Jeremy Lin said the Hornets helped him find joy in basketball again

Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin told fans that the Charlotte Hornets helped him fall in love with basketball again in a Facebook Live stream Thursday.

Said Lin:

"Going to Charlotte was a breath of fresh air. I learned so much from Cliff. We played the right way, we moved the ball, we played as a team. It was just beautiful. It just brought back everything I thought basketball to be, and I had so much fun with it."

Lin signed a one-year deal with the Hornets last summer and appeared in 78 games, averaging 11.7 points and 3.0 assists in 26.3 minutes per game.

Lin’s had a tough career. Take a trip with me.

He was:

• Undrafted in 2010
• Signed by the Golden State Warriors
• Assigned to and recalled from the Warriors’ D-League team three times
• Waived by the Warriors in 2011
• Signed a 10-day contract with the Houston Rockets in 2011
• Signed with the New York Knicks in 2011, where Linsanity happened
• Assigned to the Knicks’ D-League team
• Signed a three-year deal with the Houston Rockets in 2012
• Traded to one of the worst iterations of the Los Angeles Lakers in recent memory in 2014
• Signed a one-year deal with an option with the Hornets in 2015
• Signed a two-year deal with an option with the Brooklyn Nets in 2016

Lin, on his career thus far:

"The low point was obviously my rookie year -- going to the D-League, getting cut -- but I had experienced New York and everything, and I was getting down to another really low point. And that was tough for me, especially my season in L.A."

Yeah, Los Angeles was not a good look for him.

Luckily, Lin’s finally found what he’s been looking for all this time — a starting gig on an NBA team. The Nets might not be very good, mind you, but so long as Lin is happy I am happy.