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Is Lin-sanity Lin-ished!!!!

From starting off as one of the NBA’s most elite point guards in February, Jeremy Lin’s magic is starting to take a toll….. a big toll. In the month of February Jeremy Lin averaged about 24.6 points per game and now those points have dropped immensely going to about 13.6, still not bad, but for Lin it’s not as magical as it used to be. Some critics believed and others knew that this would happen but not this fast! It hasn’t even been a month and his level of playing and quality has dropped. His jersey used to be #1 selling in the NBA but now has been taken off the shelves because it isn’t selling anymore as much as it used too. Others still think that their is still magic left in the air but to others that was just a fairytale story that only lasted for a short period of time. Personally I believe that this Lin-derella story is over and most likely will never come back again as big as it did last month and the month before that.

Some questions that I still have about this is that how did he come out of the shadows and just somehow become a star in the span of one game? Also, will this magic come back ever again? What do the critics and other fans think of this Lin-sanity and if it will come again? Some fun facts are that Lin’s jerseys are selling on ebay for about $2000 and his rookie cards are selling for about $30000 and it is becoming very expensive. Also, Jeremy Lin used to play for the Golden Sate Warriors in the 2010-2011 season and played for only about $500000 but now at the Knickerbockers his contract has went from lower then $100000 to about 2.5 million dollars for 2 years. So now that this Lin-sanity is going back into the shadows, some, like me, still wonder if this fairytale will ever rise again and have him come back and take the league by storm…….. again.

~Eric Dishnica

Amazing Underdog From Harvard

AAU, where all the best players played and still play. Bill Holden, the Harvard coach, noticed the great Jeremy Lin at an AAU game in Las Vegas. He didn’t play the best that game but the coach saw him play another game against a more competitive team and he wasn’t good…… he was great! He showed natural basketball instincts, played great defense, and showed skill that can’t be taught. After that he became the number one recruit for Harvard. It has been 57 years since the last Harvard graduate made it to the NBA.

Jeremy Lin inspires me because he was an underdog that sprouted to the top in just a couple of games. Jeremy Lin was on the New York Knicks and the Knicks were running short on guards; they looked on the bench and saw Lin. Lin was about to get fired a couple days after this game so they put him in and he scored over 24 points! Who knew? A grad from Harvard comes into the game and kills the other team. That’s not all , it gets better, Jeremy Lin goes in against the L.A. Lakers and outscores KOBE BRYANT! One of the best players in the NBA. It blows my mind that he can do that and this is what I love about Jeremy Lin.

~Nate Hillburn

Jeremy Lin, Success or Fad?

The basketball player, Jeremy Lin, has been in the news a lot lately for his recent success, and I would like to know why he has suddenly been so successful. One reason I have been contemplating his recent success is because there are many other NBA players that are better than him. Some examples include LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, Derrick Rose, and Kevin Durant. Is Jeremy Lin popular because of his ethnicity? Is he popular because of his Ivy League background or maybe his rise from bench warmer to superstar? I think that Jeremy Lin’s success is due to a combination of these things. In addition, I think that his team, the New York Knicks, has a large fan base and Mr. Lin is exactly the kind of player that those fans were looking for.

I decided to look more in depth into where Jeremy Lin comes from in order to better understand his instant super-stardom. Originally, Jeremy Lin is from Thailand, but he immigrated to America in order to be educated. After being a star basketball player at Palo Alto High School he went on to play for Harvard where he averaged 16 points and had a 3.1 GPA. Jeremy Lin went undrafted after graduating from Harvard but eventually attained a bench spot on the Golden State Warriors. After a stint with the warriors he was traded to the New York Knicks where he began to think that he should quit basketball, and put his college degree to work, after being demoted to the D-league. During a tough week for the Knicks where both Amar’e Stoudmire, and Carmello Anthony got injured, Jeremy Lin got his shot as he was brought back up from the D-league. At this point the Knicks were willing to try anything to fill the gap the injuries had left. During the 7 games that the players were injured, Mr. Lin played and the Knicks won 6 straight. Lin averaged 17 points and 10 assists during these games. Now, the entire world was watching and anticipating every Knicks game. I think that after reviewing Jeremy Lin’s rise to fame, several things contributed to his seemingly instant stardom. First, I think that the fact that he is Asian makes him popular, in that there are not very many Asian NBA players. Another thing that makes Mr. Lin popular is that he is a very intelligent, Ivy League student, which is a rarity within the NBA. The last thing that makes him popular is the fact that he tried his hardest, and gave his best effort when his time to shine came around. To be honest he was quite an underdog, and considered a fill in, but he proved he could be more than that. Jeremy Lin’s success has sent two important messages. One is that you should take advantage of the opportunities that you are given, and the second is that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. It is because of this that he has become an instant superstar.

~Carter DeFigueiredo

How Big is “Linsanity” Going to Be?

If you follow basketball or watch the news at all, you have probably heard about Jeremy Lin, also nicknamed, “Linsanity.” He is nicknamed this because it is pure insanity when he plays basketball. This man came straight from Harvard, and no one knew he could play hard basketball. However, the Knicks needed a point guard for a game, and they discovered he’s amazing at basketball! He now plays a key role in the Knicks starting lineup. The question is, how big is “Linsanity” going to be in the future? Was this a streak of luck, or is he actually an all-star MVP type player?

I personally think Lin is not going to be as amazing as some people think he is going to be. Sure, he will be hot for a few years, but I believe he will be overrated and die out after a few years. He has proved he is excellent under pressure, however you can’t stay like that forever. For example, Kobe Bryant, my favorite player, isn’t nearly as good as he was at the peak of his career. However, I believe Lin will be a great edition to the starting role of the New York Knicks.

~Alex Pierce

“Linning”: Is it just a Fad or is Jeremy Lin the Answer to the Knicks’ woes?

02/10/12

The sports’ world has had its fair share of sports fad. From Week 7 through the Divisional Playoffs, Tim Tebow was the definition of a fad, tacking on straight six wins at one point, only to be utterly crushed by the Patriots, once in the regular season and then again in the Divisional Playoffs.. But with the Super Bowl gone and the Tebow craze done, the spotlight shines in the Big Apple on the New York Knicks’ new star, Jeremy Lin. With Baron Davis injured, Mike Bibby and Toney Douglas failing, and the rookie Iman Shumpert floundering under the spotlight, the Knicks turned to Lin, the 2nd year man out of Harvard to lead the team. And Jeremy did not disappoint. Lin put up 25 points, handed out 7 assists, and grabbed 5 rebounds, leading the Knicks past the New Jersey Nets. In the next two games, Jeremy Lin continued his dominance, scoring 20+ points against the Jazz and the Wizards. But now, he faces his first true test. Kobe Bryant. Tonight the re-energized Knicks will pit themselves against Kobe and the Lakers at Madison Square Garden. Today, the “Linsanity” proves itself or falls apart.

02/11/12
After watching the Lakers-Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, I’ve gone “Linsane”. Jeremy Lin showed Kobe Bryant up, whom in a previous interview before the game;  said he didn’t really know what Lin did. But now, I’m sure, he knows very well. I’ve been watching basketball for five years now and Jeremy Lin is the best play-making point guard I’ve seen since Rajon Rondo and Steve Nash. Lin displays excellent court vision and he can place a pinpoint pass from 15 feet away. But that is not all. Jeremy Lin can also read defenses, hit jump shots, and drive through traffic in the lane. At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were dropping under the screens to open up Lin. So Jeremy took advantage of this by pulling and hitting four 15+ feet jumpers in the first quarter. But when the Lakers started to go through the screens, Lin beat them to the basket, laying it in six times throughout the game. Already NBA analysts, like Stephen A. Smith, are beginning to compare him to Steve Nash, a player well on his way to the Hall of Fame. Through this game, Lin has proved that he won’t be another Tebow story. He will be much, much better. As far as I’m concerned, I’m “All Lin”.

~ Nazar Chowdhury