Jeremy Lin and the Lin-sanity craze

My pal, Noa posted this pic. Hilarious

Let me first say, I hate the NY Knicks.  Blah. It may be the northern vs southern thing.  Or...it could be that Patrick Ewing used to hurt my stomach with the way he sweated out those uniforms...Or that John Starks used to irritate me with his cockiness.  But whatever the case may be, I hate the Knicks.

That being said...I love a good craze... I wait each year for something fantastic to happen in basketball.  Like, last year when Miami was supposed to start a dynasty.  Ummm...yeah... I'm still waiting...

Or when my classmate, Vince Carter came in dunking on everybody, and he was dubbed Half-man Half-amazing...or Vin-sanity... (Hey...he did graduate with me...although he started school a couple years ahead of me...)...but Vince eventually fizzled.

Greg Oden was supposed to be super dope in the league.  That didn't happen.  Fast forward to now... In walks this Jeremy Lin kid...

He's an Ivy League grad...Harvard no less... (did I ever tell y'all I was offered a scholarship to Harvard? No seriously...don't ask me about my thought processes as an 18 year old making college decisions...I didn't think a half scholarship was enough...but anyway...)

This dude Lin has the NBA, social media, the news, your grandpa Joe, and everybody else going crazy!  I still haven't seen him play yet. Now...you know you've made it as a minority when people start asking if celebratory craze surrounding you has tinges of racism...and they say noooo the people just love him! So, it's okay... O_D (apparently someone posted a picture of Lin popping out of a fortune cookie...).

Before joining the Knicks, Lin was cut by two other teams...and actually on his way out with the Knickerbockers... Then he went off in a game versus the Lakers.  Now he's in the sophomore-rookie "Rising Stars" NBA  All-star game.  What do you all think about Jeremy Lin? Is it all HYPE or is there really a legend in the making there?