Reference to Jeremy Lin and PJ
hdogg151
Posts: 85
Thought this was funny:
Bill Simmons, sports columnist, was answering his mailbox regarding "Linsanity" and here is what he said:
Q: You joked that Disney would call the Tebow movie "Fourth and God." What's the Lin movie going to be called?
— John, Berkeley, Calif.
SG: My first instinct was to give it a cute title like Linning Time, but when you consider this is following the real-life Rudy or Rocky script — and he's more talented than either of them — wouldn't we have to call it Jeremy? And have Pearl Jam remake "Jeremy" with lyrics that center around a Taiwanese-American Harvard grad saving the Knicks instead of, you know, a bullied kid destroying everyone in his class?
Here is the link to the full article:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/757 ... sanity-bag
I can just see the music video now...haha
Bill Simmons, sports columnist, was answering his mailbox regarding "Linsanity" and here is what he said:
Q: You joked that Disney would call the Tebow movie "Fourth and God." What's the Lin movie going to be called?
— John, Berkeley, Calif.
SG: My first instinct was to give it a cute title like Linning Time, but when you consider this is following the real-life Rudy or Rocky script — and he's more talented than either of them — wouldn't we have to call it Jeremy? And have Pearl Jam remake "Jeremy" with lyrics that center around a Taiwanese-American Harvard grad saving the Knicks instead of, you know, a bullied kid destroying everyone in his class?
Here is the link to the full article:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/757 ... sanity-bag
I can just see the music video now...haha
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2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
2010: 5/17
2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
2012: 9/2
2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
2014: 10/19
2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
Forget 2 years, wait till Melo gets back (maybe tomorrow night) they won't be able to get it done together
2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
2010: 5/17
2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
2012: 9/2
2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
2014: 10/19
2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
Floyd, is that you???
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Not how it went down...
Unlikely. He got his chance and he's proven himself. You don't go for 38 against the Lakers and fade away. He's got the body to be in the NBA and the work ethic to stay there.
Seemed a harmless Lintle fuck....
First Lin pun. I'll get better.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
You are so wrong about this. Jeremy Lin can really play. Have you been watching?
The Garden also played Jeremy over the PA when the Knicks won a couple of games back.
The Knicks announcers made a Jeremy reference.
MSG network also played Jeremy going out of or coming back from a commercial.
Bill Simmons is my favorite sports writer. If you haven't read this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/060421
SIMMONS!!!
No shot. He has been on 3 different teams and was about to be cut from the Knicks until Carmello got hurt. He will go right back to being a bench player soon enough.
Its one week for goodness sakes. He has been in the league for 3 years and has averaged around 5 minutes per game.
This is even funnier than people thinking Tim Tebow could play.
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
Totally disagree. Read the mailbag this thread came from and you'll have a realistic appraisal of his ability to stick. He's not going to keep THIS up long term, but he's going to play for years. And start. He just didn't get a chance before now. Look at what he's done. You can't unring that bell. Even if he flames out (doubtful) another team will take a crack at "Linsanity."
And he's a MUCH better point guard than Tebow is a quarterback. There's no real comparison there.
Actually this is his second year in the league. He only played in 29 games last year, mostly because Golden State has a solid back court in Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis. Thats the reason he didnt get playing time. Its not cause he couldn't play, he never got his chance. Houston cut him this season only because they needed a Center, (Sam Dalembert), and Kyle Lowry, their point guard, is playing out of his mind right now. Daryl Morey, the GM of the Rockets, publicly admitted that he made a huge mistake cutting Lin.
Tebow thinks god has more to do with his success than his teammates and his style of play in the NFL will never stand the test of time. His style of play requires him to be the focal point of their offense and unlike Lin, he isn't any good at distributing the ball to his teammates. He'll likely get hurt with that option style of play anyway.
Lin on the other hand is a masterful distributor of the ball - something the Knicks haven't had in forever. He's a selfless teammate that can either pick up the slack when the stars are out of the game yet be perfectly content scoring 8 points but having 15 assists. And he plays defense! True team players are rare these days in the NBA, which is why Lin will succeed. With Anthony or without. Oh, and Lin is far more intelligent that Tebow. That also helps.
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
While I agree it is only a week and everyone should see what he is doing in a month, if you are looking in the NFL, James Harrison is a better example than Tebow. He was cut by both the Steelers and Ravens before being resigned by the Steelers. He now has 2 superbowl rings and defensive player of the year award. Also came from a small school and was undrafted.
Right. Like Tom Brady drafted in the 7th round.
Ben Wallace? Ever heard of him? He was undrafted.
Avery Johnson? Undrafted.
Oh, and while we're on the Knicks: John Starks - undrafted.
You don't know what you're talking about. No one can predict the future, but you're not making any sense.
There are a million examples like that. RM22 just hasn't ever heard of any of them.
Troy Hudson
John Starks averaged 12 points per game for his career) and was in 1 All Star Game,
Avery Johnson averaged 8 points a game for his career for goodness sakes and never played in an All Star Game.
Ben Wallace for his career averages under 6 points per game
These are the examples you are throwing at me in his defense? Great list.
The NFL is full of late round hits, you can't compare the 2 sports.
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
agreed...you are talking a sport with 22 starters plus to a sport with 5 guys....
that said, even Jordan was "cut" from a squad once.
This is Jeremy Lin's second season. He was a rookie on Golden State, a very guard-heavy team already. They weren't going to play an undrafted rookie over their established, highly paid guards.
Due to the lockout, he didn't get to compete for his job in training camp this year.
He's not a fluke. Google Jeremy Lin vs. UConn. Dude can play.
There really are no similarities between him and Tim Tebow. Tebow has an unorthodox throwing style. He's a game manager, not a QB and he gets exposed when they actually play good teams. There's nothing unorthodox about Jeremy Lin except for the way he got to where he is now.
Don't change your original argument!
You said he will not last and no one will hear of him in two years. Then you compared football and basketball (Tebow and Lin) - now two minutes later I can't compare the sports.
The media loves these type of underdog stories - so no, he certainly won't be getting the media attention in two years like he is getting now. But that's not the argument. Keep digging.
Please enough already. The guy is barely an NBA bench player.
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
i agree with the enough alread....but it's a little too early to say he is just a bench player...but i'm not ready to annoint him as MJ 2.0. the media got carried away (shocking i know), and now people are getting sucked into that vortex.
i can't believe people even watch sportscenter any more. it's painful to watch. i tune in for the game, and tuen out after the game. i don't need a bunch of talking heads to tell me about everything. i think after a couple of decades of sportsdom, i have a solid grasp on what is happening.
The "cut from three teams in two years" (two teams, actually)* is irrelevant to what is happening now. There was a perfect storm that kept him out (the league is incredibly point guard heavy and he's an undrafted free agent), and now a perfect storm that got him in. The truth of him as a player lies in between, but the guy can flat out play. He fits perfectly in his current system, and he's taken a team on life-support and has them positioned for the playoffs.
P.S. Harvard has been in the top 25 all year and they're pretty good. He's unconventional, but that doesn't mean he's not good. He can score and distribute, get to the basket and inspire teammates. He's not a great shooter and turns it over. But to say he's barely a bench player and to base that solely on the fact that he was cut and went to Harvard is what's laughable.
*My bad, this isn't what was said. It doesn't change my feeling about how the amount of teams he's been on affects how good he is.