Sorry for the off-topic post

[both-teams-played-hard]

My off-topic post is about professional basketball:
Jeremy Lin is straight-up ballin'. He's making lifelong basketball fans remember why they think basketball is the greatest sport in existence.
Now, continue with your photo-matches and circles of blurs.

[Dewey2007]

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I agree he's str8 up ballin! Now if he can just cut down on his turnovers My W's had Lin but gave up on him. Glad to see the local Bay Area guy making the most of his opportunity in NYC. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!

My off-topic post is about professional basketball:
Jeremy Lin is straight-up ballin'. He's making lifelong basketball fans remember why they think basketball is the greatest sport in existence.
Now, continue with your photo-matches and circles of blurs.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I'm sure a year ago you could have got a Lin W's jersey on the cheap. Dewey, have you seen one for sale?

[genius]

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If you're saying that Mr. Lin is going to take me back to the early 80s and the "Coach Tootie" scout-at-the-local-playgrounds era then I'm in! (Tootie is a legendary Pittsburgh-area basketball scout who supposedly inspired Set Shot Buford in the Fish that Saved Pittsburgh). He used to do pump fakes and air-J's in the back of church on Sundays, classic! For an idea of what going to church used to be like in Pittsburgh in the early 80s check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M03pO-Gw0A

[both-teams-played-hard]

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If you're saying that Mr. Lin is going to take me back to the early 80s and the "Coach Tootie" scout-at-the-local-playgrounds era then I'm in! (Tootie is a legendary Pittsburgh-area basketball scout who supposedly inspired Set Shot Buford in the Fish that Saved Pittsburgh). He used to do pump fakes and air-J's in the back of church on Sundays, classic! For an idea of what going to church used to be like in Pittsburgh in the early 80s check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M03pO-Gw0A

Exactly. Jeremy Lin is a throwback who plays like March Madness. We may blink and he's forgotten. Things may change when Melo and Stoudamire come back. You know NBC wishes they had the Knicks scheduled soon. Also, there is no LIN replica made.
Did Tootie ever do any air"finger rolls" in the back of church?

[sox83cubs84]

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I wonder just how much Linsanity there'd be in the media if Lin plkayed for Milwaukee, Sacramento or Indiana...?

Just asking.

Dave Miedema

[Dewey2007]

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Warren, I think a couple of them were available through NBA Auctions last year. I wonder how long will it take to see at least one of them listed on eBay with a crazy BIN price.

I'm sure a year ago you could have got a Lin W's jersey on the cheap. Dewey, have you seen one for sale?

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I wonder just how much Linsanity there'd be in the media if Lin plkayed for Milwaukee, Sacramento or Indiana...?

Just asking.

Dave Miedema

Ball don't lie. If you can play, you can play.

[sox83cubs84]

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I agree that he can play...I just need more than 5 good games and the ESPN East Coast Hype Machine going into overdrive to convince me he's worthy of all the accolades.

Dave Miedema

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I agree that he can play...I just need more than 5 good games and the ESPN East Coast Hype Machine going into overdrive to convince me he's worthy of all the accolades.

Dave Miedema

The New York media is not the main reason for Lin's attention. The kid can play. I could watch him play with the sound turned down and no comments from an analyst and think the same way.

[kellsox]

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I agree that he can play...I just need more than 5 good games and the ESPN East Coast Hype Machine going into overdrive to convince me he's worthy of all the accolades.

Dave Miedema

Another whine about espn. Why do you bother to watch it???? You never have explained the "east coast hype" you mention regularly.

[joelsabi]

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I'm sure a year ago you could have got a Lin W's jersey on the cheap. Dewey, have you seen one for sale?

His jerseys have always been expensive. Maybe going to Harvard and/or an Asian American, both unusual in themselves, has given him a cult following status even in his rookie year.

[xpress34]

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Another whine about espn. Why do you bother to watch it???? You never have explained the "east coast hype" you mention regularly.

Kell -

I'll give you a perfect example of the 'East Coast Hype'...

2007 - even with their spectacular September run to the playoffs, the Colorado Rockies got second billing to The Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies.
Even the Mets collapse got more press than the Rockies rise

2010 - Ubaldo Jiminez threw the 1st No-Hitter in Rockies history and it wasn't even the lead on Baseball Tonight, it was something about the Yanks or Red Sox if memory serves.

ESPN will always serve the East Coast teams before anyone else regardless of what has happened with the other teams.

- Smitty

[sox83cubs84]

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Another whine about espn. Why do you bother to watch it???? You never have explained the "east coast hype" you mention regularly.

I think xpress34 summed it up nicely.

Dave Miedema

[sox83cubs84]

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Also, if there's no East Coast bias, why did Lin, a story but one of many, have over 20 minutes devoted to him on Amy Lawrence's show on ESPN Radio Sunday night? I don't fault his being covered, but that was borderline stalking!

Dave Miedema