Jeremy Lin = Victor Cruz

But this kid Lin is pretty amazing.

Dropped 38 on the Lakers.
Wow.

But they can still say that he hasn’t played good competition. Derek Fisher is without question the worst starting PG in the NBA, and it ain’t close. Almost every open midrange J that Lin got tonight was because Fisher had been completely obliterated from the play by the screener. That being said, Lin obviously has skills, and if he works hard on his game he can be a quality, consistent player. He needs to work on his shot, and he needs to not turn the ball over nearly as much as he does. Whenever I see him try to elevate, I shake my head because he just does not appear to have NBA athleticism. But he is getting it done for now. He has a great finishing touch around the rim, he can find open guys on the perimeter, and he can play defense. That may be all the Knicks need to be a decent team, since before Lin they were running their offense through noted distributor and ball-sharer Carmelo Anthony. It’ll be interesting to see how Lin plays when Melo comes back and he doesn’t have the ball in his hands at the start of every possession. I think he will do well, because he moves well without the ball and knows what to do quickly when he gets it.

Lin doesn’t benefit from playing with elite players who lend to his strengths, but he is a very good PG in D’antoni’s system. How good he would be outside of it is up for debate. If he can keep up that level of play the Knicks finally have a legit playmaker and consistent 3rd option who can take over a game either passing or scoring the ball. Butttt then again I am a Laker fan so =[ He sucks =[

also everyone who doubted Mike D’Antoni should be rectal rooted with a spiked soldering iron, and make sure that thing’s been plugged in for a few hours so its nice and hot. If you have any doubt that Lin’s ascension to what he is right now isn’t a product of D’Antoni, we’re taking the same soldering iron and using it on your eyeballs.

Lin is Cruz, no doubt. He had his followers, which I was definitely not one of, early on saying that he’s ‘exactly what we need’. I mean Lin couldn’t even dribble the ball up court. But something clicked. Whether its coaching (likely) or Eli Manning (this applies to Lin too), who really cares. I just love watching it.

if you consider East Rutherford, NJ to be the best city in the world.

That said, there are definitely some parallels to be drawn, but lets wait more than 3 games to see what really happens when (if) the league catches up with him.

Don’t care too much though. I hate the Knicks.

That team is a mess.