NBA 2018-19: 3 surprising names in the All-Star voting first returns

#2 Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin ruptured his patella tendon in the season opener last year and missed the entire season

Jeremy Lin has been in the NBA for quite some time and has played on multiple teams. The 30-year-old's career has been plagued with injuries and last year, he ruptured his patella tendon in the season opener and missed the entire season.

In the off-season, he was traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the Atlanta Hawks, along with draft picks, in exchange for the draft rights to Isaia Cordinier and a future second-round pick. Playing on a new team, Lin struggled initially but looked okay in November.

He has been mostly scoring in single-digits and is definitely not looking like the player he once was. The Hawks are currently placed at 12th spot in East and in all likelihood, they will miss the playoffs this year.

This is definitely a surprise that Lin has received some love in the first returns, considering the fact that he has not been very great this year and the Hawks are still one of the worst teams in the league. He has received 62,573 votes in the first returns.