I thought Lin was the first Asian-American. Am I wrong, or does this guy just mean the fourth Asian (Yao, ZhiZhi, and... someone?)

/Man. Cuban's line of "we'll just have to get his 2.something ppg elsewhere" when they lost ZhiZhi was gold.

I loved it Fri night when Artest couldn't keep his cool and was starting fights with everyone. Spike was holding up peace signs. Classic.

It was odd to hear "World Peace with the foul".

Lin's 2nd half performance against the Wolves was very Tebowesque...

Winning is winning. He's gotta be fatigued.

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What is wrong with you? God, so racist.

mc_madness: Lin's 2nd half performance against the Wolves was very Tebowesque...

Winning is winning. He's gotta be fatigued.

I'd say 20 points, 8 assists, and making the clutch plays in the 4th quarter to get novak the ball for the 3 and forcing the foul for the winner is a perfectly respectable performance that was key in getting the knicks the win.

He's not gonna be pulling 38 points or double-doubles every game.

Dafatone: I thought Lin was the first Asian-American. Am I wrong, or does this guy just mean the fourth Asian (Yao, ZhiZhi, and... someone?)

/Man. Cuban's line of "we'll just have to get his 2.something ppg elsewhere" when they lost ZhiZhi was gold.

I think he's the first Chinese or Tainwanese-American player.

Travos: I think he's the first Chinese or Tainwanese-American player.

They have to say "Chinese or Taiwanese" because of the ambiguous political situation that Taiwan, home of the "Not Communist China" after 1950, is in. See:

Chinese Civil War (new window)

and

Political Status of Taiwan (new window)

Ron Artest gave a pretty intelligent, non crazy interview giving props to another player and was able to throw some humor in it at the end. I'm surprised.

Loving this guy's getting so much good coverage (Lin that is) but it does suck that they're taking the post-Football spotlight off of the Rangers, who are having the best season they've had since 93-94 when they won the cup, again crushing the Flyers today 5-2.

Oh well, when Mello gets back, demands the ball 50 times a game, misses 64% of the time, and this Lin's riding the bench because he's taking too much spotlight off of the "stars", and D'Antoni rolls over for it because the Dolans want returns on their huge investment in him and Stoudemire, the Rangers will get their due again.

/and it's hard to follow either team when Time Warner and MSG can't work out an issue.

ongbok: Ron Artest gave a pretty intelligent, non crazy interview giving props to another player and was able to throw some humor in it at the end. I'm surprised.

Better than how he reacts when people are throwing stuff at him, you mean?

ManateeGag: I refuse to acknowledge that idiot as anything but Ron Artest. Fark him right in the asshole with a rusty nail.

FTFY.

"Jeremy Lin Interactive Fan Experience" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

I watched my first non-playoff NBA game in years the other night when the Knicks played the Lakers.

I wanted to see Lin play, and he lived up to they hype.

If he keeps it up, it would be like Mickey Tettleton's 1989 year with the Baltimore Orioles.

"Worst to First" was the mantra, and I think the O's finished second after starting the 1988 year 0-21.

The Smails Kid: "Jeremy Lin Interactive Fan Experience" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Neither does the "Metta World Peace Interactive Fan Experience," really. Sounds like a hippy-dippy educational summer camp where the kids run a Model UN between swimming and arts & crafts.

Broktun: I watched my first non-playoff NBA game in years the other night when the Knicks played the Lakers.

I wanted to see Lin play, and he lived up to they hype.

If he keeps it up, it would be like Mickey Tettleton's 1989 year with the Baltimore Orioles.

"Worst to First" was the mantra, and I think the O's finished second after starting the 1988 year 0-21.

Mickey Tettleton was a a highly drafted prospect from a top baseball college powerhouse - Oklahoma State University.

Yeah, 1989 was a great season for Fruit Loops but nothing like what Lin is doing - a unknown Asian from an Ivy League school...

mc_madness: Yeah, 1989 was a great season for Fruit Loops but nothing like what Lin is doing - a unknown Asian from an Ivy League school...

To me, Lin's story is closest to Kurt Warner's (Warner was backup QB until his senior year of college, didn't make the Packers team after tryouts, ended up as a grocery bagger and an Arena Football player before signing with the Rams, only got his start because Trent Green went down). However, Lin's talent has always been there at every level, nobody was willing to give him a shot until now, potentially because of his race. He led his HS team to the California championship, was a state all-star but wasn't given any scholarship offers, then went on to set records at Harvard while showing up big in games against nationally recognized opponents like UConn, Georgetown, etc.

I found this interesting post analyzing his abilities going into the 2010 draft: http://hoopsanalyst.com/blog/?p=487

Quote: Any team looking to find a starting PG in the 2010 NBA draft had best win the lottery and get the top pick. A year after the legendary PG draft of 2009, the pickings for playmakers are going to be thin. That doesn't mean there won't be a player or two who surprise the experts though.

The best candidate to pull off such a surprise might be Harvard's Jeremy Lin. The reason is two numbers Lin posted, 2-point FG pct and RSB40. Lin was at .598 and 9.7. This is impressive on both counts. These numbers show NBA athleticism better than any other, because a high score in both shows dominance at the college level on both ends of the court.

Other recent PGs who came out of college with 2 pt FG% > 54% and RSB40 (rebounds,steals,blocks per 40 min) > 9.0: Andre Miller, Penny Hardaway, Steve Francis, Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, Rajon Rondo, Greg Grant, Bobby Dixon, and George Hill. Pretty good company.

ongbok: Ron Artest gave a pretty intelligent, non crazy interview giving props to another player and was able to throw some humor in it at the end. I'm surprised.

Me too. I thought it was pretty funny, even thought I don't like the guy for what he did to start the Pacer's downward spiral.