OFFICIAL - Jeremy Lin "LINSANITY" Thread

[uncarved]

How good are the Jazz at defending the paint? As far as Amare's absence goes, I think we'll be fine as long as Jeffries doesn't take jumpers and sticks to the PnR. The Knicks are great at forcing turnovers, they need to focus on the easy points and avoid the low-percentage shots as much as possible.

[Knick Swisher]

"Keep an eye on Harvard's Jeremy Lin. We mentioned him last year ... Lin is a terrific scorer, quick, has good leaping ability and is a nice size for a point guard. The fact that he's an Asian-American guard playing at Harvard has probably kept him off the NBA radar too long. But as scouts are hunting everywhere for point guards, more and more are coming back and acknowledging that Lin is a legit prospect." - ESPN NBA Draft Analyst Chad Ford

"He's easily one of the nation's best-kept secrets. Perhaps no more." - ESPN commentator Andy Katz

"Lin is one of the top point guards in the country." - ESPN commentator Andy Katz

"He's a terrific basketball player. What I really like about him is he's athletic, more than you think so. He controls his temperament to a really nice tempo. He knows how to play. He's one of the better kids, including BIG EAST guards, who have come in here in quite some time...I really love his composure." - Connecticut Head Coach Jim Calhoun

"There are a lot of teams that come through here... I can't think of a team that he wouldn't play for." - Connecticut Head Coach Jim Calhoun

"(Jeremy Lin) really has great, great composure on the court; he's got change-of-pace dribbles; he's really, really good." - Connecticut Head Coach Jim Calhoun

"A player that continues to be overlooked nationally: Jeremy Lin of Harvard. All he did was go for a career-high 30 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a 79-73 loss at Connecticut. The race between Cornell's Ryan Wittman and Lin for Ivy League player of the year will be quite a chase." - ESPN commentator Andy Katz

"Lin can play anywhere, in any league." - ESPN commentator Jay Bilas

"Harvard guard Jeremy Lin put on a show in Storrs on Sunday, contributing a career-high 30 points and nine rebounds as his Crimson hung around all afternoon before losing 79-73 to 13th-ranked Connecticut." - ESPN commentator Andy Katz

"Jeremy Lin is fearless in the lane and a legit playmaker, drawing so much attention as the Crimson's legit threat that he attracts a crowd, opening up his teammates for easy buckets. He finished with 30 points and nine rebounds, and for at least this game, was by far the best player on the court." - ESPN columnist Dana O'Neill

"For some folks who haven't seen [Lin] play, you're probably wowed by some of the things he can do-we are." - head coach Tommy Amaker.

"...a hidden gem." - ESPN commentator Seth Davis

"That's the best complement I can give him, that what you saw this afternoon out of him is who he is. I think he's as good of a guard as there is." - head coach Tommy Amaker.

"Jeremy Lin, Harvard's spectacular guard, is perhaps the primary reason UConn had such difficulty Sunday afternoon... (he) streaked upcourt for emphatic dunks, played with grace and determination and gave the Huskies all they could handle right up to the final buzzer." - Mike Anthony, Hartford Courant

"He's a great player. I'm definitely tired after this one." - UConn guard Jerome Dyson

"FOXSPORTS.COM STUD OF THE NIGHT: There were plenty of candidates, but I've got to go with Harvard senior guard Jeremy Lin - who finished with 25 points in the Crimson's upset at Boston College." - Fox Commentator Jeff Goodman

"Jeremy Lin can really play" - ESPNBoston.com Columnist Brian McPherson

"...he's plenty athletic. Lin explodes at the hoop and can finish above the rim, and he has built his body into a strong physical specimen that can withstand contact."- ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb

"Jeremy Lin reminds me of Santa Clara's Steve Nash circa 1996. Hair cut, deceptive athlete." - ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla

"Lin is not a pure shooter, but he has really solid fundamentals on his jumper and can elevate -- especially going right -- while maintaining great balance. Probably the most impressive part of the Harvard star's game is that his coach, Tommy Amaker, so desperately wants to get others involved that Lin is not really the focus of the team's offense for most of the first half. Yet he still puts up the numbers he does." - ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb

"Lin takes over games in the second half."- Penn PG Zack Rosen

"After watching the senior drop 30 on the Huskies at Gampel Pavilion... Man, was I impressed."- ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb

"Jeremy Lin dissected and bisected Connecticut to the tune of 30 points." - ESPN columnist Dana O'Neil

"If you want a new favorite college player to watch and cheer, put the soft-spoken, others-before-self Lin in your sights. You will not be disappointed." - ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb

"In two games against New England's annual NCAA tournament participants, Lin scored 55 points and shot 64 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line.

He boasts an all-around repertoire rarely on display. Last season Lin was the only player in the nation to rank among the top 10 players in his conference in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage and 3-point percentage." - ESPN columnist Dana O'Neil

"I guess telling you about this Jeremy Lin guy wouldn't be breaking any news at this point." - Basketball-U

"Despite the fact that the Eagles had seen Lin do this to them before, they still had no answer..." - Basketball-U

"...Just a dominating performance by Jeremy Lin" - Broadcaster Ted Sarandis

"That was the best performance I've seen in this building (Conte Forum) in a long time" - Broadcaster Ted Sarandis

"Jeremy Lin is probably one of the best players in the country you don't know about" - ESPN's Rece Davis.

"...Lin is the only player in the country to rank among the top 10 in his conference in every statistical category. That is amazing." ESPN's Rece Davis.

"He is a joy to watch. He's smooth, smart, unselfish, sees the floor like no one else on it sees. He finished with 25 points and was credited with just four assists. It seemed like it was twice as many." - Columnist Len Megliola

http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/releases/091210_MBB_Quotes

we got us another one. Jordan's next

[DE FENSE]

Congrats to Jeremy Lin. He deserves to start, mostly because our other options at PG are laughable.

[Knick Swisher]

I don't agree with the move. Lin should still get good minutes, but he should be coming off the bench. I think they're giving him way too much responsibility and putting alot of pressure on him way too quickly and because of last game expectations are gonna be way too high. I just hope he doesn't wet the bed because if he does, I can see both Dantoni AND fans turning on him.

That said, congrats to JLin. I'm pulling for him. He just needs to stay within his game.

He did the same thing with S-rod and to a certain extent he did the same thing with Mozgov... started them way too soon... they failed... he buried them on the bench. It took Mozgov weeks to climb back into the rotation. Starting positions are sacred to basketball players... we dont want to ever lose them and when we do there is almost an assured drop in confidence.

Yup, and Dantoni's hook is a hell of alot quicker than most, especially if you're not a favorite of his, and we all know Lin isn't one.

[Kidknick!]

The Last Dragon
The Sifu, or Shifu
The Pork Fried Point Guard

Any suggestions?

Im sure you didnt mean it that way but some of the suggestions are sterotypical. Its like me saying that maybe we should give Shumpert a nickname of Sweet Chitlins or Manly Hamhocks.

Manly Hamhocks, greatest name of all time.

[Clyde_Style]

Saving Mike's job probably made him a favorite overnight even though it exposed Mike for being a dummy anyway.

[djdeluxe]

I'm just afraid, we should still bring him off the bench with major minutes to continue to build his confidence and get use to playing with the starters, I'm just afraid once that scouting report comes down on him, he will get zero'ed in on and with his lack of consistent jumper it may be tough on him. Hopefully the Nets game was not a fluke, we have seen Walker and Fields go off in a game here and there and see them come back down to earth. It's just hard for me to wrap my head around a guy who got no run and cut from a few teams all of a sudden promoted to a starter, but then again anything is better than what we have which is not saying much GOOD LUCK LIN.

[Capn'O]

This seems a bit early. Seems like marketing had something to do with it...

[OminousEther]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-PKl82vQg[/youtube]

[Clyde_Style]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/D4-PKl82vQg[/youtube]

Asian Pride is kicking in big time. That's almost trippy.

[FanzWaaat]

PringlesSavior

Seriously though, ShaoLin sounds the best.

[E86]

based buddha

[playteamball]

And1

This is a good one. Linsanity and ShaoLin are good too. No Chinese foods please (Pork Fried whatever).

[Retired_Doc]

This seems a bit early. Seems like marketing had something to do with it...

I seriously doubt "marketing" had much to do with it. Lin is the only healthy pure PG we have. Not to mention MDA wants to "ride the hot hand."

I am a full 90% sure Lin will be a huge success. This game is on NBA TV---let the nation stew in envy that we have Lin and no one else does. Let all the teams that failed to draft this phenom suffer in abject misery.

Ride the Lin train---all aboard please---train leaves at 7:30 PM

[Jmonty580]

I really like Shoalin, thats pretty tight. I dont think anyone can beat that.

I was going to suggest smart guy. He's kinda nerdy like the little boy from the tv show and he went to harvard lol. He just looks like a smart guy lol.

Nothing is touching Shoalin though.

[Dr. Detfink]

THE ASIAN INVASION AT THE GARDEN HAS BEGUN!!!!!!! Represent my brothers!

[TrueWarrior]

Oh Knicks, just when I started not to even watch the games anymore you pull me back in with your sweet n sowa flava. You sly dogs.

They didnt do this for marketing. They did this so fans wouldnt hang Pringles by his tie for at least another few days.

[stuporman]

I watched those highlights of his game again and there were a couple of calls missed on Knick players that should have been and ones. Douglas got popped on his finish and Chandler got hammered by Deron on his back on one of the alley oops from Lin. The way he splits the defense is very reminiscent of Nash.

The thing that brought a tear to my eye was the way he found guys at the hoop. All the time the pickers would be rolling to the hoop wide open and Douglas could never deliver a pass to them but Shump would occasionally find them. With Lin there would be 2-3 guys in between him and the picker with another coming to help and he still would get the ball to the man in the place only they could get it. So very Nash-like!

Obviously Nash is an incredible shooter and one of the best PGs ever but it's hard to not see the dribbling, passing and vision that Lin has that can remind of Nash. How cool would it be if Nash comes for the MLE next season to tutor the guy so after he retires Lin can take over. Lin will have his up and downs this season even if he impresses at times, he still could use another season or two to polish his game even more and who better to learn from than Nash.

[playteamball]

I really like Shoalin, thats pretty tight. I dont think anyone can beat that.

I was going to suggest smart guy. He's kinda nerdy like the little boy from the tv show and he went to harvard lol. He just looks like a smart guy lol.

Nothing is touching Shoalin though.

I believe Bruce Lee's Chinese name was Shao Long, which would mean Small Dragon. Shao Lin has a pretty cool combo with that. I still like Linsanity though from a less racial perspective (Lin never emphasized his race (though he didn't avoid it), just wanted to be known as a baller).

[Pubsaint]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/D4-PKl82vQg[/youtube]

Asian Pride is kicking in big time. That's almost trippy.

Ya, before it was all Chien-Ming Wang in New York Yankees, but now it's Jeremy Lin in New York.

Hmm but I don't like the video having Jeremy trashing Yao Ming at the end. As a Taiwanese I like Yao Ming a lot and rooted for him to play well in Houston. Jeremy Lin also has much respect and joined Yao Ming's charity game.

Jeremy Lin should not be used as a tool to against Chinese or Yao Ming. Shame on the Taiwanese who make this video.