Video: Jeremy Lin Crosses Up John Wall, Throws it Down

@ the ppl saying that he played against teams that don’t know how to play d stfu. Utah is a team with decent d and the nets…well he had dwill on him so don’t be hatin on the kid.

It kills me when guys criticize a dude for putting up 20 and 10 against a “bum defense.” He’s playing in the NBA against other professionals, give him some credit.

^true story

Keep in mind that these are his first 3 career starts… like, ever. If you’re not impressed then you ARE hating. Period. Like Orange pointed out yesterday, his 28 and 8 were the most points + assists for a first-time starter since Isiah Thomas. I haven’t verified this fact, but if it’s true then there’s really no discussion. He’s obviously starter material. ANYONE ELSE and there wouldn’t be anywhere near this much skepticism… But also probably not this much support either.

The kid can play; his game is legit. Leave him alone haters

Take your time Amare and Carmelo, no need to rush..

Lin and Novak > Melo and STAT .. you can take that to the bank

I don’t think he’s made a single left handed pass, it’s all righthanded from the right side. Besides it’s the wizards, wins againtst the wizards and bobcats come with an aterisk because half of charlotte is injured and half of DC is just Dumb.

Slam magazine cover?

The thing I don’t get about the comments section lately..why are so many people mentioning his ethnicity? Why is a players ethnicity relevant? I don’t know about anyone else, but ill watch 24 NBA players in a game play and not even notice what ethnicity they are half the time, nevermind comment on them being white/black/asian whatever..I’m not insinuating any racism from anyone or anything of that nature at all, I just don’t understand why players ethnicities are mentioned as much as they are? As an aside, I thought the first game was a fluke so its nice to see Lins streak stretch out to 3 games!

I agree with your premise, LLC, but I think it bears mentioning because he is a trailblazer. In this case, he is the first Asian American in many generations to make it to the NBA. Much respect to Wataru Misaka and Raymond Townsend, but both of them were before our time (I’m 34 years old). At the risk of comparing apples to oranges, much has been made of Tiger being (half) black, as well as President Obama. Any time someone breaks down barriers and/or stereotypes, his/her ethnicity will be mentioned often. I hope in the next 50 years, we won’t make a big deal about a President being black, the same way we embrace black NBA head coaches and black NFL QB’s… and perhaps we’ll see more Asian Americans succeed in the NBA, to the point where we won’t be glorifying them as some freak outliers like Jeremy.

Chicago fans pretty foolish criticizing the Knicks. I thought Chicago was on top of the world.

and who said dude wasn’t athletic???

Did I miss where Wall got crossed up? I just saw poor defense by John, no help defense from the Wizards, and an average dunk from Lin. Glad to see Lin doing his thing though…

@Black rick in my opinion he’s nothing like the Tebow of the NBA. He’s warranted of all the buzz he’s gettin and it’s not even as much as people are making it out to seem. 3 straight games with 20+ after being relatively unheard of before. Tebow sucks for 3 quarters, has a couple of good passes in the 4th while people ignore the fact that the defense kept them in the game. But i see the point you make in the polarizing effect

Wasn’t it the same Knicks fans who said that Tony Douglas was going to be the point guard of the future after a few good games? Wasn’t it these same fans that said Earl Barron had a promising career after a few 20 and 10 games? Yeah we’ve heard it all before…Just remember Knick fans, your team is in third place in the division. That is nothing to cheer about.

Bring it! lol

Lin, in his first 3 games where he has played 30+ minutes and 20+ points each game, is some how getting criticized by “haters”.

Each day, when a new lin article pops up people always say “ohh wait till the next game he wont do gewd den hahahah knickaroonies sux!”… then he does good.

Anyways, I’m glad this kid is on the Knicks, he’s amazing

Lin knows he can do that against the Wiz since there is always a good chance that McGee will get confused and run out of the building.

Lin won’t last, take it or leave it, doesn’t matter.

Is it safe to say that Wall is overrated now? Please?

@Canesta, Douglas became “the point gaurd of the future” by default when billups was traded. Many Knicks fans had hope, because he WAS. Promising, but as we can see our preception of Douglas has changed. & Earl Barron who? Man, you make Knicks fans look like their complete idiots with no knowledge of bball. Earl Barron… Really? I’ll tell you one thing , your team? Philly? Are all hype, there not making it past the second round with Spencer Hawes and elton Brand up front! In my eyes Philly will decline before Lin does

Numbers are cool; but I feel like the Wizards should be… wait for it… winning. From what I’ve seen so far, I’ve seeing nothing that a young, energetic, athletic pg couldn’t do from the D League… like a (GASP!) Jeremy Lin. This is second year, and he’s still pushing the ball at a million miles and hour.

anyone saying that it wasnt a crossover is being silly, I dont care how you justify it he was hedging a screen (which Lin would have to make him believe he was going to take; then crossover and go the other way) or the floor was slippery, he was waiving to his mother, whatever, it was a nice move; Wall got crossed Perk got dunked on the NBA has been fun to watch so far this year, the Lin story is the silver lining on the knicks dark cloudy season.

The Wizards roster is completely lost. They have winning talent, but they don’t have any brains. Basically the Wizards would be a decent open-gym team. Or men’s league team, where structure doesn’t matter. But once intelligence and awareness come into play, John Wall is trying to win a race while driving the short bus.