing in action. The team&#8217;s presently\u00a0injured guards include <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vasqugr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greivis Vasquez<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leverca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caris LeVert<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foyera01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randy Foye<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In Lin&#8217;s absence, it looks like it&#8217;ll be &#8220;point guard by committee&#8221; for Brooklyn. A lot will fall on the shoulders of New York natives <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kilpase01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Kilpatrick<\/a><\/strong> and rookie\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteis01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Whitehead<\/a><\/strong>. Kilpatrick filled in admirably for Lin in the second half against the Pistons, finishing with 24 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and two steals for good measure.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Good News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s also some more potentially good news for the Nets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Randy Foye has been upgraded to probable for tomorrow&#39;s game. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Nets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPost_Lewis\/status\/794256182814842880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Foye can play\u00a0both guard positions, so the Nets will be hopeful that he is good to go on Friday against the <strong>Charlotte Hornets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/618935454\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.340067% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/618935454?et=Tt70w2wnTJ5DYJIAE0CZNA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=jBUla3yl_9y24BzI2usX3xT9k-wSUHjJLs7wdPIuRrg=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Lin out: The Brooklyn Nets&#8217; starting point guard has been ruled out for at least the next two weeks due to a left hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62,3],"tags":[65,231,232,96,202],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-jeremy-lin","tag-nba","tag-nba-news"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}