When the Nets acquired Jeremy Lin, both the fans and marketing minds were eager to come up with the phrase ‘Brook-Lin’ . On the court it represented an intriguing pick-and-roll duo between Jeremy Lin and Brook Lopez.
It might have been premature to assume it was going to work that way.
The Nets have a completely new system, one that fits the modern NBA style of an uptempo, three-point shooting league. In order to accomplish this, a team uses the motion offense to open guys up on the perimeter. Move the ball, move the ball.
As we’ve seen in the preseason, this has quieted the pick-and-roll.