Updated: October 30, 2012, 10:14 am ET

Lin makes an awkward mistake on the phone

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

by Mike Foss, USA TODAY Sports

 

Jeremy Lin is an all around good guy. That doesn’t mean he isn’t capable of making a mistake or two every now and then.

When Lin found out Houston Rockets rookie Jeremy Lamb had been traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, he decided to give Lamb a call to wish him good luck with his new team.

Unfortunately, Lin called the another rookie, Scott Machado, by mistake.

“I was like, ‘Hey, it’s Scott, it’s not Jeremy,’ ” Machado told Ultimate Rockets of his conversation with Lin. “‘Did you hear something about me?’ I was all nervous. He was like, “Oh, I apologize, I apologize.’ It all worked out.”

Machado was understandably nervous, sitting on a non-guaranteed contract as an undrafted rookie.

“I was here (Monday) and nobody told me anything,” Machado said. “I came out to practice and it felt good. I feel like it’s a true blessing. I’ve been working hard to get where I wanted to go.”

The Rockets open the season against the Detroit Pistons Thursday night.

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