Carmelo Anthony, James Harden and Kobe Bryant–besides all being superstars they have one other thing in common.

They need to have the basketball in their hand and didn’t want to share with Jeremy Lin.

According to Yibada, the The point guard from Harvard rejected overtures from the Dallas Mavericks because he saw the handwriting on the wall.

The Mavs were also going after Deron Williams, who they signed a week after Lin went to the Charlotte Hornets.

Lin is expected to come off the bench for the Hornets, but is expected to play a key role.

The Hornets give Lin the best chance of resurrecting his career after a disappointing season in Los Angeles. He didn’t want a repeat of his time with Carmelo, Kobe and Harden.

You can read more reasons why Lin might have chosen Charlotte over Dallas in Yibada.