Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at 12:58 pm  |  182 responses

Contest: Win a Jeremy Lin Authentic Jersey

Your chance to win the exact same jersey JLin wears on a nightly basis.

Jeremy Lin’s rise to Linsanity from anonymity is a story that gives the common basketball player hope. And now, our friends at adidas have hooked us up with Lin’s jersey to give away to one lucky common man. That’s right, we’re giving away one authentic Jeremy Lin Knicks jersey—the exact same jersey he wears every night at MSG while running the show for the Knicks. How exclusive is it? You literally can’t buy it in stores yet. Read the following question below and answer in our comments section for your chance to win:

Before Jeremy Lin burst on the scene, the New York Knicks were a lackluster team plummeting in the Eastern Conference standings, their season sinking along with the hopes and dreams of their fans. But with his arrival, the mood in New York City has changed—along with the team’s fortunes. With Lin at the helm and Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony back in the fold, the Knicks are a legitimate contender in the East. Sure, it’s insane to suggest that New York could win this year’s NBA title, but hey, so are Knicks fans. With that in mind, explain what a Knicks title in 2012 would mean to you. Be creative, be funny, but most of all, be honest.

The winner will be selected on Friday. Only 1 entry will win, so for the rest of the JLin fans out there (or fans of any other team and player), be sure to swing by NBAStore.com to pick up an NBA jersey, hat or other swag of your choice to properly rep your team as the Playoffs approach—and be sure to follow the NBA Store on Twitter!

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  • james

    i love the whole linsanity thing but i truly don’t want them to win but i would love for them to be in the conference finals with the heat because i hate deng brewer boozer and noah however lin is an amazing player but i want to see lbj23 win his first title this year i think they have a great shot GO HEAT!!!

  • NBP11

    I have not watched as many Knicks games ever since the Allan Houston/Sprewell/Camby era, but they are quite exciting to watch. Linsanity is a feel good story, and I am not rooting for any teams to win the 2012 Champ since it’s almost impossible for my Warriors to do so. So the Knicks, besides the fact that Jeremy Lin reps me as an Asian American AND as the under-the-radar type of person for most of his life till now (like how I am currently in trying to be an actor), become the team I like to watch and root for. I sure don’t want the Heat to win (I just lost my respect to all 3 of them once they joined force) so even though it’s unlikely for the Knicks to win it all it will be fun to watch them grow, watch them defy common sense, watch them beat the odds, and watch them become the feel good story of the year. To quote the Warriors faithful, I believe! (Not entirely, but hey how fitting that J-Lin first came into the league with the GState Warriors?)

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    You guys are lanes lol.

  • AMPduppp

    A Knicks title would mean a victory for one of the NBA’s most entertaining teams. Disney couldn’t come up with a better made-for-tv movie than this. When coach Mike D’Antoni came to NY, he got a lot more than he bargained for. A struggling team? Check. Two superstars who won’t share the ball? Yup! And to make matters worse, no point guard?? Ohhh boy! But when both superstars are down for the count, it’s up to Jeremy Lin, the little guy with a big brain, to save the team! Coming this summer… Disney Channel presents… Linning Time.

  • burnt_chicken

    and your lofty perch is awe inspiring, Red. lulz.

  • http://www.michaelcho.com M Cho

    I like O’s movie idea the best. Glen Close as D’Antoni is a stroke of casting genius. Stringer also makes a hell of an Amar’e. Kudos.

  • (un)ChosenOne

    What would New York winning the championship this year mean to me? I almost responded “nothing”, because I’m not a Knicks fan. Then I started to actually think about it, what would happen if they actually won with a guy that just three weeks ago no one cared about leading their team.
    One thing I know for sure is that it would mean I would have to cut out almost all contact with my family. My mother, who I’m not sure I have seen watch more than a handful of games on TV in my life, has been following Jeremy like a hawk. My father, a Miami fan, recently just said he was one of the best players in the NBA. Don’t take me for a hater, because I’m not, but come on. If J-Lin wins a championship, it’ll get worse so I’m pretty sure major holidays would be the only time I see them.
    While the above is true, maybe even more true is that it would give me hope. I’m not one who would ever usually say that, I don’t buy into hype and I don’t jump on bandwagons. However, if he wins a championship this year, as the starting point guard, it is one of those things you can’t really ignore. I’m a university student and I’m not really sure which direction I’m headed even though I know where I want to be going. I relate that to Jeremy because he wanted to be given a chance, to be a great player, but he didn’t know what was going to happen (would he get cut?, would he continue to warm the NY bench?, etc). Seeing a man, an underdog, come through on the highest level.. I don’t know, it would make me feel better about where I stand in my life.
    That sounds so cheesey, but it is the truth. I just want to say that if I win this, the jersey will go to my mother who has re-kindled her love for basketball through Jeremy Lin.

  • bike

    A knicks title this year would probably mean that something was seriously wrong with every team they played in the playoffs.

  • K.C.

    The New York Knicks winning the chip this year and J.Lin at the healm, would definitley be a memorable moment in NBA history! It will also be life changing moment for everyone around the world, young or old to persevere and go out fighting when the odds are stacked against you!

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/college/2011/03/sportiqe-tee-giveaway/ Noah

    A Knicks 2012 NBA championship is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life and is what the beautiful city of Manhattan needs deserves for what us fans have had to go through over the last few years a diehard Knicks fans. Living the majority of my life as a Knicks fan so far during the “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” years, right now I’m 20 years old so I started early, was absolute torture considering how much I love watching basketball and my Knicks play. To the dismay of my friends and family I still watched the majority of their games every year while viewing players who can fill out most of the top of the list of ‘Worst Contracts in NBA history.’ Then came the gutting years where I sat and watched rag tag players play hard to maybe get signed to big contracts by other teams in the league. Sure we booed during those years but doesn’t that just show how much we care? Doesn’t it demonstrate how much this city, this state, and even this league care about the Knicks (heck even David Stern got involved to make sure Donnie got the G.M. job). And then things began to turn around and not only did the Knicks sign a big name a start winning, but for the most part they were winning with their own players (other than Amar’e and Felton the core of that team were scouted and drafted or signed from overseas by the Knicks and we see how well that works and how fun that is it watch in Oklahoma City). Then the players we saw mature in grow over the years were traded to make room for a player that was probably going to sign with the Knicks that offseason anyway. While the two All-Stars were floundering in New York, Denver and the players who loved were thriving. The 2011-2012 season seemed lost for the Knicks a quarter of the way through due to horrible chemistry between Amar’e and ‘Melo and a lack of a distributer. Then all of a sudden Lin gets thrown into a game just for the hell of it and that’s all she wrote. Is he perfect? No. But the with Lin on the floor I saw this Knicks team having the most fun playing the game of basketball that I have ever seen a Knicks team have. For the first time in a long time, there is a positive spotlight being shown on Madison Square Garden. A championship this season courtesy of one of the greatest underdog stories ever in one of the greatest arenas ever in one of the greatest cities ever would bring a joy to my heart that only watching the Knicks could bring. I would end up either end up running around, screaming, and hugging and kissing everyone I can get my hands on or lock myself in my room and cry from the happiness, afraid that contact with other people may ruin the moment that I have been waiting oh so long to have.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    K.

  • http://Slamonline.com Caboose

    A Knicks 2012 title would mean that nbk, Jukai, Allen, Enig, LakeShow, bull22, JT, niQ, and I would all avoid this site over the summer for fear of ORANGE.

  • xx_JOMMOMA_xx

    holy crap all that for a jersey.
    is it even a large?

  • justin

    As a Laker fan it would mean we didn’t win, as a basketball fan it would mean NY basketball is back. And NY being dominant is great for basketball.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    A Knicks title in 2012 would mean that Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade, Lebron James, Dwight Howard, Dirk Nowitzki and Derrick Rose were all murdered, leaving the championship door wide open for the Knicks to walk into.

  • http://Slamonline.com Caboose

    ^But Brian Scalabrine was left unharmed right?!??

  • MBE18

    A 2012 New York Knickerbocker NBA Championship would mean I am getting married. I have been dating my girlfriend and she has been pressuring me to marry her. I have been telling her that I will marry her when the Knicks win the championship.

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com/ O

    @ nbk and M Cho, I was hoping that Glen Close line would make mine a winner. @ MBE18, did you ever REALLY love her? Might as well have said you’d marry her when the Mets win their division…

  • Omar

    A Knicks title would mean Hell has frozen over and I’m going skiing to celebrate.

  • Julian

    A 2012 New York NBA championship would mean that my dream would come. It has always been a dream of mine for the Knicks to win the championship; the Knicks being my families’ team to root. We were already ecstatic when they made the playoffs last year with Amare and when they got Melo who is my favourite player. With Lin coming out of the shadows to be possibly the PG that we’ve been looking for this season, I was really happy considering i’m also an Asian born in North America

  • rvarich

    Means Lebron will be Crying.

  • mike

    A knicks title in 2012 would mean a few things to me. First, it would justify players like Lin getting an education. Lets bring back three or four year educations being the norm. For the kids, yo. Then it would mean seeing one of my favorite players, ‘Melo, getting a ring. That would be great to see, espically if it were to happen before Lebron gets one. The last thing it would mean to me is a certain sense of the ’90s. Being a Bulls fan the anomisity from me would be great and I would need to see my team win sooner rather than later. From nothing to something in a few months would inspire me and others.

  • Hanoon

    Knicks winning this year’s title is like saying Lebron returning to the Cavaliers. But hey, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING – ADIDAS

  • http://www.yahoo.com The Fury

    A 2012 New York NBA championship would mean that they just beat the New Orleans Hornets in a very close championship series. lol

  • rob stewart

    If/When New York wins the chip this year it will mean the game of basketball will improve and become more popular worldwide. More minorities and Asians will have a role model in Lin inspiring them to try hoops out. (Think what Tiger Woods did for black/minorities in golf). Lin’s story also inspires all underdog’s to never give up. A Knick chip would also re-establish NY as THE MECCA and once again add mystique and prestige to MSG. For me personally it would mean I won’t have to hear about the YANKEES so much as if my Big Apple favorite Knicks don’t exist. I would happily blast “welcome to New York” (Jay-Z and Alicia) eating a BIG APPLE.

  • anthony

    spike lee would make a jermey lin movie

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com/ O

    Ang Lee would direct it, but it would be under the 4O Acres And a Mule Filmworks…

  • BobBaby

    I grew up in the hood and didn’t have many Asian friends,
    Sorta put em in a box till I seen Jeremy Lin,
    Broke down stereotypes man he get’s it in,
    Call him Charlie Sheen cause all he does is Lin,
    He moves so quick I thought he was rocking COURT GRIP,
    It would mean alot to me if New York actually won the Chip,
    Bringing back memmories of Frazier and Pearl,
    underdog’s would be hype all over the world,
    Chandler and Melo and Fields and Amare,
    all got more game than the original Atari,
    If the Knicks win it all I’d smile and have fun,
    and eat blue candy like Lin so you could see my blue tongue.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Henkenzo

    (old school) If the knicks win the trophy i’ll eat my hat

    (new school) If the knicks win the championship it takes another 39 years to win another. Cause that’s what New Yorkers love; all the drama, all the time.

  • rob stewart

    I grew up in the hood and didn’t have many Asian friends,
    Sorta put em in a box till I seen Jeremy Lin,
    Broke down stereotypes man he get’s it in,
    Call him Charlie Sheen cause all he does is Lin,
    He moves so quick I thought he was rocking COURT GRIP,
    It would mean alot to me if New York actually won the Chip,
    Bringing back memmories of Frazier and Pearl,
    underdog communities would be hype all over the world,
    Chandler and Melo and Fields and Amare,
    all got more game than the original Atari,
    If the Knicks win it all I’d smile and have fun,
    and eat blue candy like Lin so you could see my blue tongue

  • red

    Why do I want this jersey? I got a hold of a friend of mine in New York who went to a Knicks game and asked him to please look for the Jeremy Lin jersey, specifically the rev 30 swingman version. He told me they were all sold out. I’ve been spending time on ebay trying to discover which ones are selling fakes or who has the real deal. I just spent almost 45 dollars on overnight shipping to get this jersey in on time when I attend a Mavs Knicks game in Dallas this upcoming Tuesday. Fyi, even if you choose overnight mail, it can take up to 3 days because everything from Fed Ex goes straight to their headquarters for processing before they head out. So for all I know it could come Saturday. But now to find out that the listing for the jersey I purchased on ebay is no longer up. I think I just lost a lot of money on a scam.

    What does it mean to me to have this jersey? Because I play like a combo guard, I’m Taiwanese, and I look at Lin as somebody I root for because he’s doing things I can only dream of doing. He is a role model. So when I get off work early and head to the game early, I just wish I’ll have my Lin jersey in hand while he’s shooting around so I can get it autographed. But now I don’t know if that will ever happen.

    What does a Knicks title mean to me? Hey Lebron, eat your heart out.

  • c.a.

    An NBA Title for the Knicks would pressure the NBA into changing the ugly ass Larry O’Brien for a Ming Vase.

  • http://slamonline.com Sonny Rosalan

    A Knicks title would widen this grin and these hopefull eyes! Coming from Filipino decent, I had doubts of an asian ever marking his spot in the L. Yao did his thing, but didnt last long. Now we have Jeremy who is like a Messiah to us and the Knicks nation. To top it off, we added the addition of J.R. Smith whos fresh off China – how more asian-inspired can I get right now!? Along with big names like Melo, Stat & Tyson, the Knicks winning it all would cause more buzz than the president elections. Im vowing for revenge on behalf of Spree, Houston and the guys back from 2000. Jeremy Lin for Pres.

  • Steph

    If the Knicks won a title, that will bring both joy to me and the city of New York. Having this amazing team a few years back, then having trades and injuries, a championship is what this organization needs. From the addition of Amare, then Carmelo, and getting Jermey Lin, this team is set for a title to hang on the rafters of MSG.

  • http://staticseth.blogspot.com/ Seth

    A Knicks title this year would mean relentless boasting from New Yorkers at Bostonians. It would be a tough pill for us to swallow.

  • Jason Ye

    Being the only avid basketball fan/player in my family, the Knicks winning the NBA championship with Jeremy Lin being the floor general would be a dream come to true to me. With the recent ridiculous play of Jeremy Lin, I now watch Knick games with my family. Jeremy Lin has completely changed my life, family and church. We all are awed by his devoutness to christianity and basketball. As I dream to be a professional basketball player, each game Jeremy Lin plays in strengthens my dream even more. On the court, I now get more respect that I have than ever, I am never underestimated anymore. Jeremy Lin is now a part of my life, impacting me everywhere I go. If the Knicks win this championship, completely honest a part of my life would be complete.

  • DFRANK

    A Knicks title in 2012 will, not would, have me rocking a J-Lin jersey at my graduation.

  • idrees

    start of the new world order of basketball

  • startown

    Anyone else out there besides me that sees Lin’s numbers cooling off considerably in the second half. Now, I have not watched enough of him, and I have nothing against him, but he doesn’t look like a player that will dominate every night, maybe he has a 20-10 game, then a 13-5 with 7 turnovers, just a “gut” feeling but I could be wrong??

  • jpm34

    The Knicks winning a title amidst the Jeremy Lin mania, would be a throwback to history that I never saw. My dad who recently passed told me stories of the old Knicks teams. About The Captain, Clyde, Dollar Bill and my dads fav Black Jesus. I love those teams and I wasn’t born till 78. This years squad has a cast of characters that reminds me of the legendary teams. A coach that has every one questioning his tactics, a tremendous big man with bad knees, a Baltimore legend, an ivy educated spark plug. A Knicks title would be meaningful yet bittersweet, because I don’t have my dad anymore to revel in this team that now has so many elements that those teams he held in such high regard had. The garden could be Eden once again.

  • Naefy

    LOL who saw it coming

  • Justin

    A knicks chapionship win? No one would have seen it coming before this season. A win by the Knicks would be one of the most inspiring moments in NBA history. A guy who was often thought to be the athletic trainor at the garden, had just one chance, and he made the most of it. This man who was a relative nobody, when from being that nobody to being a star in a matter of moments. A Knicks championship win would symbolize hope, being that anyone can do anything if they want it. It would be truly inspiring to me.

  • Brad N

    A knicks championship for in me 2012 would mean a ton. It your typical underdog sports movie story, with Jeremy Lin’s rise from end of the bench 4th string point guard, to starting on one of the most well known basketball teams in the world and winning games with skill. Ive been following Jeremy since he was in college, and seeing his growth and progression towards becoming the player he is today has been amazing. He also has showed the world what the true value of being a star is, not the money or fame, but showing that being that kid at the YMCA playing ball with his dad can become a star, because every star was once a beginner. With a Knicks championship this would bring joy to every asian-americans face in america, and the true values will be realized.

  • Tamey

    If the Knicks win the championship, to me it means that my friends would stop telling me that the Knicks suck and the Wizards are better. Also, it probably means that i would’ve won the future bet between my Celtic’s fan mother of who would get farther in the playoffs.

  • Madterps

    I would dress up like a chicken and dance like one if Jeremy Lin actually won the championship. Plus that would give hope to a Wizards fan like me, give me hope that we can do the impossible like trade away Blatche for a draft pick, change McGee into having a high basketball IQ and make the Wizards an actual playoff contender.

  • Spades

    A Knicks title would mean the third New York Championship parade in my high school career! Since my freshman year in high school, both the Yankees and Giants won championships and since my school is two blocks away from the Canyon of Heroes, I got to go to both parades. What a way to end my senior year!

  • Addam

    The Knicks will become worthy of my hatred again.

  • Arthur Yang

    A title in NYC would only prove the true power of LINSANITY.

  • Torrence

    A Kicks title would mean that they would have to beat the heat hahahahaha which will NOT happen. But if it did that would be the greatest basketball story of all time. Linsanity and melo struggles along with a thought to be weak defense woultd be a zero to hero moment of the nba because let be honest the knicks were really bad before this linsanity thing occured but the knicks winnign is INSANITY

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Knicks winning a championship would just make Jeremy Lin’s story more and more like the rags to riches story Kurt Warner was in 1999 as the quarterback of the St. Louis Rams Greatest Show On Turf. Both Warner and Lin come out of nowhere to dominating their leagues, getting SI Covers. Lin is the “QB” Warner. D’Antoni is Coach Martz. Carmelo is Marshall. Championship.

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