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Jeremy Lin & Kemba Walker Should Sorta Swap Roles, but Charlotte Hornets Won’t Do it
One of the interesting things about comparing Jeremy Lin to Kemba Walker this season on the Charlotte Hornets is how similar their shooting numbers are. And yet the Hornets are often much better with Lin on the floor and as a point guard. But where is the difference?
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Jeremy Lin is Hurting, Nicolas Batum Returning, Kemba Walker Annoying & the Charlotte Hornets Crashing
Exhausted and almost broken, the Charlotte Hornets lost 95-92 to the Denver Nuggets. Jeremy Lin seems to be barely walking on his bum ankle, Nicolas Batum returned and helped while Kemba Walker is destroying this team from the inside. The future? At least there’s a long rest until their next game, but that’s about the only thing to be optimistic about.
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Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Save the Charlotte Hornets From Kemba Walker
The Charlotte Hornets keep on with their brave losing while missing one of the most important pieces of their crumbling puzzle. Jeremy Lin is playing well, Kemba Walker simply shoots senselessly without anyone stopping him, and we’re now at six losses in a row.
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Jeremy Lin & Other Injuries Aren’t the Only Problem for the Charlotte Hornets
The main reason the Charlotte Hornets are unable to stop the bleeding is their current injury crisis, but even when you ignore the Nicolas Batum absence and Jeremy Lin playing with a bum ankle, better basketball, ability and decisions should be expected from Kemba Walker and the man who should be controlling him, Steve Clifford.
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Kemba Walker Shoots, Jeremy Lin Hobbles, Charlotte Hornets Crash
Losing to the Phoenix Suns is something of a low point for the Charlotte Hornets, falling to five straight losses. Jeremy Lin didn’t play badly but he’s injured. Kemba Walker? He keeps shooting away and usually missing. More than anything, the Hornets need to get healthy.
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Jeremy Lin Needs the Charlotte Hornets to Believe in Him, Not Just Kemba Walker
The Charlotte Hornets, as expected, fell to four consecutive losses as their visit to the Golden State Warriors went as planned. Kemba Walker led the scoring, Jeremy Lin went through the motions but it was usually his good spurts that put the Hornets on the same level with the defending NBA champions.
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Kemba Walker Scores, Jeremy Lin Comes Back, Charlotte Hornets in a Bad Spot
The Charlotte Hornets got Jeremy Lin back and he even started in the lineup instead of the injured Nicolas Batum, but for all of his and the repetitive Kemba Walker efforts, they were no match for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Jeremy Lin Not Playing is Destroying Kemba Walker & the Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets, Kemba Walker, Jeremy Lamb; everyone on this team is struggling, and the necessity of Jeremy Lin through the two games he has missed with an ankle injury has never been greater.
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Jeremy Lin Bad Defense Myth Ends with Charlotte Hornets
For a number of years one of the things associated with Jeremy Lin was bad defense. Some of it was true, most of it was simply people repeating what they heard without actually watching the progress he’s made. Anyone seeing him play defense for the Charlotte Hornets this season can’t come to that conclusion anymore.
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Jeremy Lin Has to be a Major, Consistent Part of the Charlotte Hornets Offense
The final game of the calendar year for the Charlotte Hornets is another opportunity for them to try and break the mold and move towards becoming a better team, which means less Kemba Walker hero ball (even if it works from time to time) and more towards actual team basketball they envisioned when this season began, which is where Jeremy Lin comes in.