The Harvard Graduate Jeremy Lin makes Millions (Go Figure)

Have you heard the (Lin)sane news about breakout point guard Jeremy Lin going to the Houston Rockets?  After playing a fantastic 20-something games for the New York Knicks and averaging 28 points per game, Jeremy is bai(Lin)g on the Knicks for more money and more freedom.

What a great story it was, when All-Star’s Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire became injured and the Knicks were derai(Lin)g and cripp(Lin)g, Coach choose the Harvard grad to take the reins.  The underdog, couch-hopping, point guard with the half-a-million dollar contract took action, and by the time the other half of the world awoke, Jeremy Lin was the talk of the sports world!

In the next few games Jeremy did not back down and his numbers did not dec(Lin)e.  Millions of merchandise was sold instantly.  You would have thought Tim Tebow was playing basketball the way ESPN covered this story.  Every earth(Lin)g know wanted to see the unconventional, unknown guard succeed!  That is, until Melo came back and screwed everything up again.  Now, look, we all know Carmelo Anthony is a great scorer.  But, let’s just say he plays for the name on the back of his jersey and not the front.  When Melo and Jeremy finally got to play together, Jeremy’s role was to put the ball (Lin) Melo’s hands.  And if you are a sports fan, we all know selfishness doesn’t (Lin) basketball games.  Jeremy was soon listed as disabled and sat on the bench for the rest of the season.

Open the free agency market and the rebui(Lin)g Rockets offer a multi-million dollar contract. The Knicks were given a dead(Lin)e to match the offer.  After weighing their decision the New York Knicks decided Jeremy Lin wasn’t worth $25 million dollars over three years and pasted on their opportunity. 

So, who is the winner in this situation? (A) The Knicks for not throwing all this money at Jeremy?  (B) The Rockets for receiving a fan-favored, unproven point guard? Or (C) is it Jeremy Lin?  If you answered (C), Jeremy Lin you (Lin).  The man played really good for a couple games, hit a game-(Lin)ning shot and has now made $25 million dollars in 3 years.  Jeremy Lin maybe the 2^nd smartest guy I know from Harvard, Zuckerburg being the 1^st.

Regardless, I wish nothing but good things for the head(Lin)ing Jeremy Lin next season!