There is no question Jeremy Lin is the Nets’ floor leader and starting point guard. The question is who will back him up, and what Brooklyn will get out of young native son Isaiah Whitehead and reclamation project Greivis Vasquez.
Whitehead isn’t getting treated — or paid — like your average second-round draft pick. The Nets talk about Whitehead like a future building block, and Lin has taken the 21-year-old rookie from Coney Island under his wing in a transition from shooting guard to point guard.
“He’s talented, he’s strong, he’s athletic, he can get to the basket,” Lin said of the former Lincoln High and Seton Hall star.