Give yourself a round of applause, Jeremy Lin. (Getty Images)
The electric atmosphere of Linsanity may feel like a distant memory now, but the folks at Time magazine haven't forgotten the impact of Jeremy Lin's emergence. In their estimation, the New York Knicks point guard is still one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Lin came off the end of the bench to man the point for a desperate Knicks team, averaging 14.6 points and 6.1 assists per game and authoring a number of thrilling highlights during a stretch that all but saved New York's season. His singular, remarkable story — undrafted out of the Ivy League, bounced by his hometown Golden State Warriors, claimed and waived by the Houston Rockets, down to the D-League, buried on the bench, and then a sensation —?captured the attention of the general public. His brash, infectious style, pell-mell play at the point, and knack for taking and making big shots inflamed basketball fans' hearts. As the National Post's Bruce Arthur put it, for a minute there, Lin offered "true magic" to anyone who cared to look.
In a letter introducing this year's list, Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel wrote that the magazine tried "to choose those people whose influence is both lasting and, with a few notable exceptions, laudable." Stengel also wrote that the Time team looked to create its list with an eye toward "how individuals can start a chain reaction of virtue, shaping events in ways that can become both viral and enduring."
According to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan — the author of the list's entry on Lin,?a former pro basketball player himself and, like Lin, a Harvard alum — the Knicks point guard fits the bill because his story "debunks and defangs so many of the prejudices and stereotypes that unfairly hold children back."
[Lin has] dispelled the idea that Asian-American guards somehow couldn't hack it in the NBA — and that being a world-class athlete on the court is somehow at odds with being an excellent student off the court. [...] I don't care whether you are an Asian-American kid, white, black or Hispanic, Jeremy's story tells you that if you show grit, discipline and integrity, you too can get an opportunity to overcome the odds.
Lin — who was the subject of a February profile that ran on the cover of Time's Asian edition — is the first NBA player to be named to the list since Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash was tapped for the 2006 top 100. Lin is one of six athletes on this year's list, joining tennis star Novak Djokovic, FC Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, LPGA golfer Yani Tseng and New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, whose entry into the list was written by Lin.
It feels kind of weird that Duncan's praise for Lin ("Jeremy cares only about one thing — winning") seems at least a little at odds with Lin's praise for Tebow ("As athletes, we pour our hearts into winning games. Tim is a reminder that life is about much more than that"), but that's par for the course with the Jeremy Lin experience; he seems to mean something different to just about everyone who looks at him, irrespective of how those meanings sit with the man himself, or even jive with him at all.
Lin hasn't suited up for the Knicks since March 24 after having surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee; the earliest he'd return this season would be the second round of the playoffs, if the Knicks make it that far, if at all. I know at least a few Knicks fans who would submit that, with five games left in the regular season and New York trailing the Boston Celtics by 3.5 games in the Atlantic Division, this means that Lin isn't even one of the 100 most influential people in New York, but I guess life is all a matter of perspective.
Time has unveiled its annual "100 Most Influential People in the World" list and predictably Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin did not go unnoticed by the magazine.
In fact, Time's editors managed to fuse Tebow-mania and Lin-sanity by asking the Knicks point guard to write the essay on the Jets quarterback. Lin's assessment:
"Watching Tim Tebow play football, you can observe many things about his character. You see his fierce competitiveness, his strong work ethic and how he is a leader that his teammates trust and respect.
But it is the qualities that Tim, 24, embodies in his life off the field that truly set him apart. He is unashamed of his convictions and faith, and he lives a life that consistently reflects his values, day in and day out. Through his foundation, he constantly reaches out to people and communities in need of hope. He realizes what he has been blessed with and seeks to help those who are worse off. As athletes, we pour our hearts into winning games. Tim is a reminder that life is about much more than that."
As for Lin, U.S. Secretary of Education (and former Harvard hoopster) Arne Duncan - was enlisted to write about the Knicks' phenom. Duncan writes: "Jeremy cares only about one thing -- winning. And I don't care whether you are an Asian-American kid, white, black or Hispanic, Jeremy's story tells you that if you show grit, discipline and integrity, you too can get an opportunity to overcome the odds."
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SOUTH FALLSBURG, N.Y., April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jeremy Lin is scheduled to undergo surgery for his knee within the week and will be down for six weeks, ending his season. Tom Chi, also known as The Pain Whisperer and star of the upcoming reality TV series of the same name, offers a remarkable alternative therapy to this type of surgery.
In this teaser video for the show we see real patients with chronic pain before and after one treatment with his Supertouch(TM) therapy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYtYqS10z-M
Chi has treated perhaps a thousand similar injuries to the one afflicting Lin and explains that "while the tests show a torn meniscus, that is not the source of most pain. Often when the meniscus is repaired the pain persists. Most meniscus repairs will never heal due to how the blood is supplied."
Chi says the meniscus tear is no doubt quite real; however, excepting when a piece has torn off and is blocking the joint, the pain usually comes from adhesions in the tendons which insert into the back of the knee. By repairing those tissues with his Pain Whisperer hands he provides immediate lasting relief from pain regardless of any tears in the meniscus.
The Pain Whisperer super-sensitized his hands using esoteric kung fu exercises and his results are usually spectacular for injuries and pain even after years of therapy and failed surgeries. Chi can feel the injury as if it is a 3d exploded view and uses his hands to reprocess the injury so that it no longer exists and pain is gone immediately and doesn't come back. Dr. David Garrison, MD: "Tom Chi is the real deal."
"The treatment causes no harm and saves patients from needing surgery. Even with surgery patients can still have the pain. Most patients cancel their surgeries and remain pain-free after one treatment," says Chi. Dr. Umar Chaudry, MD: "Tom cured my extreme chronic pain like it was nothing!"
Chi has done 80,000 treatments and cured hundreds of patients who were slated to have hip or knee replacements using this amazing cure. He tells us the pain is not from the worn joints. "Even with little or no cartilage our patients have no more pain and a year later they are still pain-free. Arthritis is forever but pain can be eliminated on the spot!"
Tom Chi is a Master of kung fu and acupuncture and was on staff at Catskill Regional Hospital. His patients fly in from around the world and usually get fast-lasting relief from difficult pain after years of therapy and failed surgeries.
To reach Chi, go to http://www.ThePainWhisperer.org or The Pain Whisperer on Facebook.
Contact info:
Dr. Tom Chi, L.Ac.(N.Y.), Dr. Acupuncture (R.I.), Dipl. Acupuncture (NCCAOM) 845.436.9000
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Painting the picture with broad strokes, the 2011-12 New York Knicks' narrative has centered around a trio of players: Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin. But nobody has been more vital to the team's ongoing storyline this season than the Knicks' coaches Mike D'Antoni and Mike Woodson.
This is because New York's season has unfolded in clearly defined sections. First, with Lin glued to the bench, D'Antoni directed Anthony and Stoudemire in a stagnant offensive attack. Out of desperation, D'Antoni placed Lin in the starting lineup at point guard and the team proceeded to win eight of nine games and, in fact, went 6-for-7 while Anthony was injured. Upon Anthony's return, the Knicks backslid against a much tougher schedule and lost six straight, which resulted in D'Antoni's dismissal.
Mike Woodson took over and won 6-of-7, but lost Lin and Stoudemire to injury. Since then, the Knicks have gone 3-2, but Anthony has excelled individually in a slower-paced attack. Indeed, the Knicks have played considerably better since Woodson replaced D'Antoni as head coach.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Linsanity that Jeremy Lin touched off this winter has faded, a casualty of the New York Knicks point guard’s drop in productivity and the recent knee surgery that ended his regular season.
But the surreal period in which a former bench warmer led the Knicks on a seven-game winning streak while helping a lot of headline writers show off will live on, at least if Hollywood has anything to do with it.
Lin is the subject of a documentary that is being pitched to distributors in Hollywood by agency CAA; footage is currently being assembled.
According to a person familiar with the pitch who was not authorized to talk about it publicly, the movie (no firm title yet, so let your pun-riddled imagination run wild) looks both at Lin's unlikely run in the NBA as well at his humble background. Los Angeles-born and Palo-Alto raised, Lin shone at Harvard after being passed over by recruiters at college powerhouses, then bounced around pro basketball as an undrafted free agent before landing with the Knicks. The movie will also include elements of his Christian faith.
The Lin doc is being directed by Evan Jackson Leong, Lin’s friend and a filmmaker in his own right. A former assistant to “Fast and Furious” franchise director Justin Lin (no relation), Leong previously directed a documentary about Christianity in Asia titled "1040" and also has been shooting Lin for years. (A message left at Leong's production company was not returned Wednesday afternoon.) The film will be produced by? 408 Films and?Endgame Entertainment, which previously produced the Oscar favorite "An Education" and the documentary "Every Little Step;" it's currently working on a documentary series about American sports for HBO.
It won’t be the first time Lin will be seen outside the precincts of SportsCenter. Lin is active on YouTube, regularly posting videos to his own account. In addition, a series of "Day in the Life" videos, made with Leong's help when Lin was still a struggling backup with the Golden State Warriors, became a viral sensation after No. 17 hit it big with the Knicks.
Lin proved endlessly fascinating when he came out of nowhere earlier this year, showing unbridled enthusiasm while netting at least 20 points and seven assists in his first five starts. But does that interest live on, and will it be enough to sustain a theatrical or high-profile television documentary? Lin’s basketball future is also cloudy — he’s a free agent after this year — so we’ll see if the movie can, Lin-style, get by on large amounts of grit. Spike Lee, if ever there was a film project calling your name ....
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