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Basketball Babe #1 Honors Jeremy Lin New York Knicks Going Linsanity

The inaugural Basketball Babe has to go to Jeremy Lin for his surging popularity that has gone to super-hyped in the first half of the NBA season.

The New York Knick fans have even let the world know it's Linsanity!

The injury plagued Knicks had a choice to make early in the season when team needed a some energy for the fans, a point guard and Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire needed time off.

The traded, dropped and D-league bench player from Harvard got his look from Coach Mike D' Antoni. The Jeremy Lin number 17 gave them the 1 jersey number of Stoudemire and the 7 jersey number from Anthony all in one package to ignite the fans at Madison Square Garden and play his way to staying in the starting line up!

So, I guess the dream is coming true for this asian american from California!

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Who is Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks and where did he come from?

The new NBA sensation that has taken basketball by storm and few know of  him!

Jeremy Shu-How Lin an asian american born in Los Angeles,California grew up in Palo Alto, California where he honed his basic ball skills at the local YMCA taught by his father Joseph Gie-Ming.

His high school years is where the talents started to shine. He captained his senior season at Palo Alto High School winning the Division II state title going 32-1. He was named to the All State team and Northern California Division II Player of the Year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals his senior season.

Lin wanted to take it to the next level, but the Ivy league is where he wanted to play. Brown and Harvard was the only two schools that guaranteed him a spot on the basketball team so he chose Harvard. He did graduate with a degree in economics with a 3.1 GPA showing he has the brains to take care of himself off the court.

On the court Harvard made the right choice with Lin. He finished at Harvard with a stat line of 1483 points, 487 rebounds, 406 assists, 225 steals earning accolades and awards stemming from midseason candidate for the John Wooden Award and one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.

Lin's talents did not show enough as an Ivy leaguer to the NBA scouts on the 2010 NBA draft day, so he went undrafted.

He did get offers after the draft from the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers and another undisclosed team to play for them. Lin decided to stay home and signed a two year deal on July 21st, 2010 with his favorite team growing up the Golden State Warriors. The time with the Warriors was short with the emergence of Stephon Curry and Monta Ellis in the backcourt left little playing time.

Lin played in 29 games with the big club 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds,1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

The Warriors used the D-League to help develop and cultivate the talents of Lin by sending him to the Reno Bighorns three times throughout the year for seasoning. He averaged 18 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists with Reno and got the playing time needed to showcase talent and work on the weaknesses.

The Lockout! The time away could have complicated things for Lin and where he ultimately landed. On the first day of training camp the Warriors waived Lin and he bounced around until he landed in the New York Knicks hands off waivers from the Houston Rockets. 

Before making his name in a Knickerbocker uniform he had to earn it. He was also blocked in New York by Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby so he had a three day hiatus to the Erie BayHawks and in his first game he completed a triple double against the Maine Red Claws and earned his way back up!

Now back in the Big Apple and playing for the Knicks we find ourselves a player that walked on at Harvard, went undrafted, worn two D-League uniforms, cut by two NBA teams and now plays in the Madison Square Garden for the Knicks on the big stage. In 13 games he has only averaged 16.1 minutes a game but still lights up the fans. The stats show he can play in the NBA 11.2 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and .8 steals a game.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant found this out on February 10th when a sell out crowd watched Lin score 38 points leading the Knicks over the Lakers 92-85 in Madison Square Garden.

Where will this "Lin-sanity" end?

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2010-11 NBA PLAYOFF BASKETBALL Eastern Conference Preview Chatter

Looking for excitement look no further than the 2011 NBA Playoffs! The field is ready for real basketball and the intensity will be at full tilt! The stars will shine and unsung heroes will arise. Will we see the an eighth seed pull off an upset? Will everyone stay healthy? Make sure the DVR is empty and ready for the electrifying action that will get you jumping out of your seat and for joy or shrugging the shoulders in defeat! Lets take a quick look into each team!

The Eastern Conference

Chicago Bulls - MVP! MVP! MVP! Chanting from the rafters will be the theme for the star Derrick Rose that has taken his game to the next level. If taking it to the hoop or pulling up for a three the defenses are all loopy leg trying to defend this offensive juggernaut. With all the attention to Derrick that leaves option 2 Luol Deng to work his magic on the other side to make it very difficult to defend. The Bulls are the leaders in the east can they prove it to win it all? Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah will need to get and stay healthy to help out and prove the regular season was not a fluke they are the best in the east and the rest of the league!

Miami Heat - The trifecta has all the talent in the big three Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Lebron James! They pulled each other together for this moment. Built to win many championships for the Heat, could this be this year be the first of many? The year has had its roller coaster season will the playoffs stay on the climb up or are we going to have a few alley oops in it? Defense and the bench will need to be the factors to watch. Will 3rd year coach Erik Spoelstra have the experience to get the big three their title this year? 

Boston Celtics - Coach Doc Rivers knows this team has the talent to make it happen, will it? Rajon Rondo's ability to use his skills to create offense for himself and for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has been phenomenal. The way he allows Allen to set that 3 pointer, Pierce to penetrate for the alley oop and for the catch and dunk by Garnett is artistically mechanical. They have been there and done that in 2008 and hoping to do it again!

Orlando Magic - It all starts and ends with the big man Dwight Howard. His size and force around the basket can only be measured in technical fouls for aggression that the league deems to excessive. Is it really the weakness of the defense on the block? His presence is menacing to the defense and double and triple teams are always going to be there so Hedo Turkoglu will need to hear swish in his sleep and Jason Richardson will need to get out the retro Reebok Pumps out and go sky to divert that pressure to score the points needed to win! Kind of forgotten with all the hype of Bulls, Heat and Celtics. All the talent is there to make a difference in the playoffs this year could be the year the balls fall in their side of the courts basket!

Atlanta Hawks - Unsuspecting talent all over the court. Is this the Butler of the NBA? Limping into the playoffs as losing late has the fans worried can they pull it back together? Al Horford community assist award winner, Kirk Hinrich and Joe Johnson needs to make sure to put the team first and glue themselves to their opposition to limit the scoring by the opposition to hope to score just enough to win. Joe Smith is back and healthy so we may see them with a little more talent on the court!

New York Knicks - Trade alert was the news mid year well now we see why. The Knicks are in the playoffs and Carmelo Anthony could have been the piece they needed. The main player happy to see the skills of Anthony with the Knicks is Amar'e Stoudamire having the ability to take the pressure of of him and seeing less double and triple teams allows more movement for the big man. His in and out type play will hope to excel in the playoffs along with his ability to get the block shot and rebound on the other end. Let's not forget about the ability of Chauncey Billups, Jared Jefferies and Landry Fields all could have a night that will light up the scorboard!

Philadelphia 76ers - What a year for Elton Brand carrying the team all the way to the playoffs. His scoring and shot blocking has been very valuable to the 76er's and the success. Let's hope the help keeps coming from the youth of Jrue Holiday and Jodie Meeks. The ability to get up and down the court will rely on the speed and effectiveness in getting the ball to Brand to see the dunk! What about Andre Iguodala is he going to be fully reasted and healthy for the push through the playoffs?

Indiana Pacers - Youth is all over the young Pacers. Will the youth movement be able to take down the strength of experience in the rest of the conference. Danny Granger is looking to find the bottom of the bucket enough, Roy Hibbert will be all over the boards to vacuuming up the rebounds and Darren Collison will be firing out the assists to Granger and Tyler Hansbrough. Making the playoffs was the first task and getting through the first round due to their first playoff opponent is going to be a tough task as most likely it will be the eastern conference regular season winners Chicago Bulls. Every game counts so don't underestimate youth and the power of it. Anything can happen! These kids will grind it out, so the Pacemates will get their work in and dance all the way to the title. You in?
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