Jeremy Lin has been teammates and played with three of the most explosive scorers in the NBA. He says intangibles and work ethic make them different.
On Wednesday Lin told the Orange County Register that the thing that sets Kobe Bryant apart from the other stars he’s played with (notably James Harden and Carmelo Anthony) is his attention to detail.
Jeremy Lin played with Melo and James Harden. What sets Kobe apart? "How hard he works and his attention to detail."
— Bill Oram (@bill_oram) October 7, 2014
Lin on Kobe: "The stuff that he thinks about or talks about, only someone who is really trying to analyze every single thing…" (1/2)
— Bill Oram (@bill_oram) October 7, 2014
Lin: "about the game would be able to understand something like that." (2/2)
— Bill Oram (@bill_oram) October 7, 2014
Bryant’s obsession with the game borders on the psychotic so I’m sure it only took a few weeks of being his teammate to notice.
Anthony and Harden will never be on Kobe’s level for a number of reasons besides attention to detail.