Point guard Jeremy Lin burst onto the NBA scene during the 2011-12 season with the New York Knicks, going from an unknown player to averaging 14.6 points and 6.2 assists per game.
He seemingly made daily appearances on the SportsCenter highlight reel and quickly became a household name. His game and the buzz it created even earned a nickname: Linsanity.
However, Lin left after just 35 games with the Knicks to sign a three-year, $25 million deal with the Houston Rockets, a team that had released him just seven months earlier.
Lin's former Knicks teammate, Amar'e Stoudemire, who now plays for the Miami Heat, commented on the situation prior to his return to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com:
If he stayed it would've been cool. But everyone wasn't a fan of him being the new star. So he didn't stay long. But Jeremy was a great, great guy. Great teammate. He put the work in and we're proud of him to have his moment. A lot of times you gotta enjoy someone's success. And that wasn't the case for us during that stretch.
Lin now plays for the Charlotte Hornets a ...
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