Jeremy Lin!!!!

Who is Jeremy Lin and why should I care?

The guy is the real mccoy by my judgement after watching couple games, definitely someone I will root for even though there's potential he may get smotheringly religious :) just because he had to earn everything the hardest way and then some. Definitely a real skill set here as compared to the other so called "skill sets".

When you leave Golden State you make it big!

Get over yourselves guys he's the flavor of the week. Once the book on him is out he'll go back to sucking and knick fans can go back to whining about the melo trade. My fvcking goodness is there anybody worse than dopey knick fans. Go ny gO ny go! Shut the fvck up!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for posting the link wejo!

(It was an awesome game!)

there's another sport besides indoor track going on?

Barakus Obama wrote:

subpar defender and undersized at SG.

Tell that to Steve Nash's 2 MVP trophies.

Looks like he is really good... Good court vision!

I was just about to start a thread on this guy because it is an amazing story. The guy came out of Harvard undrafted, sat on the bench at Golden State for a season was cut picked up and cut again this season. Was sent down to the d Leagues picked up by the knicks and has turned the knicks around. Late night, sans superstars, he scored 38, out played Kobe and lead the knicks to victory.

This is a a Rocky story of a player who no one believed in, who had failures and set backs but never stopped believing in himself. Work, enthusiasm for the game, and talent finally prevailed.

One has to wonder why his talent went unnoticed for so long? I wonder if it was his Asian appearance cause some bias against him.

This kid has great talent and is FUN to watch. First NBA game in a long time that I wanted to watch.

I think he's got 9 points at the first timeout.[/quote]

me to! It's been a long time since I wanted to watch PRO BB! Call it what you want..Mr full of yourself!

A bit more background:

He went to high school across the street from the Stanford campus; led his school to state title; was named California state player of the year; had the grades for Stanford. And Stanford wouldn't give him a scholly. Wanted him to walk on. He is the only Cali HS player of the year not to be offered a D1 scholarship by anyone.

So he goes to Harvard; puts up 30 against UConn and 25 against BC along the way; is named one of 25 finalists for Wooden Award player of year. And goes undrafted.

Because the Warriors' owner knows him from HS and followed him at Harvard, the Warriors give him a guaranteed contract as an undrafted FA. The GM and coach don't believe in him, however, so he only gets very limited minutes in 2010-11. It's enough to make a him a favorite with a lot of Warrior fans who beg for more playing time.

Instead, when the lockout gets settled, he gets cut before the first practice this year, without the Warriors' new coach every seeing him play. Waived to Rockets, cut, waived to Knicks (picked up only because of an injury need) and then about to be cut again this week before finally given a chance for significant minutes.

As a New York native and Knick fan, I'm ecstatic. As a Stanford grad, it disappoints me that my school was blinded by stereotype, as it no doubt was. I lived in Palo Alto in the mid '90's when an unheralded and unrecruited point guard (Brevin Knight) brought the Stanford basketball program from absolute nowhere to national prominence. The sensation of watching J Lin transform the Knicks is very much the same.

Thanks - great post!

wejo wrote:

He's a point guard. And from what I've seen tonight he's excellent.

He reminds me off JJ Barea but about 5 inches taller.

Right on, Wejo. I watched some of last night's game at the Millrose hotel, and the guy is a great shooter and playmaker. I'm quickly becoming a fan...

I have to admit, I'm pretty shocked. I went to a Harvard-Penn game when Lin was a junior and he wasn't even the best player on the court - he had pretty much one move, which was to put his head down and drive to the basket. Apparently, he has been improving.

Just to add to the story -

Lin is the first NBA player from Harvard in 58 years (I believe, it might be 59). Harvard has also had more US presidents than NBA players.

So I wouldn't say that it is ONE thing that is making this story great, it is a combination of so many factors that makes this a great story. He has had to overcome a lot and work his way to where he is now. He has really earned it.

And how many rings has Steve Nash in his resume?

None. Zero.

Even Tony Parker has better defense than Nash or Lin.

BTW...Nash IS IN FACT a true PG.

January 17th Knicks send Lin to Erie

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577167321636142392.html

Lin on January 20th Erie Bayhawks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0FT4HwRnAI&feature=related

Lin on January 24th vs Bobcats 8 pts of the bench

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTZY1lCwfY&feature=related

Feb 4 vs Nets 25 points of the bench 5 rebs 7 assists 2 steals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oaqWMLdwk&list=PL3876E0F897E2D1C4&index=1&feature=plpp_video

The rest is history.

Lin's 89 in his first three starts is the most in NBA history. Michael Jordan had 74 points.

Feb 6 vs Jazz 28 pts, 8 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvlnYlxkbIQ&feature=related

Feb 8 vs Wizards 23 pts, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xso2bGDTSjg&feature=related

Feb 10 vs Lakers 38 pts 4 reb 7 assists 2 steals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jASZKxSMhcM&list=PL3876E0F897E2D1C4&index=4&feature=plpp_video

NBA scouts must have slanted eyes not to be able to see this gem.

I wonder when that racist orthodoxy-lover Sir Duncealot is going to get here to tell us how black people are genetically superior at everything athletic, and how genetics are everything. Good thing Jeremy Lin didn't listen. Down with racists of all kinds.

manfred wrote:

As a Stanford grad, it disappoints me that my school was blinded by stereotype, as it no doubt was. I lived in Palo Alto in the mid '90's when an unheralded and unrecruited point guard (Brevin Knight) brought the Stanford basketball program from absolute nowhere to national prominence. The sensation of watching J Lin transform the Knicks is very much the same.

As a Stanford grad, how do you feel about your schools admission policies that openly discriminates against Asian applicants?