LINks of the Week

Here’s just a few good reads on the Knicks and Linsanity from the past week:

• In Lin, Knicks Find a Textbook Point Guard- New York Times 

Fantastic interactive graphic highlighting Lin’s use of Dribble Penetration, The Ball Screen and Isolation plays.

• Leave Jeremy Lin Alone- Grantland

Charles P. Pierce is a writer Esquire , in this piece for ESPN he frets over the effects of Linsanity on the psyche of the 23-year sudden super-star and how the age of instant everything has created a lightning quick ascendancy to super-stardom which has taken the gleam off the charm of phenomena.

• Bristolmetrics:SportsCenter Said “Lin” More Often Than “If” Or “But” Last Week- Deadspin

Jeremy Lin was mentioned almost once per minute on the 11 a.m est edition of SportsCenter this week. That is just absurd.

• Saturday Night Live’s Linsanity Cold Open Officially Exhausted The List Of Lin Puns-Deadspin

Maybe the best SNL skit of the last 5 years, seriously.

• From Couch to Clutch- Sports Illustrated

A quick read chronicling Lin’s meteoric first week as an NBA starter.