Completely unknown several weeks ago, the 23 year old point-guard, Jeremy Lin, is making a name for himself as the Asian sensation. Lin, a Harvard grad, found himself without a team after the NBA-draft. However stardom finally came when the "Linsanity" swept the nation February 4th. Lin's number 17 jersey has been flying off the shelves ever since being sold at every corner of Chinatown, every shop in Hong Kong, and every sweat-shop in Taiwan.Stores cant keep him stocked.Lin's story is more then just jersey, ticket and basketball sales. Lin has given Asian Americans something to look forward too now that Yao Ming has hung up his dunks. However the argument has begun between China and Taiwan over who the phenomenon represents in Asia-Land. Taiwan has had "emperor-Lin" on every newspaper and broadcasts all his games on every TV. Asia has found a hero.
Lin is definitely a different player in the NBA, which is predominantly dunked over by the African-American athletes with a few Caucasian players being average in things like passing and 3-point shots. Lin sits at a 6'2 200lbs which is very shy of the NBA average of 6'7, 230lb players. Lin looks like the typical little Asian man running between freakishly huge men.
It will be an interesting ride watching the Linsanity sweep the world. I myself will be jumping on the Lin bandwagon and seeing where this takes us. #Linning
"Linsanity" the song, makes your ears bleed
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