Nets coach Kenny Atkinson wants to see higher assist totals out of his team, not a shocking request since point guard Jeremy Lin had just one. But Atkinson wasn’t vexed, just worried about installing a scheme more than inflating stats.
“Funny, I looked at it, and I wasn’t disappointed. He was taking what the defense was giving him,” Atkinson said of Lin, who had 21 points within the flow of the motion offense. “I will say, this offense … it’s not completely point-guard dominated. It’s not the Steve Nash Phoenix Suns. I coached with Mike [D’Antoni].