- From HoopSpeak’s first post on March 17 2010, Beckley Mason: “Some people love candy. Some people love their children. I love basketball.” If you’re reading this, you likely already know that Beckley had his first day as a full-time employee of ESPN.com today. This is me being super happy for him and congratulating ESPN for hiring someone who truly loves this game.
- You know how I know Danny Chau’s Jeremy Lin piece was beyond awesome? I’m 100% sure you’ve already read it, and I’m not sure you’ve read this similarly-themed piece on the Eastern Conference Player of the Week at The New York f’ing Times. It’s very good and it’s by Michael Luo.
- We’re not done with Lin links by a longshot. Here’s Ethan looking back on his time with the Warriors.
- In an interview with Marcus Thompson, Lin talks about not even being high enough on the Rockets’ depth chart to be assured of reps in training camp: “At the time, I was thinking if this doesn’t work out, I maybe needed to take a break from basketball. I put in four months of training. I felt like I worked harder than anyone else. And now I was fighting for a chance to practice. I was questioning everything.”
- Kevin Pelton’s Lin scouting report.
- Jay Kang’s report from MSG.
- Tom Ziller on Lin’s impact.
- No idea how I missed this a few days ago — his high school coach, Peter Diepenbrock: “He played in the Las Vegas Summer League last year, and he was afraid that he was going to miss the first day of my camp. So his last summer league game ends, and he drives all night from Vegas to the Bay Area in a van with his family so that he can get here in time for camp. Here’s a guy who played for the Golden State Warriors, and he’s doing that.”
- Some facts from GQ. did you know Lin was deathly afraid of needles?
- Six Hardwood Paroxysm contributors got together for a Lin podcast. I’m one of them, but I was having too much fun listening to contribute much.
- A Jeremy Lin pun generator. Necessary.
- We’ve reached the non-Lin section: Here’s an excellent profile of Nikola Pekovic, who has been killing it lately.
- I don’t read a hell of a lot of non-basketball sportswriting, but I make exceptions for pieces written by Bruce Arthur. If he’s writing about Kobe Bryant, I’m damn well linking it here.
- Rob Mahoney on Rodrigue Beaubois’s place in the Mavericks’ future.
- Steve Nash, to Sam Amick: “I feel a sense of pride in it, and am flattered by the nod. I think when I was 26 or 27, I thought I’d be done [playing] by the time I was 32, 33, 34. I never thought I’d play forever. I always thought time would catch up with me.”
- At BrewHoop, Frank Madden and Steve Von Horn go in depth on the Brandon Jennings situation in a 21-minute podcast.
- David Gold at Alone In The Green Room: James Harden has all of your Win Shares.
- Pictures of Clippers sleeping. Wow, that sounds creepy. Whatever, I’m going with it.
- Fun fact: The Sixers have gone more than a full year without anyone going for 30 points.
- Because you always hear about the bad stuff, I’m passing this along: Tonight, Zach Randolph and Tony Allen will be hosting a Valentine’s Day party for the mothers and children of the Memphis Family Shelter.
- Speaking of Z-Bo, he has been cleared to begin non-contact drills. He still likely won’t return until March, but it’s good news that he’s on schedule.
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