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| The Jeremy Lin tongue wag. It's a thing. |
In 2006, Jeremy Lin's Palo Alto Vikings went 32-1 and won state. He was the Northern California Division II player of the year.
No scholarship offers.
He was offered to walk on to his dream school, UCLA. He was only guaranteed spots on the team at Harvard and Brown. However, Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. Lin chose Harvard.
In his four years at Harvard, the team started to gain national recognition. Lin's biggest performance, arguably, was a 30 point performance on the road against 12th ranked UConn in his senior season. His four year run at Harvard ended with a first team selection in his senior season and numerous team and individual records set.
But like every other California-bred Asian who graduated from Harvard in 2010, Lin went undrafted.
Before the season started, he signed with the Golden State Warriors. He spent the season back in forth between Oakland and Reno, where Golden State's development team play. During the 2010-11 season, Lin playing sparingly when he was in Oakland. However, he did gain a cult following among Asian American fans, being the first American in the NBA of Chinese or Taiwanese decent. His game was praised by the likes of Derek Fisher. He received nearly as many interview requests as fellow Warriors, Stephen Curry. He was approached by people wanting to make him the subject of documentaries.
However, the first day day of training camp after the lockout Lin was released by Golden State. In the next three weeks, he was picked up by Houston, waived by Houston and signed by New York. A month later he was sent down to Erie for another stint in the D-League. He was called up a week later and he is here to stay.
He was in the D-League fifteen days ago. If you do not know the name Jeremy Lin, you have been living under a rock.
I know it is a long basketball season and this kid has only shined in three games. He went off for 28, 25 and 23 points in his last three games and the Knicks are 3-0 in that stretch. He has warranted all of the headlines on a team with Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Tyson Chandler.
He has warranted almost Tebow-like coverage from ESPN and appears to be on an even-keel. Tonight he plays the Lakers. We can see Jeremy Lin on the court with Kobe Bryant.
We might not hear about Tim Tebow for an entire week. Maybe for a few months if "Linsanity" could tongue wag his way to an NBA title.
UPDATE: Tonight at MSG, Lin led the Knicks to a 92-85 win over the Lake Show. This game was marked by weak guard play on LA's part. As a result, Lin put up 38 points en route to the victory.
I will now often refer to Lin as the "Yellow Mamba."
No scholarship offers.
He was offered to walk on to his dream school, UCLA. He was only guaranteed spots on the team at Harvard and Brown. However, Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. Lin chose Harvard.
In his four years at Harvard, the team started to gain national recognition. Lin's biggest performance, arguably, was a 30 point performance on the road against 12th ranked UConn in his senior season. His four year run at Harvard ended with a first team selection in his senior season and numerous team and individual records set.
But like every other California-bred Asian who graduated from Harvard in 2010, Lin went undrafted.
Before the season started, he signed with the Golden State Warriors. He spent the season back in forth between Oakland and Reno, where Golden State's development team play. During the 2010-11 season, Lin playing sparingly when he was in Oakland. However, he did gain a cult following among Asian American fans, being the first American in the NBA of Chinese or Taiwanese decent. His game was praised by the likes of Derek Fisher. He received nearly as many interview requests as fellow Warriors, Stephen Curry. He was approached by people wanting to make him the subject of documentaries.
However, the first day day of training camp after the lockout Lin was released by Golden State. In the next three weeks, he was picked up by Houston, waived by Houston and signed by New York. A month later he was sent down to Erie for another stint in the D-League. He was called up a week later and he is here to stay.
He was in the D-League fifteen days ago. If you do not know the name Jeremy Lin, you have been living under a rock.
I know it is a long basketball season and this kid has only shined in three games. He went off for 28, 25 and 23 points in his last three games and the Knicks are 3-0 in that stretch. He has warranted all of the headlines on a team with Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Tyson Chandler.
He has warranted almost Tebow-like coverage from ESPN and appears to be on an even-keel. Tonight he plays the Lakers. We can see Jeremy Lin on the court with Kobe Bryant.
We might not hear about Tim Tebow for an entire week. Maybe for a few months if "Linsanity" could tongue wag his way to an NBA title.
UPDATE: Tonight at MSG, Lin led the Knicks to a 92-85 win over the Lake Show. This game was marked by weak guard play on LA's part. As a result, Lin put up 38 points en route to the victory.
I will now often refer to Lin as the "Yellow Mamba."
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