When you're getting ignored by Bojan Bogdanović, it's safe to say any remaining allure from that one month of Linsanity has officially dissipated.
The Brooklyn Nets were leading the Los Angeles Lakers by nine last night when, instead of running out the clock and ending the game, Bogdanović, who had been left open underneath the hoop as the Lakers attempted to quadruple team Joe Johnson, went for a lay-up.
Apparently this really bothered Jeremy Lin, who threw his arms up in the air and attempted to "confront" Bogdanović, which consisted of Lin trotting slowly behind the Nets forward in case he got in to an actual altercation and needed to run away.
On the overall scale of "things teams do to run up the score," this ranks at about a zero. Especially in the NBA, where a nine point lead can disappear with a couple missed free throws and some 3-pointers on the other end. If the Nets were up, like, 30, then OK. Yell at Bogdanović all you want. But no one else on the Lakers seemed to care, (you can even see Nick Young look over at Lin like "what are you even mad about?") and there was nothing showy about what Bogdanović did. The dude just laid the ball up.
I know the season has been pretty awful for you, Jeremy. But pick your battles.
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