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Roadmaestro95 · February 11, 2012, 11:25:37 PM

Who believes that Jeremy Lin is the savior of the Knicks? I'm conflicted on this situation, but it's nice they're winning again.

Takumi · February 11, 2012, 11:29:10 PM

I don't really follow the NBA, but I know the Knicks' being relevant again is a good thing for the sport.

agentsteel53 · February 12, 2012, 08:26:56 PM

Quote from: Takumi on February 11, 2012, 11:29:10 PM
I don't really follow the NBA, but I know the Knicks' being relevant again is a good thing for the sport.

why is that? why does the media focus on a team that has not been relevant since 1973?

Roadmaestro95 · February 12, 2012, 09:35:02 PM

Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 12, 2012, 08:26:56 PM
Quote from: Takumi on February 11, 2012, 11:29:10 PM
I don't really follow the NBA, but I know the Knicks' being relevant again is a good thing for the sport.

why is that? why does the media focus on a team that has not been relevant since 1973?

Because it's New York...that's why. It is one of the biggest sports markets in the world and anything that happens in New York sports-wise is a big deal.

Takumi · February 12, 2012, 10:07:30 PM

I also think that the decades of futility may contribute to it even more. Look at the Cubs in 2008, when they steamrolled the NL Central. Everybody in the sports world was talking about the Cubs that year, which was the 100th anniversary of their last World Series win. I remember seeing lots of people, including one of my neighbors, flying a Cubs Win flag in their yards when the team won. Of course, they got knocked out of the playoffs early, and haven't really been relevant again since. But for a year, the big market team that had struggled for decades was relevant again, and the media likes that.

Alps · February 12, 2012, 10:25:11 PM

He's not THE savior, but it's nice to see a kid doing well for a team I like. Still looking at the Rangers for this season, but I may have to pay some more attention next year. Hopefully Lin can get a couple more good pieces in place around him

golden eagle · February 26, 2012, 09:39:52 AM

I'm tired of the man-crush ESPN and other sports media has on him. And the fact that I despise the Knicks makes it even worse. That said, if the Knicks and Heat meet each other in the playoffs, it'd be one heck of a series like in the 90s.

J N Winkler · February 26, 2012, 09:56:27 AM

I don't follow sports in general, so it is the second-order stuff that catches my eye, such as this suggestion by an Asian-American Slate columnist that it is now time to retire the word chink as used in phrases like "chink in the armor," "chink of light," etc.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/the_good_word/2012/02/chink_in_the_armor_jeremy_lin_why_it_s_time_to_retire_the_phrase_for_good_.html

hbelkins · February 26, 2012, 12:35:50 PM

Lin? Who cares? Jorts, baby, Jorts!

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