Jeremy Lin’s Linsanity in New York Knicks documentary: when it premieres, history and current status 10 years after the phenomenon

A decade has passed, but its impact Linsanity in the NBA It was so powerful that the memory of it is still fresh in the memory. Jeremy Lin shining with New York Knicks.

In a franchise as popular as the Knicks but from so few hits in the 21st century, Jeremy Lin’s spectacular weeks with Apple’s big franchise remained as a halo that was brief, but memorable.

What was Linsanity? Jeremy Lin’s story with the New York Knicks

On December 25, 2011, Jeremy Lin walked on the first day of the 2011–2012 season as someone who had been dismissed from the league the previous day, was cut by the Houston Rockets. Just a month and a half later, he was a superstar in New York.

Lynn, me less than 30 games of NBA experience and 23 yearsgraduated from Harvard and with a brief stint in Asian basketball, signed with the New York Knicks to be the last point guard on campus, a sort of emergency player demoted by Baron Davis, Toney Douglas, Iman Shumpert and Mike Bibby

In the face of a string of losses for the Knicks and injuries and poor performances for the regular guards, Coach Mike D’Antoni decided to give Lin a chance. And as if it were a sports fiction with a clear motivational undertone, Jeremy immediately beamed. He had a game of 25 points and 7 assists in a win over the New Jersey Nets, another of 28 and 8 to beat the Utah Jazz, one of 23 and 10 in a win against the Washington Wizards and the big crown, a 38-point, 7-assist game against the Los Angeles Lakers, in front of Kobe Bryant at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks have won seven straight. starred Lynn and averaged 23.9 points, 9.2 assists and 2.4 steals on 50% from the field in a 19-day, 11-game streak (nine wins) in which the Knicks also had some of their stars, Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire, as victims. The Knicks, poised to lose, suddenly looked invincible thanks to a Lin who played like an All-Star and even hit last-second game-winners.

All the media in the world talked about “Linsanity”, the NBA’s attention was monopolized on him and there were even calls for him to be included in the All-Star Game. Later, Lin’s performance dropped a bit after three impressive weeks and at the end of March his season was over by one left knee injury that kept him out of the Playoffs. His campaign ended with an average finish 14.6 points, 6.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, and 15 wins in 25 games as a starter.

Total, Lin only played 35 games with the Knicks.: signed a three-year, $25 million contract with Houston Rockets in mid-2012 that New York chose not to match. In 2014 it was transferred to Los Angeles Lakersin 2015 he signed as a free agent for Charlotte Hornetsin 2016 he did the same in Brooklyn Nets and then it passed Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptorswhere he played his last NBA game in End of 2019 and he was named champion.

Lin never had more points or assists per game than he did that season with the Knicks.despite having starring roles in Houston and Brooklyn, and plenty of minutes in Charlotte and the Lakers.

What’s the Jeremy Lin news?

Nowadays, Jeremy Lin He is without a team after playing one season with them Peking ducksone of the most successful teams in the Chinese league, the CBA. On average Lin 13.4 points, 4.7 assists and 3.6 rebounds in 22 minutes per game with a success rate of 42.3% on field goals and 39.2% on 3-pointers.

The Jeremy Lin documentary: when is it out and where to watch it?

“38 in the garden”an HBO original documentary, will be released on Tuesday, October 11 and it can be seen from its application hbo max. participated in the prestige tribe-festival and features Lin, former New York Knicks teammates, and figures from the Asian community, with an emphasis on how that minority was represented by Lin’s performances.

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