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Jeremy Lin

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Okay folks here we go, 2nd half of the season on the way. It should be even better than the first... & only 48 more days until:

LINTRIBUTION

Lin vs. LeBron

Pt. II:

REVENGE

of the Linferno

Can't wait!

#2241 likestohypeguy, Feb 27, 2012

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Screen grabs from Lin's old Xanga profile are starting to pup up on the Linternet.

His profile name was ChiNkBaLLa88.

http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2012/02/jeremy-lins-old-xanga-profile-is-pretty-hilarious/

#2242 Oski2005, Feb 27, 2012
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His profile name was ChiNkBaLLa88.
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It's still pretty racist for that dude at ESPN to say it.

I mean... "Balla in the armor"... that's pretty racist.

#2243 Jontro, Feb 27, 2012
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WTF! Somebody paid $42,388 for 5 minutes with Jeremy Lin. He didn't even put out. The Linsanity just gets more Linsane with each day.

Pam Schecter paid $42,388 for her husband Mitchell to spend five minutes with Jeremy Lin, reports CNBC's Darren Rovell.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/CNBC/28417486#news/CNBC/28417486

#2244 BetterThanEver, Feb 27, 2012
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WTF! Somebody paid $42,388 for 5 minutes with Jeremy Lin. He didn't even put out. I bet all the NBA gold diggers are feeling jealous. Was the buyer Chinese? Nope! Guess again!

Pam Schecter paid $42,388 for her husband Mitchell to spend five minutes with Jeremy Lin, reports CNBC's Darren Rovell.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/CNBC/28417486#news/CNBC/28417486

#2245 BetterThanEver, Feb 27, 2012
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BetterThanEver said: ↑

WTF! Somebody paid $42,388 for 5 minutes with Jeremy Lin. He didn't even put out. The Linsanity just gets more Linsane with each day.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/CNBC/28417486#news/CNBC/28417486
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Charity auction

#2246 cod, Feb 27, 2012
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I'd pay $42,388 for 5 minutes with Kim Kardashian. But she better be ready for it and allow pics for GTFO disbelievers.

#2247 heypartner, Feb 27, 2012

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I'd pay $42,388 for 5 minutes with Kim Kardashian. But she better be ready for it and allow pics for GTFO disbelievers.
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still wouldn't be worth what you can't throw back. :grin:

#2248 magnetik, Feb 27, 2012
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BetterThanEver said: ↑

WTF! Somebody paid $42,388 for 5 minutes with Jeremy Lin. He didn't even put out. I bet all the NBA gold diggers are feeling jealous. Was the buyer Chinese? Nope! Guess again!

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/CNBC/28417486#news/CNBC/28417486
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A Lin card on eBay went for $20,000, an actual game-worn jersey against Kobe is going to go beyond $20,000. For sure, $42,388 is going to be less what he paid when it is all said and done.

#2249 bloodwings19, Feb 27, 2012
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I'd pay $42,388 for 5 minutes with Kim Kardashian. But she better be ready for it and allow pics for GTFO disbelievers.
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What would you do for the remaining 3 minutes?

#2250 RoxSqaud, Feb 27, 2012
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What would you do for the remaining 3 minutes?
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4 minutes of taking pictures of course.

#2251 Jontro, Feb 27, 2012
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4 minutes of taking pictures of course.
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Pics? Dude HD video!!

#2252 CoolColJ, Feb 27, 2012
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Pics? Dude HD video!!
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Thou speaketh the truth.

Gitr dunn hache-pee!

#2253 Jontro, Feb 27, 2012

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Gitr dunn hache-pee!
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yeah, and what we can expect from Kim is she can't tell time ... so I expect to get at least 10 minutes out of her before she gets wise. But, if Kris H only lasted 5 minutes at a time, her biological clock might be tuned into that time interval.

#2254 heypartner, Feb 27, 2012
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Things are getting crazy!

Jeremy Lin’s Erie BayHawks Development-League Jersey Sells for $13,800
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...velopment-league-jersey-sells-for-13-800.html

Lin’s game-worn jersey sold for $13,800, his shooting jersey was auctioned for $3,750 and his practice jersey went for $1,914, according to the Times-News of Erie, Pennsylvania.
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#2256 CoolColJ, Feb 28, 2012
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Rofl Lin himself is probably posting this random **** of his on eBay and just LOLing @ these fools for throwing that much cash for his crap.

#2257 BleedRocketsRed, Feb 28, 2012
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Cool article on BSPN Insider

Sorry Melo, Knicks are Lin's team now

Anthony is still their best player, but Lin could be Bockers' identity for years to come

By Ian O'Connor
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Melo, Jeremy Lin is the face of the franchise. And that won't change for quite a while.

As they prepare for the second act of the most celebrated 17-18 season in NBA history, the New York Knicks should understand this about their identity: It belongs to Jeremy Lin now, and probably for years to come.

Chris Paul is on record saying these Knicks still start with Carmelo Anthony , and still end with Carmelo Anthony, and maybe it was the Clipper's way of covering for a beleaguered buddy, or of offering some restitution on that unfulfilled toast at Melo's wedding. Either way, Paul was wrong, dead wrong.

Jeremy Lin is the team's quarterback, the face of the franchise, and that won't change for who knows how long. Nobody saw this coming with 3:35 left in the first quarter of the Knicks' game against the New Jersey Nets the night before the Super Bowl, when a rookie starter, Iman Shumpert , picked up his second foul and left the Madison Square Garden court in favor of a scrub from Harvard.

That was the moment the Knicks became Lin's Knicks, just as surely as the 2001New England Patriots became Tom Brady's Patriots after Mo Lewis put the hit on Drew Bledsoe . I remember standing on the sideline -- mere yards removed from the spot of the Lewis-Bledsoe impact -- when the appearance of a scarecrow trotting onto the field compelled me to turn to a colleague and offer the following in-depth scouting report:

"Tom Brady . This guy stinks."

And if I wasn't busy in Indianapolis covering Brady's fifth Super Bowl, the Lin substitution against the Nets would've inspired a similar thought. Brady was the 199th pick, a sixth-rounder in a seven-round draft. Ignored in a two-round draft, Lin was a D-Leaguer on the verge of being fired by a third NBA team. He did stink, at least until he proved he didn't.

Now Lin stands among the world's most popular athletes, even after the Miami Heat made him look like, well, a D-Leaguer on the verge of being fired by a third NBA team. Lin was bone tired and overdue for a bad game, and so he was no match for a Heat defense that rushed the passer like the '85 Bears.

The 1-for-11 from the field left many wondering if Lin's charmed gig was up, as if other opponents hadn't already decided the kid should be trapped high and early and forced to go left. One coach on the losing side of Linsanity conceded his team tried applying the same defensive strategy and simply wasn't good enough to execute it. Miami had the talent and tenacity to make it work, that's all.

But as the world's best basketball team, for now anyway, the Heat only confirmed that the Knicks are Lin's by building their entire game plan around stopping him, not Anthony or anyone else. What was it again that Justin Tucksaid of Brady before the Giants' second Super Bowl victory over the Patriots? "The way to kill a snake is take off his head. The way to kill an offense as potent as that one is, is making sure you take care of Brady."

By giving Lin the Brady treatment, Miami paid him the ultimate compliment, and sent a not-so-subtle message to Melo, Amare Stoudemire and the rest that the Knicks will live and die on their play at the point.

This doesn't mean Lin is the Knicks' best player (Anthony still holds that title). This doesn't mean Lin should take the big Game 6 and Game 7 shots in the spring (Anthony still deserves those). This doesn't mean Lin represents the Knicks' most impressive physical talent (a declining Stoudemire and a rising Shumpert can arm-wrestle over that one).

But it does mean Lin needs to be his team's dominant personality and voice. His energy and can-do aura need to drive the Knicks from here to the end of their championship drought, if it's ever meant to end.

The 81-year-old Hall of Famer, Pete Carril, said it himself: A 23-year-old Lin is only going to get better; his speed, shooting touch and work ethic suggest as much. Through film work and honest self-examination, Lin has shown a willingness to identify and attack his weaknesses. Chances are, he'll soon be a stronger player going to his left.

The selfless approach? No, that isn't about to be sacrificed at the altar of fame and (pending) fortune. Lin won't morph into some conscience-free chucker, not when he burns to play the position like Jason Kidd plays it.

And that's encouraging news for the superstars hired to score. At heart, Lin is a pass-first quarterback who wants to make his playmakers happy. Better yet, if his receivers are covered and if his pocket is compromised, Lin has the athleticism to take off and get to the goal on his own.

Like Steve Nash before him, Lin is a perfect fit for Mike D'Antoni's system, so perfect, in fact, that he might earn the coach a new contract. If the Knicks win at least one playoff round, would they be willing to gamble that someone other than Phil Jackson -- and some offense other than the triangle -- could get what D'Antoni has gotten out of Lin?

Of course, if the Knicks go deep in the tournament it could be a moot point. They have a star handling the ball, two stars at forward, a champion defender in the paint in Tyson Chandler , and a bench loaded with perimeter shooters. Chandler and D'Antoni's aide, Mike Woodson, have also given the Knicks credibility on the defensive end of the floor.

"[Woodson] has done an amazing job there," said one NBA coach whose team recently competed against the Knicks. "In the past you could run whatever you wanted to run against them because they were just trying to outscore you, but now they make you catch the ball out farther and just make you work harder. If they keep it up they have a chance to play Miami in the conference final."

More than anyone, Lin gives the Knicks that chance. He has been many things to many people -- the feel-good story of the year, an unwitting global ambassador, a social media machine and a vehicle for important dialogue on the language of race.

For New York, he has been a franchise quarterback out of left field, like Brady to New England at No. 199. Jeremy Lin could be the Knicks' identity for years and years, and there's no turning back from that now.
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literally just heard chris mullin say "i don't know if it's his look, but lin looks tired"

#2259 fallenphoenix, Feb 28, 2012
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literally just heard chris mullin say "i don't know if it's his look, but lin looks tired"
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Where? Knicks don't play till tomorrow..

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