Open Positions at JLinLin: Internship

JLinLin is looking for summer interns this upcoming fall. The lead writer will need to continue to pursue his education at a University in Pittsburgh and will not be able to work full time on the blog. 

As an Intern expect the following:

– Receive a diverse experience in the field of journalism

– Learn from the best in the business

– Potentially fly out to LA to watch a Lakers game and maybe have the chance to meet Jeremy Lin

-Write about 5 blogs a week

 

In order to be a qualified candidate, you must:

– Be able to speak both Mandarin and English fluently

– #1 fan must be Jeremy Lin

– Have 1+ year in the Journalism field. 

 

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND YOUR RESUME TO jlinlin@wordpress.com.

WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN 5 BUSINESS DAYS WITH AN INTERVIEW

Jeremy Lin wants ‘bigger role’ in Lakers

Great Article! Very insightful!

Asian Athletes Blog

2014/07/20 16:12:38

Taipei, July 20 (CNA) Taiwanese American NBA star Jeremy Lin, who was recently traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers, said Sunday that he expects to play a larger role on his new team.

Answering fans’ questions at a basketball camp in Taiwan, sponsored by China Airlines, Lin described his trade to the Lakers as “a great opportunity” because he can learn much from his new teammate, Kobe Bryant, four-time NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player and a five-time NBA champion.

“I wish my role could become bigger and more important, and I also wish I could get more playing time next year,” said the 25-year-old point guard.

Lin, who is only under contract for one more season, averaged 13.0 points and 5.2 assists in 153 games over the past two seasons with the Rockets. He was moved to the Rockets’ bench last season, after…

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Evidence

After receiving hundreds of emails following m y last post, I need to provide some hard evidence to support my claim as to why Jeremy Lin is the best point guard in the league. 

 

1. LinsaniDeeefense is not a bad defender which makes him the best defender in the NBA. 

2. Hustle-Lin is a slasher who can dish, swish or finish. 

3. The Harvard Hurricane is the smartest player in the NBA.

4. Linception knows what your going to do before you even wake up in the morning.

5. Linvincible went undrafted who but went 14.6 ppg with the New York Knicks. 

Jeremy Lin: The best point guard in the league

If you google “The best point guard in the NBA” a bleachers report list is the first link that shows up. I was intrigued to see where Lin appeared up on this list so I opened it. As I started at 40 and slowly clicked one by one down to the #1 point guard in the league, I started getting my hopes up. He wasn’t between 40 and 30. Then between 30 and 20 I didn’t see him. Surely he had to be a top 10 PG. One by one I scrolled all the way down to #2. Slowly, I clicked to see who was number 1. it was Chris Paul. Not Jeremy Lin.

 

I stared at my computer screen. For about 2 whole minutes. Then….I laughed. That bleachers report article was more funny than any Onion article I’ve ever read.

Inside Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin was born in Los Angeles and grew up nearby in Palo Alto, California. Lin Gie-Ming his father and Shirley Lin his mother were both born in Taiwan, China but moved to the United States in the 1970’s to attend American universities.

 

Lin started basketball at the national junior basketball program his mother set up as a young boy. When he entered high school, he went on to become one of the best players in his high school’s history. He ended his senior year averaging 15.1 points a game, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals. He was California division II player of the year his senior year.

 

In college at Harvard, he ended his career with 12.9 points a game in 115 games but more importantly proved to be a big game player in tight situations. Weather due to his ethnicity or physique, Jeremy went undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft.

 

Then on July 21^st, 2010 Lin came to an agreement with the golden state warriors and signed a two year deal with tem. He was garenteed close to $500,000 his first year and half of that his second. Lin and his agent, Roger Montgomery, came to a 3 year agreement with Nike.

 

After one year with the Warriors seeing limited playing time, Jeremy was claimed off waivers by the New York Knicks. He had no significant impact for the team until Feburary 4^th when Jeremy Lin came into a game against the nets in “garbage time” of a game. His immediate impact on the game was able to swing the Knicks back on their feet and they ended up winning. He ended that game with 25 points and 7 rebounds. He kept displaying incredible talent and aggressive on the court. His spark helped the Knicks to a 9-3 record and in his 12 starts before the All-Star break, Lin averaged 22.5 points and 8.7 assists the most of anyone in their first starts as a starter. During the 2012 off-season, Jeremy Lin was offered a 28.8 million dollar contact with the Huston Rockets which was not matched by New York. This resulted in leaving New York and playing alongside super star James Harden and Dwight Howard. The Rockets found some success in the two seasons making the playoffs in both years but being eliminated in the first round both years. Lin went on to Average 11.9 points a game over the 2 years and 200+ games.

 

On July 13, 2014, Lin was traded, along with a 2015 first and second round pick, to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the rights to Sergei Lishouk.

OFFICIAL: Lin to LA Lakers!

And you thought Wiz was talking about the Steelers in his “Black and Yellow” solo. In case you live under a rock, don’t watch TV, read the paper or have internet, and you haven’t heard about it, over the weekend news came out the JEREMY LIN WILL BE TEAMING UP WITH THE BLACK MAMBA AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS.

With Lebron James leaving Dwayne Wade in Miami, some are calling this team up in the west the the best dynamic duo in the league. Faster than Jeremy Lin and more instant than Foldgers the LA Lakers became favorites for the title this upcoming season literally overnight. 

After a Skype session with Lin’s agent, Roger Montgomery, he had this to say: “I think Jeremy is excited and thrilled about the opportunity, it’s been a lot of speculation about, ‘Is he going to stay? Is he going to leave?’ And I think landing in Los Angeles is a really cool opportunity for him for a number of reasons.”

One reason we can conclude is that Jeremy was born in Los Angeles and figures to be popular with the region’s large Asian community. This will not only attract and flood millions of dollars into LA’s economy, but will attract the Fans who Used to Root for the Miami Heat Until Lebron Left. Or FURMHULL as I like to call them. There will be an approximate 3.1 Million FURMHULL’s this season without any team to root for and hopefully with the movement of Jeremy Lin, the Lakers can capture a majority of them.

Now that the Lakers have landed Lin, the connect the dots game begins with the team’s idiosyncratic roster. As of right now, The Lakers have the 40 year old vet Steve “flashy” Nashy, Jordan “rookie cookie” Clarkson, Kendall “Impartial” Marshall and of course Jeremy Lin at the PG position. This roster requires some sort of resolution by coaching staff prior to the start of the season. If this was career mode NBA 2k14 on XBOX 360 and I was the coach, I’d have Jlin at the 1, Marshall at the 2, Black Mamba at 3, the first round pick Julius Randle Jordan Hill in the front court. This creates a very versatile lineup that will cause many match up issue for opposing teams. Although not the ’97 Bulls, this starting 5, if healthy, has the potential to become the crème de la crème team of the league. Jeremy Lin coming off a pick and kicking to Kobe for a 3. Jeremy Lin breaking the defender’s legs and ‘ooping’ it to Hill for the jam. Jeremy Lin step back mid range jumper off the back board. Jeremy Lin coast to coast slam. Jeremy Lin half court buzzer beater for the win. You will be hearing these phrases  a lot throughout the season.

 

The preseason is still young and there is still a lot to happen between now and October 29th when the Lakers take on Clippers. With the crazy off season so only two things are guaranteed. Jeremy Lin will play for the Lakers and the Lakers will play in Los Angeles. JLinLin will keep you posted on all the news coming out of LA between now and then.

 

What is safer than a safety pin, tougher than potato skin, more beautiful than Paganini on the Violin?

 

 

 

…..JLinLin on Jeremy Lin. Stay Tuned.

 

-Timmy 

Lin to Philly?

Everyone’s been talking about it. Where will Jeremy Lin go this off-season?

Reports inside the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers organization say that if Lebron James heads to Clevand and Chris Bosh goes to Houston, Jeremy Lin will land in Philly. Around 1PM (7/11/2014) Lebron James made it official that he was heading back to the Cavs. That announcement began the domino and soon Bosh will announce he will accept Houston’s offer which means…..Lin to Philly.

 

Jeremy Lin in Philly. Let it sink in. If this transaction falls through, this will for sure be the move of the off season. Lincredible to the sixers is the fire the organization has been waiting for since Allen Iverson left town in ’06. With a cornerstone point guard like Lin on their team, the sixers look like they’ll be able to top the east and make a run for it next season.

 

The Sixers ended last season with 99.5 points a game. If Lin brings his 14.6 points a game he averaged with the Knicks, that 114.1 points a game for the team. To put that in perspective, the current NBA champions, Spurs, averaged 105.4 points a game during their campaign.

 

For now, we just have to wait and see what the Chris Bosh and the Rockets will do. Boy is this nerve wracking.

 

-Timmy

 

“I’m not playing to prove anything to anybody”

– Jeremy Lin

 

Just how good is Jeremy Lin?

I would categorize basketball players in three categories. Tier 1, 2 and 3. A majority of people in the NBA are classified as Tier 1 players. They’re your “role players”, “bench players” , “players you only know because of funny last names or weird hair.” Examples include Chris “bridman” Anderson, and Brian Scalabrine. Then you have Tier 2 players. Players that are household names. Players that every kid pretends to be in a pick up game. Players such as Ray Allen and Steve Nash.  Then you have Tier 3 players. These are your cream of the crop. These are your ballers you tell your children you saw play. These are your players that make NBA2k14 the video game unfair. Lebrown James and Kobe Brian to name a few.

 

Then you have Jeremy “My shot is fall” Lin. AKA The Lindiesel. AKA “putting on a cLINic” Born and raised in Palo Alto but has strong ties to Taiwan China, Jeremy Lin is simply a living legend. You cannot place Jeremy Lin in a Tier or group. There is no one on his level. If you put Yao Ming’s height with Mariano Rivera’s arm with Michael Jordan’s talent with Usain Bolt’s speed with Jeremy Lin’s IQ, you start to get an idea of just how good J “Ball”Lin is.

Because Jeremy is such a diverse player on and off the court, no one post can explain and define him. This entire blog is dedicated to explain the super freak from various angles. This blog will also be a place to find all your up to date info regarding Jeremy Lin’s life on and off the court. Where will he get traded to next? How many points is he going to drop tonight? Is he getting under valued? Find out all this and more just by reading the blog.

 

My name is Timmy and welcome to JLinLin’ Blog

 

 

 

“If I had a day to myself I would just play video games with my brothers.”

– Jeremy Lin