Jeremy Lin Vs. Byron Scott? Head Coach Disappointed At Point Guard’s Bad Decision Making; Lin Searching Answers From Former Laker Guard

The Los Angeles Lakers are lottery bound this season and it seems like they are just playing the remaining games for the sake of it. The best example would be head coach Byron Scott not giving any pointers for Jeremy Lin regarding his turnovers. Does he have to? 

Coach Byron Scott is not totally displeased with the point guard's play. He even praised the guard for his aggressiveness and defense. However, Scott finds Lin's turnovers are crucial to the team. Mark Medina asked what Scott thinks about Lin averaging 2.2 turnovers and how he can reduce those numbers.

"That's a good question," Scott said. "I don't know how you get out of making bad decisions. All we can continue to do is point them out to him, watch film and have him just learn from those experiences in making those bad decisions."

Scott also shared, "I told those guys, you're the point guard, you have to get us into something every time. You can't just be flip with the basketball," Scott said. "This is one of those teams where if you try to thread the needle, there are so long and so quick, you can't do that. You can't make the home run play. You have to make the obvious play. That's where we got ourselves in trouble in trying to make these home-run passes and they were off to the races."

In Jeremy Lin's defense, Los Angeles Daily News' Mark Medina reported that Lin says he has not talked to Scott about his turnovers

"I haven't talked to him about the turnovers," Lin said of Scott. "He hasn't given me feedback on what he wants me to do to be better."

Lin also talked about how he gets his groove during games.

"It's a constant push and pull. Everything about the game is a balance," Lin said. "I can sit there and play safe and not have any turnovers. But that means I won't be myself as a player. I won't be making plays that I make. I drive to the rim and to the basket really hard and put my head down. The majority of the time, I feel like something good will happen. But there will be times it won't. To some degree, you have to live with some of those risks."

Will Jeremy Lin and Byron Scott find a solution to their woes? Stay tuned.

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