Saturday Oriental Garden Lizards

by Seth on Feb 25, 2012 1:12 PM EST in Mamphibitiles

Photo: Angelika Maria Boes

Good day, earplugs! Did everybody enjoy last night's All-Star stuff? I sort of had it on in the background and saw bits and pieces. Didn't see Jeremy Lin do too much. Apparently Landry Fields played well, but I just saw him dunk a little bit and do silly dribble moves in order to look cool. Anyway, I'm a lot more excited for tonight's events, and there'll be another thread up later for those. In the meantime, take the jump for just a few links.

- Garden lizards sometimes get called "bloodsuckers" because the males' throats turn red. Seems presumptuous.

- This Howard Beck piece on how far Lin has come in the last couple of the years is one of the best, most interesting Lin articles I've read. The degree to which the kid has improved since entering the league is really impressive, and it gives one plenty of hope that he'll improve on the present flaws in his game.

- Here's Marc Berman's account of Lin's first day in Orlando (and Landry Fields's meddling).

- An example of said meddling.

- Amar'e Stoudemire is headed to the Caribbean for the break. Hope he has a relaxing, rejuvenating time. He deserves it.

- J.R. Smith is having some sort of tiff with Joe Budden or something? There is way too much going on in this guy's Twitter.

That's all for now! I'll see y'all later for the contests. Enjoy your afternoons.

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Wish Novak was in the 3 point contest.

Also for anyone interested I want to do a P&T online fantasy draft association. Anyone interested reply @ me here with your PS3 gamer tag.

Linning and Winning!

by Joe21 on Feb 25, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions

divinedread

Enter The Garden of Lin

by eomede07 on Feb 25, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions

The Landry stuff

Is hysterical!

I’m blown away by how much attention Lin is getting this weekend. The stars of stars are on display and he is clearly the story of the weekend. It’s not even close! I think over the last few weeks I’ve just been so happy with how great they have been playing and now I’m allowing all the linsanity stuff to settle in. I just can’t get over how he has turned the league on its ear and he’s ours!

by the mecca on Feb 25, 2012 1:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions

That Beck article really is excellent

Every Knicks fan should read it.

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by Russ on Feb 25, 2012 2:05 PM EST reply actions

Yup

The sky’s the limit for Lin.

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by moose35 on Feb 25, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

So you're saying that Lin is deceptively unlimited...

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by Russ on Feb 25, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

seriously

I have no clue whatsoever how to read twitter. When they start putting all of these @ so and so, and # signs with some inexplicable drivel afterwards. Its very sad that this has become a medium for news… why not just a program like twitter… that has a 1000 character limit, so people can actually make fucking sense. Its like reading a damn puzzle… on top of that I don’t even know who Joe budden is.

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by MetsKnicksRutgers on Feb 25, 2012 2:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

@ basically hyperlinks you to the persons account as well as mentioning the person.

The hash tag, # well is used as a tag so people can find your tweets.

There’s a device that allows you to tweet longer too.

Linning and Winning!

by Joe21 on Feb 25, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

The

Linning and Winning!

by Joe21 on Feb 25, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions

Translation of the twitter beef:

J.R. is trying to get with Joe Budden’s ex girlfriend Tahiri, and Budden wasn’t having it.

I just hope JR stays focused on playing ball and doesn’t let stupid things like this stay on his mind.

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by Jeff W. on Feb 25, 2012 2:32 PM EST reply actions

That's a beautiful lizard

I want one!

by mangu on Feb 25, 2012 2:45 PM EST reply actions

Two cool things: Lin has embranced Linsanity (he was reluctant at first) and Kobe + Lin

by DonMoosavi on Feb 25, 2012 4:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Not happy to see the swoosh across Lin's chest

There are other ways to go

by jimjoyce25 on Feb 25, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions

I think he is delighted

It’s more like “Keep it up Bro.” Lin has single-handedly revitalized the NBA brand in Asia and kobe is one of the main beneficiaries.

Fire D'Umbphoney...not wise at the moment

by YuckFou on Feb 25, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions

I meant I am not happy

Lin seems so good, and nike is so evil

by jimjoyce25 on Feb 25, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions

oh

nevermind then

by YuckFou on Feb 26, 2012 1:59 AM EST up reply actions

cant remember where

but i just heard that nike actually scooped lin up right out of college.

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by stingy d on Feb 26, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah pretty sure Nike's had him signed for a while now. They just haven't had a reason to market the shit out of him yet.

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Look at it Dave. Look at it.

by GAx on Feb 26, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions

Credit to Amar'e...

He’s a nicer guy than me. From half of his shot attempts being snatched away by Melo to Tyson getting all the pick-and-roll opportunities, he has every right to express frustration about his greatly demished ball touches to the media. He’s kept nice. Sure he hasn’t shot lights out from the field this season but how can you be expected to establish a rhythm when you go multiple possessions without even getting the ball passed to you?

And that part of the article about whether Dantoni should think about distributing more of Amar’e’s minutes between Novak, Jefferies & Harrellson is laughable. I still trust Amar’e in the 4th quarter more than any of those guys. There’s nothing to think about…

by Mizzie on Feb 25, 2012 6:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Kind of agree

They should have fed him more. That fourth quarter was a joke. They will work it out.

Fire D'Umbphoney...not wise at the moment

by YuckFou on Feb 25, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions

Whats there for him to be mad about? Dude is ridiculously rish.

I mean rich enough to create his own reality.

by Crackback on Feb 25, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

So because he is "ridiculously rich" he shouldn't care about his in-game involvement?

Okay.

I want everyone to remember that when they complain about Amar’e contributing nothing to the team and yet taking up a big chunk of cap space. How much he gets paid is ever more reason to keep him involved in games. Otherwise what’s the point of having him here?

As long as he is a Knick, I want him to be put in a position to succeed. A Knicks team with Amar’e Stoudemire contributing is a better Knicks team.

by Mizzie on Feb 26, 2012 12:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions