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[Dali]

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/jeremy-lin-is-no-fluke/?hp

Even an average N.B.A. player can have a great game. Within the past two seasons, players including Jordan Crawford, Hedo Turkoglu and Goran Dragic have recorded a triple-double. The Milwaukee Bucks’ Brandon Jennings scored 55 points in a game in 2009, nearly quadrupling the 15 points per game he scored on average that season.

But what about four great games in a row — especially when they coincide with your first three N.B.A. starts?

The New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin has scored at least 23 points in each of his last four games, including 38 on Friday night against the Lakers. He has also recorded at least seven assists in each game, and he has been efficient, shooting at least 53 percent from the field each time.

Entire post is a good read. Why isn't this just another post in the NBA thread? Because a story about a twice passed over, Asian-American, Harvard grad not only playing in the NBA, but kicking ass is interesting even to people that don't follow the NBA.

 

[Invisible_Insane]

http://i.imgur.com/DHLQV.jpg

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...s-no-fluke/?hp

Entire post is a good read. Why isn't this in the NBA thread? Because a story about a twice passed over Asian-American, Harvard grad not only playing in the NBA, but kicking ass is interesting even to people that don't follow the NBA.

Is it?

 

[Good Job Bob]

I'm not a racist so this isn't surprising to me.

trollface.jpg

 

[Dali]

Is it?

 

[El Sloth]

I'm already on the Lin-wagon.

Where are my fellow bandwagon bros at?

 

[Mully]

Lin-sanity.

 

[Sharp]

I'm already on the Lin-wagon.

Where are my fellow bandwagon bros at?

In the NBA thread, living it up.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

I'm already on the Lin-wagon.

Where are my fellow bandwagon bros at?

i've been asian since i started watching basketball as a kid.
i have valid reason to be on the linsanity wagon

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[Red Blaster]

Played like shit tonight

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Lin has been balling the fuck out. We'll see what he's averaging at the end of the season, however.

Played like shit tonight

good. now we get to see how he responds to failure or adversity.

 

[SoulPlaya]

i've been asian since i started watching basketball as a kid.
i have valid reason to be on the linsanity wagon

You're Asian?!?!

 

[DY_nasty]

Entire post is a good read. Why isn't this in the NBA thread? Because a story about a twice passed over, Asian-American, Harvard grad not only playing in the NBA, but kicking ass is interesting even to people that don't follow the NBA.

Its been in the NBA thread non-stop for the past week. Along with bad jokes, casual racism, and crappy nicknames.

And he's been mentioned routinely as an overlooked player in the league as well since 2010.

And he still takes John Wall's cookies.

Does he deserve his own thread? This will be his 4th, I believe.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Why isn't this in the NBA thread?

Huh?

 

[Derwind]

I heard New York caught Lin-fever... I hear it's very contagious and reports suggest some Raptors fans have been mildly piqued over the commotion from their division rivals...

 

[Ninja Scooter]

This is getting almost as bad as Tebow.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

You're Asian?!?!

if i wasn't, i wouldn't have any reason to root for Jlin.
plus, you have poor comprehension skills soulplaya. smh

 

[JoeFu]

lol at asking why that isn't in the NBA thread. This whole week has been about the Super Lintendo

 

[Dali]

Its been in the NBA thread non-stop for the past week.

And he's been mentioned routinely as an overlooked player in the league as well since 2010.

And he still takes John Wall's cookies.

It's meant to be read as 'why isnt this just another post in the NBA thread'. Because people like me that don't really watch the NBA and never enter the NBA thread can read about him.

 

[Nakazato]

Read an SI from a few years ago about him they said he'd be good lol

 

[LQX]

The next Tebow which every NBA player good or bad will be stacked up to?

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Is it?

It is to me. Throughout my youth I've been around Asian American kids that can play pretty good basketball and I always wondered why I don't see any in the NBA. Sometimes I got the answer "because they go into business, medicine, law and generally focus on school" so it's really cool to see a guy that did both.

 

[JoeFu]

please stop comparing him to Tebow...

 

[Adam Blade]

What the heck?

I post in the NBA thread all the time and I've never seen this guy mentioned.

Is he good? I mean, an actual Asian-American in the NBA?

Is this even possible?

 

[El Sloth]

Guys, I'm pretty sure Dali put that there for the hypothetical people who would post something like, "who cares?", or "NBA thread is the other way", etc.

Edit: Beaten by the man himself.

 

[RobotMafia]

I don't follow the NBA but it's pretty cool went to Harvard. So go Mr. Lin!

 

[JoeFu]

What the heck?

I post in the NBA thread all the time and I've never seen this guy mentioned.

Is he good? I mean, an actual Asian-American in the NBA?

Is this even possible?

I don't think so. There is no such thing as A-Ball

 

[Instro]

This is getting almost as bad as Tebow.

Except Lin is actually good.

 

[watershed]

He had a terrible second half tonight. Clearly tired from the consecutive starts with big minutes. But he's got game and will probably stabilize into a solid point guard. He's not Tebow pulling winning plays out of a hat, he's got the skills to be exactly what the knicks have been missing.

 

[Einbroch]

Must've had a 1.4 GPA.

 

[El Sloth]

This is getting almost as bad as Tebow.

Let's not get crazy now

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Must've had a 1.4 GPA.

what does this mean, exactly? I don't understand what you're trying to say?

Except Lin is actually good.

+1

seems that way.

 

[darkside31337]

please stop comparing him to Tebow...

For the love of god this.

Lin's team won't even make the playoffs this year. Let alone win a playoff game. The Tebow comparisons are ridiculous.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

I hope for nothing but the best for him this season.

 

[Puddles]

Those rankings they use have Kobe Bryant as the #56 basketball player of all time.

There is an almost universal consensus that he is top 10.

 

[AgentChris]

 

[StriKeVillain]

GREAT JOB JEREMY!


People named Jeremy are the best people in the world. Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Clarkson and of course, Jeremy McCougarstein!

Why thank you.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

what does this mean, exactly? I don't understand what you're trying to say?
.

Reference to another thread.

 

[Red Blaster]

The nonchalant racism surrounding Lin is pretty amusing too

 

[hitmon]

I'm glad the kid is finally getting a chance to show his skills. Definitely rooting for him.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

a lot of time was spent on each frame to get those glasses that perfect. I tip my hat.

Reference to another thread.

alrightey.

 

[Einbroch]

what does this mean, exactly? I don't understand what you're trying to say?

Another thread. And that he graduated from Harvard, a prestigious-

Oh forget it.

 

[Adam Blade]

After Googling this Lin guy, it appears he graduated from college only with a 3.1 GPA.

What kind of Asian failure does this?

 

[siddx]

He's not another tebow, he isn't a delusional self important dipshit who uses religion to distract from his below average play.

 

[clav]

what does this mean, exactly? I don't understand what you're trying to say?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=461690

 

[Instro]

He had a terrible second half tonight. Clearly tired from the consecutive starts with big minutes. But he's got game and will probably stabilize into a solid point guard. He's not Tebow pulling winning plays out of a hat, he's got the skills to be exactly what the knicks have been missing.

He needs to fix his turnover issues, but he definitely has the skills to be a high level point guard. I'm sure either Carmello or New York will manage to ruin him somehow though.

 

[Invisible_Insane]

It is to me. Throughout my youth I've been around Asian American kids that can play pretty good basketball and I always wondered why I don't see any in the NBA. Sometimes I got the answer "because they go into business, medicine, law and generally focus on school" so it's really cool to see a guy that did both.

In my defense, I live in New York and most of my friends are from there, so every possible iteration of pun about him has crossed my facebook thrice.

I realize there's some importance to his being first, but at the same time, there are over a billion people in China and I think in 15 or 20 years there's nt reason to think that they couldn't develop a robust national basketball program that would be competitive with the United States. I feel like a great deal of the hype is because people aren't used to thinking of Asians as athletic, so this is breaking that mold for them.

Must've had a 1.4 GPA.

The grade inflation at Harvard wouldn't allow for it.

 

[Derwind]

The nonchalant racism surrounding Lin is pretty amusing too

Racism? Come on man, really?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=461690

lol. icic

 

[Herpes Reasons]

Those rankings they use have Kobe Bryant as the #56 basketball player of all time.

There is an almost universal consensus that he is top 10.

i love a very skewed list where even lebron is the best player of all time according to this site or BSPN