Jeff Yang sums everything up in this Wall Street Journal article. A

Jeff Yang sums everything up in this Wall Street Journal article.

A few weeks of Linsanity was enough to make a dent in decades of myths and misperceptions, to stretch out tired old stereotypes. It was enough to forge a brand new reality, in which the biggest hero in Gotham wasn’t Batman, but a charmingly goofy nerdthlete with a self-deprecating sense of humor and a killer instinct on the court — our own Dork Knight, if you will. It was enough to turn oblivious parents, ambivalent spouses and sarcastic little sisters into instant — Linstant?

Linsanity’s next chapter is down South, in a welcoming city with a Yao-shaped hole, on a team that has amply proven its appreciation of his talents and his value, both on and off the court.

Carmelo Anthony, he of the bulging wallet and empty ring fingers, called his contract “ridiculous.” J.R. Smith, a last-minute addition to the squad, suggested that Lin didn’t deserve the money, since he hadn’t been “doing it that long.” Neither apparently spoke with a trace of self-consciousness or irony. It was enough for some — like Bay Area broadcaster and longtime Lin fan Brian Tong — to wonder at the reasons for the double standard. “You don’t hear those guys say anything about other peers who have even more ridiculous contracts than Lin’s,” he notes.

“This shouldn’t have happened,” says Terry Park, a Ph.D. candidate at UC-Davis who’s already changed his Facebook profile picture to Jeremy in a Rockets jersey. “Classic Knicks move! In February, the Knicks almost let Lin go for nothing. Several months later, a winning streak later, an excited fan base later, millions of Linsanity dollars later, the Knicks…let him go for nothing.”

By shopping at the Antique Roadshow — Jason Kidd, Marcus Camby, Kurt Thomas! — the Knicks are building a competitive team for the 1990s.

EVERYONE was rooting for Jeremy Lin, including fans of opposing teams! Just look what Miami Heat Dancer Julianne. We’re sure that didn’t sit well with ball hog Carmelo Anthony. Lin carried that team to worldwide excitement and wins while Anthony was with a leg injury. Now the Knicks will go back to being the blah, boring, losing team we’ve become accustomed to. Shame! Will ticket prices drop back down to their old, unsold price? lol