Jeremy Lin who has started the last 5 games as the starting point guard for the Knicks and they have won their last 5 games and Lin has averaged 24.8 points and 8 assists with 4.2 boards. Lin had 28 points, 7 assists, and 4 boards against the Lakers this past Friday and he has saved Mike D'Antoni as the team was 8 and 15 before Lin got into the starting lineup and he is also mending fences with the MSG Network and Time Warner Cable who has taken MSG of their service and with all the Jeremy Lin stuff going on the customers of Time Warner Cable are vivid over being able to watch the Knicks games.
He has mobs of fans in the stands with China flags in New York and now he is heading to Toronto and will be greeted with a lot of fans getting into the building just to see him play and in Toronto right now a game against the Knicks might bring 12 to 13 thousand and tomorrow night it will be standing room only for the 19,800 seat Air Canada Center and there will over 20 thousand fans in the stands to cheer on Lin.
Lin was a simple 10-day tryout which usually means thanks for coming here's your seat on the bench and U may get 5 minutes on the court but in the next month U will be back ABL and now people in New York are not waiting Barion Davis to get health so he could try to feed the ball to Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire. Now the question is will Carmelo and Stoudemire fit the system of moving the ball around looking for the best shot and it looks like that question will be partially answered tomorrow when Stoudemire comes back in the lineup after going home for a while to deal with the passing of his brother in a car accident and the good thing for Knicks fans is that Stoudemire worked well with another D'Antoni system in Phoenix with a some what good point guard named Steve Nash (future hofer). Stoudemire worked off the pick n' roll with Nash and put up massive numbers and could do it again but it will be the ball hog Carelmo who when he comes back that may stop the ball from moving and take shots instead of finding the open man to get the basket and the Knicks may once again fall out of the playoff picture and D'Antoni may not be safe again.
So for now Lin is a sensation in a market that will eat up every word he says and will be paid nicely soon for his accomplishments
Tom Mehegan
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