Linsanity II? New York can hope.
The original Linsanity, of course, swept the city for one month during the winter of the 2011-12 NBA season, when Jeremy Lin came out of nowhere to make the Knicks magical again.
Now he’s back, sporting fresh cornrows and a multi-year contract with the Nets.
The chances of fresh miracles are low; he’s had repeated injuries in his post-Knicks career — but when are miracles ever likely? At the very least, he’s a class act.
The 6’3” US-born son of Taiwanese immigrants didn’t get drafted out of Harvard but signed with Golden State — then suffered a knee injury and bounced around the Chinese Basketball Association and the NBA until the Knicks brought him on as a backup.