Jeremy Lin is ready to move on from a disappointing season with the Houston Rockets.

Speaking at a youth conference in Taiwan, Lin gave a candid assessment of his first season in Houston, claiming that Rockets coaches lost confidence in him due to his inconsistent play.

"I became so obsessed with becoming a great basketball player ... trying to be Linsanity, being this phenomenon that took the NBA by storm," Lin told a crowd of approximately 20,000 at the Dream Big, Be Yourself youth conference in Taipei, Taiwan.

"The coaches were losing faith in me; basketball fans were making fun of me. ... I was supposed to be joyful and free, but what I experienced was the opposite. I had no joy, and I felt no freedom."

Lin admitted during the youth conference that he placed extremely high expectations on himself upon joining the Rockets.

"I was ready to invigorate the entire city of Houston," he said. "I was supposed to save Houston basketball."

Lin was one of Houston's marquee acquisitions prior to last season. Following a breakout 2011-12 campaign with the New York Knicks, he signed a three-year, $25 million deal to join the Rockets.

But Lin struggled, averaging 13.4 points and 6.1 assists a game, and battled injuries that forced him to miss two games in Houston's playoff-round loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Lin went as far to say that he experienced "emptiness, confusion and misery" at points last season.

"The one thing I learned was how empty fame and worldly success really are. ... The desire for success never stopped," Lin said. "If the voice that you listen to the most isn't God's voice, then eventually you will experience that emptiness, confusion and misery that I felt when I listened to the voice of Linsanity."

Lin, a devout Christian, told the crowd that he has leaned on his faith in order to reassess his basketball career and his future.

The Rockets will be counting on Lin, who will turn 25 on Friday, to help lead an emerging team that features newly acquired star center Dwight Howard and All-Star guard James Harden.

God, this dude is so phucking full of himself. God this, faith that, misery, confusion...waaaaaahhh!

"I was supposed to save Houston basketball."

Sounds like a 5 star toolbag.

He really should focus on hitting the gym, do 5000 left handed drives and layups. and not suck so much that Patrick Beverley and Toney Douglas are better point guard options on the roster.

NYKBocker wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:just sayin' but in his bad season, his stats matched Felton's. Just sayin'.

yup

Yea, but Raymond Felton wasn't supposed to save New York Basketball like Jeremy "Houston's Savior" Lin.

ChuckBuck wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:just sayin' but in his bad season, his stats matched Felton's. Just sayin'.

yup

Yea, but Raymond Felton wasn't supposed to save New York Basketball like Jeremy "Houston's Savior" Lin.

He was honest about it. He said he believed the hype of Linsanity which what caused him to press. He is human. The fact that he was able to bounce back from it and the injury he had in the beginning of the season speaks volumes of what kind of man he really is.

How many players do you know would accept his own faults in public like that?

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:just sayin' but in his bad season, his stats matched Felton's. Just sayin'.

The Knicks pay $8.5 million to Felton over the next two years

The Rockets will pay $20 million the next two for Lin

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NYKBocker wrote:So the kid is honest about his shortcomings last year and that is what you got from it? Plus..he was actually not that bad. He had an average season for a starting PG.

I am happy we're not saddled with that contract (especially what our version of it would have been), but agree that nothing said here is worth tearing apart. There was a humongous hype swirling him, which Lin's already admitted to getting caught up in after NY passed the contract. Admitting it should not belittle the guy at all. Not to mention he was talking to kids about humility...

MaTT4281 wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:So the kid is honest about his shortcomings last year and that is what you got from it? Plus..he was actually not that bad. He had an average season for a starting PG.

I am happy we're not saddled with that contract (especially what our version of it would have been), but agree that nothing said here is worth tearing apart. There was a humongous hype swirling him, which Lin's already admitted to getting caught up in after NY passed the contract. Admitting it should not belittle the guy at all. Not to mention he was talking to kids about humility...

Hes actually a good player--he plays the game well. Hes right he needs to be more consistent but many teams would be pleased with his output. He had some linsanity type games last year--I think this is where is mentality wavers--you ahev a greta game--just be cool and go out the next game and try your best and if you dont score 28 points go get 11 assists and 4 steals--thats what good players do.

BRIGGS wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:So the kid is honest about his shortcomings last year and that is what you got from it? Plus..he was actually not that bad. He had an average season for a starting PG.

I am happy we're not saddled with that contract (especially what our version of it would have been), but agree that nothing said here is worth tearing apart. There was a humongous hype swirling him, which Lin's already admitted to getting caught up in after NY passed the contract. Admitting it should not belittle the guy at all. Not to mention he was talking to kids about humility...

Hes actually a good player--he plays the game well. Hes right he needs to be more consistent but many teams would be pleased with his output. He had some linsanity type games last year--I think this is where is mentality wavers--you ahev a greta game--just be cool and go out the next game and try your best and if you dont score 28 points go get 11 assists and 4 steals--thats what good players do.

I watched all the Rocket games last year. His problem was when in the beginning of the season, he was told to be a spot up 3 pt shooter and stand in the corner. That is not his game. Yet, he actually got better at it. His 3pt FG% went up in the last 3 months to around .400. He had Linsanity type numbers when Harden went out and he was just pushing the ball like crazy. He needs to stop deferring to Harden too much. That is his problem. Harden has even mentioned it on a couple of interviews. He wants Lin to be more aggressive cause it only helps him and the team.

NYKBocker wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:just sayin' but in his bad season, his stats matched Felton's. Just sayin'.

The Knicks pay $8.5 million to Felton over the next two years

The Rockets will pay $20 million the next two for Lin

context matters

Then let's do the length of the contract and his cap hit to the Rockets. He is paid an average of $8M+ a year and cap hit of $8M+ a year. Not a bad contract for the Rockets.

I personally think cash flows matter but fine - 'by cap hit' Lin hits at $8.3 million and Felton is $4.2 million

You get half as much for your dollar when you buy Lin over Felton, and you don't get any playoff production either.

BRIGGS wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:So the kid is honest about his shortcomings last year and that is what you got from it? Plus..he was actually not that bad. He had an average season for a starting PG.

I am happy we're not saddled with that contract (especially what our version of it would have been), but agree that nothing said here is worth tearing apart. There was a humongous hype swirling him, which Lin's already admitted to getting caught up in after NY passed the contract. Admitting it should not belittle the guy at all. Not to mention he was talking to kids about humility...

Hes actually a good player--he plays the game well. Hes right he needs to be more consistent but many teams would be pleased with his output. He had some linsanity type games last year--I think this is where is mentality wavers--you ahev a greta game--just be cool and go out the next game and try your best and if you dont score 28 points go get 11 assists and 4 steals--thats what good players do.

I liked Lin, and wanted NY to match the offer at the time, but in hindsight, I think we got a guy who can provide similar production with Felton at a much cheaper price. The whole landscape changed in Houston when they dealt for Harden, and I do wonder what could have been if Houston didn't bring in another ball dominant guard. Admittedly, I didn't watch many Rockets games last year, but the limited minutes I saw, Lin was being used essentially as a spot up shooter, and not the playmaker we got to see during Linsanity.