Video: The Night of Jeremy Lin
by Seth on Feb 5, 2012 12:26 PM EST
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PrintOakley & Allen's video of last night is the most artful (tip of the hat to Gian), but in terms of reliving the experience, I don't think you can beat the original broadcast on this one. Here's eight minutes of Jeremy Lin making highlights, the Garden crowd getting delirious, Mike Breen breathlessly calling the action, Walt Frazier hemorrhaging rhymes, and the Knicks bench going bananas. It gave me the chilliest of chills.
Mmm.
After the jump, two post-game items of note.
D'Antoni says he's leaning toward starting Lin at PG: "Let me watch the Super Bowl and then we'll figure it out."
Lin's got holes in his game-- that inconsistent jump shot in particular-- that will get exposed a bit more once opposing teams are prepared for him, but I think he showed a complete enough game last night to earn the starting spot if he's ready and willing. We'll see what happens with that.
One more, from Jeremy himself:
God is good during our ups and our downs! Glad we got the win!! Thanks to
@landryfields for lettin me crash on his couch last night lol
Suffice to say Jeremy had somewhere else to sleep last night if he so chose, if you know what I mean*.
*What I mean is that he played really well and a lot of people saw him do that and probably wanted to have sex with him and then let him sleep over afterward.
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He's the NY Tebow!
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.
He really is
He has a signature bow move, he’s religious, the fan base was clamoring for him to play, he finally did, and it’s worked out better than anyone expected.
Get The Frickin' Rebound
I am just thankful it was against the Nets so I could watch it on the YES network (Timewarner customer)
Congrats Lin and fantastic job!
You and Landry had a slumber party last nite and I’m guessing Andy joined via skype lol
Andy Rautins for mayor... or at least 12th man
by Jay Jordo on Feb 5, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
my favorite part
is when clyde just gets on a roll at 5:10. he first calls him a swirling dervish. wow, i didn’t watch the game. wow, the place was going crazy.
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
The Official Seinfeld Gif-Man of GGN!!!!!!!!
i'm a moderator for GGN. I will accept tribute.
It wasn't even a quiet 25.
he takes Deron Williams to school on a lot of these.
defense was very good against DWill
"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 5, 2012 11:55 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
So glad this exists, for those of us who missed it in real time
I have a feeling if he gets major burn going forward we’re going to start calling him _eremy Lin, but you know what? None of our other so-called PGs can shoot, either. If he continues to be able to dribble with his head up, run some semblance of an offense and put pressure on the defense with his driving and dishing (and sometimes finishing), well, shit… what more can you ask for? Linsanity!
for real
just the assists by themselves make a huge difference to the win. no reason to believe he can’t duplicate that, and bring that to the game with regularity.
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Seriously
Toney scoring on a fast break? Jeffries with some footwork? Hopefully that wasn’t just the Nets, and he can work that magic against legit teams as well!
Very happy to see this!
by superturboultra on Feb 5, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
he really did
the officiating was actually pretty awful in this game, but who cares? it’s all about J-Lin!
by latrell chokewell on Feb 5, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
I just wish for more nights like this
So i can log on here knowing there is good recap and lots of happy people :D
I can just see David Stern at his office this morning:
“Just my luck! Finally I get an Asian in the NBA who can really ball, and he’s even signed to the goddamn KNICKS….. but he has to be from fucking Taiwan! Its not fair!”
by PolyphonicSpreewell on Feb 5, 2012 2:14 PM EST reply actions
Hahaha
The only institution more pissed has to be Nike.
by superturboultra on Feb 5, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
If he keeps this up
They can still market him to China. If Shane Battier can get his own shoe just from playing WITH Yao, then Lin is marketable over there.
Best play I seen in a long time from a Knick
him splitting the DWill and Hump, and then everyone on the Nets chasing him as he drives to the hoop for the lay-up And-1!!
Loved that play, on the way up he called for the ball from Melo (who conceded) and called for the pick from Tyson, and then damn.
Also loved a play earlier on the break. Shump passes it to him, Melo is calling for it but Lin is like, ‘Yo, I got this’
2012 New York Mets, World Series Champions!
'Lin showing much Sagacity now'
2012 New York Mets, World Series Champions!
GIF request
Somebody please make the Lin to Chandler alley-oop/headbutt sequence into a GIF. Also the Linning and grinning slow-mo after his reverse layup in the 4th.
by Lightning Bolt on Feb 5, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
FUCKING FINALLY!
Watching Toney Douglas try to play point guard has no doubt contributed to an increase in cigarettes smoked and household items broken. Seriously though, jokes aside, Lin is the cerebral piece that has been missing. i don’t want to get overhyped after one game but the most impressive part of his stat line for me was the 1 TO. Just watch Douglas or Shumpert take chances like Lin did last night and what you get is a lot of opposition fastbreaks. Favorite moment of last night’s game- 2nd quarter Lin steals the ball and passes ahead to a streaking Douglas who cans the layup. Get douglas off the ball with Lin at point and we will see if he can’t start to hit some of those 3’s
It's not even the turnovers so much
or even any other stats, It’s just the attitude. It’s like, the guy has swag, but it’s not athletic swag like Shump has, it’s cerebral swag. Just not playing scared and having some clue on how to direct the team. Lots of times, especially down the stretch, Douglas might not have gotten the turnover but he would contribute to
Get The Frickin' Rebound
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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.
by east_harlem on Feb 5, 2012 2:33 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
thanx!
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.
Ah man! Rec'd!
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by WSD on Feb 5, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
aweesome!
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.
fanshotted this, but don't know if people look at those, so here ya go
2012 New York Mets, World Series Champions!
by astromets on Feb 5, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
one of my favorite parts is knowing that Tyson Chandler LOVES this kid.
You can tell by the rise he gets, physically and emotionally, when Lin alleys to him. Also the LEAP off the bench at 3:17 off the bench and giant smile on his face at 6:02 (and every other time they show his face in this reel) when Tyson himself wasn’t even directly involved. A happy Tyson is a winning Knicks team. A happy Knicks TEAM is a winning Knicks team.
Yes
What Tyson wants, Tyson gets. And he wants to dunk on motherfuckers.
by superturboultra on Feb 5, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
who would love someone who can pass
and has great court vision???
by I know smart people on Feb 5, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
5:52 in the 4th
A Nash-esque assist to STAT. The delayed pass in the air from the baseline. Enter the Dragon.
by In_the_Rafters on Feb 5, 2012 3:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions
"count the basket!! Jeremy Linnnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmmmm"
So pissed I missed this game. Finding roll-men near the rim?! Alley oops to cutters?! Fast breaks?! Point guard play at its most basic??!!!
I think it moved
by total hermination on Feb 5, 2012 3:29 PM EST reply actions
also...this:
clearly I remember
pickin’ on the boy
seemed a harmless little f&!k
ohhhhh but he unleashed a lion
gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady’s breast
howwwwww….could…..I…..forget
by total hermination on Feb 5, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions
my jaw left hurtin’
ooooooooohhh droppedrightopen
by total hermination on Feb 5, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
I was just thinking the same thing
That you have to guard him the same way you guard Rondo. Pack the paint, defend the p&r loosely, and hope he doesn’t find Ray Allen after all that.
Also, at about 5:43 into the video, does anyone else hear a woman moan orgasmically?
by superturboultra on Feb 5, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
i think lin has more potential to develop a decent jump shot, though.
rondo has those big mitts that are great for holding the ball but not for releasing it softly. also lin’s chances of ever averaging, say, 10 minutes a game are totally contingent on him being able to develop a shot, whereas rondo is still considered one of the best in the game without one.
this
also lin’s chances of ever averaging, say, 10 minutes a game are totally contingent on him being able to develop a shot, whereas rondo is still considered one of the best in the game without one
Hell, Jason Kidd had no jumper when he was young either! Make room, HOF, here comes Jeremy Lin.
Part of me think that just needs some confidence
He probably won’t win any 3 point contests, and should maybe try to get his defender in the air when out there then drive or draw a foul, but he was hitting foul line shots at the end of the game and Rondo struggles even with those. His shot can’t be that bad, he’s been a PG his whole life with lots of success (just never in a big enough setting til now) and the little youtube video of him online that isn’t negative has him hitting outside jumpers.
2012 New York Mets, World Series Champions!
So awesome
When he splits the double team and gets the and-1 I get goosebumps and then looking at the bench going nuts is just truly great.
There’s no way he can contribute like this consistently, but if he can continue to make things happen off the dribble, it’ll make a difference. I wouldn’t mind having him come off the bench one more time just to see how he does, and letting Shump start.
Who knows? By the time Baron is healthy, Lin and Shump might solidify a nice combo off the bench to handle some of the PG duties
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So many GIF worthy parts, but this one just makes me smile:
Formerly known as "GangGrizzle".
by B.Rush on Feb 5, 2012 4:13 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
i think starting Lin is actually a really good idea
since it allows shump to come off the bench and/or play off the ball, which should give him the ability to wreck havoc.
also since it pushes toney further down the depth chart. i mean, i’m all about DWTDD, but damn. the guy has been awful. make him earn his minutes back in practice.
by latrell chokewell on Feb 5, 2012 4:59 PM EST reply actions
seeing lin having that career night makes me so much happier because we know that biddy can do that in all of his games
and we can have biddy starts and lin can come from the bench.
biddy – J-lin
fields – td
melo – bully
amare – jeffries
tyson – amare
TD and Bully make it
but not Shump??
2012 New York Mets, World Series Champions!
harrellson will make a difference too
and as flossy and astro mention, shump
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take out bully and jeffries put in shump and jorts
Do the Shumpty Shump, come on and do the Shumpty Shump
sorry bout shump.. but jorts will be sidelined upto mid-march so this is all we have for now
biddy – J-lin
Fields – Shump , td
Melo – bully
amare – jeffries
tyson – amare , (jorts if he can comeback healthy on march)
Better version
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.
by east_harlem on Feb 5, 2012 7:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
amazing what a difference a point guard makes
He played the position well last night and look what happened. Granted it was against the Nets, but he did go head on with D Wil and get the better of him. Chandler got the ball in the spots he needed, and Lin gave everyone confidence. Even JJ made a a reverse layup. Seriously, it’s like a different team when a PG takes charge and gets things going. I am amazed that this is the same team. Granted our last 2 wins are against NJ and Detroit, it’s still something to look forward to.
The refs are the reason we lost the Finals in 94...
by I Hate Olajuwon on Feb 5, 2012 10:23 PM EST reply actions
SO THE GIANTS WON THE SUPERBOWL, THE WHOLE TIME JUSTIN TUCK BOWED I THOUGHT OF JEREMY LIN
and not because of race, but because of the bowing handshake that melo and everyone were doing.
Beard of Baron
this weekend has just been one big orgy of emotions
first Jeremy Lin and his amazingness to the Giaints winning the SUPER BOWL! i suggest y’all buy stock in Kleenex first thing monday morning.
First the best basketball game in my memory followed by one of the best football games in my memory.
Plus I went to my favorite Chinese buffet on Friday. So this was one of the best weekends of my life, no doubt.
Stainer of mountaintops.
Too bad he picked the Pats over the Giants
but luckily for us he’s a better PG than a football analyst
I AM NOW IRRATIONALLY OPTIMISTIC
I can haz sustainability?
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