l*****9
发帖数: 9501 | 1 Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
By Monte Poole
Bay Area News Group
Posted: 02/11/2012 04:47:08 PM PST
Updated: 02/11/2012 10:13:02 PM PST
From Palo Alto High to Harvard, from Ivy League hoops to the NBA.
From the Warriors, where he was considered a novelty, a vanity project of
the impetuous new owner, to a brush with the Houston Rockets to, finally,
the New York Knicks.
Jeremy Lin, 23, unselected in the 2010 NBA draft, now stands astride the Big
Apple, which of course crowns him as king of our world.
Well, at least for the moment.
After getting his first career start Monday and leading the Knicks to three
victories, Lin went for 38 points Friday to take down the Los Angeles Lakers
. Not only was he treated to "MVP" chants at Madison Square Garden, but he
also has hijacked league discourse. If you miss his TV highlights, you'd be
advised to check him out on YouTube.
With the NBA's first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent
smashing barriers and taking a bulldozer to ethnic profiling, anyone with a
pulse, no matter your loyalties, has to feel at least some of the warmth
radiated by this incredible turn of events.
Lin a little more than a week ago was buried on the bench. The Knicks were
considering releasing him, as had the Warriors and Rockets. After spending
his rookie season shuttling between Oakland and the Reno Bighorns of the
Development League, he had played all of 55 minutes for New York before Feb.
4.
That's when he came off the bench to score 25 points to lead a win over New
Jersey.
And that's when Knicks coach Mike
Advertisement
D'Antoni, who had tried and failed with Mike Bibby and Iman Shumpert and
Toney Douglas at point guard, decided to give Lin a start. Jeremy responded
with 28 points and eight assists in a win over Utah on Monday. Two nights
later, he submitted 23 points and 10 assists in a win over Washington.
The Knicks had not beaten the Lakers in almost five years before Lin almost
single-handedly ended the streak. Scoring 89 points in his first three
starts is the highest total for any player in his first three starts since
the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.
In his latest trick, Lin put up 20 and eight to lead New York past Minnesota
on Saturday night. He's averaging eight assists over those five games, all
won by the Knicks. He is unbeaten as a starter in New York, which naturally
leads to T-shirts (good luck finding one) and tribute songs and slogans. And
, yes, temporary ownership of the back page of the tabloids.
Nobody overdoes it better than New York, which not long ago tried to package
a local prep star named Sebastian Telfair as the next Isiah Thomas.
The NBA PR machine and love of Gotham now are directed at Lin, making him
our greatest instant sports sensation since ... Tim Tebow?
Oh, yes, there are comparisons. There will be comparisons because the public
loves them and because similarities demand it, even if Lin is a Knicks
point guard and Tebow a Denver Broncos quarterback.
Like Tebow, Lin is a young, devout Christian athlete thriving in the face of
deep doubt and long odds. Like Tebow, Lin delivered powerful jolt of energy
to a team that was sagging like an old sofa. The craze surrounding Tebow is
referred to as Tebowmania; that noise around Lin is "Linsanity."
Where Lin might be most like Tebow is that each has needed only a few
highlight moments to suddenly transcend his sport.
That's why it's wise to pause for a moment to restore sanity. Please enjoy
Lin's ride without concluding it will last 10 years and end with his Hall of
Fame speech.
A great week, no matter how spectacular, does not qualify a professional
athlete for legendary status -- especially when that athlete had been
utterly unremarkable beforehand.
Lin through his first three starts has set the bar so impossibly high that
it is unfair to expect him to consistently reach it, much less exceed it. We
have to know that, don't we?
The history of sports is filled with tales of athletes who stepped from the
fringes and, for a brief time, ruled the world. That's why we so fondly
remember Buster Douglas and Clint Longley and Joe Charboneau.
That's why David Tyree and Bucky Dent don't have to pay for meals in New
York.
Neither, at the moment, does Lin.
This story will fade, though, because it has to. Nobody kills it every night.
Lin is more talented than you might think and more determined than you can
imagine. He is not, however, going to routinely crush Kobe Bryant.
Lin will come back to earth and become a player of note, partly because he
has skill but mostly because he is an inspiration.
Contact Monte Poole at m****[email protected]. | g****t
发帖数: 31659 | 2 He is not, however, going to routinely crush Kobe Bryant.
这个同意.但我觉得Lin有希望routinely进好几次全明星.
rubio那小胳膊,小心脏,可怜的命中率都可以进NBA 2队.
现在其实PG只是表面繁荣而已.很多都是因人成事.
Big
【在 l*****9 的大作中提到】
: Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
: By Monte Poole
: Bay Area News Group
: Posted: 02/11/2012 04:47:08 PM PST
: Updated: 02/11/2012 10:13:02 PM PST
: From Palo Alto High to Harvard, from Ivy League hoops to the NBA.
: From the Warriors, where he was considered a novelty, a vanity project of
: the impetuous new owner, to a brush with the Houston Rockets to, finally,
: the New York Knicks.
: Jeremy Lin, 23, unselected in the 2010 NBA draft, now stands astride the Big
|
|
