Thank you! I am so glad that someone finally decided to make this statement. The truth is, the system ALWAYS makes the player. In all sports, your offense is dictated by the people who have as personal that can make it happen.
This though, does not take away from if you have talent on the team. Lin has talent, shooting 50% from the floor and 8 assists a game shows you this. Would he be as effective on a team like, lets say, the Lakers, I would say yes, but to what degree I am not sure.
I am NOT a Mike D fan at all. I am a hard nosed defense first fan as that is what I grew up with with the Knicks. However now the team is playing defense so I have no excuses to say its just a run and gun offense. The system works, but it wont work for all, as many others before Lin have not played to the grade.
So I am going to give Mike D a chance that he JUST might be someone that has a clue, where I would say before he didnt, and maybe Lin got lucky and is driven to be good at his craft, under a system and in a city where even Michael Jordan would be standing ovations for just getting off the toilet.