Jeremy Lin is the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
by Seth on Feb 13, 2012 4:46 PM EST
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PrintI mentioned this in the mamphibitiles below, but it probably deserves its own post. After averaging 27.3 points, 8.3 assists, and several thousand spectator swoons per game, Jeremy Lin was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of February 6th to February 12th (also known as possibly the best week of my life as a Knicks fan).
Jeremy's unique path to P of the W makes the award particularly special. Check this out, via Ken Berger:
Jeremy Lin becomes the first player to earn player-of-the-week honors in NBA and D-League. Won it last season with Reno Bighorns.
That's pretty awesome. Like I said before (though, at the time, Lin's excellence had only lasted one game), no matter what happens with the returns of Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony and thereafter, we'll always have this week in which Lin almost single-handedly lifted the team to a perfect stretch of games. I've never seen anything quite like it.
Congratulations, Jeremy. So many congratulations. Can I kiss you? Ha ha, that's all right. I was just kidding anyway. Ha ha.
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I also ran up some stats since his breakout game against NJ
Over 4 rpg, 2 spg, and 53% shooting! Pretty crazy numbers!
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by WSD on Feb 13, 2012 5:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Does linconceivable get any monetary bonus for this?
He’s not making much comparatively, that could make a difference to him. Same for getting into the frosh/soph game.
by Jeff Van Gumby on Feb 13, 2012 5:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So, the Knicks found a PG
Now that the PG situation seems to be solved I think we can start asking if they can compete for a title this year. I think they can especially if JR Smith is added to the roster.
by NotThatChrisRusso on Feb 13, 2012 5:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Even TD getting his swag back would put us up there.
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by Chairman Meow on Feb 13, 2012 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Seconded.
It’s been lost in the shittiness but now that there can conceivably be a well-executed team offense, the presence of Amar’e and Melo will probably be beneficial to their games.
by SweatbandProliferation on Feb 13, 2012 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno
This team needs shooters, and Shump and Fields aren’t going to turn in to 40% 3 point shooters overnight.
yep
novak and smith will beat teams if the defenders leave them. more often than not, fields and shumpert won’t
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Fields did last year
So did Toney Douglas. And those guys bleed Knick blue for the good of the team. Of course the grass is always greener, and the eyebrows are always thicker.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
i do not trust landry and shumpert to beat teams with their shooting during playoff games
not at all. landry shot horribly last year during the playoffs, and i’ve never seen shumpert play in the playoffs.
Anxiously awaiting the day my username will be appropriate
Not to mention neither has shot well at all this year
Do the Shumpty Shump, come on and do the Shumpty Shump
This is awesome!
May the Linning long continue!
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by Ozraider on Feb 13, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Linish Him
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by Chairman Meow on Feb 13, 2012 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The knicks are gonna be hella scary if we sign jr smith and are at full strength
PG- Lin/Baron/Shump/Toney
SG- Fields/JR Smith/Shump/Toney/Walker
SF- Melo/Fields/Shump/Balkman/Walker
This is where it gets fun
PF-Amare/Novak/Jefferies/Jorts
Center-Chandler/Jorts/Novak/Jefferies/Jordan
Bibby gets cut
I will go to war with that team
Not too enthusiastic about Smith
Does this team really need another ball-hogging conscienceless chucker? Seems like we have plenty of offensive production at this point. Any new guys have got to be defensively competent, and I don’t think Smith is that.
JR is a decent defender
I think a new coach with a more clearly defined role for him to help. if you are a wing in d’antoni’s offense, you pass, shoot open jumpers, and take advantage of open lanes. he can also run the pick and roll for stretches.
he and karl had an odd relationship . . . karl hated his chucking, yet put him out there so he could dribble around the perimeter . . .
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i dont care if we get jr smith
i just want amare and melo to mesh well with lin, then watch out for the linsanity!
I want JR Smith
Even if only for the fact the we’d be cutting Bibby
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by bluecheese999 on Feb 13, 2012 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
this
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Feb 14, 2012 4:33 AM EST up reply actions
I freaking wish we were playing tonight .... errrrghhh!!!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
I wish this every night
What’s awesome about crazy fans like a lot of us here is that we have something to do just about every other night! NBA ftw
The scedule makers have been kind to us this week.
We get an easy team to beat up on for Mare’s first game, a slightly more challenging team to further test him, then a crazy easy team to get Melo acclimated. The flip side is that if we lose any of those, all hell will break lose.
Stainer of mountaintops.
Great Expectations
Careful everyone. Lest we forget in the current delirium, we are Knick fans and accustomed to some pretty big disappointments. This could be the setup for an all time crash. Then again, they can never take this past week away from us.
I hate losing more than I love winning -- Billy Beane
Not if you believe in my "Karma Always Evens Out Theory"
WE ARE DUE !!!!
I believe in the “Karma Always Evens Out Theory.” For example, for every stroke of bad luck, you get a stroke of good luck. Over the course of your life, it tends to even out.
The Knicks have had nauseatingly ROTTEN luck for over a decade. Can karma finally be shifting to our favor?? Lord knows, we have paid our dues, far too numerous to list here (ie. Isiah Era).
If my "even out" theory is correct then:
1.) Amare and Melo integrate seamlessly into the new LINsane Knicks.
2.) Baron Davis re-gains his Golden State swag, backs up Lin and leads a dynamic 2nd team.
3.) Jorts returns and shoots better than before the injury. (they rebuilt him with bionic parts)
4.) TD returns to being the DWTDD of old. (hey, it’s possible)
5.) Jeremy Lin leads the Knicks to multiple championships in his Hall of Fame career. (a given)
6.) During the Lin era, LeBron retires ringless. People say, "well, it’s not his fault he
played during the Lin era." (a little Ewing reference)
7.) Jared Jeffries wins back to back scoring titles and Finals MVP’s, an NBA first! (checking to see if anyone is reading my post this far)
8.) The Knicks have the number 1 ranked offense AND defense in the NBA (maybe a stretch)
Hey, it’s possible right?? If the "even out theory" is correct, then all of the above would HAVE to occur to offset our equally extreme run of bad luck.
Remember who predicted all this first, so when it comes true you all can give me the credit I deserve!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This theory has the ring of truth to it.
I will gladly point to it in the future to make sure you get full credit if you are even just 20% correct.
I hate losing more than I love winning -- Billy Beane
#1 for sure
‘#5 possible. The rest… wouldn’t hold my breath.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Tweeted. . .
"Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise."
Obviously he is brain damaged from all the blows to his head! Asshole!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 9:21 PM EST reply actions
Yea..We don't praise Lebron, Kobe and DRose enough
I mean can’t we get a 24 hr coverage on those guys?!?!?
I still love him!
He says funny things, you just gotta accept some of them will be stupid/borderline offensive.
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by Chairman Meow on Feb 13, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
It would be disingenuous to suggest that being Asian-American has nothing to do with all the hoopla
but it’s downright stupid to say that it’s the only reason, or even the biggest reason.
He's just taking out his fear of Pacquiao on Lin
He sees Pacquiao is getting undo praise because his ego won’t allow him to admit what he already knows, that Pacquiao is better and would kick his ass, which is why he won’t fight him. He’d have to face his own insecurities, not actually being the best.
He just needs a reason for why Pacquiao is getting such undo praise. Lin offers him that out. If he can say it’s just because he’s Asian he can claim the same for Pacquiao. Hence in his mind Pacquiao isn’t better, he just has more hype because he’s Asian.
(never mind that black players aren’t doing what Lin’s doing every night. only 41 players in NBA history have had a similar streak and none in their first 4 games. Of those 41 players most are amazing players, a large number rank among the best of all time, and pretty much all have been pretty largely hyped from time to time.)
Do the Shumpty Shump, come on and do the Shumpty Shump
Reminds me of the one and only Isiah Thomas when he declared . . .
“If Larry Bird were black he’d be just another good guy.”
With an eye like that for talent, I cannot believe he wasn’t more successful as a GM!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 9:49 PM EST reply actions
Actually, they both said very similar statements . . .
Naturally, I chose the Isiah one!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
The Isiah quote most often starts off as he's saying "..and I agree with Rodman. If Larry Bird was black he'd just be another good guy."
Isiah has never not been an asshole.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
He was always pissed that Bird was ranked a step above him
In the unofficial Greatest Basketball Players of All Time debate.
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, he's getting extra hype because he's the first Chinese-American to play in the NBA
But the major reason is that he came from the end of the bench to play point guard for the Knicks and played very, very well for a stretch of games, and New York fans know good point guard play.
Where was all the hype for Lin when he was coming out of high school? College?
Get The Frickin' Rebound
Exactly...
If anything Lin has been subject to subliminal, institutionalized racism throughout his basketball playing life. That’s the only explanation I can see for him being looked over by the major basketball colleges and going undrafted and then being cut by team after team until now. The dude obviously has mad skills…
Another factor
is that the scouting system generally rewards flashy athleticism and one-on-one play. They don’t tend to measure basketball IQ very well. Also, there’s a lot of groupthink going on. Once this guy was not recruited by major schools, everyone thought there must be a reason.
I also think that because prospects know that if they’re less than 6’5" they won’t get much of a look as a shooting guard, every guard under 6’5" is hyping themselves and getting hyped as a point guard, whether or not they have that mindset. And it might crowd out guys who actually are point guards. I don’t think Lin really cared about that – he just wanted to win. If you look at Toney Douglas, he spent his first season at Auburn, but left because he wanted to play point guard because he knew, at 6’2", it was his best chance of getting drafted. Lo and behold the guy did get drafted in the first round, and looky here, for weeks the guy is playing PG very badly while Jeremy Lin is on the bench.
I wish that Toney had spent the last 5 years learning to play the 2, rather than trying to play the 1. But if he had, he’d probably never be in the NBA.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
" prospects know that if they’re less than 6’5" they won’t get much of a look as a shooting guard"
Good point there on the height. In the quest for the “ideal” body type in all sports, I think too many players are forced away from the position they would play best.
Has anyone ever earned POTW
… in his first week of starting?
Good question, I read that Brad Miller was the only non-drafted guy to win it,
And that Jeremy was the first to win it in both the D League and the NBA.
You would have to think he is the first huh?
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
I'm 43 years old...
(which is conveniently the new 25) and in all my years of lackadaisically watching sports and the last 15 years of feverishly watching the Knicks, I’ve never seen anything like what has happened in the last week. This has truly been an amazing and historic week regardless of how things pan out.
The best part being of course...
that now we have a team that actually functions and plays together.
I hear ya man! I am right close to you at 41 and the Tebow deal
Is the only thing that comes close to LINsanity that I can think of.
Any other amazing success stories always happen to other teams as well.
FINALLY something good has happened to the Knicks!!!
See my “Karma Always Evens Out Theory” a few posts above and you will see that LINsanity is just the tip of the iceburg for what awaits us Knicks fans!
I swear that if I ever see Reggie Miller, then I will punch him in the face!
by TheKnicksAreBack on Feb 13, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
I'm nit buying the tebow thing.
if anything, this is a victor Cruz storyline.
"they try to do what he do, and been where he's been, but they get folded in two.....he's the dude"
by semsemma on Feb 13, 2012 11:56 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I been waiting for someone else to think that
I don’t even get the tebow mania thing. Then again watching the Giants was a full time occupation and ultimately, a remarkable story in itself. My favorite story was how Eli matured and eliminated all the boneheaded shit he would do in the past. This is more like the shoeless Joe story.
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.
A friend pointed out
It’s a lot like the Kurt Warner situation with the Rams a bunch of years back. I thought that was a pretty good comparison.
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by fuhry on Feb 14, 2012 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, definitely
I like that a lot better than the tebow comparisons
Rose decides not to go 1-on-2 and I was thinking, "what are you doing?! You've got the numbers!" -Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live
how about victor cruz....undrafted, 23, broke records in ny, won a superbowl.
still shocked no one mentions him considering the similarities with lin….and instead trot out Tim Tebow, that fake Christian whose team wins in spite of him and not because of him.
I think Kurt Warner rings more accurate as well
Lin isn’t a culture-warrior Christian like Tebow and he has the traditional skill set to be good at his position.
Warner is a much better comparison. Hate the Tebow comparisons.
Tebow was so famous before he even entered the NFL. Read somewhere that even before playing his jersey was one of the top 10 selling jerseys. Tebow was destined to get a shot no matter what just due to the craze.
Warner according to so many teams didn’t even belong in the NFL. Which is much closer to Lin considering nobody drafted him & how easily Golden State got rid of him.
Tebow seems to be the national media comparison
But among NYers I keep seeing the Cruz comparison. I like the Cruz one better because Cruz is actually talented, and went from undrafted to surprise superstar.
Do the Shumpty Shump, come on and do the Shumpty Shump
I'm 44 and I agree
The only thing to me that compares is when the Knicks drafted Mark Jackson and he won rookie of the year. But he was drafted 13th or something, so people had an idea he was going to be good.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
From Alan Hahn's latest article on MSG
It should be pointed out here that Melo’s highest scoring season came while playing with Andre Miller, a traditional point guard, and Allen Iverson, a ball-dominant scoring guard. Not to mention that with the ball in Lin’s hands, the pressure is now off Melo to be a facilitator and now he can focus on what he does best: scoring.
http://www.msg.com/blogs/alan-hahn/the-knicks-fix-no-one-is-bigger-than-the-team-1.83197
It’s a great article that actually does a good job of soothing my fears about Melo’s return. I’m in full “This team can contend if all the players mesh” mode right now.
Stainer of mountaintops.
Isn't it reasonable to assume that Davis will get more or equal time with Lin
If he’s healthy enough? This remarkable week has set a fire under the Knicks ass, but Lin will need time to work out the details of his relationship with the rest of the team. Time to mature. Time to develop the split second timing, thinking and reacting that a point guard requires. It’s good that Davis is coming on board in the next few weeks.
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.
Dude
Have you watched? The guy has split second timing all right. Plays like a vet in the end of the game. At this point, I’d have to say it’s Lin’s job to lose, and Davis is a backup unless teams figure out Lin and he stops hitting shots and the Knicks start losing.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
But did you read what I wrote
If you listen to what Lin says in interviews, he’s saying that the focus shouldn’t be on him. It’s a team that doin good. Three of the most important members of this team have not been part of this emersion into team basketball. I would like to see Davis, Stat, and Melo become part of this new incarnation of the Knicks. The more I read about LIn is that he cares less about owning the starting position and more about developing cohesion with the “big guns” who haven’t played yet.
Maybe I don’t explain things clearly but all I’m saying is what I think Lin is saying in his interviews. More to the point, I read the above article by Hahn on MSG and it seems that it’s not just Lin that is saying it, Hahn is quoting Chandler as well.
And based on your response, you seem to know what D’Antoni is thinking. I’ll bet that D’Antoni doesn’t know what D’Antoni is thinking. Just my opinion though.
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.
Jeremy Lin - My anti-drug
Today I refused to smoke crack because I want to live and witness the Lin Era.
You serious dawg?
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 14, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
about the crack part of the witnessing part?
cause both are equally commendable and make sense. yes.
posi..tive ....thoughts..?
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by gymtanlandry on Feb 14, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions
Me too
I am never going to smoke crack cocaine because of JLin
I hate losing more than I love winning -- Billy Beane
all this will melo fit in stuff seems like bullshit
i dont know why alot of people dont think that he would be happy to have a pointguard that can pass, and score so he could stop being this fake ass point forward and focuse on what he does best(maybe best in da nba ) and score.
by lets go buffalo on Feb 14, 2012 1:02 AM EST up reply actions
because most people love to mentally masturbate
by bababooey2 on Feb 14, 2012 1:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
All right, I'm giving masturbating of all kinds because of J Lin
No more slapping the baloney when I watch Kick games
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.
If Knicks win the championship
how will you guys think you will react? Just imagine it in your head. Game 7, Chandler sets up a screen for Melo to get open, Lin dishes it to Melo who knocks it down for the game winning 3.
I might cry.
I'd kiss the first girl I see.
Imagine that guy from the picture in Time Square from the 40s, except wearing a Knick sweatshirt and hat.
Stainer of mountaintops.
by Chairman Meow on Feb 14, 2012 1:26 AM EST up reply actions
I will say "Ho hum, another day at the arena" (see my Signature)
Actually, the last time I was in MSG was in 1968 and I’d just gotten back from Viet Nam. The Knicks were playing ? and we were in the nosebleed section. The only player I recognized from up there was Wes Unseld because of his afro.
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.
Until you said that and I was like "Whaaaat? Hey wait."
I didn’t realize that I would cry, too. Just the thought of our Knicks going down the Canyon of Heroes. I can’t believe they’ve never had a parade.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
We need to cheer for Lin, like this guy does for Detroit ( funny)
by jonnyplastic@yahoo.com on Feb 14, 2012 1:24 AM EST reply actions
That's not Spike Lee or Clipper Daryl
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