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Jeremy Lin did not play all that well Monday night. In fact, he fouled out of the game, which the New York Knicks lost to the New Jersey Nets.
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Carmelo Anthony’s much-dreaded return to the lineup from injury probably did not help Lin’s game -- still, ‘Linsanity’ scored a respectable 21 points, made nine assists, grabbed seven rebounds, had four steals and only three turnovers.
Moreover, according to ESPN, over the past 10 games, Lin is averaging 24.6 points per game and 9.2 assists per game, with a field goal percentage of 0.497 (which means about half of his shots are seeing nothing but net).
Incidentally, while the Knicks have lost only two games since Lin started, they are still at 16-17, which likely means they will struggle to make the playoffs this season.
Yet, none of this really matters to Lin’s tens of millions of fans around the globe.
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Aside from a handful of hard-core New York Knicks fanatics who have supported the club through thick and thin since the championship days of Walt Frazier, no one much cares anymore if the Knicks win or not.
All they care about is that Jeremy Lin excels and dazzles the crowd with spin moves, slam dunks and lots of jump shots.
Sure, it would be nice if Linsanity were accompanied by Knick victories, but it’s not really even necessary.
Lin has done something that is almost unheard of – he went from being a nobody to a global icon (in a matter of one week). Not even Michael Jordan could accomplish such a feat.
Lin is now much bigger than the Knicks and even bigger than the NBA.
I know people in Manhattan who love Jeremy Lin who simply do not care about the NBA or sports in general. He has become a completely new kind of idol and celebrity.
Jeremy Lin, with his utterly captivating and unique back-story (Asian-American, Harvard graduate, etc.), has drawn tens of millions of fans around the glove simply because of who and what he is (not who he plays for or who pays his salary).
In a sense, Lin may now be trapped by his sudden, dizzying fame.
He can’t really top what he has already done unless he accomplishes something freakish and extraordinary like scoring 100 points in a game or curing cancer or something.
