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Jeremy Lin

I like stories like Lin's how he was sleeping on his brothers couch in NY and then BOOM! the worlds eyes are on you. He is surely going to be getting his brother a nice new couch next year ;)
 
was this guy drafted this year at all?
btw i dont know why everyone exaggarated him just after 2 games , let him play a bit more, this is nba, not streetball tournament
 
sepanol said:
was this guy drafted this year at all?
btw i dont know why everyone exaggarated him just after 2 games , let him play a bit more, this is nba, not streetball tournament
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More than 2 games guy. 25 & 7, 28 & 8, 23 & 10, 38 & 7. Find me another player in the history of the league who put up a stat line anything close to that in 4 consecutive games as a rookie, and tell me if they were busts. This kid is legit.

Is he a 28.5 ppg scorer? No that will definitely come down and teams will start going under on the pick and roll and force him to pull-up and shoot, but if you step out he can split and if you chase he'll go by you. He's already one of the 10 best screen-roll PG's in the league. He's exactly what D'Antoni has been looking for and he will rejuvenate Amare's game once he returns and those two run that high screen-roll Amare ran with Nash in Phoenix. Melo's eventual return will probably screw up his rhythm and the flow of the Knicks offense but Lin is a major building block and probably will save D'Antoni's job.
 
He was undrafted last season. It's not that hard to look up. And the only way we get him is via trade unless he reverts to riding the pine. New York has bird rights and we only have $6.5 mil to throw at him IF we don't resign Howard, Miles, Evans and Tinsley or any of our draft picks next year.

I'm surprised he was not on KOC's list this year, He was signed by Houston on Dec 12th, four days after we signed Tinsley. Houston then waived him on December 24th and he was signed by NYC. By that time it would have put us over the cap.

Also Lin has scored the most points in his first 3 starts of any player since the 1976-77 ABA/NBA merger per Mark Stein Twitter.
 
Knicks are not about to let Lin go anywhere now; the ESPN announcers even said they'd considered cutting him before he went on this tear! He looks like the real deal; very smart and knows how to handle himself in any situation on the court, and wants to keep getting better. He's more athletic than I was expecting; made some great drives to the basket vs the Lakers!
 
NotDeadYet said:
Knicks are not about to let Lin go anywhere now; the ESPN announcers even said they'd considered cutting him before he went on this tear! He looks like the real deal; very smart and knows how to handle himself in any situation on the court, and wants to keep getting better. He's more athletic than I was expecting; made some great drives to the basket vs the Lakers!
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Makes you wonder how many decent players just never were given a shot in the right situation/team in the NBA.
 
Which may also mean that smarts are underrated--and underappreciated in the NBA
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We drafted one of those Ivy League types. His name was Walter Palmer, one of the worst picks ever made by the Jazz. There are smarts and BB smarts and Jeremy Lin seems to have both in abundance.
 
J Lin is the best show in sports right now. I don't think I had ever had a better time watching my Jazz lose.

Sadly Melo and Amare will return soon and when that happens the Knicks will no longer be Lin's team. Those guys are winning on hustle D and Yellow Mamba. Totally different scenario when their stars return.

The whole league slept on this guy. Utah signed Tinsley, for instance, rather than J Lin. Knicks are going to lock this kid up for sure.
 
Seems i have to eat some serious crow tonight. JEREMY LIN!! I seem to have made a grievous error in my assessment of Mr. Lin's talents. Hail to Jeremy Lin! If his star zooms any higher we are going to be looking at something akin to a miracle. Some people just have a knack for playing this game when nobody else seemed to think they can. Seeing for me wasn't believing, but i believe now. 38 Pts tonight i heard.
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re-posting this post in a thread more germane. Feathers and all (the crow), the kid is shaping up to be the biggest surprise in memory. Long term, who knows. But Jeremy Lin is playing absolutely great for an extended period of time. I am amazed! What a story he is.
 
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