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It came down to about 45,000 votes. That's how much separated eventual NBA All-Star Game MVP Chris Paul from being replaced as a starter by Jeremy Lin (who finished with 883,809 votes, more than 400,000 than teammate James Harden).
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Now that the All-Star weekend circus has moved on from Houston, Lin can be honest -- he didn't think he was ready to be voted in. That's what he told Dave Zangaro of CSNHouston.com.
"I'm kind of thankful I didn't get voted because when ... I want to make sure I'm fully, fully deserving of it, when I play," Lin said after the team's evening practice on Monday. "And I didn't feel like that was the case this year."
He's right. Lin is growing as a player but he is not an All-Star. That's not his motivation anyway.
"I'm not really any more motivated to make it to the All-Star Game to be honest," he answered. "I'm happy for James (Harden, the Rockets representative9 but for a player, I don't think that's anybody's motivation."
Source: NBC Sports | Kurt Helin
