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Linsanity!

106 90 February 10, 2012 at 02:47 PM in Chat (2) Youtube
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10...ryone.html

With so much love for Tebow on the site, I'm curious as to why there is no attention for the New York's newest star? He is not your standard stereotype for a basketball player. He is an Asian-American from Palo Alto with a degree from Harvard. This kid was sleeping on his brother's couch last week and now he is on top of the basketball world.

Recent 3 game stats:
5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 25 pts
2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 28 pts
4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 23 pts.

These are Lebron James type of numbers. Is this kid the real deal?

Against the #1 pick of his draft year [youtube.com]

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ikonoklast
02-10-2012 at 06:08 PM.
02-10-2012 at 06:08 PM.
Quote from mrfrancis3000 :
You mean like it was tough for J.J. Barea against those same 2 seven footers in the playoffs last year?
Good call so far. Stick Out Tongue

Looks like another great game for him.
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shhaggy
02-10-2012 at 07:04 PM.
02-10-2012 at 07:04 PM.
Rinsanity!!!
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DavidAllen601
02-10-2012 at 07:23 PM.
02-10-2012 at 07:23 PM.
NBA is for pussies. But Jeremy lin is God like tonight.
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ikonoklast
02-10-2012 at 07:44 PM.
02-10-2012 at 07:44 PM.
38 points 7 assists

This is too much!!!!!

Groupwave
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Kolto
02-10-2012 at 08:25 PM.
02-10-2012 at 08:25 PM.
Linning all day!
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marg_fan
02-10-2012 at 10:18 PM.
02-10-2012 at 10:18 PM.
Who read the title and assumed Lindsay Lohan got arrested/drunk/high/naked again?
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arjunsr
02-10-2012 at 10:22 PM.
02-10-2012 at 10:22 PM.
congrats for setting a career high against laketrs. its the only redeeming thing about that game. great game by lin
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z2g
02-11-2012 at 12:53 AM.
02-11-2012 at 12:53 AM.
I just saw an article on Yahoo Sports tonight. The headline was Lin whips Kobe after tonight's game. Pretty lame since Lin scored 38 pts and Kobe still scored 34.

Yahoo Sports articles are usually lame!
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chop
02-11-2012 at 03:12 AM.
02-11-2012 at 03:12 AM.
Quote from z2g :
I just saw an article on Yahoo Sports tonight. The headline was Lin whips Kobe after tonight's game. Pretty lame since Lin scored 38 pts and Kobe still scored 34.

Yahoo Sports articles are usually lame!
Lol, Kobe shot the ball 29 times while Lin shot it 23 times. Comparisons to Kobe this early are kind of ridiculous but he sure did play better than him tonight.
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Kolto
02-11-2012 at 07:48 AM.
02-11-2012 at 07:48 AM.
Quote from z2g :
I just saw an article on Yahoo Sports tonight. The headline was Lin whips Kobe after tonight's game. Pretty lame since Lin scored 38 pts and Kobe still scored 34.

Yahoo Sports articles are usually lame!
you did watch kobe go 1-11 in the 1st half right?
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tp4tissue
02-11-2012 at 07:58 AM.
02-11-2012 at 07:58 AM.
asian have no place in basketball or any real sports..

the only reason it doesn't look bad, is because the other black people still carry the team.. If you've seen an all asian BB team, you'd know what i'm talking about.
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emelvee
02-11-2012 at 08:00 AM.
02-11-2012 at 08:00 AM.
Hadn't heard of this guy. Was afraid to click on this thread, because I thought it had to do with Lindsay Lohan.
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Ryu-bom
02-11-2012 at 09:39 AM.
02-11-2012 at 09:39 AM.
he's like the Rudy of Basketball ....

Anyways we all know the mainstream media/entertainment industry see asians as second rate people, and tends to ignore or brush them off..

But then again this is the only time the Knicks actually won something for a long time and straight, even after spending/wasting all those millions on those overpaid black guys..

Imagine that, a low minimum paid benched players, actually perform 10x better then some of the higher paid players...
Is that not a commentary about US labor...LMAO:
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z2g
02-11-2012 at 09:41 AM.
02-11-2012 at 09:41 AM.
Quote from chop :
Lol, Kobe shot the ball 29 times while Lin shot it 23 times. Comparisons to Kobe this early are kind of ridiculous but he sure did play better than him tonight.
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you did watch kobe go 1-11 in the 1st half right?
I'm not saying that Lin didn't have a better game. But, the article headline was that Lin "whips" Kobe. That's a bit of a strong word there. I think "beats", "bests", or "tops" would have been better.
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Ryu-bom
02-11-2012 at 10:00 AM.
02-11-2012 at 10:00 AM.
well when you compare a basic UNKNOWN to a TOP QUALITY star, I'm pretty sure whips is probably ok in usage..

I'm pretty sure they used the shooting averages, total points scored, and his unknown status as reasoning ..

Besides Kobe always averages btw 30-40 pts per game, so it ain't nothing new.. Kobe basically carries the Lakers now, while a unknown carried the Kincks for what 4 games straight?
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