Lin-Sanity – A Cinderella Story.

23-year-old Jeremy Lin has been the talk of the NBA since his debut at starting point guard for the New York Knicks 11 days ago. Since Lin’s start at point guard the 6’3″ 200 pound Asian-American Harvard grad has sent the New York Knicks scrambling to keep up with the demand for Jeremy Lin wear and has boosted sales of New York Knicks online merchandise by more than 3,000%. The Jeremy Lin craze has happened so quickly that one week ago today Lin was sleeping on his brother’s couch in New York. Today he is living in a $3,800/month two bedroom apartment at the Trump Towers in White Plains, NY which includes indoor and outdoor basketball courts. In high school Lin did not receive any athletic scholarship offers,he also went undrafted out of college, he was finally picked up by the Golden State Warriors and traded to the Houston Rockets before moving to New York by the end of the year. Lin has lead the New York Knicks to a 7 game winning streak bringing the team back to an even .500 record averaging 27.3 points, 8.2 assists and 2.0 steals a game. Last nights highlight of Lin’s last second three pointer against the Toronto Raptors has over 2 million views.






  

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