Jeremy Lin thinks Rockets will be more comfortable together next season

After a series of marathon exit interviews with everything from the Rockets coaches to trainers, front office decision-makers to directors of strength and conditioning, Jeremy Lin was asked how he could improve. He seemed to think it would take another three hours.

“I’ll keep you guys here longer if I go into all that,” he said.  “Just becoming a better offensive and defensive player, looking at my turnovers, missed shots, my defensive breakdowns. I have it all right now. I spent a lot of time talking about all that, what the percentages were and the advanced stats behind it. I haven’t wrapped my head around it all.”

When asked, Lin said he did like his improvement through the season. He said his chest injury would need only rest and that he had had come to grips with his playoff struggles, saying it was “rough,” while trying to play with it. He said he would take about three weeks before heading back into training.

“I’m happy with everything we did,” Lin said. “Now, three days removed, I’m less emotional, more objective about the playoffs. I think overall this season surpassed a lot of people’s expectations so we’re happy with that. One thing we did realize, we still have a long way to go. I think we’re hungry because we’ve gotten just a little taste of what we can accomplish.

“We need to get better defensively and offensively and we will be naturally in our second year just because it’s our second year. But also, along with that, just building the chemistry, just building the trust that you need to close out close games, to be able to win games on the road when it’s your fourth game in five nights, or Game 6 at home to push to Game 7.”

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