Raps Ripped by Linsanity

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks continued their run winning their sixth in a row last night in Toronto over the Raptors. Although if you saw the fans erupt with every Lin basket you'd thought you were at MSG. Lin of course saved the best for last and sunk the game winning three pointer with 0.5 seconds left. How else would this one have ended? Mike Dantoni said tongue in cheek afterwards that he's glad it ended that way so it would calm down the Linsanity. Lin struggled early with 5 first half turn overs but had 11 points in the deceive fourth quarter, including the game winner. This story continues to grow and continues to amaze all those who come out to watch. Floyd Mayweather suggested that because Lin is Asian he is getting more attention that perhaps he otherwise might. While I agree this is helping his cause, as he is a curiosity in the NBA as a result, I think it's still not entirely true in the least. Lin is playing point guard in New York where every athlete is scrutinized more heavily than most, and has been leading the team to victories after coming out of seemingly nowhere, with impressive numbers no one else had put up in NBA history in their first five starts. The fact that he is from the Ivy league and one of the few players to get to the NBA from there also adds to his story. Black, White, Red or Green would have nothing to do with it, people love a winner. Michael Smith and Tim Cowlishaw pointed out on Around the Horn that this, in the end is what matters, playing and playing well. This is exactly what he has been doing, and exactly why people have embraced him. No one knows for sure where the story goes from here or what Lin will do for an encore but I know that we'll be watching.