LIN or Lose?

Photo courtesty of bostonherald.com

LIN-tastic, LIN-credible and LIN-sane are just a few of the new nicknames overnight NBA sensation Jeremy Lin has received in the past couple of weeks.

Lin, a Taiwanese or Chinese descent, has Asian television stations drooling to add MSG, the New York Knicks' television station, to their broadcasting schedules.  His popularity has sky-rocketed because of his, as many would say, LIN-derella story.

A point guard for the Knicks, Lin has gone from a reserved, unused bench player that slept on his brother's couch at one point to a star-studded point guard, owning his own apartment in the Trump Towers and becoming the talk of the town in the biggest market.  

A Harvard graduate majoring in economics, Lin has expressed his intelligence on the court, moving the ball around and making his teammates better players.  He is a fast-paced player with a sweet jumper, however, many of his teammates as well as opponents respect his absence of fear to drive into the lane and take a hard foul.  Many analysts compare his play to future Hall of Famer Steve Nash.  

Even Nash said it himself in a recent tweet on Twitter, "It's crazy! I'm watching Linsanity hoping every shot goes in. Hope I never grow up."

Adding more of a comedic humor to Lin's run was TNT's own Shaquille O'Neal tweeting, "Linderrella story of the year jeremy lin has lingle handedly played lensational lincredible I'm linpressed all he does is Lin Lin Lin gd jib."

In the past five games, Lin has scored 136 points, the most of any NBA player who began his career after the merger.  He has most recently helped the Knicks win seven in a row without stars like Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.  

The New York Knicks were a sloppy, below average team that couldn't gel their superstars together before Lin came into the picture.  Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni was very close to losing his job because of his horrific start to the 2011-2012 season.  Lin, a devout Christian, is hearing his praises now from D'Antoni, as he should be, for saving his job. 

Many are comparing his accomplishments to that of Tim Tebow's.  Where there was Tebowing, there is Linning; by the way, Linning is to rock your geek glasses proudly while dominating life like our beloved superstar and supernerd Jeremy Lin, according to Linning.com.     

How long can this run last for Lin?  Do you buy or sell this dose of LIN-sanity?  Last but not least, why does he have to be a New York Knick?