Looking Back at Linsanity 

Decades from now, no one will remember what melo has achieved off the top. But there will still be people who remembers jeremy lin for linsanity.

As someone who is from New York, I vividly remember how hyped the Chinatown here in Queens was during Linsanity. I remember the hype surrounding both Linsanity and Tebow Mania when I was in middle school.

Jeremy did what every professional bench player wishes they could: get a chance and take advantage!

Jeremy Lin is an underrated NBA player. He wasn't a star player, but he was a very good Role player. Jeremy Lin was in his prime when he was with the Knicks.

Cam Thomas dropping 40 in like 3 straight games gave me huge Linsanity vibes

I miss linsanity. I remember getting so excited watching another Asian guy light up the NBA. I still have a signed Knicks jersey from Lin

At the end of the day… Jeremy Lin: 1 ring Melo: 0

Lin to taxi driver: "Please can you drive me to Madison Square Garden I need to beat Kobe and Lakers" haha

Taiwanese here. I was still in college when Linsanity happened. The entire country exploded and everybody including their grandma wanted to see Jeremy play. The sports channels had to modify their broadcasting rights for NBA games just so they can broadcast Knicks games. It was such an amazing time and I was so happy when he got his ring with the Raptors.

It’s so weird to see guards go from amazing in short spurts to just nobody’s. I feel like Cam Payne just went through this. Great during their Finals run and now he just a guy again

Jeremy Lin will be forever remembered

Linsanity was insane.

I love the respect given to Lin in this video. No bashing. No unnecessary dickriding like some of his fans. He would have been a good starter for the right team but was in constant bad situations like the kevin mchale as his coach. Or Lakers tanking when he can be somewhere playing as a starter. Then 2 unfortunate injuries with the nets just derailed him. Just glad him to see a ring and recently drop 50 in taiwan

He could have been a great off-the bench spark if the league used him better. He wasn't super efficient, and he turned over too much to be a primary option long term. But he's the kind of player when your first scoring option is resting and everyone is cold, you plug him in. He can create his own shot, and that's always valuable.

Henry Walker was known as Billy Walker most of the time - a 2k legend.

That game winner he had in Toronto was iconic!! Had me tryna recreate it right after it had happened

The Heat took the whole Linsanity thing a bit personally. LeBron and Wade went out of there ways to demoralize him that night lol there's a whole video about it.

It gives great joy to my heart remembering that Jeremy Lin has a ring and Carmelo doesn't

loving the uploads keep em coming!

I can’t stop watching ur guys videos keep up that grind

My grandpa who I don't think has ever watched sports, saw me watching espn and they were talking about Carmelo and his words were: "does he play with the lin guy?" I couldn't help but laugh

good video ! Thanks for covering Lin and the memories of 2012

Y’all are my favorite basketball channel out right now pls continue do a podcast y’all need to be heard in the sports community

I was 12 growing up in New York when this was happening, there will never be another buzz like that in New York ever again. Linsanity was really a movement that everyone enjoyed. It was cool

Y’all make talking about basketball so much fun 🙏

This channel man… Too good

6:04 The yellow mamba is crazy 😭

This is like TJ Warren in the bubble in 2020. Unreal

Back from the gym and I see that you guys uploaded, like it was destiny 😂

That was a magical time to be a KNICKS fan .

I Remember the spot I was standing When Jeremy Lin was getting talked about one of my favorite 2k players and happy he won on that 2019 raptors

Shaq and kobe got nothing on u guys duo…the transition from 1 to another is crisp the points are on point and yall make us laugh from time to time…honestly great narration

I think what melo meant by ridiculous is the poison contract. I love Jermey Lin, but Brian Winhorst said that that was back loaded. That’s why the Knicks didn’t match the offer cause it’s a low annual salary till the 3rd year then the guy would’ve started making over 14-15 million annually. And back then the salary cap wasn’t what it was today so to have a guy making 15 mil was pretty crazy if he wasn’t a consistent player.

Could you guys do a recap of the Thunder vs Grizzlies of the early 2010s? A very underrated rivalry in my opinion.

You guys don’t know Henry Walker but I remember him specifically because he plays here in the Philippines still as an import hahaha love your videos tho!

*@Synthetic Sports* 👋😃 Hello Fellas! I just subscribed to the channel, I have one question, can you please do a video on why your Portland Trailblazers fans?

That was the most fun time. I followed Lin on NBA app. Paid $150 juat to watch him on the Rockets. NBA had a market lightning that was attracting so many new fans. NY shoukd have kept him for the next 3 years. Lin would have played in NY for $1 Mil.

Asian American NBA PLAYER. HE SHOULD BE PROUD. HE ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN SOME.

Say what you want about his career, but you can't deny that Linsanity was absolutely amazing. The guy was playing better than most of the NBA all stars, and if you ask some people, he was playing better than anyone in the NBA in that stretch. I'll never forget this run as long as I live. Or if I get Alzheimer's and lose my memory.

There are 4 major moments that derailed Lin’s career. 1: The torn meniscus at the height of Linsanity, just horrible luck. When you are still trying to prove yourself, devastating injuries just cause a team to want to move on from you. 2 and 3 are kind of hand in hand: Carmelo’s jealousy and D’Antoni leaving. Melo fundamentally isn’t a winner. He always looks out for himself and his own scoring above team success. He isn’t good enough to be selfish as fuck and win like Kobe. And D’Antoni quitting paired with Melo being jealous was the death nail for him coming back to NY. Then he goes to Houston, Mike is there, Darryl Morrey specifically tells Lon that the team will be built around him. Everything is looking great for Jeremy. 4: OKC decides to trade James Harden to Houston and all of a sudden, a better version of the same position has just landed in Houston. Sorry Jeremy, but this is James’ team now. And he never got another shot with the right coach and right team for him to succeed.

I remember in Houston where they were so much hype for Jeremy Lin since Houston there’s a ginormous Asian community I remember for a long time I saw more Jeremy Lin jerseys then I did see like Hakeem Olajuwon, which is insane to think about

League did him dirty

Went to a game that year I think when melo came back… Lin had a 20 point double double.. might have been that wolves game they mentioned that he had 20… melo might have still been recovering and and on a workout bike or olyptypical on the sideline still tho

Lin and porzingis duo could have been deadly

Everyone loves a hero story. It gives us hope for all of us.

Best Linsanity moment gotta be 38 points against Kobe & the Lakers, especially after that "i don't know" interview from The Mamba

linsanity video is a rite of passage for basketball youtubers

“The Yellow Mamba” is crazy bro wtf🤣😭

The problem too was after next year he was on the rockets with harden and he was out of place. D'Antoni knew how to put him on the his system.

Crazy to think NY could've had Melo, Lin, Stat and Porzingas on the same squad

Henry walker the slander is crazy lmfao

i love lin man

Goat behavior

W vid

Jeremy Lin got me hooked on basketball for a while. We deserved more Linsanity time.

NYC is a special place ❤

John Starks was a similar pjayer.

The call of duty Cold War music lmao

Henry walker was Mike Beasleys costar at Kansas St😂

The nba really use to be where amazing happens . I’m a DC native and around this time John wall was holding it down . When the Asian - American from Harvard came into Verizon center and bust John wall ass I was like 😮 this boy kinda cold 🫣 that was a moment in basketball history that we don’t talk about enough . Rent was due and Lin went in there and cashed out

y’all gotta make a video abt russ mvp season

He's got a ring no joke that something

Now I get the joyride reference xd

Linsanity was the moment that turned the whole world to NBA.

brian windhorst already explained the contract situation .

If Jeremy Lin had been playing in Milwaukee, or New Orleans or Memphis, this would not have gotten any attention. But it happened in New York, so it must be important.

Most points in first 3 starts since the merger, got a ring against the KD Warriors, waved off Kobe to take the final shot. One man. Jeremy Lin.

Knicks should have done whatever they could to keep Billups, he brought out the best in Melo, someone to distribute to Melo and Stat. Especially Billups since you traded away so many assets to get him and Melo. Lin waiving off Kobe is forever legendary, glad he was on my Raptors championship roster.

Billy walker was goated chill 😂

If he had been taken more seriously as a college recruit he would have had a good journeyman career. But it’s nice he was able to stay in the league, get some good moments in and win a ring.

🤦🏾‍♂️ people please stop blaming Melo. Lin took a deal and left NY. Knicks would’ve been crazy to match the deal because by year three it would’ve paid Lin $23m that year alone.

As a non nba fan, Idk any of these players so saying a team has bad players makes no sense, they were fine to me.

Ah yes, the crazy few months where a guy who was sleeping on a teammates couch captivated the audience of the league. Boy, it may have been short-lived but it was amazing all the same. I even remember being mad that the Knicks let him go for nothing, only to pull out their best season of that era. Weird times

I remember my brother told me Lin will be the best player ever during that time, but he said the something when Gareth bale when he was at Tottenham 😂

Lin went to houston and played with Harden, who did the same thing , he did. If Lin stays on the knicks he is a 16pts 7 assist PG. but melo and CAA ruined it

Look here, HE was with the right team, Knicks bemch was solid, they had a above average coach, he pushed the right buttons at times. But the bottom line, they had a really very good core of players. After that, I don't know what happened.. The garden didn't ball like that since B. King..

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The pistons could sure use this guy right now.

I REALLY don’t think Kobe was being disrespectful, he honestly didn’t seem like he knew anything about Jeremy, and who could blame him? He was in the midst of a season also, Kobe had no reason to know anything about him at that point.

Also to explain Toronto's crowd reaction to Lin's game winner, there is a gigantic asian population here and majority of them are into basketball. EVERY asian in the world was unconditionally rooting for Lin to succeed. We love our Raptors, tho.

Crazy how Lin got 1 ring and melo got none thats karma right there LMAOO

Novak was a literal glitch in 2k back then lol

If Jeremy Lin averaged 25 a game for all his prime seasons, he’d basically the Cinderella story poster boy.

have a great day fellas!

Bro played good basketball for like a month and Knick fans swear this man should be in the Hall of Fame 😂

Linsanity jersey sales went number 1 for a month. Them new yorkers treated him like a god

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Knicks sure know how to mess things up they should have definitely re-signed him

how tf can ppl hate on this dude? who cares if hes just okay, dude was the people's champ

The Yellow Mamba

People of Asian ethnicity from a "Western" country don't really have many idols that that they can look up to.. Particularly guys who copped Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Short round jokes growing up. We don't have sporting champs, billionaires, presidents, Academy winners(until recently) and Nobel prize winners that we call our 'own', Jeremy Lin was one, albeit a flash in the pan for some. He was someone that that was respected and achieving the never thought possible. Its really hard to put into words what he meant to the Western Asian community.

Who remembers Jeremy Lin and KevJumba RU-vid crossover before linsanity?

China town is 5 min drive from the ACC

So happy Lin won a ring but Melo didn’t 😌

Tell me that intro isn’t BO2

I will always believe that the next would’ve been truly better off if Carmelo Anthony never played for them. It’s a shame that Jeremy didn’t reach his full potential because of him.

He is in manhattan what do you want him to drive?

Jeremy Lin was really that good in his prime. Had he stayed in NY he would have been a whole different player, whole different confidence as the man. Linsanity was one of the greatest moments ive seen in basketball. it was nutz. He was so fast and his instincts were on 100, he could pass and shoot the 3. JLin will always be a legend underdog

the only reason Lin was talked about so much was because he played for New York. If Linsanity happened on a deferent team everyone would have forgotten about it in 2 weeks

Linsanity is my roman empire