OFFICIAL - Jeremy Lin "LINSANITY" Thread

NOODLESTYLE · Post #581 » by **NOODLESTYLE** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:04 am

Post-game interview with NBA TV:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSMbTcvoUs[/youtube]

RHODEY · Post #582 » by **RHODEY** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:09 am

Clyde_Style wrote:Not athletic my azz. He has body control to weave in traffic and get to the rim around defenders, something most NBA players can't do. He can get off contested difficult shots around the rim while in the air. He has a great first step. He can stay in front of his man on defense. Looks like an athlete to me.

I would say Jeremy is very agile while not overly athletic - but he's not slow footed... Really who cares. He gets it done and I think he will get it done consistently. Really John Stockton wasn't too athletic either but he got it done!

clearscreen · Post #583 » by **clearscreen** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:12 am

THE DEITY cus we worship him
Jeremy "The Butcher" Lin cus he slaughters Deron Williams and Devin Harris
Pikachu cus he's so damn cute

nyczlegacy · Post #584 » by **nyczlegacy** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:16 am

Asian Silk

stuporman · Post #585 » by **stuporman** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:19 am

Clyde_Style wrote:
stuporman wrote:I don't know why someone who is Asian would have a rep of lacking in athletic ability when martial arts training that has a home in nearly every Asian culture is about as much about athletic ability and body control than just about any sport in the world. Maybe they aren't as practiced in basketball as a foreign culture but Lin is American born and raised so his culture is American first and foremost and his Asian part is genes, it's not his upbringing, he's not foreign. He's got that American swag!

You can say their body type as Asians generally isn't built for basketball but Lin is 6-3.5 and that's perfect height for a PG. He may not have a great shooting stroke coming out of college but how many other players don't have one either but get drafted anyway. Sure he came from a college of little acclaim but he did produce himself in an epic way that I see so many people seem to feel is important for a player to have done and succeed at the next level.

It just makes no sense why he didn't get the chance at all. It's not like it's been years and years that it took him to develop. It's been just about 18 months since the draft that he was passed up in so really how much could he have improved in a year and a half? Undoubtedly he did learn some but was it in leaps and bounds for him to perform like he has and not show a glimpse of it at all or enough for a team to want to hold on to him and let him develop?

Even our coach didn't see it until he got hit in the head with it by accident. The coach basically had to have no other option and out of desperation try the kid. He's going to have bad games and at times he's going to look very inexperienced. Although in a few years who knows how much more he can develop. Look how long it took Nash to mature into what he became.

I guess you could say it is 'racism' that is why people overlooked him. He doesn't 'look' like a basketball player so he didn't get the respect his skills deserved. Thankfully for it though because it is why he wound up on the Knicks. He wound up in NY, the melting pot, the city that doesn't judge you on what you look like but on what you do. He's NY personified.

I see we have a hardcore Lin supporter in the making.

Just making comments on what I think I see....

dantian · Post #586 » by **dantian** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:23 am

RHODEY wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:Not athletic my azz. He has body control to weave in traffic and get to the rim around defenders, something most NBA players can't do. He can get off contested difficult shots around the rim while in the air. He has a great first step. He can stay in front of his man on defense. Looks like an athlete to me.

I would say Jeremy is very agile while not overly athletic - but he's not slow footed... Really who cares. He gets it done and I think he will get it done consistently. Really John Stockton wasn't too athletic either but he got it done!

+1

DocZaius · Post #587 » by **DocZaius** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:24 am

Lin Tebow

DocZaius · Post #588 » by **DocZaius** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:25 am

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

Jeremy Lin Gets Animated

That was epic man

Epic

clearscreen · Post #589 » by **clearscreen** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:27 am

The MOJO cus he never loses it

Post #590 » by **Luv those Knicks** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:28 am

Don't want to start a new thread, so I'll just put it up here for comparison's sake>

Greg Anthony's first start:

46 minutes, 20 pts, 13 assists, 5 TOs, 8 of 14 shooting

http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... elog/1992/

Knicks win 115/106 over Indy

Frank Williams' first 3 starts:

14 pts, 4 assists, 3 TOs
18 pts, 5 assists, 2 TOs
6 pts, 7 assists, 2 TOs

Knicks win all 3 games. Williams starts, but doesn't play starters minutes. 29, 22 and 26 minutes.

Doesn't mean I don't love Lin, but I also, on that day in 1991, Loved Greg Anthony and the days before the Marbury trade, I loved Frank Williams.

NYKBaller · Post #591 » by **NYKBaller** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:32 am

lookin like isiah thomas out there!

Dr. Detfink · Post #592 » by **Dr. Detfink** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:33 am

Hey, I would really love for Lin to be the new Ambassador for Chinese players US and Abroad. He's a great athlete.

chowmein · Post #593 » by **chowmein** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:33 am

hebrewhammer wrote:1) He's Chinese. that's why he didn't get a D1 offer despite being California division player of the year and didn't even get sniff in the NBA until he schooled John Wall despite a sterling NCAA career. Main reason. Real talk.

2) Many players get overlooked... system isn't perfect regardless of race. Most players aren't dealing with #1 so Lin had it harder but lots of players have it hard. Also a major reason.

3) The situation with GS and Hou were mainly salary issues. If things had worked differently Lin might have stuck in either city. Of course GS never gave him a shot at PT last year and likely would be the same this year under butt-head and all-time **** announcer Mark Jackson.

IMO those are the real 3 reasons, all legit. But if I'm being honest is the lesson you can learn from how Jeremy handled those 3 impediments. In my experience with Asian culture, they don't sit around bitching and moaning about what's holding them back... in fact a lot of them even deny clear racism in order to motivate themselves. Jeremy wasn't crying on sportscenter about how Asian athletes are being held back (cough cough black quarterbacks). he's outworking dudes and staying positive to get over the hump even in unfair situations.

He played for Harvard which is in the ivey league. Ivey league division = suck really really bad... If he had been playing for UCLA and play well, no doubt he will be drafted. Just name any ivey league nba player and u will see why he's not drafted.

Post #594 » by **Capn'O** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:34 am

Shump is going to be a good player in this league. Dude is a keeper. Just chill and let the man shump.

XcalibuR · Post #595 » by **XcalibuR** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:34 am

Steve Nash with less vision and way less jump shot.

Bankai · Post #596 » by **Bankai** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:37 am

Its because he was asian.... they had a huge article about him on SLAM talking about how underrated he was his whole basketball life cause he was asian until he started lighting up people and the reality set in. He doesent have much athleticism but has great IQ and is a steady hand and good shooter, things you want in a PG. He carried that bunch of no name nerds at Harvard to at least be a respectable Basketball team while he was there.

chowmein · Post #597 » by **chowmein** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:42 am

Dr. Detfink wrote:Hey, I would really love for Lin to be the new Ambassador for Chinese players US and Abroad. He's a great athlete.

That's not gonna happen, he's from taiwan decent. And ALL Taiwanese people hate to be called CHINESE. And i'm sure the Taiwanese people will be really angry over this. It's all good though cause he's AMERICAN. :lol:

He can be an Ambassador for the asian community.

dantian · Post #598 » by **dantian** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:45 am

Watching Shump in the same win over Jazz, you'll see that he starts to speed up and drive into paint with his defender 4 steps away from him. That's inefficient and gives defense enough time and space to react, hence less effective. He is successful sometimes purely on his great athleticism. Lin is opposite. He waits for his defender to commit and drive by the defender with perfect timing. After that, the help defense doesn't have much time to react, so that it becomes easy picking for him to outsmart it on the move.

Post #599 » by **K_ick_God** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:50 am

I thought Shump showed some great stuff. The finger roll and pull-up J's were things of beauty and high-talent moves. So it's silly to criticize him. He helped in a big way tonight and has major talent.

He's got work to do but so much to work with. Working on the J is the easiest improvement a very young player can make.

NYCrusader · Post #600 » by **NYCrusader** » Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:52 am

lazyskillz wrote:That was deep NYCrusader. Good contribution!

No need to be deep, that's all your statement warranted.

A simple no, I wasn't going to articulate an opposing position on your comparison to Jason Kidd.

I don't care if you say Jason Kid 1.5 or a "poors man" Jason Kidd, the fact of the matter is you mentioned Lin and Kidd in the same sentence and thus there is no need to humor your statement.