Gothamist – Lin’s $800,000 contract wasn’t guaranteed by the Knicks until yesterday afternoon: “So for the past six weeks, Lin, 23, has been sleeping in his brother Josh’s living room, waiting for clarity and career security.” Josh Lin, a dental student at NYU who lives in the Lower East Side, offered the bright side, “He has his own couch.” But actually Lin has some other couches to call home: He Tweeted on Saturday, “God is good during our ups and our downs! Glad we got the win!! Thanks to @landryfields for lettin me crash on his couch last night lol” Lin seems to be fitting in just fine with his teammates: “Trying to get over @landryfields KILLIN me in monopoly with park place and boardwalk…” and “Just lost to @tysonchandler in monopoly too…contemplating retiring from the game. Time to zzz and get ready for tmrw” The Times points out, “Yet the Lin phenomenon transcends race or nationality. He resonates with devout Christians, because he speaks openly of his faith, a sort of Taiwanese Tim Tebow. He taps into the passions of Harvard alumni, Ivy Leaguers, New Yorkers and anyone anywhere who loves an underdog.” But the security guards probably know who he is now—back on January 4, Lin Tweeted, “Everytime i try to get into Madison Square Garden, the security guards ask me if im a trainer LOL.”

The Taiwanese Tin Tebow! Konichiwa Jesus! Mushi Mushi Holy Spirit! Jeremy Lin has arrived!

What a story. A young man born in a Chinese fishing town to a Tiger Mother and a Samurai ninja. Forced to walk around in the snow in his underwear until he learned how to hit his free throws.

Eventually he disobeyed his mother and father’s wishes to go to Medical School and he joined the NBA.

Alright I made all that shit up. Except for the part about medical school. You know that his parents are still furious he’s not Dr. Jeremy Lin. But other than that this is just a California Asian who can hoop. In a matter of 6 weeks this dude has gone from playing Monopoly on Landry Fields’ couch to dominating the Garden and trending on twitter. I mean think about that – when you’re crashing at Landry Fields‘s place, you’ve got a long way to go. Thats like if you’re a Barstool rookie and you’re crashing at fucking Zollo’s place.

Anyway, its just been a crazy week for Asians and the Knicks. I don’t know if a Taiwanese Harvard grad is the long term solution for this team, but he’s average 20 and 7 for the month of February and the Garden is ALIVE when this ninja plays. The Knicks were in desperate need of a pick me up and it just happen to come in the form of Jeremy Rin. OH HERRO PREASE!

PS – Never in ONE BILLION YEARS would I bet on Tyson Chandler to beat an Asian from Harvard in Monopoly