Highlight Performance: Jeremy Lin, NYK– If anybody foresaw what Lin is doing right now, please, come forward. The undrafted Harvard graduate has drawn more hype then the Tim Tebow story, taking New York by storm. After watching him dissect the Lakers last night, I must admit, I’m on the bandwagon and I’m unsure if I’ll ever get off. The guy can ball, he knows the game very well, and he as unique as they come. Facing against Kobe Bryant and the
There’s a good chance Twitter will crash Saturday when exciting young point guards Ricky Rubio and Jeremy Lin face off in Minnesota as the New York Knicks play the Timberwolves. Carmelo who? Amar’e huh? The Knicks were free-falling, losers of 11 of 13 before a frustrated Mike D’Antoni inserted Lin – a third-string point guard cut twice in training camp – against the New Jersey Nets exactly one week ago. he responded with a then-career-high 25 points in a 99-92 victory. Lin smashed
Over the past week the National Basketball Association announced its 2011-12 All-Star Game starters and reserves. Fantasy players shrugged. They are not interested in the obvious gems, they like diamonds in the rough. A universal trait among successful fantasy sports practitioners is separating real life player production from fantasy production. Anderson Varejao averaging a double-double in points and rebounds for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season had some teammates and media this past week mentioning him as All-Star-worthy. While Varejao’s real world All-Star
NEW YORK — Pau Gasol was frustrated with his Los Angeles Lakers teammates after they allowed Jeremy Lin of the Knicks to go off for 38 points, and he has a warning about their upcoming game against the Toronto Raptors. “It’s another tricky game,” Gasol said of tomorrow afternoon’s tilt in Toronto. “If you don’t come out ready to compete, ready to play and control the game with the team that we have and the players that we have, you know we
When the McDonald’s All-American Game tips off March 28 at the United Center in Chicago (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.), basketball fans will get to watch 24 future stars before they head off to college. Of course, one of the more intriguing angles to this year’s game is that several of the players selected this past week have yet to pick a school, which ramps up the excitement leading into the game. Below are the SheridanHoops.com Top 5 uncommitted senior prep stars. What do they
NEW YORK – Back in 2008, while many of his classmates were lining up internships at investment banks, researching graduate schools, or worrying about successfully fulfilling Harvard’s renowned Moral Reasoning course requirement, Jeremy Lin was preparing to make NBA history. On weekdays during the spring semester of his junior year, Lin recalls his early morning workouts with then assistant coach Kenny Blakeney. At 7 am, while most of his classmates were rolling over in bed, Lin had already had a light breakfast
On Friday afternoon, I got an email from the NBA Store shamelessly plugging a Jeremy Lin jersey. Jeremy Lin certainly has made the most of his opportunity, and you can’t blame the NBA for trying to make the most of Jeremy Lin. But the cynic in me viewed the shameless monetization of a week-long fad as some sort of hex that surely would knock the Knicks neophyte off his cloud and bring him hurtling back to reality. Wrong again. Lin had his best
We are running another free fantasy basketball contest tonight ($350 prize pool), and with 24 NBA teams in action there will be plenty of players to select from. A piece of advice. Choose wisely. I made one bad choice last night in a tournament, and it cost me a chance to finish in the money. I have been playing fantasy hoops for 15 years, the type of league in which you pick a team at a live auction, then spend the season trying to