My understanding is that Jeremy Lin jerseys have been pretty much impossible to come by this week. I know they were available at some point in MSG souvenir shops, but they sold out as quickly as fans got their greasy little paws on 'em. Though I expect they'll sell out again, today is the day to shop:

After legions of Knicks fans cried foul for days over the crushing absence of Jeremy Lin jerseys, city stores on Friday are slated to receive their first batch of gear emblazoned with the name of the NBA’s newest sensation.

"Obviously, New York is excited about Jeremy, and we’re going to give the fans what they want," said Modell’s spokesman Rich Lampmann.

Lin jerseys will be available at three Modell’s stores in midtown and at the Madison Square Garden souvenir shops.

Modell’s is pulling a batch of the jerseys off the production line early in order to satisfy the red-hot demand. They’ll be on sale at the Modell’s stores on W. 42nd St., E. 42nd St. and Broadway at W. 34th St.

Now, that's good news for prospective jersey-buyers, but we ought to acknowledge the ingenuity some Knicks fans showed in the interim. Lin-hacks if you will:

- I wish I could remember who it was, but somebody on Twitter said they were taping over their old Danilo Gallinari jersey (sorry Danilo. Still love you.) so that it read "GALLINARI". I assume they also added a (+9) to the number part on the front and back.

- This young gentleman made a minor edit to a Carmelo Anthony jersey and-- boom!-- Lin jersey.

- And then there's me. I took an old blue dress shirt, cut off the sleeves with a scythe (because that's how I do things), and detailed it with orange glitter paint. Then I wrote "NEW YORK KICKS BASKETBALLs GO NICKS" and "7TEEN" on the front and "JEREMY LIN LINSANITY!!!1 2012" and "KNIX 17" on the back. And now I don't have to go to Modell's. I'd be happy to print more if y'all are interested.

- I'm also selling Limited Edition Jeremy Lin Semi-Adhesive Wet Chin Band-Aids for $17 a piece. Act now or miss out!

The All-Star reserves for both conferences were just announced. Here's the whole roster for the Eastern Conference from the SBN NBA page:

Dwyane Wade, Heat*
LeBron James, Heat*
Derrick Rose, Bulls*
Dwight Howard, Magic*
Carmelo Anthony, Knicks*
Joe Johnson, Hawks
Paul Pierce, Celtics
Andre Iguodala, 76ers
Deron Williams, Nets
Roy Hibbert, Pacers
Chris Bosh, Heat
Luol Deng, Bulls

Yeah. None of those people are Amar'e Stoudemire, which is probably reasonable. None of them are Tyson Chandler either, which seems less reasonable but, then again, it's kind of better for Amar'e and Tyson to get a long weekend to rest. So, as of right now, the Knicks' only two All-Star Weekend participants are Carmelo Anthony (if he's healthy enough to play) and Landry Fields (who'll be a Sophomore person).

Meanwhile, the word from internet personality Tas Melas is that there are rumors of Iman Shumpert being a Dunk Contest participant. I've no idea where that rumor comes from, but it's an odd one. Shump's a pretty silly athlete and we've seen plenty of good video of him dunking...but I'd estimate that he's like 4-10 on dunk attempts this year. He's tried some that would have been impressive, but converted very few.

But anyway, buns for Tyson and Amar'e, but also kinda not buns, too, you know?

Photo: Karunakar Rayker

Good afternoon, partypugs. The insanity surrounding Jeremy Lin (if only there was a word to describe that!) has not died down, so I'm afraid the majority of the links below will in fact be Lin-ks. It's getting a little tiresome-- EVERYBODY has to give their "take" on Lin. Did you know he went to Harvard?-- but at least the Knicks are getting positive national attention, right? Anyway, take the jump for some things to click on.

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Perhaps you may have noticed this, but there's actually a spot for you to buy Knicks tickets at Posting and Toasting. On the far right of the menu up top, there's a link that says "Tickets". If you click on it with your computer mouse, it'll take you to this page, which gives you all sorts of pictures and graphs and deals from all different ticket brokers. I imagine that might be of some use.

Don't go spending dollars (or chasing waterfalls) just yet, though, because TiqIQ would first like to offer you some free tickets. You just have to "like" TiqIQ and Posting and Toasting (feel free to "unlike" P&T soon thereafter if you'd rather not have my nonsense flooding your feed), post a quick thing about who your favorite player ever is (say Lee Nailon and you can also win a high five from me), and then I think you'll be in the running for free tickets to the Knicks-Nets game on Monday, February 20th.

As always, I am reluctant to put anything promotional on the front page unless there's an opportunity for some of y'all to win free stuff. If you'd like a shot at said free stuff, take the jump for the full instructions.

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The burgeoning legend of Jeremy Lin has become sort of an exercise in basketball hagiography. It feels like every game he plays produces a couple more anecdotes that attest to his brilliance, but also teach us something about, like, basketball in general, and maybe ourselves and the world and life and stuff. The aftermath of last night's game brought about two fun little moments to be added to Lin's ongoing tale:

1. Tyson Chandler admitted to having no idea Lin could dunk:

"I didn't know he could dunk," Chandler said. "When he was going in for a dunk I was like 'No Jeremy, just lay the ball up' and all of sudden he dunks it. I probably was just as excited as the crowd was."

"I was thinking after he dunked," he added, "for at least 20 seconds I was thinking, 'Did I know he could dunk?' I don't remember him dunking."

As Michael Katz makes clear in that blog post, Lin can dunk.

Moral: Don't judge a book by its cover! That book might just torch John Wall and throw down a tomahawk!

2. After the game, Ryan Wittman (a former Knick Summer Leaguer, by the way) texted his dad, Randy, to rub it all Lin.

After Lin finished with 23 points and a career-high 10 assists, Wizards Coach Randy Wittman had to absorb an equally painful text message from his son, Ryan, who played against Lin for four years in the Ivy League at Cornell.

"He told me that they did a much better job guarding him than we did tonight," Wittman said with an uncomfortable chuckle. "Makes Dad feel good."

Moral: Ryan Wittman is kind of mean to his dad!

Anyway, I think we might have to start collecting and organizing these anecdotes so that when the Legend of Lin is assembled, we can be responsible for the Knicks chapter.

Another game of the Jeremy Lin experience is behind us, and all we got was more kindling for the fire (the...Linferno, if you will. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm trying so hard not to pun). Lin had another terrific game and the Knicks' offense started terribly but blossomed through the latter three quarters. After that horrid first period, they established a lead in the second quarter and kept right on building it to the final buzzer. And, as Landry for prez said in the game thread (quoted in the headline), the experience brought all the mirth and excitement of being in a room with-- well, maybe not 100 puppies, but at least like 70-80. It was a lot of fun.

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Another great game from Jeremy Lin, another fine team-wide offensive outing, and another bad team vanquished. The Knicks have won three straight.

Recap later!

Evening, daffodils! The Knicks are in our nation's Wizards basketball capital, Washington D.C., to face-- you guessed it-- the Wizards. Those Wizards had lost four straight games for beating the Raptors on Monday, and they're 5-20 overall, which is less wins and more losses than they were probably hoping to have at this point in the season.

The Knicks, of course, aren't quite as prepared to beat the Wizards as they'd usually be. Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony will both be missing from tonight's game, which means that Jeremy Lin will not only have to guard John Wall, but pretty much weave the entire Knicks offense with his bare hands yet again. And he'll probably be doing it against a defense (albeit a pretty bad one) looking to trap and double him at every opportunity.

Speaking of Wall, this is of course the first match-up between the two since Lin made a (bigger) name for himself by battling the first pick in the 2010 Summer League in Vegas. I was at that game, and it was both my first glimpse of Lin's skills (though I'll confess to being way more into Moussa Seck at the time) and his devoted following (The place was packed and people were BAWLING in the audience. I'm not exaggerating.) So, uh, yeah. This should be cool, and hopefully Lin's up for the task, somebody else will step up to provide offense, and the Knicks can figure out a way to take the most winnable of the three more games they'll play without Stoudemire.

This here's your thread to comment along and Bullets Forever is a superb Wizards blog to check out. As always, please do not post photos, .gifs, illegal streams, or links to rabbit breeder directories in the thread. Tip-off's at 7 sharp.