{"id":13392,"date":"2012-06-20T03:06:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T03:06:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-20T03:06:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T03:06:18","slug":"Jeremy-Lin-Wins-Social-Breakout-Player-of-the-Year-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13392","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lin Wins \u201cSocial Breakout Player of the Year\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA TV named Jeremy Lin the winner of the first ever \u201cSocial Breakout Player of the Year\u201d award on Monday, and it only seems fitting. The overnight sensation had a more significant increase in Twitter and Facebook popularity than any other player in the league. Jeremy Lin was also the first NBA player ever to record 20 points and 7 assists in each of his first 5 starts as a Knick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>According to ESPN NY, here\u2019s what Lin managed to do from Feb. 4- Feb. 9, the first week of Linsanity:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had more Twitter mentions than LeBron James and Blake Griffin (Lin: 189,004, James: 185,847 and Griffin: 19,964), and he had 1,643,284 tweets talking about his performances through Feb 9 at midnight.<\/li>\n<li>Had a 20,000 to 30,000 daily follower increase on Twitter.<\/li>\n<li>Went from 190,000 fans to 250,000 on Sina, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IP7oLeMuF0I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewindyapple.com\">www.thewindyapple.com<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA TV named Jeremy Lin the winner of the first ever 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