Jeremy Lin News: Linsanity Mark 2 as Charlotte Hornets Player Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign

By Marvie Basilan, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Following his sad era with the Lakers, Jeremy Lin is posing some serious hints for a comeback as a new report suggests that he may lead his team to get the points they have been waiting to obtain for the past years.

According to Gerald Bourguet of Hoops Habit, the Hornets may be in the midst of a huge crisis now that Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is gone with an injury, not to mention Lance Stephenson and Gerald Henderson being out of the team.

On the other hand, Bourguet says there may be hopes for the Charlotte team to somehow get their much-needed points in if the Asian basketball star Jeremy Lin decides to continue the play he has started.

In his report, Bourguet notes that Lin has averaged 15.3 points and 3.8 assists in 25.2 minutes of six preseason games, while he garnered 56.6 percent from the field. The improving figures are implications that despite Kidd-Gilchrist's absence, Linsanity may be brewing somewhere in the Hornets' bench.

While it is too early to say that Linsanity has risen from the ruins since there are yet more than 70 games to be played in the season, Bourguet says Lin's good preseason start is giving a nod to the legendary Michael Jordan's comments that Lin "is going to be our [Hornets] biggest acquisition."

The great NBA star paid a visit to China for the second time, and in an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Jordan commended Lin's "penetration, [his] shooting capability, [and his] point guard savvy."

While it is unclear what Steve Clifford is planning for Linsanity, Bourguet says Lin could be "one of the highest volume scorers off the bench in the entire NBA this season."

Meanwhile, Lin has recently signed up for a White House campaign called "Act to Change," which aims to advocate against bullying and racial discrimination.

In a YouTube video, Lin recalled his childhood, and how he was bullied due to his Asian heritage. He called out to people who were experiencing the pains of bullying, encouraging them to motivate themselves and to remember that reacting in anger isn't the wisest decision.

The Christian sports icon added that bullied people can only get stronger once they decide to survive that saga of their lives that involved bullying.