This is where Jeremy Lin woke up on the day he became a star.
by Seth on Feb 12, 2012 7:41 PM EST
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PrintRecall that, the night before his breakout game against the Nets, Jeremy Lin slept over at Landry Fields's place. Landry, who apparently does not have a guest bedroom, set Jeremy up with a spot on his couch. Jeremy went on to drop 25 and 7 against the Nets, then got pushed into the starting lineup and, if I remember correctly, continued to have some pretty good games. This afternoon, Landry was kind enough to post a picture of the couch on the popular social networking site Twitter.com:
Now, it'd be easy to assume that the couch has magical, performance-enhancing powers like the sneakers in Like Mike. In fact, the couch is more like "Michael's Secret Stuff" in Space Jam. The couch, with its over-sized cushions and seven decorative pillows, seemed like it gave Jeremy the power to dominate games and seize the loving attention of the entire planet, but in fact...THE POWER WAS INSIDE JEREMY ALL ALONG.
Couch looks comfy as shit, though.
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so is it good coaching or good couching?
by I know smart people on Feb 12, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
+1
posi..tive ....thoughts..?
@krishhhayyy
by gymtanlandry on Feb 12, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
I've always believed that Mike D'Antoni was a very good couch
Why, do people have a problem with his couching?
J Lin- the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching
Giants won another Superbowl. Ho hum, another day at the office.
The real question
did Jeremy bring a pillow with him, did Landry provide him with a real one, or did Lin sleep on one of those decorative pillows?
by Not a Gunslinger on Feb 12, 2012 7:45 PM EST reply actions
that's a pretty tasteful set up right there
the couch/pillows/ hardwood floor + rug. Well done Landry
Where had he been staying prior to the Landriest of couches?
Did he get kicked out of somewhere? Or does he not normally sleep, and this one night totally revitalized him enough to become an NBA star?
Taiwan's Number 1 Wolverine fan.
He normally sleeps at his brother's place in Manhattan
but the bro was having people over or something that night. Or so I seem to recall reading.
by PolyphonicSpreewell on Feb 12, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
On his brothers sofa as well.....Someone should start selling the "Lin comfy sofa line".
He normally sleeps at his brother’s place in Manhattan
Hope Landry’s couch is at least an 8’-6" min overall or Lin did not fit in there.
by Only In Fairfax on Feb 13, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Check out this article titled"....This Man saw it coming" Jeremy Lin a superstar?"
This projected Lin as the #2 draft pick based on some metric called RSB40….
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/eye-performance/201202/jeremy-lin-superstar-man-saw-it-coming
by Only In Fairfax on Feb 13, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
couch
Looks comfortable for sitting but not for sleeping. I’m 6’2" and I don’t think I could remotely come close to fitting on that thing. How tall is J?
by Masakari on Feb 12, 2012 8:05 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Clyde says he is 6'3" and 200 pounds, but Clyde has been known to exaggerate slightly
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 12, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
That's in shoes though
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 12, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
All basketball players wear shoes all the time
or else Nike applies a strong but non-lethal electrical charge to their big toes.
by superturboultra on Feb 13, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
maybe it's a convertible couch
otherwise there is no way anyone over 6’ is going to get a night’s sleep on it.
I hate losing more than I love winning -- Billy Beane
Yeah, it's gotta be one of those fold out deals
You know, the ones that stratigically place a steel bar right in the center of your spinal column?
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 12, 2012 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
I think the special powers came from . . .
a unique combination of Saltine Cracker Crumbs, stale Peanuts, and petrified M&M’s that Jeremy accidentally ingested when he rolled over and was facedown between the cushions!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 12, 2012 8:18 PM EST reply actions
If Lin leads the Knicks to a championship its gonna result in the greatest sports movie ever
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
Iman Shumpert is a first ballot hall of famer
a point guard within a point guard within a taco bell within a kfc, its Linception
by metseaglesknicks on Feb 12, 2012 8:19 PM EST reply actions
Lin Your Face
motherfuckers.
Naah, it will never get made. Too improbable.
I hate losing more than I love winning -- Billy Beane
Looks like the type of couch
that leads to extreme swamp-ass.
"It was one of those good, deep sleeps; you know, the ones where you wake up and a stream of drool is steadily racing down your shirt? Yes, that kind of sleep." -Landry Fields
by Thelonious Dunk on Feb 12, 2012 8:53 PM EST reply actions
Have you seen what LeBron had to say about LINsanity?
“He’s playing and they’re winning,” James said. "I’ve heard about how he’s staying with a friend, and about his getting cut and being a week away from not knowing if he was going to stick with the team, about how (the Knicks) might release him to sign Mike James.
“Then he gets the start against New Jersey and the rest is history. You always want someone to succeed when his back is against the wall. Now his chest is against the wall and he’’s seeing everything coming at him from every angle.”
“Best of luck to him,” James said. "I don’t want him to be good when (the Knicks) are playing us, but other than that, good for him."
That was the first I have ever heard that Mike James story. LeBron with breaking Knicks news I guess?
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 12, 2012 8:59 PM EST reply actions
one of the espn ny reporters tweeted that and stephen a also reported it on radio...im glad they didnt!
Enter The Fields Of Linsanity
2 hours a day on the treadmill
2 hours a day taking jumpers
2 hours a day watching game film
2 hours a day special team bonding time with Wade and Bosh
8 hours a day googling his own name
How does he find the time?
by superturboultra on Feb 13, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
Jeremy
I will go to my grave believing that if the Knicks had picked up Earl Barron before the 2011 Playoffs, we would not have been swept by the Celtics.
Jeremy's blog at 15 yrs old
I will go to my grave believing that if the Knicks had picked up Earl Barron before the 2011 Playoffs, we would not have been swept by the Celtics.
"chinkballa88"
Oh god. Pretty accurate though.
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 12, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
The pictures are, that is.
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 12, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
WHAT!?!?!?
No Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce or Jermain O’Neal?
by Guess Who's Back? on Feb 12, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
gunbound
apparently he mentioned of gb’ing as well…his childhood was pretty much exactly like every asian kid who grew up here in the states
by znk916 on Feb 13, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i was pro with a.sate and lightning
could never use boomer reliably though :( and it was fun going BR mode with bigfoot lol
I worked for Xanga. Trust me, I had the same thought haha
Do the Shumpty Shump, come on and do the Shumpty Shump
I'd crash on that couch
All we do is Lin, Lin, Lin no matter WHAT
by Simon Says Jets on Feb 12, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions
This post got me to look at a bunch of Knick twitters
and this made me happy
“@Amareisreal
Amar’e Stoudemire
Another great game tonight Knicks!! It seems like everyone is buying into the system an playing team basketball. I can’t wait to join. GN”
Amare, Landry, Tyson, Jeremy… I really care about these guys as people. I’ve never been bothered by the death of a player’s relative half as much as this one got to me. I hope the Garden goes nuts for him on Wednesday, regardless of to what degree he can keep his head in the game and produce.
well, I wrote another post out in which I named some other guys on the team I like
but P and O has been giving me trouble lately :(
by the landriest on Feb 12, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
my grand mother has more exciting decor
by I know smart people on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
The guest area isn't supposed to have exciting decor
It gives the message that the guest should find another place to stay. And with all the ladies Landry brings back, that’s a message he wants to send.
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 12, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think that's the living room
not the guest room. all it needs is a rotary phone and a coo coo clock.
by I know smart people on Feb 12, 2012 9:41 PM EST reply actions
This confirms Ivy League players are aliens from Space Jam
Landry and JLin invited all the players involved in the Melo trade, as well as Toney Douglas and Billy Walker to have a seat on that couch so that Jlin could absorb their powers and transform into a star player. It’s the only explanation for all of the injuries and TD and Bully’s regression.
i think all knicks players should alternate sleeping on that couch before the playoffs
imagine all of our knicks getting a lindrenaline shot before a playoff run
Man, imagine the disapointment of other players who expect to gain mystical basketball powers but didn't
by secret defense on Feb 12, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions 16 recs
the fragrance on those candles must be LSD
J Lin- the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching
Giants won another Superbowl. Ho hum, another day at the office.
Laced with speed
J Lin- the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching
Giants won another Superbowl. Ho hum, another day at the office.
I'm 5'8" and I don't know if I could stretch out on that thing
although it is entirely possible that everything in an NBA player’s apartment is supersized so employing your normal sense of perspective is futile
u short fuck. im 5'7"
"they try to do what he do, and been where he's been, but they get folded in two.....he's the dude"
I"M five foot, eight and a half inches tall
used to be 5’10" but I shrunk. It sucks to get old. Stopped playing B ball 20 years ago at 44. I wasn’t worth shit anyway. Had a virtical leap of 5 inches.
J Lin- the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching
Giants won another Superbowl. Ho hum, another day at the office.
I have a couch eerily similar to that one
But I don’t have the wood going across the bottom and up the arms. But I’ve taken all the throw pillows or whatever they are called I have, and arranged them similar to the picture, and I’m going to say that my couch has very similar if not identical dimensions to Landry’s.
Having said that, I’m nearly 6 foot 2, and I can report that you can sleep on that couch at my height, I’ll doze off watching TV on it on occasions. One sweet thing you can do is take a couple of those pillows and lay them across the arm of the couch where your feet go so you build a slight incline. It’s actually really comfortable and it raises you up past that arm so you arn’t all squished up. Although I must admit I sleep with my legs bent, so that also takes a couple inches off I’m sure. But I feel oddly super qualified to contribute on this manner for some reason, and I’d guess Lin probably got a good night sleep.
by Wilson Chandlerstick Maker on Feb 13, 2012 3:20 AM EST reply actions
Lights, Camera, Action
The Stanford and Harvard alums are bonding with Jeremy sleeping on Landry’s couch and that nerd handshake routine of theirs. I predict the first installment of the Lin and Landry Show will hit the videosphere in the very near future. Lin may not be the second coming of Jesus but I for one would settle for the second coming of Andy Rautins.
by Jeremy's Harvard Professor on Feb 13, 2012 10:38 AM EST reply actions
somewhere somehow
andy rautins is balling up a monsoon of tears.
I always fantasized
That if forced into major minutes at the point, Andy would respond kind of like Lin has. But in that case I was probably crazy. But who knows how many actual good point guards are sitting at the end of NBA benches or in Europe.
Two that I think might be good if give consistent PT: Jerome Randle and Darius Morris.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
We had the same exact hardwood floors!
But I’m 5’7 and stopped playing basketball 2 years ago. Guess it’s the couch that truly makes a difference.
New York Knicks = Sleeping Giants
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Moose: My daughter had a parquet floor like that in her apartment
When she went to Colege in Montreal (McGill). She can’t play a lick of basketball. It’s definately the couch that has the mojo hidden in it somewhere.
J Lin- the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching
Giants won another Superbowl. Ho hum, another day at the office.
No wonder Lin seemed so winded in the game
Removing and replacing all of those pillows would exhaust anyone.
by Jeremy's Harvard Professor on Feb 13, 2012 1:09 PM EST reply actions
He's Lucky
Lin isn’t good, his luck will run out someday, and he will get booed.
Damn buddy
Nets AND Jets? Sheesh, two wrong decisions in 2 separate sports.
New York Knicks = Sleeping Giants
Wanna check out an awesome blog? http://cospeniazmi.blogspot.com
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