The Jeremy Lin Decision

Passing on Lin

I wanted to wait until it was official that the New York Knicks would not match the Houston Rocket’s offer and therefore pass on re-signing Jeremy Lin before I wrote an article about it, I don’t like counting my chickens before they hatch. For the first time since I can remember, the Knicks’ front office, and specifically I mean owner James Dolan, did not bend to marketing pressure and finally made a smart basketball decision. Yes, the Knicks technically have people employed at General Manager, Glen Grunwald, and Head Coach, Mike Woodson, but for a long time Dolan has called all of the shots, regardless of what everyone else has said, especially when it comes to bringing in

New York is getting (L)insane

And So It Begins

I’m studying in Seville, Spain this semester and am currently sitting in a hostel in Madrid. I’m about 5,000 miles away and 6 hours ahead of New York and the Eastern Time Zone. But yet, Linsanity (much like Lin himself) knows no boundaries. I don’t want to sit here and run through his life story, as impressive as it is, because I’m sure everyone has heard all about it: Harvard grad, undrafted rookie, released by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the same summer, Knicks last man off the bench. But just when things got desperate and Coach D’Antoni entered his “I’ll try anything” phase due to the continued poor execution of the Knicks offense and rain of boos and chants coming from the Garden crowd, in came Lin against the New Jersey Nets. And the rest, as they say, is history.