How Many Jeremy Lins Have We Missed?
By Eddie Mayrose
It’s a timeless tradition. Every kid on a playground, no matter how old, imagines he’s draining the jumper that wins the NBA championship. For me, and my oldest buddy, Bobby Carr, it was the shot that catapulted the Knicks to the title. It helped that Bobby could do a dead-on impression of Madison Square Garden’s legendary P.A. announcer, John Condon. “That was Bobby Carr. New York leads 67-62.”
But, that’s where it ended for most of us. On the playground. Who would ever think that same fantasy could actually come true for an NBA player? But, here we are, watching that very situation play out in front of us. Jeremy Lin, the most out-of-nowhere sensation since Kurt Warner won an NFL MVP and led the Rams to two Super Bowls, has revived a dying franchise and become the biggest story in the NBA.