I think the exact opposite is true. I think players with skill don't have to work as hard game to game. Their skill set carries them, so they do consistently well. Players that only work hard have games where the energy just isn't there are they look terrible. luckily I think lin has both.
Well I do think Lin has some talent just not as much as a lot of NBA All-Stars have.
I still think hard working and basketball I.Q. would be better for consistency than just plain talent.
Of course they have more talent than Lin, but in the next few years he'll improve. I mean he's just broken out of the shadows for like 3 weeks. And anyways, he doesn't have to do everything, he's got Melo and Amar'e.
I still don't think NY will make much of a splash in the NBA. It'll turn out to be another story of "too little, too late" The Bulls and the Heat have a pretty solid hold on the east for now, and the west, in my opinion, is crap except for the Thunder.
