Being super famous is difficult. Just ask Jeremy Lin! That dude is super famous—in the US and especially in Asia. This video shows how the hoopster escaped Linsanity while in Taipei: by wearing a Hello Kitty mask.
Whatever the reason—his ethnicity, his team, his alma mater or the time of the year—Jeremy Lin became an overnight superstar for the New York Knicks back in February. Not bad for a guy rated 56 overall when NBA 2K12 released. It got him a "ridiculous" contract offer in limited free agency, which the Knicks will not…
Of all the tributes to the Knicks phenomenon Jeremy Lin, the best one on video might be stitched together from highlights in NBA 2K12, where Lin is currently rated a 75 and, who knows, may see the mid-80s before the end of the month.
This video was cut by Operation Sports' Shady 00018. Last night Lin and the Knicks…
Everyone is soaking in the Jeremy Lin insanity, so it was just a matter of time before somebody made a game out of it. LinSanity is a simple, browser-based basketball game where you never miss the hoop.
The main object therefore becomes to collect the multiplier bonuses that pop up on the court. You'll be cheered on…
If you're a basketball fan, or a New Yorker, you've definitely heard about Linsanity. It's the underdog story of a Chinese American Harvard graduate being undrafted and cut from NBA teams before exploding in, well, "Linsanity". And for the past two weeks, it has been the talk of the sports world. No one saw Jeremy Lin…
Ordinarily, NBA 2K12 updates its rosters once a week. This week, it got not one, but three revisions in the span of four days. Jeremy Lin had a hand in all three.
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming:
• As promised, 2K Sports rolled a second roster update early this morning to give New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin another nudge in his overall ratings. Lin, who has come from the end of the bench to lead New York to seven straight victories, has jumped…
A re-rated update to the NBA 2K12 roster failed to appease America's feverish Linsanity—the phenomenon surrounding the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin—and so a second update, giving the point guard even more of a boost, is due by the end of the week.
