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Lin-Sanity: Morning Joe Runs 28 Clips of Knicks Player
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/15/2012 9:14:49 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Check out the video of the opening of today's Morning Joe. In just over two minutes, the show ran clips of Knicks player Jeremy Lin hitting a three-point buzzer beater last night . . . no fewer than 10 times.

But Morning Joe was far from finished. I counted a total of 28 Lin clips during the course of the show. Donnie Deutsch opined that "this is one of the few things where the 1% and the 99% can agree." Mike Barnicle later expressed a similar sentiment. Clearly the Lin story is moving America. But query how long he will remain a uniting figure should the MSM, as in the case of similarly-inspirational Tim Tebow, start mocking his devout Christianity?

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: basketball; christianity; jeremylin; morningjoe
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To: RoseofTexas

Yes, he is a Christian who openly confesses his devotion to Christ.

He has always been a good basketball player, yet he was always overlooked. Despite leading his high school team to a state championship and being California player of the year, he didn’t get a scholarship. He got accepted into Harvard, made the team, and had a record setting college basketball career. Yet he didn’t get drafted by any pro teams.

A pro team eventually signed him, but only played him sparingly last year. They cut him before this year. He was eventually picked up by New York, but was mostly on the bench. When a bunch of New York players got injured, the coach was forced to play him, and he has led them to 6 straight wins. He broke the record for most points for a players first five starts in NBA history.

And he is doing it in New York, the biggest stage. It is a great story.


21 posted on 02/15/2012 10:16:25 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: RoseofTexas

Yes, he is a Christian who openly confesses his devotion to Christ.

He has always been a good basketball player, yet he was always overlooked. Despite leading his high school team to a state championship and being California player of the year, he didn’t get a scholarship. He got accepted into Harvard, made the team, and had a record setting college basketball career. Yet he didn’t get drafted by any pro teams.

A pro team eventually signed him, but only played him sparingly last year. They cut him before this year. He was eventually picked up by New York, but was mostly on the bench. When a bunch of New York players got injured, the coach was forced to play him, and he has led them to 6 straight wins. He broke the record for most points for a players first five starts in NBA history.

And he is doing it in New York, the biggest stage. It is a great story.


22 posted on 02/15/2012 10:16:48 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Where are his tattoos and police mug shot?

He does not have a bunch of tats and has not been in jail? He went to Harvard?

Maybe this explains his appeal. And the fact he can play.


23 posted on 02/15/2012 10:25:33 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks!)
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To: freebilly

He scored thirty points on U-conn (I’ve seen the clip on youtube). He played extremely well against John Wall in a summer league game. He performed well in the D-league. But few people knew how good he was? And he was about to be released by the Knicks? Which makes me wonder how good the so-called experts are. Reading some comments about Lin before his explosion on various fan forums, more than a few pronounced Lin an awful player and one Knick fan said he was the worst Knick he’d ever seen. These people should be ashamed to post on forums anymore, and furthermore, I’ll take judgements about the ability of a lot of players coming from the “experts” with a huge grain of salt. Actually, I already take their judgements with a grain of salt. How many other Jeremy Lin’s have been missed in basketball and other sports because the so-called “experts” screwed up?


24 posted on 02/15/2012 11:00:07 AM PST by driftless2
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To: freebilly

He scored thirty points on U-conn (I’ve seen the clip on youtube). He played extremely well against John Wall in a summer league game. He performed well in the D-league. But few people knew how good he was? And he was about to be released by the Knicks? Which makes me wonder how good the so-called experts are. Reading some comments about Lin before his explosion on various fan forums, more than a few pronounced Lin an awful player and one Knick fan said he was the worst Knick he’d ever seen. These people should be ashamed to post on forums anymore, and furthermore, I’ll take judgements about the ability of a lot of players coming from the “experts” with a huge grain of salt. Actually, I already take their judgements with a grain of salt. How many other Jeremy Lin’s have been missed in basketball and other sports because the so-called “experts” screwed up?


25 posted on 02/15/2012 11:02:52 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Cicero
Obviously there’s some interest because most Asians are relatively short, and therefore not usually basketball material.

I believe that Mandarin Chinese from North Manchuria tend to be tall.

26 posted on 02/15/2012 3:13:17 PM PST by PJ-Comix ("Now I am become Death, destroyer of oysters" ---from the Buffetvad Gita)
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To: PJ-Comix

It also depends on diet. I believe that when Chinese or Japanese moved to America, most of them got taller, because they ate more.

Still, there aren’t many Asian basketball players, for obvious reasons. You have to be good at it, but you also have to have the right build.


27 posted on 02/15/2012 3:40:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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