Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 10:00 am  |  162 responses

Contest: Jeremy Lin ‘BAL-LIN’ Tee

Your chance to take it back to the days of Mars Blackmon.

by Bryan Crawford / @_bryancrawford

For the past couple of weeks, the entire NBA community has been buzzing about the emergence of Jeremy Lin. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, Lin may have not only saved the New York Knicks’ season but also Mike D’Antoni’s job. He’s been the toast of the blogosphere, the Twitterverse, and everywhere in between.

Everybody with an opinion has weighed in on what has been dubbed “Linsanity.” As long as his strong play continues to back up the hype, the entire lockout-shortened ‘11-12 season will forever be associated with Jeremy Lin. Crazy, right?

Take a look around Madison Square Garden during Knicks home games these days and you’ll see No. 17 t-shirts and jerseys all over the arena. You’ll even notice that some fans have taken their own creative liberties and made their own shirts, signs and slogans in support of the newest star to crash Gotham’s sports scene.

But when super-supreme-Knick-fan-numero-uno Spike Lee gets on your bandwagon, you’ve officially been stamped (at least in New York City) as legit. Not only has Spike been seen in his usual courtside seat rocking Lin’s Knicks jersey, he’s also worn his Harvard collegiate jersey and his Palo Alto high school jersey as well.

But during All-Star Saturday night this past weekend, in a move that cemented Lin’s ascension to stardom, “Spizike” rocked one of the latest t-shirt mashups from the folks at The Forest Lab, who have a steadily growing reputation for putting out some of the nicest apparel in the game. The shirt is pure dopeness and pays homage to both Jeremy Lin and Spike Lee by taking it back to the days of Mars Blackmon.

And the best part is they want to show love to SLAMonline readers and bless you guys with a tee so your friends can ask, “Yo, where’d you cop that from?”

All you have to do to get one is come up with a creative slogan using “Lin” (Linsanity, Linsane, etc.) and leave it in the comment section below—nothing offensive, please. We’ll pick five winners and they’ll receive the exclusive “BAL-LIN” shirt from The Forest Lab.

So that’s all you have to do to “Lin, Lin, Lin.” See what I did there?

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  • dan the man

    KIL-LIN the game, one Lin at a time.

    Im going LIN!

    #lin lin lin

  • Logan W.

    butterLINgers…naw, he’s getting better with the TOs. So maybe LINger roll?

  • MaliciousJRomy

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    Seven Seconds or Less System

  • Jason Ye

    Using his superior lintelligence to play these fools like its super lintendo.

  • Albert

    Everytime see Jeremy playing that gives me the ” WinLin FeeLin “

  • Mike

    cLINching a playoff spot!

  • http://yahoo.com ciolkstar

    Jeremy The LINtertainer

  • Peng

    Thanks to Jeremy’s Linspiration so our kids
    can fly higher than an eagle,
    ’cause there is LINd beneath their wings.

  • R

    “JEREMY when he shuts em down and steals the rock, the defenders will be left bambooz-LIN.” lol

  • Dion

    If you think Super LINtendo is fun, wait til he drops 64

  • OneShot

    LINternational All-Star

  • R

    JEREMY ” when he shuts em down and steals the rock, he will leave the defendors BAMBOOZ -” LIN. lol

  • dj

    Mars BlackLin!

  • V

    When he steps on the court, he does nothin but keep the defendors GRIL-”LIN”

  • R

    “JEREMY” Don’t make him angry or he’ll turn into a grem “LIN”

  • VVR

    Jeremy “Sooner or later, he’s gonna go back to his Mothership with Led Zepp-” LIN

  • dj

    Wil”Lin” to Win!

  • VVR

    Sooner or later, he has to go back to his Mothership with Led Zeppe-”LIN”

  • VVR

    “So fly, he doesnt even need any B”LIN”G

  • VVR

    Sooner or later he’s gonna have to go back to his Mothership with Led Zeppe-LIN

  • http://www.ryc.es Martin

    Da S-LIN-G …

    …for throwing rocks to teh rim!!!

  • http://www.ryc.es Martin

    Da sLINg…

    …for throwing rocks to the rim!!!

  • VVR

    My comments not being posted…

  • http://blog.livedoor.jp/magicalinside651/ 651ALLROUNDMAGIC

    Lin-GO STAR
    Manhattan SkyLINe

  • Lebron

    Lincrediable, linazing,

  • Lebron

    Jermery Lin is just linazing and lincrediable

  • Lebron

    Jermery Lin is just linazing and lincrediable :)

  • Ramzi

    Knicks for NBA ChampiLIN’s

  • Tre Hicks

    LIN-derella man

  • black_dragon_roll

    All he does is Lin Lin Lin, no matter what
    From barely in the league to the starting line up
    Now every time he steps up in the Garden
    Everybody’s hands go up

    And they stay there
    Cause he’ll stay there
    Up down, up down, up down
    Cause all he does is
    Lin
    Lin
    Lin
    This one’s for Jeremy Lin so put your hands in the air, make em stay there

    Harvard! Jeremy Lin going in for the win
    Cause he finally got his shot and he won’t stop now
    Keeps his hands up puts em in the sky
    For his one and only Lord and peeps in Taiwan

    He had been everywhere
    Been to D-League and back
    Owners had doubted him
    Now he’s on his own attack

    And he’s on his scholar ish, like only scholars know
    Handshakes with Landry Fields, like Ivy-leaguers go
    His passes still be serving, backed by a billion Asians
    Spectator from the bench, now watched by all the nation

    Can’t never count him out, y’all better count him in
    Slept on his brother’s couch, now Donald rents to him
    Makes millions now this year, the Mecca’s champion
    Cause all he does, all he, all he, all he…

  • http://www.slamonline.com Mojtaba

    Sometimes you Win, Sometimes(Dimsum) you LIN

  • colby

    New York City Linja…kickin’ butt one team at a time

  • Noah O

    #LINNING

  • black_dragon_roll

    All he does is Lin Lin Lin, no matter what
    From barely in the league to the starting line up
    Now every time he steps up in the Garden
    Everybody’s hands go up
    /
    And they stay there
    Cause he’ll stay there
    Up down, up down, up down
    Cause all he does is
    Lin
    Lin
    Lin
    This one’s for Jeremy Lin so put your hands in the air, make em stay there
    /
    Harvard! Jeremy Lin going in for the win
    Cause he finally got his shot and he won’t stop now
    Keeps his hands up puts em in the sky
    For his one and only Lord and folks from Taiwan
    /
    He had been everywhere
    Been to D-League and back
    Owners had doubted him
    Now he’s on his own attack
    /
    And he’s on his scholar ish, like only scholars know
    Handshakes with Landry Fields, like Ivy-leaguers go
    His passes still be serving, backed by a billion Asians
    Spectator from the bench, now watched by all the nation
    /
    Can’t never count him out, y’all better count him in
    Slept on his brother’s couch, now Donald rents to him
    Makes millions now this year, the Mecca’s champion
    Cause all he does, all he, all he, all he…

  • James

    Bal-Lin is my hobby

    Strictly for my Linjas

    P.S. I never received my adiPower Howard Shoes from the Dwight Howard Contest. Kind of doubt I’ll still be getting them at this point, which sucks as I was really looking forward to getting them.

  • todd diesel

    Linner linner chicken dinner!
    don linuminati and the 17 day theory
    Lin-tang clan:enter the 17 chambers
    Lin hard or die trying!

  • Jeni Bird

    “I’ve been Lin-fected.”

  • Marko Sotirovic

    Law and Order: Criminal LIN-Tent

  • Milos Sotirovic

    Jere-Meat Sauce with Lin-Guine

  • Filip Sotirovic

    Lin-Ternational House of Lin-Cakes!

  • Nate C.

    Batt-LIN
    LIN-vincible
    If you can believe it, you can LIN it
    LIN City
    LIN-pressive
    LIN-possible
    LIN-tensity
    Easy. Hard. Expert. or Lin
    LIN-courage

  • Nate C.

    freestyLIN

  • david le

    the LINability to operate heavy machinery caused by LINebriation

    LINfluenza… cuz he’s just so sick

    buckets, check.. assists, check.. boards, check.. steals, check.. blocks, check.. LINventory complete

  • Nate C.

    LIN-famous

  • Steph

    champ-a-”lin” instead of champion

  • http://www.double-technical.blogspot.com Zee!

    Got opponents reeLINg, stay falling down like wallpaper peeLINg.

  • kevin

    “Everyday he’s shuffLIN” “thrilLIN” “LINdemonium” “Are you not LIN-tertained” “Just LIN time” “Amasian”

  • North pole Andy

    Lin don’t run when he can wok,Ivy league is all he’s got. as a knick how can he rate? Send him down to golden state!

  • Bj Jordan

    Lin Tube Presents The Wonderful World of Lintasia.

    JLin17 now playing in Lin York!

  • Jason

    You’re tripping cause I’m balLin

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