[New York Daily News] Linsanity grips All-Star Weekend in Orlando (Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:38:20 GMT) When Jeremy Lin suddenly appeared in the lobby of the players’ hotel here on Friday, the crowd pushed forward and Max Cayard politely pushed back. [New York Post] Ex-Knick Houston still a shooting star (Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:19:46 [...]

As our intrepid, bookish backcourt (I’m still pining for the nickname, “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” to catch on) has taught us, reading is for…NERDS!!!! For the rest of us, here’s a whole heap o’ fun, financial factoids about our ephebic point guard, mainly conveyed via sweet, creamery art deco-ish graphics. Enjoy! (Big thanks [...]

[New York Daily News] L-In Demand among stars (Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:40:07 GMT) The demand for Lin was so great that the NBA took the unprecedented step of giving him his own press conference prior to Friday night’s Rising Stars Challenge. [New York Daily News] ‘We talkin’ about pracitce’: Smith fined $1.06M (Sat, 25 [...]

[ESPN.com - New York Knicks] Heat D overwhelms Jeremy Lin, Knicks (Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:35:05 EDT) MIAMI — After the Knicks’ 102-88 loss to the Heat, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin was at his locker with his head down. He finished with just as many turnovers (eight) as points — his lowest [...]

New York Knicks 88 Final Recap | Box Score 102 Miami Heat Carmelo Anthony, SF 35 MIN | 7-20 FG | 4-4 FT | 7 REB | 1 AST | 19 PTS | -15 Sometimes I wonder whether every time Melo climbs a ladder to replace a light bulb in his house, five guys just [...]

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What, you thought I’d let Jim dominate all the news that’s fit to print like a certain high-usage small forward does the ball? Gimme the rock, yo! (and by “rock,” I mean I scribbled  something for the Times today too). What if we’re watching Don Mattingly, circa 1990? I remember it well. After a freak [...]