a year ago today Linsanity was born

[seemorecizzy]

we were getting blown out the building this game because calderon was cooking lin something serious...d'antoni actually made a defensive adjustment and put shumpert on him which turned the whole game around. he got no props at all for that, that's when "linsanity" started making me uncomfortable. I was happy we were winning but all that "lins team" shyt was embarassing

all true

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK94VpR_2UI[/ame]

without shumps nba2k steal and da sprewell finish, we lose dis game

 

[seemorecizzy]

at the knick fans that say they didnt enjoy linsanity

it was cool until ppl who didnt no what da fukk they were talking about started voicing their opinions. ppl were seriously talking about trading carmelo anthony and building around lin. It got very annoying and it divided knick fans

the media and da dumb ass coach only made it worse


i repeat, ppl were talking about trading carmelo anthony and building around lin.let that sink in for a bit.

 

[Brief Keef]

no, we all loved it at the time. But we quickly soured on it once his groupies went completely overboard, turning Lin from a great story into a larger than life figure, bigger than not only the Knicks but the league itself. Throughout his knick tenure, his "fans" directed racially-tinged, psychobabble at Melo, insisting that he be ex-communicated from the team, in order to build the team around Lin after 2 weeks. In addition, Lin's "85%" quote for why he couldnt lace 'em up during the 'offs did him no favors.

Of course, this "humble kid" gets offered a deal that far exceeded his worth, and he hops on it, signing with the team that cut him, rather than showing loyalty to the only organization that gave him a chance (if it didnt work out in ny, he woulda been out of the league...he'd already been cut twice)

Since signing an all star level deal, hes put up average pg stats, and led the rockets to average results. That hasnt stopped him from receiving endless praise, GQ covers, and all kinds of extra bullshyt at the expense of other more accomplished players. So with all that, I'll let you tell the story of "linsanity"

but yet he still washed the knicks twice

 

[23Barrettcity]

They were saying that before Linsanity, and for every Knicks loss there will be someone saying it after Linsanity.

Ehh not really like that . People were regretting the trade and people were saying fire dantoni but after Lin they were saying get rid of melo and build around Lin .

 

[god shamgod]

Jeremy lin cashed in on his opportunity that whole thing was crazy to watch

I also remember when the heat ended "linsanity"

 

[OG Talk]

he brought knicks basketball back, hell he brought MSg bback to twc

Then sh1tted on the Knicks twice and swept the season series

 

[GetInTheTruck]

The white fans saying to trade melo he's a cancer

shyt would boil my blood. they say new york has the smartest fans, yeah, I don't know about all that anymore.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

And he went 28/9 tonight..

The resurrection???

the bar is so low for the Lin's...Gallo's...MDA's of the world.

One or two good performances in a row, and kak's get all excited.

Melo does that ish every night....

 

[ThaBronxBully]

but yet he still washed the knicks twice

You Know What Made Us Feel Better?

Washing The Heat Twice By 20

 

[Half A $]

And he went 28/9 tonight..

The resurrection???

Nah, look who he plays next.

Heat gonna shyt on him like we always do

 

[mbewane]

no, we all loved it at the time. But we quickly soured on it once his groupies went completely overboard, turning Lin from a great story into a larger than life figure, bigger than not only the Knicks but the league itself. Throughout his knick tenure, his "fans" directed racially-tinged, psychobabble at Melo, insisting that he be ex-communicated from the team, in order to build the team around Lin after 2 weeks. In addition, Lin's "85%" quote for why he couldnt lace 'em up during the 'offs did him no favors.

Of course, this "humble kid" gets offered a deal that far exceeded his worth, and he hops on it, signing with the team that cut him, rather than showing loyalty to the only organization that gave him a chance (if it didnt work out in ny, he woulda been out of the league...he'd already been cut twice)

Since signing an all star level deal, hes put up average pg stats, and led the rockets to average results. That hasnt stopped him from receiving endless praise, GQ covers, and all kinds of extra bullshyt at the expense of other more accomplished players. So with all that, I'll let you tell the story of "linsanity"

We talking about loyalty in the NBA? Loyalty with the Knicks? I'm a Knicks fan since 93 but come on, we traded Patrick f*cking Ewing away. People can hate on Lin for various reasons (though it would be more clever to hate on the media) but "loyalty" isn't one of them IMO. If this were a black player dudes would be like "f*ck loyalty, breh's eating". He would've found a place somewhere at some point, dude's not a top PG but not a fluke either. If Toney Douglas can play in the League, so can Lin.

Anyway I loved the run, it was fun and brought excitement back, Knicks took what seems to be the right decision regarding his contract (how many times have we said that about the Knicks in the past decade?), kid doesn't even seem arrogant despite clearly playing with that chip on a shoulder, why the hate? Move on, we're having a great season in NY this year, I couldn't care how he's doing in Houston but I'm glad for the memories.

 

[Trip]

He was a good player that got hyped because he was Asian in the biggest market in the world and Melo didnt like him getting more shine than he was.



bizarre people hate on the kid.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

We talking about loyalty in the NBA? Loyalty with the Knicks? I'm a Knicks fan since 93 but come on, we traded Patrick f*cking Ewing away. People can hate on Lin for various reasons (though it would be more clever to hate on the media) but "loyalty" isn't one of them IMO. If this were a black player dudes would be like "f*ck loyalty, breh's eating".

You're missing my point here.

Im saying, dont give me this "Lin is an angel as pure as the driven snow, who isnt motivated by superficial wants or greed like those other materialistic NBA nikkers..." when Lin, in fact, dumped his long time agent for a high powered one, so he could attract the biggest offer available, and in the process sht on the only organization that was willing to give him a legit shot for the first time in his NBA life.

Lin fans want to have their cake and eat it too.

 

[Trip]

You're missing my point here.

Im saying, dont give me this "Lin is an angel as pure as the driven snow, who isnt motivated by superficial wants, or greed like those other materialistic NBA nikkers..." when Lin, in fact, dumped his long time agent for a high powered one, so he could attract the biggest offer available, and in the process sht on the only organization that was willing to give him a legit shot for the first time in his NBA life.

Lin fans want to have their cake and eat it too.

well this never happened

 

[Mantle Drunk]

Linsanity was a fun time seeing this Asian dude from Harvard who had been cut by 2 other NBA teams going on that run with the Knicks. Going to bars everyone in the crowd was crazy as fukk watching Lin play shyt was fun.

By the way I find it funny that most Knick fans on the Coli are so against Lin when most of them were annoyed that they didn't re-sign him and were Felton when clearly he was the better fit for the Knicks.