Jeremy Lin has finally responded to the rumors surrounding a possible trade to another team.

Rumors have dogged the point guard's side since the offseason started. After a not-so spectacular first season with the Houston Rockets, many have speculated that his time in Texas is over, and the team will make its move to trade Lin during the summer. Some analysts even said that the Rockets would be better off without Lin on the team. Others said he would stay with his current team, but with a diminished role, definitely coming off the bench.

However, in a recent interview with Linsanity himself, it seems that he isn't fazed by all the controversy surrounding his game.

Visiting Taiwan for a few engagements -- including the promotion of his new documentary Linsanity -- J. Lin finally addressed the trade rumors, saying that all the reports just fuel him to work harder.

"This just makes me work hard and do better," Lin said in an exclusive interview with Taiwanese network TVBS, as reported by Christian Post.

He also added that he will be glad to play for any other team, and he'll do his best regardless of the team he'll be playing for because this is where God wants him to be.

"Whichever team I am in, God wants me to do all my best. I have no control over whether I am traded or not. What truly matters is how I act," the Harvard standout said in Mandarin. "Wherever I am, I will do my utmost. I always remember God reigns. In any circumstances, I trust in Him. No one knows the future. Only God knows."

Jeremy's parents, who were also with him during the interview, agreed with their son, adding that even after being hit with multiple injuries, they believe this will make him better.

"Experiences including the knee injury and surgery are not bad. God uses setbacks to make one grow," his mom explained.

Notably, Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey has already shutdown rumors of a trade, explaining that Dwight Howard and James Harden want Lin to stay with the team. In a recent Reddit AMA, the GM again backed up Lin, saying that there were "unrealistic expectations" about the player and that "people generally compare things to their expectations when forming opinions versus look at the big picture."

Opposing Views notes what Morey had to say:

It is amazing to me that all the time I encounter people feeling negative about Jeremy's season with us. I have chalked this up to:
-- he started off slow, mostly do to getting 100% back from injury
-- very high, unrealistic expectations after his time in New York
-- had a rough ending in the playoffs, again due to injury
-- people generally remember starts & ends more than anything else
-- people generally compare things to their expectations when forming opinions versus look at the big picture

Last year was Jeremy's 1st full year in the league. Essentially his rookie year. If last season would have been his rookie year and he never would have played in New York, right now people would be appropriately talking about him incessantly as one of the top young rookie stars in the league. He was the starting point guard on a playoff team in West at age 24!!! Don't get me started on this. Too late...

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