Spike Lee texts to thank the coach that cut Jeremy Lin before seeing him play

I saw Lin play for Harvard and followed him his junior and senior years in college. I would've taken Lin in the second round. NBA scouts take garbage Euro players.

Wow Mr. Journalist do ome research before you write an article..

Jeremy Lin was cut to make space for the offer for restricted free agent DeAndre Jordan.

Mike D'Antoni WAS going to cut Lin. If Iman Shumpert wasn't injured, Lin would have never had a chance to show Antoni that he can ball. Mike D'Antoni is long overdue for a firing.He plays favoritism.

Lin is living a dream and good for him.

The Rockets were the team that really goofed more. Kyle Lowery doesn't and will not win games for you. In the end...remember this one.....it's Kevin McHale who loses his job.

Yeah he is Asian and maybe that is partly why he was overlooked but he is from HARVARD. Who takes ballplayers from Harvard seriously? If you have bball aspirations you DO NOT go to Harvard! I would be surprised if they even scout Harvard. They probably scout a community college before Harvard.

I may be the only one here who can say this, but I saw him totally take over a state championship basketball game in high school, and thought he'd be a short lived phenom in college. I never even knew where he ended up, but I think the most significant aspect of this is that he is intelligent. That makes him a complete misfit in the NBA, and he was obviously a lot smarter than Jackson.

Do a little digging. Lin was collateral damage in order to make an offer to RFA, DeAndre Jordan who they had little chance of getting. He only made $762,195 non-guaranteed, but was still on the cap. It makes it even more of a crazy story since the "blame" should go to Warriors' GM, Larry Riley (no relations to Pat), who is an unknown. The Warriors also gave up Reggie Williams and Charlie Bell (expiring) in the deal.

so far he is impressing, but i will reserve judgement until the middle of next season when it is known whether or not he can sustain his level of play and beat the sophomore jinx...and to all of you who think previous coaches and gm's goofed, you're full of it, it's one big crap shoot on many players (sometimes even hot shots like sam bowie and greg oden)

Lin looks like the man on the court to me....

Jeremy caught the break he needed, the Knicks didn't have a legitimate point guard and were willing to try anyone. There is nothing really that spectacular about what he is doing, Lin is just being himself. He wasn't going to play before Ellis or Curry unless they were injured and he still wouldn't be the same fit with the Warriors as he is with the Knicks. In New York, Lin has two bonafide scorers and several other bigs to distribute the ball to. He doesn't have to score, he just needs to manage the offense and play good defense. He is scoring now because other teams haven't quite figured him out yet, so he has opportunities now that he might not get later. Jeremy is a little like Nash in that he has the ability to carve a niche out for himself with the right team, however it will be a while before we can rank him with the top point guards in the NBA.

It wasnt just the NBA that kept overlooking this guy. It was highschool and college scouts. If you look at Lin he doesnt really pass the paper test. He is not the tallest or strongest or quickest. He however does have a good eye on the game right now. He plays well and is an upgrade for the nicks at the point gaurd, but we will see how he holds out. I hope he does well for the NBA sake. He could be a huge commercial success for them especially in overseas market appeal.

Yes, what morons GS and Mark Jackson (who you mention does not have personel authority) for cutting Jeremy Lin to try and make roster space (you can't "keep it big", you get a limited amount of spots Dwyer) to sign big man DeAndre Jordan on a guard heavy team. Let's not forget the Rockets cutting him on a guard heavy team too! Because he is obviously that much better than Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin, Jonny Flynn, and Goran Dragic. It's been 4 games and he has scored very well... as the only scoring option on a team at the moment. It's time to narrow the perspective, he's good, not great, just like most players in the league can be.

I watched Lin in all the Dubs games, and here is the hard news for New York fans - he is a competent yet inexperienced player, but no savior. If you're expecting him to put up 38 pts on a regular basis, you'll be sorely disappointed. The Warriors have a much better point in Steph Curry. Losing Lin as a backup point guard was not good, but then he never would have had his day in the New York media sun.

"Groups with guitars are on their way out" - unknown Decca Records executive who turned down signing the Beatles.

The fact that Houston cut him too....kinda disappointing. Haha.

It's all about the bias agains Asians. If he was black he would have gotten second looks. Asians are not show offs in general. Now...if they do the right thing, someone should get fired over this oversight. What you think?

Jungle is correct...the came down from above to cut him. The FO gave him up just so they could show the fans that they were "trying" to make moves even though they had little chance to wheel in Jordon a restricted free agent.

must be the shoes !

I was wondering how many idiots would bring "race" into the picture. So far so good, there was only "1" low IQ'd, racist idiot with blinders on that mentioned something stupid like, "Have a Rice day", & calling Lin's teammates "big lipped chimps". I think it's good for the game of basketball to have a young man live out his dream of being an NBA star regardless of his ethnicity. He may even inspire more talented Asian players into the league & make it more competitive.