US PresswireWith a front line of Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Tyson Chandler, the New York Knicks were expected to roll through the competition this season. But the team is third in the Atlantic Division, eight games behind the division-leading Philadelphia 76ers. Worse for Knicks fans is that the team is currently 10th in the Eastern Conference, a game and a half out of the playoffs if the season ended today.
The team's guards have struggled and the inability of Baron Davis to return from his injury when expected has hurt the Knicks. Now word comes that head coach Mike D'Antoni is ready to put his team's fate in the hands of second-year point guard Jeremy Lin.
The Harvard grad scored 25 points on Saturday night against the rival New Jersey Nets and the New York Daily News reports that this performance has D'Antoni "leaning toward making him the Knicks' fourth starting point guard this season" when New York takes on the Utah Jazz Monday, the paper reports.
Lin was released by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets before signing with the Knicks on Dec. 27. Since then, he has averaged 5.7 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.
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