now he's being overrated. truth is harden, parsons, lin are three best playmakers on the team. you can miss one, but missing two of them will make the team struggle. if parsons is out, harden and lin are enough to carry the team. in fact, lin can more than cover for parsons if given more trust and freedom. near the end of last regular season, when both harden & parsons were out with injuries, lin led the team to blow out wins over quality opponents.
now the problem is rockets spent 25mil on a player they don't want to use, even when that player has shown again and again he is a credible contributor. it's really baffling.