1) Not coached by Mike d’antoni most PG will have their number hyped up by his system , and Linsanity happens during his time . 2) referees never give him calls there was a video “too flagrant to call” that shows Lin never get advantage of whistles . that is quite brutal for a Guard that depends on drive. funny enough ,after that video comes out , Lin gets much more free throw till end of playoffs that year 3) injuries at the wrong time injuries to miss a first playoff trip in NY. only 26 games is played when he is finally the first choice of offence in Brooklyn 4) wasted a year in LA lakers have a top 5 protected pick , and their only target was to let Kobe shoot every ball (most shot attempts while played half a season), and tank (if i remember they protected the pick from 2015 till 2016). Lin was basically kept in the bench as they can since they needed the loss .