{"id":1516,"date":"2012-02-12T21:02:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T02:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2012-02-12T21:02:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T02:02:33","slug":"just-lin-baby-jeremys-a-new-yorker-in-knick-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/02\/just-lin-baby-jeremys-a-new-yorker-in-knick-of-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Just Lin Baby! … Jeremy’s A New Yorker In Knick Of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love sports, but it’s rare I’ll watch an NBA game from start to finish.<\/p>\n

I made an exception the other day, however, and caught the entire Knicks-Lakers game on ESPN.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Lin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Magic Johnson himself said, Jeremy Lin is the real deal.<\/p>\n

New York can only be glad it didn’t waive the Harvard product about a week ago, when team officials were reportedly considering doing just that.<\/p>\n

Because the Harvard product, almost can’t say that enough despite the program’s top-25 ranking this season, is scorching the net in leading the Knicks to five straight wins.<\/p>\n

What Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony struggled to do, the rare Chinese NBA player is doing, leading the Knicks to wins.<\/p>\n

He electrified the Madison Square Garden crowd with a remarkable 38 point performance.<\/p>\n

He’s fun and exciting to watch, but Lin is no fluke, scoring over 20 points per game since the Knicks acquired him off the Golden State Warriors scrap-heap.<\/p>\n

Just Lin Baby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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