HIPSTER RUNOFF

The New York Knicks are a franchise that is in serious peril. After luring high priced free agents Carmelo Anthony and Amere Stoudemire, head coach Mike D'Antoni has failed to find a point guard that could run his system of organized chaos. It seems like they have turned to NBA-journeyman and Brooklyn author/poet Tao Lin in order to save the franchise. Lin has been putting up great numbers in his first two games.

Going nowhere all season without a real point guard, the Knicks turned to Lin on Saturday against New Jersey, and he delivered 25 points. He was even better in this one in front of a crowd that again chanted his name much of the night, adding a career-best eight assists.

He made the biggest basket of a game, a desperation 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and 1:58 remaining that gave the Knicks a 95-86 lead. He previously converted two three-point plays in the period, the latter pushing the lead to 10 with 4:29 left.

He did have eight turnovers, surely influenced by fatigue while playing 45 minutes, but D'Antoni was going to keep riding him.

"I'm riding him like freakin' Secretariat," D'Antoni said.

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Lin has done his best to create wide open shots for teammates with his dribble-penetration. Here is him avoiding the swat of a Utah Jazz player.

Here he is with his roommate, Landry Fields (Stanford graduate), whose couch he has been crashing on because of his limited income as an alternative author.

Tao Lin is taking the NY area by storm. Lin has been humble, despite the buzz.

"Basketball's so fun when you play on a team where people want to work together and work through tough times and overcome them and have victories like this," Lin said. "This one was ugly and we lost a couple of players, but this team has a lot of will."

Lin's story has inspired the NY-based Asian-American community to rally around his success story.

He is an inspiration to all AZNs who want to be 'baller ass NBA players' every where.

D'Antoni decided to start Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, earlier Monday, and the position could be his for a while. Baron Davis, the expected starter when he becomes available, revealed that an infected right elbow had recently caused him to stop his workouts and it is unknown when he will resume practicing. D'Antoni said it would probably be a week to 10 days from the time he returns to practice to when he's ready to play in games.

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Can the Knicks save their season with Lin at the point guard?
Should they 'cut' Baron Davis and ride the pass-first point guard Lin?
Should the Knicks fire D'Antoni?
Should AZNs 'not be allowed' to be good at sports since they are 'already good at school'?
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