LINSANITY!!!!!!!

The NBA never ceases to intrigue me. The drama and the captivation of this league is the reason why NBA basketball is my favorite year after year. "The Decision" last year had me on the edge of my seat and really got me into tuning into every televised Heat game last year, along with checking their box score the first thing in the morning the day after their games. The "David vs. Goliath" and "Us against the World" plotlines really made for an exciting 2010-12 season.
But this year's hot NBA story TOTALLY came from left field.
If you would've told me at the beginning of the season that an Asian-American point guard from Harvard, who was cut by 2 teams, would come out of absolutely nowhere to lead the New York Knicks from total embarrassment and lead take the world by storm in a grand total of 9 games...I would have thought you would have been crazy...but then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from the NBA.
I love this story. In the age of big-time high school and college sports and elite scouting services - where they pick and pick and pick and scrutinize every player extensively - how does Jeremy Lin fall through the cracks?
Maybe it was his lack of a basketball pedigree. Maybe it's in Mike D' Antoni's run and gun/point guard first system, where Steve Nash thrived for years in Phoenix. Maybe with a Harvard degree, some teams thought he was too nerdy for the NBA. Maybe he really isn't that good and we are all watching a shooting star, that looks really cool for the night you watch it, but eventually flames out. Maybe it was his race...
But all in all, an unlikely NBA star is born. A star that everyone all around the world has come to adore and embrace. And with this love, he is the biggest NBA star and probably the most marketable global sports star since Yao Ming.
My thoughts are with you Derrick Rose. Because the 2012 NBA all-star game might be the last one you ever start if the world keeps staying high on Linsanity...