Mike may become like Jeremy.
Remove your finger from the trigger and put down the hatchet. Please.
Michael Carter-Williams isn't Jeremy Lin, and he's not going to be Jeremy Lin. His ceiling is higher, he's younger and he didn't go undrafted. Just as Lin wasn't selected out of Harvard for a reason, the Philadelphia 76ers made Carter-Williams a lottery pick for a reason, too.
But you're fooling no one if you believe what followed was expected. No one foresaw this—Carter-Williams leading the tanking Sixers to an opening-night victory over the reigning champion Miami Heat and a winning record to start the season.
Led by the rookie guard, Philly won its first three games when it wasn't even supposed to average three wins a month. The Sixers, all of them, were supposed to be historically bad. One-half NBA(ish) team, the other half glorified AAU opponent.
Instead, they've fought. And Carter-Williams has exploded. It's been shocking. It's been magical.
It's been, dare I say, Linsane.
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Why Michael Carter-Williams Could Be the NBA’s Next Jeremy Lin
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