LINSANITY!!!

Just what the sports world needs fresh off Tim Tebow mania the NBA has its version to the NFL phenomenon that was "Tebow Time", and instantly took the league by storm during the past season. I couldn't leave this story alone, though I personally wanted to wait until Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire rejoined the starting line up before I judged Jeremy Lin's performance. But his recent string of games played could not go unmentioned. No other player in NBA history has scored more points in there first four career starts yes that includes Michael Jordan, then Jeremy Lin. Lin has been exactly what the doctor ordered for the New York Knicks a true point guard. You can say he has single handedly saved Knicks Head Coach Mike D'Antoni's job because if the Knicks had continued to struggle he would of definitely got the ax sooner rather than later. This has been a great story but the main question that's on every basketball fan's mind is how will the new and improved Jeremy Lin led Knicks mesh once Melo and Amar'e get back on the court.
 
Stoudemire will be just fine he's only played with one of the best PGs of this generation in Steve Nash and had major success, not to add that D'Antoni was the coach of that team and this is when the Phoenix Suns were at the peak of there run, the question is how Melo will adjust. Melo has played with true PGs before. Chauncy Billups and Andre Miller come to mind and when both lead guards were teamed with Melo on the Nuggets and for half a season with Billups on the Knicks, Melo's teams made the playoffs every season. The problem is not  Carmelo Anthony the problem was the Knicks never had a true PG this season, that is before Lin hit the scene. So of course Melo and Lin will be able to coexist not only because Melo knows he will hear it from the Garden faithful if he can't make this work. Melo only needs to figure out when to defer to Lin and allow him to make decisions on his own. That includes not forcing Lin to get him the ball in bad situations. Okay Lin went to Harvard right? I think he understands that he has one the the best jobs in the NBA right now. Feed the ball to two all-stars, he won't have any problems deferring to Melo or Amar'e so lets just get that notion out of the equation.

Lin's run of historic basketball play which included 38 points and 7 assist against the Los Angeles Lakers last Friday earned him NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Not bad for a guy that was cut twice in December and even played in the D-League this season. The reason why Lin is getting this much hype is because his story is truly amazing. From Harvard to the pros is amazing enough but from were Lin was just a week prior the end of the bench to starting PG. We have never seen anything quite like this before, and to do it in New York City. Madison Square Garden the Mecca of basketball you can't write a better script. Linsanity is for real.