Move over Mario. Even Princess Peach wants a piece of Jeremy Lin. (US Presswire)

The mass hysteria that has ascended over New York in recent weeks puts Tebowmania to shame. Stories, references, Tweets about Jeremy Lin are inescapable. Opponents can't defend him. The media can't stop covering him. And, naturally, Kim Kardashian allegedly wants to cuddle up next to him. Everyone is indeed Linsane in the brain.

Fanatics are no exception.

On this week's unparalleled episode, Matt Buser tipped off the show with an in-depth discussion on whether or not now is the best time for owners to cash in on America's favorite Linderella story. Our hoops du jour also touched on Derrick Rose's ongoing back problems, Joakim Noah's abrupt about face, Jordan Farmar's golden value and unveiled winning strategies for the stretch run.

Meanwhile, in hour numero dos, Scott Pianowski trotted in from the bullpen to rap rawhide. He and I recapped our thoughts on the Yoenis Cespedes signing, detailed the fallout from Carl Crawford's wrist surgery, decided if Stephen Strasburg is

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After a one week hiatus, we're back! We'll kick off Part 2 of our new LIVE beta show hosted by Justin Phan and featuring Matt Buser at 6:00 pm PT, 9:00 pm ET. In this week's installment we'll be hitting on all things Linsanity, touch on the impending arrival of J.R. Smith in the Big Apple, and cover the fallout of the Emeka Okafor and Delonte West injuries in New Orleans and Dallas. All that and a lot more.

To follow along with Justin and Matt, make your way over to the Vokle site. Click 'Join Event' to participate in the chat and/or send in text/video questions. Hope to see you there!

J.R. Smith (Getty)J.R. Smith appears to be close to signing with the Knicks, according to reports. It's not possible to project starter's minutes for Smith in New York as long as everyone is healthy, with Carmelo Anthony owning the small forward spot and competition at shooting guard coming from Landry Fields and Iman Shumpert. But Smith's three-point proficiency (career 37%) is sorely needed on this team, his role will most certainly be to help keep the team's offense on the ascension, and we've seen him do a lot with limited minutes in previous seasons. That said, the other thing that's hard to project for Smith as a Knick is heavy, or at least typical, usage - he's averaged 15.6 shot attempts per 36 minutes over his career, almost twice what Landry Fields has logged in his two seasons (8.7). Of course, nothing seems impossible when Jeremy Lin is involved, but there can only be so many shots to go around here. I'm still in favor of rostering Smith in most formats but, assuming the reports prove to be true, my enthusiasm for fantasy numbers is a bit dampened with his choosing the Knicks over the Clippers.

Ben Zobrist is one of many underrated Rays in fantasy. (US Presswire)

On September 3, Tampa was on the fast-track to the offseason, a whopping nine games behind Boston in the AL Wild Card race.  It appeared the clock had struck midnight for baseball's favorite Cinderella story.

But the Rays, as usual, exuded supreme resiliency slewing the Sox in six of their final seven face-offs. The season capper was even more spectacular.

On the last day of the regular season, in what would become arguably the most exciting day in baseball history, Tampa had its back firmly pressed against the wall. Joe Maddon's bunch desperately needed a win against rival New York to advance to the postseason. Buried by a seemingly insurmountable 7-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th, they were, for all intents and purposes, toast. However, the Rays, as they've done so often before, rose from the dead. Timely homers by Dan Johnson and Evan Longoria forced the game into extra innings. Finally in the 12th, Longoria, playing the role of hero, lined a walk-off solo shot down the left-field line, a fitting end to an improbable month-long comeback.

It was the third time in four years, Tampa reached October...

Jeremy Lin (Getty)You should try to sell high on Jeremy Lin. That statement will undoubtedly elicit a wide range of reactions, and that's a large part of the reason to consider doing it. It's already happening, as Lin has been the most traded player for four days straight. The first question you will ask, of course, is why. Think of it less as a cynical act and more as a pragmatic course of action. You owe it to yourself to find out if you can land Monta Ellis, Greg Monroe, James Harden, or Paul Millsap. Those names either sound completely ridiculous or perfectly reasonable to you, but what really matter is what the other guy thinks. So which of Lin's numbers from his six-game onslaught aren't sustainable? The two biggies right off the bat: 40 minutes per game and a usage rate around 36 percent. Both of those are league-leading numbers, with that usage only being topped by Kobe Bryant's near-record 38 percent. Sure, Mike D'Antoni will continue to give Lin all the minutes he can handle, but you've got to expect fatigue, particularly with the Knicks looking at eight back-to-backs over the next six weeks. And Knicks now-former savior Baron Davis has to play at least a few minutes at some point to prepare him to contribute during a potential playoff run, right?

About that usage: Lin has averaged 19.5 shot attempts and 8.8 free throw attempts over the past six games. Both of those numbers top Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire's season averages. On Tuesday night, Amar'e and Lin combined for 42 field goal attempts and 16 free throws and everyone else on the Knicks combined for 38 and 11. Melo is going to get substantial usage once he returns from injury, and he doesn't have to match his team-leading, pre-injury shot totals for that qualifier to be accurate. Fewer minutes and less usage for Lin means less numbers. And with Amar'e and Melo back in the fold, Lin's responsibilities will deal less with scoring than facilitating. In other words, we'll stop tracking that "most points scored in first __ starts" at some point. What I do expect to continue are robust assist and steals totals, which will keep his reason rank in "solid" territory, somewhere around 75th (higher in no-TO leagues). Should you trade Lin for whatever you can get? Of course not, and that's particularly true if your team needed point guard stats to begin with. But, again, you owe it to yourself to - at the very least - explore possible trade scenarios while the world's media handles the marketing side of things for you.

Join us as we live blog Wednesday's game action. Stop by and participate in the discussion or just lurk and take it all in. We'll get started at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET.

Wednesday's schedule of games (all times ET):
7:00pm - SA@TOR, PHI@ORL
7:30pm - MEM@NJ, DET@BOS, SAC@NY, IND@CLE
8:00pm - CHA@MIN, OKC@HOU, NO@MIL
8:30pm - DEN@DAL
9:00pm - ATL@PHO
10:00pm - POR@GS
10:30pm - WAS@LAC

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The Rangers won the third-most games and scored the third-most runs in 2011. They finished one win shy of a World Series title. So, let's be real, the Rangers don't have Pressing Questions on the same level as, say, the Houston Astros have Pressing Questions.

The Rangers batting order is perhaps the deepest in the league. Looking at the OPS derived from the bottom half of the batting order compared to the rest of the teams in the league, the Rangers delivered a top 5 OPS from each spot in the order from No. 5 through No. 9. On the mound, Texas turned in a 3.79 ERA, the best mark for a Rangers pitching staff in the past 28 years. And with only one projected regular (position player or starting pitcher) older than 32 years of age (Michael Young), this isn't a team that had many serious issues to address this offseason.

For these reasons, the Rangers weren't overly active in free agency. Sure, they went big with Yu Darvish, but that was out of necessity given that C.J. Wilson bolted for the Angels - if Darvish can at least come close to replacing Wilson's '11 numbers, the Rangers will be happy. The team also added veteran closer Joe Nathan to cover for Neftali Feliz's move to the rotation. These two pitching moves (Darvish and Feliz) seem like the obvious place to start this edition of Pressing Questions …

Eric Gordon (Getty)It turns out that the extra (extra) rest didn't help whatever is wrong with Eric Gordon's knee get better, so he underwent arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday and is expected to miss yet another six weeks of action. Will Demps said in a statement that the team is "confident Hornets fans will get to see him soon." That's obviously laughable, given the context, and I would actually be surprised if we see Gordon return to the court this season, and certainly not to the point where he'd impact a notable percentage of fantasy leagues. That said, six weeks from now is roughly the end of March, with four weeks of the season remaining (~15 games for the Hornets). Gordon technically has a contract offer as motivation - he'll be a restricted free agent after the season - but returning to the Hornets next season on a one-year qualifying and working towards his next contract seems the most likely outcome there. In any case, Gordon's season is most certainly over for default h2h purposes, and he can be cut in most other formats for a healthy replacement, given everything that has taken place so far.