It looks like Jeremy Lin and the Los Angeles Lakers might part ways especially since the squad is making a commitment to coach Byron Scott, whose offensive philosophy doesn't match Linsanity.
After Linsanity in New York, Jeremy Lin signed a $25 million contract with the Houston Rockets that was absorbed by the Los Angeles Lakers. In 2014-2015 season, he earned a base salary of $14.89 million, according to SpotRac.
That's a very expensive for a point guard playing backup under coach Byron Scott's system where the Los Angeles Lakers point guard averaged 11.2 points, 4.6 assists, and 2.6 rebounds.
In an article, the Silver Screen and Roll, a blog dedicated to the Los Angeles Lakers, weighed in on the value of Jeremy Lin in the free agent market.
Jameson Miller said that Linsanity is worth around $5-7 million a year.
"He's a solid, smart player with plenty of talent and the right attitude, but there were enough games that saw him disappear for stretches or attempt too many poorly mapped out forays to the rim," he wrote.
Ben Rosales wrote that Jeremy Lin is worth over the full mid-level exemption which is around $5 million.
"This might depend on how the market deals with the insane cap bump next season, but Lin's a quality backup point guard who can be a solid part of a rotation and deserves to be paid as such," he wrote.
"In the modern NBA, his skill set resonates practically everywhere and I wouldn't be surprised to see a team starved for guard depth bid a bit more than the MLE in an effort to get him."
Harrison Faigen added that whether the Los Angeles Lakers will rehire Jeremy Lin or not, his value should be around $4-6 million.
"That is right around the approximate value for the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, and that seems about the correct value for Lin, a player who has demonstrated a real NBA skill set under the right circumstances," he wrote.
" When allowed to run the offense through pick and rolls, Lin demonstrates a competency that is unfortunately too rare in backup point guards, making the correct decision the majority of the time when faced with a binary choice of whether to shoot or pass."
