Yumcha

Fine. Want to talk about and hype about someone else, go ahead.


LeBron? LeWade? LeMiniMe? I am more than happy to talk more about any of those three.

CarbonGray Earl

Asian isn't the same as Asian American. I'm Asian American (depending on who you talk to) so I'm pulling for the guy. As for Yao, that's like saying Manute Bol and John Wall are of the same background.

I don't disagree with you...but to put his night against the Jazz in perspective, you have to go back to Isiah Thomas to find that kind of night on his first start. So those 2 games are a pretty good for any NBA player barring Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Rose, etc.

He'll be stopped at some point, but its still pretty cool....better than Jimmer's doing....

CarbonGray Earl

Sorry dude, was too lazy to resize it.

mystikk

We all make mistakes. That brought back memories of Youtube heydeys.

Can we start calling Lin legitimate now? He dropped another 20+ points, plus 10 assists tonight. He outplayed Deron Williams, hung with John Wall and played well against a really solid Jazz team. Does dude have to win the Stanley Cup next? :|

Yumcha

No. He has to join the Miami LeHeat. LeLin would complete his ascent to awesomeness.

Yumcha

And did the LeHeat lose yesterday?

CarbonGray Earl

The next question's probably gonna be, who's gonna stop him. Lakers are coming into MSG friday or saturday...and you know we have some GREAT point guards.

clpassenubye

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He's definitely making a case for himself but I would like to see him do it over a longer period of time and against better competition. 2 of his performances come against 2 of the worst teams in the NBA currently.

In any case Lin is the next Tebow (as far as hype is concerned) next thing you know they'll be talking about him being an All Star Sub.

BraveDemon

I'm 5'11, 155 lbs and asian-american. Whenever I step onto a basketball court non-asians expect me to suck. They don't expect that I've played competitive ball since I could walk, started on varsity all 4 years of HS, and even played with the practice squad for college.

So I understand the #Linsanity hype - he is the first legitimate asian-american player in the NBA.

The only thing I don't understand is why people discount his individual performance against crappy teams. Even if the Wiz/Nets are terrible, Lin outplayed their star guards (Wall/DWill), something that other legitimate players can't do.

Now do I think he's going to be a star... hard to say. I'm certain he can ball me up.... but I still think his left hand is suspect, and he needs to develop a long ball game. If he's not a threat from the 17ft to the 3 pt arc, at best he'll be a serviceable PG.

Second real test (first was against Jazz) comes this Friday night against the Lakers. If JLin starts penetrating to the basket like he did in the first 3 games, they'll put Kobe on him and well...

CarbonGray Earl

I'm 5'6", so I had a double whammy....short, asian (filipino), etc. I went to college at Arizona State in the early 90s, where I was pretty much everyone's "asian" friend. No one thought I could ball, that I played varsity ball, or (gratuitously tooting my own horn here) had a 42" vert in college. I particularly loved going up and hanging off the rim with and then looking at everyone's reaction.

It was fun proving doubters wrong, so ya, Jeremy's a bit of a fun story for me to follow. Especially now that I'm 36 and I'm not doing those things anymore.

Yumcha

I won't lie, I'm okay at basketball but no Wang Zhizhi.


I'm a pretty good shooter though. Dribbling and etc., mediocre at best.

CarbonGray Earl

The thing we have to remember with Jeremy though, is that Amare AND Melo are out. These guys are ball-dominant, so he may not get his run of the offense when they come back.

Still, if he averaged less than what he's been getting, like 10-15 pts/game and say 4 assists, that's still pretty good for basically a walk-on. Read that he'll make less this year than Kobe makes in a game.

clpassenubye

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In my opinion the Lakers won't be a test for Lin because they have always had problems stopping good point guards and their defense of that position is horrible.

Just because he outplayed the other guards on those squads means nothing because those guys are miserable because they are on losing teams and I know that Deron Williams is biding his time and just waiting to either get traded or leave the only way the Nets keep him is if they get D Howard or some other star players to surround him.

Don't get me wrong Lin is doing good for himself and I wish the Lakers currently had a point guard playing like him now.

Mr Marco

And why did the Blazers pick Greg Oden over Kevin Durant?

BraveDemon

Fair assessment - although I would've thought the competitive edge of Wall/DWill wouldn't let a d-league harvard grad ball them up.

Agree lakers have been getting torn apart by good PGs, but interested to see how Lin will take on Kobe's defense. Kobe for sure isn't the type to under-estimate anyone, and if Lin burns the Lake's PG a few times, I expect the switch to happen.

Yumcha

From LeBron:

I agree. It's mostly his fault.

kidduce

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And thats real talk. he still has plenty to go.

mystikk

"If you look real closely, you can see that LeBron traveled."
- Every Youtube NBA comment thread ever

clpassenubye

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Agreed!

kidduce

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Am I the only one who cant stand the TNT pre and after game shows?

Shaq and barkely are the biggest insults to sports analyst.

asianspec

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do you wonder how far your foot can go down your throat?

Yumcha

I'm not that flexible.

BraveDemon

I only watch them for comedic relief. There has been a few times where I couldn't stop laughing, like this clip below:


But, gonna leave work early to catch the Lakers vs. Knicks. I'm hoping the #Linsanity hype keeps going.

Yumcha

I think Sir Charles is hilarious.

kidduce

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Yeah I can tolerate chuck, something about shaq drives me up the wall though.
Lets see if Kobe will guard lin. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...174131018.html

F23A4

Heading home via NY Penn in an hour or so, I'm tempted to go upstairs to The Garden and check out the game tonight.

Sidenote: I wonder how long it will be before someone slights Lin for being a Born Again Christian.

Yumcha

Deng gets some recognition finally...named to the ASG.

asianspec

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1. raise foot to mouth.
2. insert
3, repeat if needed.

JS + XES

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AnthraciteAspec

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^^lol

Man Lin is so hyped right now my friends who don't even follow basketball are talkin about him.

Yumcha

I can't. It's LeBron's fault.

mystikk

4th straight 20+ game for Lin, and it's not even halfway through the 3rd quarter.

is300eater

ummmm did I just see two Knicks getting into it (including Lin)?

is300eater

so... will Lin get all the Chinese votes for All Stars?

imj0257

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Watched the last quarter of the Knicks game. Damn Lin is good.

is300eater

he sure doesn't sound... "Chinese"

F23A4

Hubie Brown said it correctly when he remarked about Lin's basketball IQ being off the charts. Honestly, I haven't seen anyone this calculating on the NBA hardwood since Magic Johnson.

DaChef320

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Wow Lin scored 38 points

AnthraciteAspec

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LINsanity for real, dude went off 38 points.

Not even that he carried the team, made huge defensive plays, and just energized the team in general.

Living in LA all my life I have been a Laker fan since I was 7 or 8 years old but I found myself actually rooting for the Knicks in this game.

mystikk

Before Lin showed up, I was 'meh' on the Knicks. The hype he brought got to me.