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Originally Posted by brostholder
I have found it difficult to watch a Knicks game since the glory days of Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Bill Bradley,
Dave Debusschere, Earl the Pearl, Phil Jackson, and Dick Barnett. Let's face it, it's been years of embarrassment. But, they have a player named Jeremy Lin who has captured the hearts of New Yorkers. He is a graduate of Harvard, and the only reason he got a chance to play has been injuries to other players. He has played 4 games and has been outstanding in each one, and the knicks have won them all. Last night he put up 38 points against Koby and the Lakers. He is going to be a very exciting star and just may get me watching NBA basketball again.
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Ah, finally. I've been a Knicks fan my whole life. You can't discount the great Ewing years of the Knicks. They had to play against great teams then like the Michael Jordan Bulls, the Reggie Miller Pacers, the Olajuwon Rockets, the Robinson-Duncan Spurs etc, etc. They just missed their chance at B-Ball greatness on many occasions, breaking my Knicks heart over and over. It was great basketball, though.
The thing with this kid, Jeremy Lin, is that no one knew how great he might be; and I mean NO ONE. He was undrafted in 2010 and then signed by his favorite team, the Golden State Warriors. He never got much of a shot and was waived and signed by the Houston Rockets who didn't chance him either and eventually let him go, to sign a big man they thought they needed. Mike D'Antoni picked him up for the Knicks having been impressed with his Summer League play. He now sat at the end of the Knicks bench, out of the rotation.
Injuries and the uninspired play of Knicks point guard Tony Douglas and rookie Iman Shumpert, out of position at the point, left D'Antoni in risk of losing his job. The Knicks signed aging injured star Baron Davis, and he hasn't hit the hardwood yet. All this led to D'Antoni looking down his bench and giving this Harvard grad his shot, and BOY did he ever take advantage.
He scored over 20 pts and had at least 8 assists in his first 2 NBA starts, being the first player to do this since Lebron James and only the 6th player to do this since 1970. "Linsanity" took over Madison Square Garden. Even with stars Stoudemire and Carmelo not playing the Knicks were on fire. This unknown Asian-American kid outplaying every point guard he faced. On ESPN, Magic Johnson, in commentary, is comparing him to John Stockton and Steve Nash.
Everyone was waiting to see what would happen against the Kobe Bryant Lakers when they came to the Garden where Kobe once scored a Garden record 61 points. The Lakers would not be surprised by this kid, the commentators said, and this would be a defining game for Jeremy Lin.
What happened?; Jeremy Lin was the best player on the court, hands down. He got the Knicks all involved in the game, and when the Lakers stopped his pick and roll game, he calmly sank jump shot after jump shot and drove time and time again to the basket for layups, embarrassing All Star point guard Derek Fisher again and again.
Madison Square Gard-Lin is jumping; it's Lin-sane, The Knick are all-Lin, The Knicks are Lin-ing and Lin-ing every game, so far, with their new phenom point guard. Lin-sanity is ruling the Garden.
I hope it continues; it's been great to cheer this team again.