Jeremy Lin: Lin-Sanity hits Twitter @JLin7

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Jeremy Lin #17 top selling NBA jersey

Jeremy Lin, the movie, coming to theaters near you. If you haven't heard of the New York Knicks Jeremy Lin, then you live in the North Pole. Just a few weeks ago, Lin tweeted @JLin7 Everytime i try to get into Madison Square Garden, the security guards ask me if im a trainer LOL. Lin is still couch surfing on his brother and teammates couches yet his Twitter followers have grown overnight to nearly 300,000 people and include celebrity followers like Bill Cosby and Spike Lee.

Just as Tim Tebow captured a nation, Linsanity has captured the world. The New York Knicks new star has caused television ratings for the NBA in China to increase 35%. Wether you prefer Lin-sanity, Lin-possible, Linning, Lincredible, the media hype hit a fever pitch last night when Lin hit the game winning shot against the Toronto Raptors. Just last Friday Lin outscored the Lakers' Kobe Bryant 38-34 in a nationally televised game. There are so many factors and layers to the Jeremy Lin story that when combined they make the story an 11 on a scale of 10.

Jeremy Lin Bio:

Lin wasn't recruited out of high school even though he won a state championship
Lin is from Palo Alto – the home of Facebook and Stanford
Lin played at Harvard which has produced more presidents (8) then NBA players (4)
Lin spent one summer as an intern in the California Governor's Office making copies & coffee
Lin was undrafted out of Harvard
Lin was cut from the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets this year
Just days ago Jeremy Lin was going to be cut from the Knicks until some players were injured
Jeremy Lin is the first Asian-American to play in the NBA
Lin scored the most points in his first five games than any player in NBA history (more than Jordan, Magic, LeBron, Bird…anybody!)
Like Tebow, Jeremy Lin is a devote Christian (see @JLin7 Twitter image)
Lin's #17 New York Knicks Jersey was the top seller in the NBA last week


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Jeremy Lin shows his humorous and Christian side with his @JLin7 Twitter image

It's a Cinderella story with it's own special digital and Silicon Valley twist. The world roots for a kid that was virtually unwanted in the basketball world for twenty years. While others thought he'd make a brilliant engineer some day, Lin stuck with his dream and it has finally come true. This is something that everyone in the world can not only relate to, but cheer for. In fact, in the game against the Raptors on Valentine's Day, more people were cheering for Lin than for the hometown Toronto Raptors. The NBA somehow doesn't have the ability to shift its nationally televised games to take advantage of Lin, but he will be on TV this Sunday agains the Dallas Mavericks at 1 pm EST.  I'm Lin-sane in the membrane, are you?

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Jeremy Lin-sanity: When will it end? Hopefully not anytime soon.

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