Could Jeremy Lin Get into Harvard Med?

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Baron Davis should be dealt in favor of a strong center.

Yeah, cuz old, fat baron davis will fetch you something good...🙄

 

[JonnyL]

I'm a Knicks fan, and I love that Lin is playing great for the team but...

Seriously?

He even has his own ticker category on the bottom of ESPN. Talk about overkill.

 

[CoolWhipp]

King's looked like they figured out how to stop Lin's penetration tonight.

 

[iceman132]

I'm a Knicks fan, and I love that Lin is playing great for the team but...

Seriously?

He even has his own ticker category on the bottom of ESPN. Talk about overkill.

Doing their part to suck up to China after America borrowed 1.4 trillion.

 

[Mufa]

He was no slouch at Harvard either.

Why don't you provide me a list of guys who put up the kind of numbers he has over a 7+ game stretch in their rookie season only to fall off the face of the earth? And nobody said he is Rose or LeBron, but he is lookign like a starting caliber guard.

I would, but seeing as they "fell off the face of the face of the earth", it would be difficult on my end.
I seem to remember a guy named ronald murray who tore it up on the sonics for like 10 games before returning to scrub status..and thats only because i like the sonics.
Youre probably asking yourself "Ronald who?" which is exactly my point.

Now I feel bad for hating on the guy...screw it..Go Lin, Go. (But but the "sanity" postface belongs to vince, thats where i draw the line.)

 

[iceman132]

I would, but seeing as they "fell off the face of the face of the earth", it would be difficult on my end.
I seem to remember a guy named ronald murray who tore it up on the sonics for like 10 games before returning to scrub status..and thats only because i like the sonics.
Youre probably asking yourself "Ronald who?" which is exactly my point.

Now I feel bad for hating on the guy...screw it..Go Lin, Go. (But but the "sanity" postface belongs to vince, thats where i draw the line.)

Maybe your hatred is misguided and should be towards his fans.

I dislike the geeks who put up posts like ALL I DO IS LIN. You're a grown man. Stop worshiping a guy because he can throw a ball into a hoop. Everybody goes through trials and tribulations. His fight is admirable... But his followers are acting like Justin Beiber fans.

 

[mmmmd]

Lin your FACE!

 

[r1d1]

Could Jeremy Lin Get into Harvard Med?
Not with 3.1 cGPA.

 

[FLOSS UR TEETH]

Holy Linsanity. I was watching the game at the bar tonight on ESPN. This kid is raw as hell, he just outplayed Kobe. Buddy told me his brother is a dental student (loser) at NYU?

Wonder if he could get into Harvard Med?

When an NBA player is crashing on your couch, then that is when you know you are a ballarrr.

The ballar chose dentistry baby cuz that's what ballars do. Period.

 

[A7X]

He needs a different nickname.

 

[iceman132]

He needs a different nickname.

 

[jkm07]

The average physician salary in the U.S. is 200k across all specialities and less than 1% of all MDs make over a million dollars a year.

The NBA league MINIMUM this year is 470k for rookies, over a million for any player who has been in the league longer than 5 years and 70% of all currently contracted NBA players make over a million, with the average being about $2.3 million a year.

Guys like Kobe and Lebron are TWO orders of magnitude higher as they pull in almost $20 million a year from their contract alone.

And all of that aside, you're still getting to play a game for a living.

I think NBA players qualify for pension after a few years as well. It's not a lot compared to the playing salary, but getting paid to do nothing is good too 👍 ...assuming they've managed their money properly.

 

[iceman132]

I think NBA players qualify for pension after a few years as well. It's not a lot compared to the playing salary, but getting paid to do nothing is good too 👍 ...assuming they've managed their money properly.

Don't take financial advice from this man

 

[cuculici1]

He probably could if he quit playing pro basketball, did a post-bacc to get his prereqs done, and got close to a 4.0 in post-bacc and ~40 MCAT. He obviously has good EC's and a good story, but he'd need to do the standard clinical work, shadowing, and research as well.

 

[flatearth22]

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[skiing]

LOL, i went to high school with jeremy. Even if he could get into Harvard med, I doubt he would want to! He wasn't academic. He'd leave class after attendance to play football on the quad with his friends and was on his ipod constantly, he never took notes or used binders until college, somehow he still got A's on everything. It's weird seeing everyone idolizing him as this poster child for the american dream, because he's just a normal silly kid. He just ended up at Harvard because no one else would take him for basketball, and it was relatively common to go to ivies for sports from my school. In my year, 6 people went to Harvard and 3 of them were for sports. Still, he is definitely one of the smartest people I've met and a great basketball player and I have major respect for him as a person.

 

[Stumpyman]

LOL, i went to high school with jeremy. Even if he could get into Harvard med, I doubt he would want to! He wasn't academic. He'd leave class after attendance to play football on the quad with his friends and was on his ipod constantly, he never took notes or used binders until college, somehow he still got A's on everything. It's weird seeing everyone idolizing him as this poster child for the american dream, because he's just a normal silly kid. He just ended up at Harvard because no one else would take him for basketball, and it was relatively common to go to ivies for sports from my school. In my year, 6 people went to Harvard and 3 of them were for sports. Still, he is definitely one of the smartest people I've met and a great basketball player and I have major respect for him as a person.

Palo Alto High?

For some reason, I kind of believe you. Lin seems like a cool guy, and yeah he went to Harvard because Ivies frequently take basketball players in without giving them scholarships (I guess they know people would play for them for free).

 

[plumazul]

There's nothing like making it in the Big Apple! The Knicks have a new phenom and they win a few games and become the talk of the country, while the San Antonio Spurs have SEVERAL "Jeremy Lin" type players and are currently on the longest winning streak of any team in the NBA (most of it while on an extended road trip) which included wins over the Thunder and the Clips. But nobody knows about it. 😡

 

[Stumpyman]

There's nothing like making it in the Big Apple! The Knicks have a new phenom and they win a few games and become the talk of the country, while the San Antonio Spurs have SEVERAL "Jeremy Lin" type players and are currently on the longest winning streak of any team in the NBA (most of it while on an extended road trip) which included wins over the Thunder and the Clips. But nobody knows about it. 😡

Lol! As a longtime spurs fan I agree. We won 4 championships in ten years, but everyone overlooks the spurs. But I'll admit, Lin is an awesome player.

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[iceman132]

The SNL cold opening on Jeremy Lin was hilarious.

 

[PantherPride]

... while the San Antonio Spurs have SEVERAL "Jeremy Lin" type players and are currently on the longest winning streak of any team in the NBA (most of it while on an extended road trip) which included wins over the Thunder and the Clips. But nobody knows about it. 😡

They're not Asian, lol. Lin's a fantastic player, but the only reason he's getting this much attention is because he's Asian. He's the kind of break the nba needed to make big headlines in the media and get people interested and its working.

 

[iceman132]

They're not Asian, lol. Lin's a fantastic player, but the only reason he's getting this much attention is because he's Asian. He's the kind of break the nba needed to make big headlines in the media and get people interested and its working.

And I really don't see what's wrong with that. He's breaking the mold. NBA is mainly black/white.

Jackie Robinson will be known for being the first black dude in MLB. I'm sure other white dudes did what he did in baseball also (Success wise)

 

[flatearth22]

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[hellocubed]

They're not Asian, lol. Lin's a fantastic player, but the only reason he's getting this much attention is because he's Asian. He's the kind of break the nba needed to make big headlines in the media and get people interested and its working.

That's a single part of the story. The more pressing points are:

1.) He has scored more points in his first 2 weeks than anyone else in the history of the NBA including Jordan/lebron/Magic/etc...

2.) He took an absolutely DEAD team that was 8-15 and about to go 8-20 to a Ridiculous 7 game winning streak, and putting them in the position for the playoffs almost single-handedly.

3.) That City is New York, the mecca of sports reporting. He would not be getting this much attention if this was at Houston or Washington.
Not only that, but the fans of New York City are the thirstiest for basketball success. NY is essentially a Basketball city when the Knicks are doing well, which they haven't for nearly a decade.

4.) Classic Underdog story that is UNPRECEDENTED in the NBA. this Kind of thing happens often in NFL/MLB/Golf/Tennis/etcetc, but never in the NBA. This has never happened before. Sure you might have the occasional low drafted player breakout and become a star, but never a nobody, because Talent is so significant and so apparent in basketball; and talent often wins. Never was there a person that was cut from 2 different teams, undrafted, not even given a basketball college scholarship that is doing what he is doing. He came out of AbSOLUTELY NO WHERE and is taking the league by storm.

5.) He is Playing Fantastically. Do you really think he would be making headlines if he was an asian player scoring 10 pts/game as a bench member?
Not only that but he is LEADING this team to wins. Not sitting and making shots on some winning streak.

6.) He is essentially a Rookie. People forget this. And with the success the Knicks have been having without Melo, their best player, even having stepped on the court... there is a HUGE buzz about what the Knicks are capable of when they have all the pieces together.
The Sky is the Limit, and people are excited.


7.) And then to top it off of course.... HE IS FREAKING ASIAN. or more importantly, ASIAN-AMERICAN.
Born and Raised in the States.
Sure there was Yao, that other Chinese guy that no one knows about. But Lin represents a generation that could not identify with those oversea markets... the Asian-American that have been so searching for someone they can identify with in the media.

 

[natorx]

LOL, i went to high school with jeremy. Even if he could get into Harvard med, I doubt he would want to! He wasn't academic. He'd leave class after attendance to play football on the quad with his friends and was on his ipod constantly, he never took notes or used binders until college, somehow he still got A's on everything. It's weird seeing everyone idolizing him as this poster child for the american dream, because he's just a normal silly kid. He just ended up at Harvard because no one else would take him for basketball, and it was relatively common to go to ivies for sports from my school. In my year, 6 people went to Harvard and 3 of them were for sports. Still, he is definitely one of the smartest people I've met and a great basketball player and I have major respect for him as a person.

Paly Vikings ... I finished my last 3yrs of high school there

That school sucks though, overly preppy and weird. Plus a serious economic divide of east palo alto and regular palo alto kids.

Least I can tell people I went to school across the way from Stanford 🙂 Lin seems like genuinely a nice guy though, I'm happy for his success. Some the post are really weird in this thread like relating everything to med school, I can honestly tell a few of you are extremely unrounded.

 

[thewobblytooth]

same exact thread in the predental forum lol. go linsanity

 

[iceman132]

same exact thread in the predental forum lol. go linsanity

It's really annoying.

Stop worshiping athletes and celebrities.

 

[One Hip Guy]

Holy Linsanity. I was watching the game at the bar tonight on ESPN. This kid is raw as hell, he just outplayed Kobe. Buddy told me his brother is a dental student (loser) at NYU?

Wonder if he could get into Harvard Med?

Outplayed Kobe? I'd like to see that.

Jeremy Lin is basketball's Tim Tebow; he's so hyped up it's not even funny. Like, I'm not saying he's not a decent player, but that 3-pointer buzzer-beater against THE RAPTORS(key words) was really nothing special, and everyone went insane over it.

Maybe in a couple years he could compete with Kobe, but I can't believe you would say such a thing lol.

 

[Stumpyman]

Outplayed Kobe? I'd like to see that.

Jeremy Lin is basketball's Tim Tebow; he's so hyped up it's not even funny. Like, I'm not saying he's not a decent player, but that 3-pointer buzzer-beater against THE RAPTORS(key words) was really nothing special, and everyone went insane over it.

Maybe in a couple years he could compete with Kobe, but I can't believe you would say such a thing lol.

His playing isn't all it's hyped up to be (way too many turnovers, like 6-9 each game, and his defense isn't anything to rave about either-- great at scoring though), but I do love the story as to how he got where he is.

Factors that contribute to his hype (IMO):

1. Race

2. Being in NYC (Madison Square Garden-- scoring 20 points here is like an additional 5-10 just for being MSG)

3. NBA/Media needing a headline that can revamp fans/people

4. And finally, he the dude really can score and play , but ~25 points a night, 8 Assists, and 6 turnovers plus the three points above, really put him above and beyond (made him an international phenomenon).

 

[iceman132]

Was Derrick Rose over hyped as well? Seeing threads like this make me raise an eyebrow. Starting to wonder if he was deserving of MVP last year.

 

[MIAYO]

Outplayed Kobe? I'd like to see that.

Jeremy Lin is basketball's Tim Tebow; he's so hyped up it's not even funny. Like, I'm not saying he's not a decent player, but that 3-pointer buzzer-beater against THE RAPTORS(key words) was really nothing special, and everyone went insane over it.

Maybe in a couple years he could compete with Kobe, but I can't believe you would say such a thing lol.

He did outplay him already. He scored 38 pts on 23 shots to Kobe's 34 points on 29 shots. Lin lead his team to victory over the Lakers that night. He outplayed the crap out of Kobe that game, but the two are not even in the same league. Kobe is still obviously better.

 

[Stumpyman]

He did outplay him already. He scored 38 pts on 23 shots to Kobe's 34 points on 29 shots. Lin lead his team to victory over the Lakers that night. He outplayed the crap out of Kobe that game, but the two are not even in the same league. Kobe is still obviously better.

No, "outplaying" in one game means close to nothing. Can't compare the two players when one has started every season for the past 13+ years, and the other has played 9 games.

 

[hellocubed]

For those remarking on his turnovers, it's a problem that Lin needs to improve.

however, the problem is exacerbated by being within D'antoni's fastpaced system that even Steve Nash averaged 3.8 TOs in. Also currently, his possession/TO rate is comparable to NBA leaders. His numbers are higher though because his usage rate is through the roof.

From this point on, the issue is: if his high usage rate is contributing to his high TO rate, isn't it also inflating his PPG? yes of course it is... But look at his FG%. His output is incredible.

 

[MIAYO]

No, "outplaying" in one game means close to nothing. Can't compare the two players when one has started every season for the past 13+ years, and the other has played 9 games.

I agree with you. I just wanted to point out to the other poster that he played better than Kobe in a game.

 

[chaser0]

For those remarking on his turnovers, it's a problem that Lin needs to improve.

however, the problem is exacerbated by being within D'antoni's fastpaced system that even Steve Nash averaged 3.8 TOs in. Also currently, his possession/TO rate is comparable to NBA leaders. His numbers are higher though because his usage rate is through the roof.

From this point on, the issue is: if his high usage rate is contributing to his high TO rate, isn't it also inflating his PPG? yes of course it is... But look at his FG%. His output is incredible.

yeah, I think most informed basketball fans know that his Turnovers are not a major problem. He has the ball in his hands far more than anyone else on the team (not because he's a ball hog, but because that's his job as the offensive coordinator).


http://thecity2.com/2012/02/16/is-jeremy-lins-turnover-problem-a-problem-probably-not/

 

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