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Jeremy Lin on the Cover of GQ

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A year ago, nobody knew Jeremy Lin from the Harvard kid in the next cubicle. But now, with a new NBA season about to start, it's proving time: can this soft-spoken boy wonder lead a franchise of his own? GQ joined Lin for his first trip back to New York since he was cast out of the Knicks' kingdom this summer and found out what he's got in store for...Linsanity: The Sequel
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For the first time since the team he expected to finish his career with decided it didn't want him around anymore, Jeremy Lin is back in New York City. After a long day of training, he meets his brother and sister-in-law (proud proprietors of "The Couch") for dinner in the West Village. And then barely thirty-six hours after arriving, it's time for Lin to bid farewell to the city all over again—hopping in a car with me so we can make the two-and-a-half-hour drive to Bristol, Connecticut, where he'll shoot a "This is SportsCenter" commercial (reserved only for the most pop-culturally transcendent athletes) in the morning.

Lin is already exhausted by the time we get on the West Side Highway, and he'll actually pass out on me before we successfully navigate the nightmarish traffic and drop him on ESPN's doorstep. But for now, he's just bummed to be leaving so soon. He misses New York, its people, its fans. "You can't ask for a city or a fan base to embrace somebody more than they embraced me," he says. "I know it's kind of silly to talk about it with only two years under my belt in the league, but going in before free agency, I was like, 'I want to play in front of these fans for the rest of my career.' I really did. I really wanted to play in front of the Madison Square Garden fans for the rest of my career, because they're just unbelievable."

On February 3, 2012, the New York Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics, 91–89. At one point, coach Mike D'Antoni put in his third-string, end-of-the-bench point guard, Jeremy Lin, to play six and a half minutes; he put up three shots and missed all three. It was the Knicks' eleventh loss in their last thirteen games. Exactly twelve days later, Lin was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. It was a stunning and immediate ascension to total global domination. (You knew Lin had arrived when he had to deny rumors he was dating a Kardashian.)

What must it have been like in the middle of all that? What must it have been like to go from being an afterthought, a nobody, to an international icon...in a week? "What the heck? That was my main thought: What the heck?" Lin says. "People are standing outside my brother's classroom [Lin's elder brother, Josh, is a dental student at NYU] and showing up outside my grandmother's house in Queens." The personal went global instantly, as well. That story about Lin sleeping on his brother's couch in the East Village? Not only was it true—the fact became so iconic that Lin planned to appear at the All-Star Weekend lying on a proxy couch that his teammate Iman Shumpert would hurdle during the Slam Dunk contest. Lin's sister-in-law (she's married to Josh) was startled to see it make the news cycle. "That's my couch! I picked out that couch!" she said, laughing. "Jeremy went from my husband's brother who stayed with us when he was in town to us having our furniture on ESPN."
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#1 ballerboy001, Oct 16, 2012

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At first glance, i thought he had a weird boner.

#2 James Gabriel, Oct 16, 2012
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I'm here for the Jeremy Lin, I came for the 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes

#3 jank1434, Oct 16, 2012
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I think Jeremy Lin should have his own section on clutchfans just like the dish.

#4 OlajuwonFan81, Oct 16, 2012
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Dude is going to need to back it up. Every guard is going to be coming right at him. If he can't be great, or even average, on defense, he better work his ass off to become a first rate passer and scorer, or he's going to be in for a miserable season.

#5 Raven, Oct 16, 2012
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GQ all that says is he's a sharp dresser and nothing about his jump shot. lol

If the dude can put up 20/10 this year and beast there's no telling how far Linsanity can go.

#6 tiger0330, Oct 16, 2012
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OlajuwonFan81 said: ↑

I think Jeremy Lin should have his own section on clutchfans just like the dish.
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Or one massive thread. That being said, I think this is worthy of it's own thread unlike 99% of the other stuff posted.

#7 King1, Oct 16, 2012

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Absolutely awesome!!! Lin for the winnnnnnnnn

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Raven said: ↑

Dude is going to need to back it up. Every guard is going to be coming right at him. If he can't be great, or even average, on defense, he better work his ass off to become a first rate passer and scorer, or he's going to be in for a miserable season.
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Agreed. But don't worry for him. He'll be alright.

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"Linsanity" in Knick colors. Please post in Dish

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He looks very... metrosexual.

#11 JuanValdez, Oct 16, 2012
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i haven't received GQ since diva james was on it, 2 summers ago.
will get this one! he is just so hot right now.

#12 conquistador#11, Oct 16, 2012
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Yeah, but what does this have to do with Lin?

#13 Jontro, Oct 16, 2012

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Good read. The kid is honest - gotta give him that.

#14 Arthurprescott2, Oct 16, 2012
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JuanValdez said: ↑

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It's GQ. If some fishing and hunting magazine interviews him, they likely will make him look like Brad Miller.

#15 Carl Herrera, Oct 16, 2012

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Interesting read.

#16 roxxy, Oct 16, 2012
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Nothing but hype the great asian hype!

#17 Cstyle42, Oct 16, 2012
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Hope we arent getting Timothy Tebowed here.

#18 LCAhmed, Oct 16, 2012

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Who cares man. Just ball.

(I hate threads like this. We're fixing to start the regular season and we got stuff like this up. It should be all about basketball now.)

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I'm a Jeremy Lin fan but he needs to focus on basketball and shut off the hype machine. You have to learn how to say NO to all the media requests and hangers-on. He's being too nice by accommodating everyone. You have to focus on yourself and the game - even if it means losing some "friends" or "opportunities" along the way. These people won't care about you if start failing because of them.

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