With Mike Pesca in for Tom Ashbrook Lin-mania sweeps the nation, and the world. Buzzer-beating shots are just part of the story. Jeremy Lin, point guard without precedent. He’s scored more in his first 5 games than any hall of famer– Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal included. And scoring isn’t even his game, Lin’s an assist man. There’s a very strong case that he’s the most surprising story in pro basketball history. As for pro sports history, there was once this guy who played for the Washington Senators. But Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. was a work of fiction! This hour, On Point: how did everyone in the NBA whiff on this season’s transcendent story? -Mike Pesca Guests Phil Taylor, senior writer, Sports Illustrated. He’s been following Jeremy Lin since his high school days Doc Scheppler, He is the girl’s basketball coach at Pinewood high school in Los Altos, CA. He spent four months this past summer working with Jerem Lin on his game. Jay Caspian Kang, editor at Grantland, which is owned by ESPN, and contributing writer to the New York times Magazine. Frank Isola, the Knicks beatwriter for the New York Daily News. Link the the Radio Program : http://onpoint.wbur.org/media-playe...y&pubdate=2012-02-20&segment=2&source=onpoint