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Conley
02-09-2012, 12:34 AM
OK, this is getting Lin-sane.

The Knicks have won three straight games for the first time since early January. In all three, they've been led by Jeremy Lin, who five days ago was the team's third-string guard.

But the latest might have been the most impressive, especially from a team perspective.

With the Knicks missing Carmelo Anthony (groin) and Amare Stoudemire (death in the family), Lin scored 23 points and handed out a career-high 10 assists to lift New York (11-15) to a 107-93 win over the Wizards (5-21) on Wednesday night.

In the past three games, Lin has averaged 25.3 points and 8.3 assists.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11165/rapid-reaction-knicks-107-wizards-93

This guy is a neat story. Player of the year in California, but no colleges would offer him a scholarship because they didn't think he could play. So he went to Harvard, played there and did well, but didn't get a sniff from the NBA in the draft. He signed a free agent contract, bounced around a little bit, and now he is kicking tail in New York City. He's sort of a Tebowesque story. :grin:

More on Lin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lin

MMC
02-09-2012, 01:45 AM
OK, this is getting Lin-sane.

The Knicks have won three straight games for the first time since early January. In all three, they've been led by Jeremy Lin, who five days ago was the team's third-string guard.

But the latest might have been the most impressive, especially from a team perspective.

With the Knicks missing Carmelo Anthony (groin) and Amare Stoudemire (death in the family), Lin scored 23 points and handed out a career-high 10 assists to lift New York (11-15) to a 107-93 win over the Wizards (5-21) on Wednesday night.

In the past three games, Lin has averaged 25.3 points and 8.3 assists.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11165/rapid-reaction-knicks-107-wizards-93

This guy is a neat story. Player of the year in California, but no colleges would offer him a scholarship because they didn't think he could play. So he went to Harvard, played there and did well, but didn't get a sniff from the NBA in the draft. He signed a free agent contract, bounced around a little bit, and now he is kicking tail in New York City. He's sort of a Tebowesque story. :grin:

More on Lin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lin

I think I will have to check with D on this one.....since he is close to that source. :laugh: :wink:

Conley
02-10-2012, 11:19 PM
I guess Kobe will know who Lin is after tonight!

"Jeremy Lin keeps getting better. Better even than Kobe Bryant on Friday night.

Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85.

Buried deep on the bench a little more than a week ago, Lin led the Knicks to their fourth straight win, tying their longest streak of the season. His two free throws with 52 seconds left and some booming "MVP! MVP!" chants stopped the Lakers' final rally and allowed the undrafted Harvard product to pass Carmelo Anthony for the highest-scoring game by a Knicks player this season.

Iman Shumpert added 12 points for the Knicks, who are still without Anthony and Amare Stoudemire. But they have Lin, the point guard that two other teams gave up on in December and didn't get his chance in New York until three other players couldn't do the job.

Bryant finished with 34 points, but he got off to a horrendous start and finished only 11 of 29 from the field. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 10 rebounds, but All-Star Andrew Bynum was only 1 of 8 for three points with 13 rebounds as the Lakers' nine-game winning streak against the Knicks was snapped."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=320210018

Love this kid.

MMC
02-10-2012, 11:25 PM
:rollseyes:

Conley
02-10-2012, 11:33 PM
:rollseyes:

Why the hate?

MMC
02-10-2012, 11:43 PM
Why the hate?

Who is hating? I fully expected there to be no season. I still thinks Obama gave them a call. :laugh:

Conley
02-10-2012, 11:48 PM
Who is hating? I fully expected there to be no season. I still thinks Obama gave them a call. :laugh:

Well you were rolling your eyes so I figured you weren't down with the Linsanity! Where's RollingWave tonight? Maybe he will be more excited than you. :grin:

MMC
02-10-2012, 11:52 PM
Oh yeah.....us Chicagoans are all rooting for NY LIN-CITY. :rollseyes: :grin:

jeremay
03-28-2012, 06:32 PM
He is not that eternal, Soul of Guardian (http://www.dotmmo.com/soul-of-guardian-7723.html), but he is not normal

Mister D
03-28-2012, 06:52 PM
Why the hate?

You asked MMC why the hate? It's what he does. :rollseyes: :grin:

Conley
03-28-2012, 06:55 PM
He doesn't even like Chicago athletes! He probably thinks Jordan was meh. :grin:

Mister D
03-28-2012, 06:57 PM
He doesn't even like Chicago athletes! He probably thinks Jordan was meh. :grin:

:laugh: He's a sports contrarian.

MMC
03-28-2012, 08:52 PM
You asked MMC why the hate? It's what he does. :rollseyes: :grin:


:smiley: <<<<<Moi? :evil5:

MMC
03-28-2012, 08:58 PM
He doesn't even like Chicago athletes! He probably thinks Jordan was meh. :grin:

Well, he is from NY so I can see why he don't like Chicago Athletes. But to think Jordan was meh, so-so. Uhm.....has he lost his damn mind?

Conley
03-28-2012, 09:02 PM
Well, he is from NY so I can see why he don't like Chicago Athletes. But to think Jordan was meh, so-so. Uhm.....has he lost his damn mind?

:rofl: We're talking about you. :kiss:

edit: and yes, we're pretty sure you have lost your mind. :wink:

Mister D
03-28-2012, 09:06 PM
Great stuff. :grin:

MMC
03-28-2012, 09:47 PM
:rofl: We're talking about you. :kiss:

edit: and yes, we're pretty sure you have lost your mind. :wink:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k

:grin: