NBA: Jeremy Lin, 15 Players Living Up To 2015 Contracts

NBA: 15 Players Living Up To 2015 Summer Contracts

November 20, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler (21, right) dribbles against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23, left) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Bulls 106-94. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

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Jan 13, 2016; Charlotte, NC, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin (7) warms up before the game against the Atlanta Hawks at Time Warner Cable Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports /

13. Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin may only be averaging 12.7 points, 3.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game this season, but the Charlotte Hornets got one of the best bargain deals of the summer by signing him to a two-year, $4 million contract (with a player option for 2016-17 that he will almost assuredly opt out of).

With Nicolas Batum being banged up, Lin has even filled in admirably alongside Kemba Walker in the starting lineup, averaging an eye-popping 18.4 points, 4.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game on .468/.412/.837 shooting splits in nine starts. The only thing more impressive than those numbers is his ever-changing hairstyle.

Lin is posting the best per 36 minutes numbers of his career since his breakout season in New York when Linsanity swept the globe, and he’s coming off a 26-point outing in a revenge game against the Knicks and a 20-11-7 stat line in a double-overtime win over the Kings. Batum has been Charlotte’s best player this season, but Lin has done his best to fill in on an extremely cheap contract.

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