Los Angeles Lakers point guard Jeremy Lin has not ruled out bolting out of his current team for greater opportunity elsewhere when he becomes an unrestricted free-agent next summer, the former Harvard hot-shot confirmed during a recent interview with Sheridan Hoops writer Michael Scotto.

Three-years after Linsanity, Lin is set to hit free-agency market once again, but unlike the last time when he was among the most-sought young players available, this coming summer will likely be a rough one for Lin after having what has been a very frustrating season with the purple-and-gold.

In an interview with Scotto, Lin talked about the uncertainty of his upcoming free-agency and the need to put up something impressive in the last half of the season to pump in more value in his currently floundering free-agency free-agency stock.  

"I'll just cross that bridge when the time comes," Lin said. "I'm keeping my options open and see what's out there. I'm just going to evaluate everything when the time comes because right now you could say stuff, but it doesn't really matter until I'm presented (with something) at the time because I don't know what the landscape is going to look like."

Lin, who is earning a career-high $15M ($8M against the salary cap) in the final year of his contract, will likely see his next paycheck significantly lower than his previous one, but ESPN Los Angeles reporter Arash Markazi thinks he will explore all options available for him to become a starter again.

Traded by the Rockets to Los Angeles in a salary-dump move last off-season, Lin had high-expectation in his Lakers tenure. He hoped to become one of the cornerstones of the team moving forward, however after losing his starting job to his backup (Ronnie Price) 20 games into his purple-and-gold career, his play this season has never been the same again.

The 26-year old Lin is averaging 10.4 points and 4.7 assists in 25 minutes per game, while shooting 42 percent from the field and 36 percent from the three-point line.