Back in 2016, first-year Hornet Jeremy Lamb was playing sparingly in the second half of the season, often racking up inconsequential minutes mixed with a handful of DNP-CD’s. Today, he’s coming off the best campaign of his seven-year NBA career, one in which he separated himself as an all-around scorer, a fourth-quarter finisher and above all, a selfless teammate.
A long-time bench player going into training camp last fall, the 26-year-old Lamb won the team’s starting two-guard spot with incumbent Nic Batum moving to small forward and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist heading to the reserves. The UConn product quickly began running away with his hard-earned opportunity, giving the first unit a much-needed scoring threat alongside Kemba Walker.