How could Ainge not have spotted Jeremy Lin?

[Cman]

Lin was undrafted, so all 30 teams passed on him at one point in time.  I didn't see him in the NJN or UTJ games, but he did show some skills in the limited minutes he played vs BOS. 

Cleveland, Charlotte, and Denver didn't draft anyone that year, so 27 teams.

Lin was a combo guard without a clear position who people didn't think could play defense and had questionable ball-handling skills.  He might not even be the best undrafted combo guard who went undrafted that year, as Manny Harris remains a guy who deserves a look.

Lin did have such a good 2010 summer league that there was actually a bidding war for his services.  One wonders what would have happened if he had gone to the Lakers or Mavericks, two teams that went after him.

If he went undrafted that means any team could have invited him to camp or signed him, thus they all passed on him.

Just like they all passed on the Steemer!

[LooseCannon]

If he went undrafted that means any team could have invited him to camp or signed him, thus they all passed on him.

He was actually signed by the Warriors after Summer League in the year he went undrafted, with other offers coming from the Lakers, Mavericks, and a reported "unnamed Eastern Conference team", which for all we know could have been the Celtics.  And more teams were supposedly interested.  Lin just went to the team that had little depth at guard and was willing to offer some partially guaranteed money.

Lin was at the level where he was clearly going to get an invite to training camp somewhere, if only because some teams would try to chase an Asian-American fanbase, so he was probably going to have some options.  Lin was probably the most hyped undrafted free agent straight out of college that I have ever seen.