Baron Davis on Jeremy Lin's "Linsanity" Moment & Carmelo Anthony's Issues w/ It

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[@dirkgoldman1155]

For the love of god Kev, let the man finish.

[@KeydotBdot]

Man it’s terrible

[@theaquagamer6489]

Bruuuuh

[@brentgreen3252]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@darkmatter7668]

That's some strong cocaine 🤧

[@jamaalransfer2443]

Plleeeaassseeeeeeee

[@Baci302]

Davis: "Melo was carrying us ... but we were losing." LMAO

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring not Melon 😅

[@Baci302]

@@aquaviiiMe too! Melo ran Lin and D’Antoni out of town.

[@jaylucas8352]

Melo the type of player who you just hate as a teammate. Never passes, and team just always loses. Dude would rather get individual accolades than win. I’ve never like playing with those types , born to sink their own team. Ringless for a reason.

[@JROB447]

@@jaylucas8352always loses yet never missed the playoffs in Denver???

[@duperfat5646]

@@JROB447he had some really stacked teams on denver but only got to the second round like once 😂

[@kqu109]

I admire Davis' patience with the host.

[@ZestyAntimony]

Word

[@Phoenix-nl2ut]

Host kept interpreting geez

[@GJG_3]

BD: there was tension between Lin and Melo when we played. Host: But you know GRANT HILL is top 10 no injuries. 😑

[@McDzy]

host needed to stfu when BD is talking.. smh .. let the man speak

[@andrewvincent7299]

@@Phoenix-nl2ut Not only that but he didn't do his homework on the Knicks. "Was Amare on the team yet?" Uhh Amare was on the team before Davis, Lin, and Anthony lol. "Was D'Antoni the coach?" Bro....that's part of the reason why Lin was so successful. D'Antoni's system has the point guard as the central component of it.

[@mayhemcbs]

Linsainty is the dictionary definition of someone who got an opportunity and ran with it.What a time period...

[@mkhanman12345]

Good times. That was a world wide story.

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅👍

[@jaygo8917]

​@@aquaviiihe didn't earn it.

[@theslayer2360]

Ran with what? Back to China 😂

[@robwebnoid5763]

​@@aquaviii ... Yup, Melon doesn't even have a ring, even after being brought back into the league a couple years ago. It's weird how some people focus saying how Lin did not earn a ring, yet in the 70+ years of the NBA (and also a decade of ABA), there were countless number of players on the bench that deserved their championships just as much as the ones who had more minutes. And he also joined the Raptors mid season (February), he was never with them the whole season. And Lin was also still hampered by his 2017 knee injury in 2019. He has done much better in the CBA since then, as the aftereffects of that injury have pretty much healed & disappeared.

[@rey91234]

Always respect to j Lin man. Dude did everything he could to keep that contract. Respect to linsanity

[@aquaviii]

Happy Lin got a ring 😎👍

[@sudeshrampersaud5191]

Including not playing in the playoffs

[@MarkGeezy]

I remember hoping him and Melo would click. Was thinking Melo finally had his PG

[@pablospendejos2081]

​@@sudeshrampersaud5191 You dont end up in an NBA roster by mere luck. And in practice, steel sharpens steel. So many good players got a ring without seeing much action in the playoffs. On top of thay he got paid. Now you go on back to work, them burger patties wont flip themselves.

[@william58295]

@@sudeshrampersaud5191goofball

[@permanentmidknight]

Met Jeremy Lin several times during his hornets run. Easily the nicest player ever. The man even gave all security personnel homemade cookies for xmas

[@JaysonHoang14]

It’s crazy how much hate this dude got. Man was too nice for his own good and he says he regrets how much shit he let slide

[@bball3048mm]

@@JaysonHoang14 I am Asian American myself and I too felt bad for what Jeremy went through as an average player.

[@ilovejeffhardy3906]

@@JaysonHoang14He said he was too nice that’s why he got punked during those early years.

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅

[@elmalloc]

@@JaysonHoang14 it is due to racism

[@irockline]

As an ex Knicks Fan and New Yorker, Melo lost me when he came back and pushed Lin to the back. It was “me” over team. Idc who you are, if we are winning, keep doing that.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Wrong Melo saved the Knicks Lin got hurt and exposed by the heat and never played a game again while Melo carried them to the playoffs March and April to play the heat averaging 27 points in that span with a big game winner against the bulls tell the people the truth

[@irockline]

@@nilesmaxwell758 people like you watch/follow the game from a numbers and analytics aspect and don’t take into account the psychological/human factors. There was already high amounts of tension in the locker room. The ball was taken out of Lin’s hands and the offense ran through Melo and Lin lost the backing of the coaching staff. All this happened in a short time. Any sane person experiencing what Lin went through would have hiccups. He obviously had flaws and weaknesses, but who’s to say he couldn’t work on them and develop as a player. Melo coming back was the beginning of the end of winning for that franchise. No disrespect to Melo but be honest. Melo did not like Linsanity and he wanted his team back

[@jermaineburgess3767]

Lin was a bum who played good for a few games that's why he is where he is now still complaining

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@irockline wrong again if numbers and analytics wasn't important it wouldn't be in the game so cut that out. Two Lin still didn't come close to getting what Melo was getting we seen what happen the next year when Melo took them to the second round and had the best season ever playing his style. Lin was a bum and the reason I like to argue with stans like you is because Lin never played like again in his life if he went some where and was average at best how can you sit and say the stuff your saying. Melo was the one who git him in to play that nets game and like the first comment everything I said was facts not off feelings

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@irockline btw the team was going to be his any that's what they paid and traded fir you think a undrafted kid is going to come and take a future hall of famer spot stop. My proof is he didn't do nothing when he left so get over it

[@averageguy1261]

Jeremy Lin and Dan D'Antoni. The stars aligned for the Knicks for two months. What a run. Then Melo came back to take the driver's seat. The rest is history.

[@billblaski9523]

Two months? More like two weeks, Melo wasn't gone that long,

[@deezosaintloyal]

who is dan d’antoni?

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yup, Linsanity was 2 months, not 7 games or 2 weeks or whatever. Before Linsanity, the Knicks had 8 of 10 years of no-postseason. After Linsanity, the Knicks only had 1 more good season, as they were riding off Linsanity but without Lin. After that they then again had another long drought of no playoffs for 7 straight seasons, not until 2020-21. If anything, Jeremy's mission in NY was to bring them up to 0.500 to make playoffs again after a long time. Jeremy did similarly at Charlotte 2015-16, which had a majority of no postseasons for a decade before him. And after Lin left, they still have no postseasons straight, even to this day. These days, Jeremy is hooping in his parents' home country, dropping 35, 38 & 50-point etc scores, just like the 38 he dropped as a Knick & as a Rocket.

[@sickmelo15]

Kev the type of guy to invite you on his podcast but never let you finish

[@felix3033]

He a perfect example of why we shouldn’t give everyone money and clout

[@alejandro3485]

BD can’t even finish one sentence without him interjecting. Like STFU

[@Broseftoast]

I really appreciate this. Baron Davis giving Lin his proper acknowledgement, recognition. Lord knows how most didn't want to give Lin his flowers. Always loved Baron Davis, beast dunker, but never really watched his interviews or anything. But just from this, you can see he's just a genuinely good dude, love the humility too.

[@JohnDoe-kx1yt]

His post dunk celebration on kirilenko was cold

[@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worldd]

😂😂😂 we all know why. One word: racism. A single Asian athlete shining bright in a black majority sport. Cant have that can we.

[@eatcheesekobe]

Linsanity got his flowers, didn't you hear, he was the biggest name on the planet for those weeks. Lin rode that wave of fame and earn himself a comfortable millions. But people get Jeremy Lin and Linsanity mixed up.

[@MrAjking808]

@@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worlddokay white boy stop it 😂 we know yall two love each other but chill out .. dude wasn’t all that

[@dallyb7769]

Damn homie let the guest talk 😂😂😂

[@machomusprime50]

Word... Didn't even let him finish answering most of the questions 😂😂.

[@Pradabeaterz05]

im saying though. ruined the whole segment being fanned out lmao

[@lamart3857]

He on his vladtv shit. Nobody came to see you otis 😂😂😂

[@techzone884]

that's what I'm saying. can't even listen to this shit... host kept over shouting BD

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Keep on over talking him

[@MarkCerbo]

Linsanity short lived because of what happened behind-the-scenes. But Jeremy still earned a ring in 2019.

[@kuunami]

Didn't he play a total of 2 minutes in the 2019 playoffs l? 😂

[@aceloco817]

​@kuunami more then Melo. 😂

[@kuunami]

​@@aceloco817 I'm sure that bench championship is rewarding but I'll take Melo's career over Lin's.

[@zureai]

@@kuunami Melo went to go ring chase and didnt even get a ring lol

[@yamomz668]

@@kuunami melo will always be known as one of the greatest scorer to never win a title they did melo no respect the last couple years he was in the league

[@jonathaneagle3554]

Honestly I enjoyed Linsanity.. Dude played the game the right way and all of his teammates enjoyed playing with him... Truly a cinderella moment

[@brootal4234]

Way to feminize it at the end LOL

[@permagoalie1439]

​@@brootal4234bro u dumb af lmao. Cinderella runs are not gender specific.

[@spykeex69]

Well all but one of the teammates

[@jonathaneagle3554]

@@brootal4234 it's just a term nicca.. my entire manhood does not rest on my typing of my own perception

[@jonathaneagle3554]

@@spykeex69 true that

[@armin38822]

I'm from Slovenia and when Linsanity happend I was still in high school working a summer job at a warehouse. Dudes who never watched a single second off NBA basketball knew about Jeremy Lin and were asking me questions about him. That's how big it got. That people all around the world even those who don't follow basketball knew about him.

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yup that was the magic of Linsanity, it became a global event, including to those who don't watch the game.

[@etag3709]

Yup, came back to watching basketball because of Lin. He made the team fun to watch when he was directing the team.

[@machomusprime50]

Kev didn't get that "Angels in the outfield" reference at all!! He was like "What!?" 😂😂😂

[@stringer2295]

Completely went over his head lol

[@lucaboosie5863]

😂😂 yeh that shit spun him

[@odawgbrazy14]

Clueless dummy

[@AlanSmith88888]

Lin sanity is still the best thing to happen to the knicks since sprewell and Allan Houston.

[@SILKY215]

Lol!! Delusional!!

[@Jc-ly6pe]

😂lol a couple weeks of good basketball

[@onlywiigame.]

So not the very next season when you guys were the 2nd seed?

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Ayoooooo you’re right

[@whydopeoplealwayssayuhm]

kev averages 1 question per minute with 4 follow-up questions per minute, plus an additional 5 interruptions per minute 😂

[@kayamerrick3907]

I know right! I’m like “bro, stop… let Baron cook for a minute” 😂

[@shaynelee487]

BD needs his own podcast. I can listen to dude break ish down for hours!

[@j.humble9462]

Him and shump would have a valid pod

[@biglen_1]

He doesn’t update it anymore but he did about 60 episodes last year. It’s called Point God

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Yeah he definitely needs his own podcast

[@Alkiel]

Casual. The man been had his own pod

[@John8Overfiend]

I wished the host would’ve let him actually talk tho, dude interrupted him every time!

[@mikesims986]

I promise you everytime I see one of kev interviews this mf DO NOT let them finish talking! 😂. I'm starting to wish Baron told this story on another Podcast

[@8mathdaddy]

That's why Joe Rogan is a mega star. Joe would stay quiet and let his guests finish their thoughts without interrupting.

[@zacharyjackson2461]

I didn't realize this until I read this comment lmao Kev gotta chill

[@7Kibz]

​@@8mathdaddyRogan has so much experience doing interviews it's hard to compare him

[@mkhanman12345]

Still This is like common. Sense.

[@powerbadpowerbad]

A lot of hosts don't shut up !!! They want attention too,not realizing it's not about them.Folks tune in for their guests.

[@starkstv1]

Jeremy Lin shocked the world..definitely had a legendary impact

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅

[@MoralesCorner]

That month was crazy ... I couldn't believe my eyes, it looked almost staged. That man really popped out of nowhere and started leading the Knicks with crazy plays, game winning threes and making it look way too easy as well

[@theocnetwork614]

I’m surprised you haven’t roasted him 😂

[@jaylucas8352]

Lin contributed to the big Chinese tv contracts which has greatly improved the players salaries in nba as a global product. They all owe jeremy a debt of gratitude for that no cap.

[@vamoneygroup]

​@@jaylucas8352no they dont

[@JohnDoe-kx1yt]

Lin cemented his name in history. Im happy af for him.

[@robwebnoid5763]

Exactly & that includes having "Linsanity" officially inducted as a word into different dictionaries (but not all of them). So it's not just his name, Jeremy Lin, cemented in history, but also the word for the phenomena that was inadvertently (or not) created from what happened, is also in the history books... & dictionary, heh. Not even Vinsanity is as prevalent & common as Linsanity.

[@mon_avis2978]

That's nice, but look at his post-Linsanity career. He got a championship ring with Toronto, a year in which injuries kept him from playing very much at all. What could that ring possibly mean to him? Then no team in the NBA picked him up, even though he wasn't very old. He was an underdog from his high-school years, had a fluke run of insane success, then was sort-of thrown away. I actually feel very sorry for him. I hope his career and life in China is happier.

[@Nykforeva]

If your not chinese u dont care and wont remember i waatched it and it was cool and ehh we move on

[@JohnDoe-kx1yt]

@@Nykforeva Stop the cap goofy. I aint chinese and I salute and respect J Lin.

[@Nykforeva]

thats you i dont elevate other races for doing something we are the blue print for...go on and love off your china man but for me im with Melo he is great so what are we talking about a fluke...trash im a Knick fan i was there for it but i was there for Melos run and thats what i remember not LIn.@@JohnDoe-kx1yt

[@completecards9606]

Even with a healthy Melo...I think you do ride the wave

[@MaineOnMMA]

Hindsight is great like that

[@jcchambers7896]

​@@themack74so why didn't lin produce more then what he did 😂😂😂

[@KAMEOALLAHIM]

jeremy lin got exposed quick

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Isaak u mad Lin git exposed and never put up what Melo did he the reason they also went to the playoffs when Lin got hurt after being exposed lol

[@justchillinnnn]

Watched Jeremy Lin vs number # 1 pick John Wall in the summer league. I went to go see John Wall in a packed that day and came away at awe with Jeremy Lin. He was the best player on that floor that day. Jeremy Lin would've been a super star in this league if he wasn't Asian; not just the short lived Linsanity phase. I firmly believe that. He was really that dude.

[@robwebnoid5763]

True, he was still putting up good Linsane-like numbers when he got to Houston, even getting another 38-point high game.

[@robwebnoid5763]

​@@bernardmartin6996 ... "Averaged the most points and assists but no team signed him." -- Isn't that history repeating itself? That was just like the start of his career. So yep, when he went to the minor leagues instead, that was frustrating. How could you send a 10-year long NBA veteran, who captured the world by storm & was on Sports Illustrated cover twice (& Time magazine once), to the minors? And when Lin wasn't called up to the majors during his play in G, I bet management's excuse was his back spasms, which eventually got better. He could have re-joined with Steph Curry again, when they used to be team mates in 2010. That could have blown up & become Linsanity 2.0, now that he was on a winning team. That Linsane hype could have made Golden State even more money, on top of the hype already there. It was a missed opportunity. Sometimes an athlete needs inspiration & motivation, not stats, to start scoring better. He has since been doing better now in the CBA, although I'm unsure if he still has back issues, but it doesn't seem to have affected his game in the past few years. It would be nice to see him back in the NBA again, but time is running out due to his age. If anything, he could possibly return to the NBA much later as a winning coach and/or a winning GM.

[@ernestobraganza4805]

Not bad for jeremy, even his super stardom in the NBA was come up short coz the important was he is one of the global icon of the sport🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mastermouaable]

Too bad he suffered a couple of injuries and never really was the same. Lin became a better shooter and his defense got a lot better. What derail him from playing was most likely not being available.

[@roysreceptive]

@diceup - Yup, him being Asian has a lot to do with it. That KZbin video of him getting fouled hard on multiple occasions and not getting calls was absurd. If he was any other race, he would have gotten better opportunities. The biggest mistake of his career was going to Houston, but it wasn’t even his fault though. Sam Presti from OKC trading Harden early changed the trajectory of Lin’s career. If Harden was never made available, or if he was made available but just much much earlier in the FA process, Lin would have gotten a real shot with another team.

[@youngb4489]

KEV didn’t let BD finish one sentence 😂

[@kirbyaugustine761]

As a Knick this was Melo’s chance at making a serious run for a chip. Melo’s attitude was “I” and not “we”.

[@Mrmagiktime]

100% Fact 💪🏾💪🏾

[@TruthSpeaker4]

😂😂😂😂😂 u cant be serious

[@Jc-ly6pe]

😂lol iman said melo loved lin

[@TLR1988]

Kirby shut the hell up. Melo never played I ball even as the leading scorer.

[@kirbyaugustine761]

@@Jc-ly6pe he also said everyone was curious to know how things would be amongst the team once Melo returned.

[@Dark_B3ast]

Yoo I cannot stop laughing at Baron Davis hair son I’m over her crying son😂😂😂 that shit look craaaaazzzy 😂😂

[@hanglolo14]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@901NextDoor]

Ong, he need to let ts go 🤣🤣😭

[@machomusprime50]

Jeremy Lin was Linsanity, but Barron's hair is INSANITY!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chimplt1]

I’m just looking at his hairline smh I’m confident once he watch this video he’ll realize how crazy his hair looks and he will cut it off 🤞

[@JohnnyPrice-tj1zm]

Man I can't stand yall ofmg 😂 bruh need to chop that shit off asap

[@jicalzad]

Linsanity exposed some jealousy in the league at the time. I don't even think it was just Carmelo at the time.

[@kpkafle]

When Lin got the offer from the Rockets, Melo and JR Smith publically said he wasn't worth the Knicks re-signing him even though the Knicks told Jeremy to find his worth in the league since they didn't think he was worth the $5 million to re-sign him. The Rockets offered him around $7 million per season.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Wrong Lin contact fir the rickets was 14 mill a year. You can google it and it would of put the Knicks in luxury tax situation so they told Lin no had Lin not signed that contract he would if been a knick his fault not Melo and Jr fault. Off-season they got Felton and kidd what was you guys watching and reading smh

[@NACent-fk9wt]

@@nilesmaxwell758thank u finally someone who knows what they talking about I mean it wasn’t 14 mil but it was like close and that was almost as much as Westbrook was getting paid

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@NACent-fk9wt he got it his third year. His first two seasons was 5 mill

[@NACent-fk9wt]

@@nilesmaxwell758 ahh got u could have sworn he was getting like 9 or ten mil in Houston but I could be wrong and then like 12 mil a year on the nets

[@MyHandle4455]

Linsanity was a fun time. Haters are always gonna hate.

[@Thatdudejones1]

If only melo embraced it

[@moballardful]

That's why his ass ain't got no rings. Selfish mindset instead of team.

[@NextMJ2]

He did, he was the that told the coaches to give him a chance

[@huntergabriel8875]

And then Lin had a trip in Miami and never felt the same lol

[@Aleww]

He was insecure he wasn’t getting all the attention. Huge ego.

[@heathhenderson8235]

Why? It was 6 games, he got exposed by Miami and it was over.

[@veshaw.]

And Jeremy Lin got a ring and melo never did 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Hey who did he get a ring with

[@veshaw.]

@@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 the 2019 Raptors they beat the golden state warriors, I haven't been that happy for a Asian person to win since Bruce Lee whooped Chuck Norris

[@emubeatz6217]

You can tell kev wants to be in the sports world more than the music

[@callmesteve4736]

Let the top go Baron. Let it go. It’s quite literally the main reason I clicked on this video and this is a great topic too😂

[@korleonereed8088]

Lol me too he looking crazy

[@SteadilyGrinding]

I clicked just to be petty and find comments like this 😅😅😂😂😂

[@TylerMartinJPG]

No cap

[@morty215fightclubbringyour7]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@morty215fightclubbringyour7]

Me too ayo 😂😂😂😂

[@ziklagfire3453]

Gd Kev, let Baron finish his stories 😭

[@4evahodlingdoge226]

Lin was actually good though, it wasn't just hype, she showed that he belonged in the nba but his playstyle equates to a lot of injuries.

[@xxtooshiestyxx8756]

BD holding on to that hairline like a child support payment 😭

[@dances_with_myself9305]

Time to come on home

[@jlui21]

-- let's keep it real: Some will even pop out another one just to get another 18 years. Should have called the Charlotte Bobcats the Charlotte Cougars?

[@26MECH]

​@@dances_with_myself9305hahahahahahah😂

[@87steaks]

I was looking for this comment. 😂😂😂

[@richardpage5812]

I honestly believe Lin was able to tap into untapped confidence that he couldn't sustain. Everybody in the league is talented but what separates player's is their mentalities.

[@stantheman9969]

Naw he could sustain it …. He just had a cancer on the team

[@jermaineartis4323]

I think he would have been able to sustain as long as people believed in him. Once they made it apparent that they were waiting for him to fail, it killed his spirit and confidence.

[@richardpage5812]

@@jermaineartis4323 Then he was doomed to fail regardless because no matter how good you are people are still going to hate. The type of confidence I'm talking about can't be broken by other people hating only fuels them and makes them stronger.

[@jermaineartis4323]

@@richardpage5812 there’s a truth to that…but what I meant is that it killed his momentum. It was all downhill from there.

[@richardpage5812]

@@jermaineartis4323 I hear you but what I'm saying is no amount of hate should have been able to stop him unless they just don't let him play because the type of confidence I'm talking can't be shaken. I'm talking that nobody can tell me ish confidence, he had a moment where he was able to tap into something deeper within himself but just couldn't sustain it. You can't blame haters because haters gonna hate but sustaining what he had, required that he not allow any of the hate to seep into his thought process unless it was to fuel his fire.

[@itsascaryworld9788]

That was cool to witness some random player come in and get a huge contract off that little era he had. Good for Linsanity, good for his people and good for the fans for enjoying that moment.

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅

[@esmokez95]

Baron Davis is one of my favorite players of all time. He was so good playing for the Hornets then Warriors. Probably should of never left Golden State but they drafted Steph the year after he left so everything worked out alright for GS..

[@jaylucas8352]

4 rings? Yea you could say GS did aight

[@John8Overfiend]

Yea pretty alright I would say lol

[@SnareMax90]

I think we need to cancel whoever told Baron that hair was it 🤣🤣

[@Juice_lamar]

Chill 😂😂😂

[@hondomclean6759]

Baron Davis is channeling his inner Derrick White. You'll never find Dum dum dum dum A hairline like mine

[@POPINTHETAPE]

Yeah, that look crazy. Time to let it go.

[@godsfavoritt771]

Yea he looking fried wtf

[@awokeone7997]

Why all these old heads think cuz they get some shitty as dreads, all of a sudden they're wise/intellectual and woke? Jay over here trying to be a gay painter when your like 50+, this ish needs to stop!

[@s3ts]

I love BD bro. His injury gave us JLin but when he was a Warrior killing the Jazz, I loved him like mad.

[@davidyang577]

Lin brought a light to the game and only talked about his team mates and expresseing having the pleasure to be a part of the organisation over and over. Lin, a devoted Christian who played for the lord and expressed his love on court. People's negative opinions would never stop his strive for greatness and love for the game.

[@jamarcuswall8044]

I’m from Peoria anytime Shaun Livingston is mentioned I can help but smile

[@natemickens88]

I can listen to these guy's stories all day bruh......Solid

[@reggieboy25]

50yrs from now people will forget Melo but the legend of JLin will live on.. 🙃

[@vicsmooth27]

Still breaks my heart knowing how Carmelo AND the NYK treated JLin. Much love to Jeremy for winning a championship and for putting God first.

[@lamara8497]

That moment showed that the Knicks needed a point guard. Knicks was under 500, Lin carried that squad and once Melo got back, all hell broke lose and back down to a losing squad.

[@gramp334]

After Lin went up against the Miami Heat, they put the clamps on him. He ended up sparaining an ankle or knee and the Knicks made the playoffs and lost to the Heat in first round

[@KAMEOALLAHIM]

@@gramp334EXPOSED SWIFTLY

[@byronspence3093]

​@@gramp334exactly

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Wrong Lin got exposed by the heat then injured while Melo carried the team to the playoffs stop lying to the people that the season he hit that game winner on the bulls... he avg like 28 points March through April so again stop capping

[@bjjohnson9710]

Without lin they were second in the east and won the conference

[@chuygonzalezzz]

Love it or Hate it, Jeremy Lin was balling during that time frame!

[@aquaviii]

I'm happy Lin got a ring and not melon 😅

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Yes he was

[@HorusTortoise]

People that hate it are low key racist

[@robwebnoid5763]

@@aquaviii ... Same.

[@Kingkillacruz]

Baron Davis: *inhales about to speak* Bootleg Kev: "I took that personally"

[@KL-wg9id]

When it is said and done Lin got a championship ring and Melo got a ringpop

[@Jc-ly6pe]

😂lol melo top 75 lin is a role player

[@lymphomasurvive]

Gold medals and a NCAA championship.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Who did he get a ring with

[@KL-wg9id]

@@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 Toronto Raptors

[@AHDI_BOOM]

My boi Baron Hairstyle and line is Egregious 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BigCountry931]

It’s time to go bald

[@AHDI_BOOM]

@@BigCountry931 Right. Bring it on home😭

[@mikegreen1696]

In all honesty that shit been fucked since new Orleans 😂

[@freddysaucedo8650]

I remember that I wasnt really keeping up with the NBA as much at the time but It was crazy It was like he caught fire one game and kept that fire burnin as long as anybody I've ever seen I don't remember exactly how long but he had a nice little run until the fire finally fizzled out

[@andytsui55]

fab 5, miracle on ice, and linsanity....all of these capture a moment that will not be forgotten

[@Bob-fj7lr]

Everytime I learn something more about this run, the more I realize so many variables could have stopped it.

[@davidn9126]

It was a fun 2 weeks! Remember watching the game after class with university mates. Even though most of us were Laker fans, it was fun watching him whoop us.

[@Lord_OTD]

Now this is insane 😂. What a great story.

[@flygenyus2186]

Wale had an old line back when he was with Denver that reminded me of the Lin situation. “I Carmelo em, Mellow them out I’m David Stern/ By the time you come back, the team just ain’t yours… (A.I.) which referenced the nuggets Knicks fight where Melo got suspended then Philly made the trade

[@thamilton825]

They should’ve just rode the wave, and embraced the good and bad. DEVELOPED him. Everybody talk about that heat game. That was one game against a great defensive, CHAMPIONSHIP team who targeted him. So be it. Melo and Lin could’ve worked off each other.

[@TruthSpeaker4]

😂😂😂😂 yall are so delusional

[@JaysonHoang14]

This. Everybody forgets man was only just 24 and Mike Dantoni had time to help Lin strengthen his flaws and master his strengths. The writing was on the wall when Dantoni resigned due to differences with Melo.

[@yeeluvspizza]

If Lin was a talented young BLACK point guard that ran into that Miami defense and got shutdown, everyone would've rallied around him and helped him get better to continue his NBA journey. Instead, everyone was more concerned about the fame Jeremy attracted and did everything possible to let him continue the NBA journey all by himself. Tell me how the fuck a high IQ veteran point guard like Lin with his skill set, wasn't given a veteran minimum or even a tryout with a team the last 2 years.

[@burningknuckle26]

​@@yeeluvspizzatruth

[@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worldd]

@@yeeluvspizza i mean even a Rocket executive admitted the racism of why JLin wasnt drafted

[@joseyeastwood]

BD was trying to say it without saying it but Melo wasn’t feeling Linsanity plain and simple.

[@Jc-ly6pe]

😂iman said he loved Lin and lin said melo was a great teammate 🤷‍♂️

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@daj_leo4417]

I came here to see the hair. it did not disappoint

[@GetFitWithManny]

J lin was legendary..i been to games in NY man..that was lit

[@bobbymoss6160]

Knicks could've afforded Lin if they traded the cancermelo away. The team chemistry was so good during Linsanity.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Linsanity's buzz in New York was insane. Goes to show you what point guards do in Mike D'Antoni's offense.

[@DJEASE]

J Lin had every China town in the building where he played

[@KD_SWAGGER]

@@DJEASE Definitely a good time.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Yeah because he was really shining in New York

[@KD_SWAGGER]

@@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 Word!

[@theguardianarchives433]

Mike D'antoni doesn't even want to play Jeremy Lin he had him sitting in the bench. I remember when I really wanted him to play him but he never gave him a chance until the very last minute. He kept playing Toney Douglas and Douglas was not playing well at that time at all

[@brandontu226]

20:00 lmaooo cracking! Cuz your locker is next to Jeremy Lin 💀

[@ArtSchoolParis]

Thumbnail / HAIRLINE is 🅱️razy. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@daeveahncaldwell2971]

I wasn’t even really into basketball back then and heard about linsanity 😭💯

[@kaydub7396]

Baron wildin wit the hair

[@veegob5287]

That Lin run was something special. It doesn’t happen anywhere else other than New York. It was incredible.

[@EAchank]

Always loved Glen Grunwald he was great in Toronto as our GM

[@MoneyMac219]

He took that and became a billionaire in Taiwan. I remember being in the Navy, traveling in Asia, and he had endorsement billboards everywhere

[@TygerByte]

Too much hate for Lin because he wasn’t one of them. When another player got a big contract, it’s the usual: oh good for him, he’s got to get his. Doesn’t matter if deserved or not. But when Lin got his contract, they said he wasn’t worth it.

[@jaybanthony]

So many good memories watching BD ball out. The Man was cold. 🥶💪

[@Rob954ever]

I was at the 2004 playoff (game 5) when Baron was with Charlotte and they were playing my Miami Heat in Miami.He put 33 on them that night and broke my heart. It was then that I realized what a bad man he was...

[@FlyOverEverything]

Boy hair line is the craziest shy ever...then you look at the hair and it got crazier😂

[@MORNINGSTAR190]

💀

[@freddycalipari4242]

😂

[@kpkafle]

First Melo got rid of D'Antoni in the middle of the season of Linsanity then in the offseason he got rid Jeremy.

[@nilesmaxwell758]

No he didn't Lin git a big contract from the rockets Lin didn't have to signed that contract you know and the Knicks didn't want to match it tell the real story

[@helarpanibour8107]

​@@nilesmaxwell758I think Lin said another reason why he went there was because D'Antoni went there and he does best under his system. If he would've stayed, he would've suffered

[@willi493]

Baron Davis always shows love.

[@enyce989]

I would've loved to hear much more of Barons thoughts

[@VenomKpp]

Linsanity did MORE for New York than the entirety of Melos career there.

[@chadwickchapman4100]

Stop

[@nilesmaxwell758]

Cap. Lin is a bum Melo did alot for ny

[@brandontu226]

All these comments for the dude to be putting out a joint laughing knowing damn well lol

[@nilesmaxwell758]

@@mattycampy he went to 3 str8 playoffs with them. Phil Jackson came and traded away all his help he played with no Allstars unlike kd and lbj. Still Lin quit could of played the heat series but want to stay low to get a better contract... went somewhere else didn't do shit

[@jkg_1985]

🧢

[@mageco5804]

As a New Yorker… that Knicks team was our best built time since Patrick Ewing and them

[@EmpireHeatingCooling-ie4un]

No it wasn’t

[@mageco5804]

​@@EmpireHeatingCooling-ie4un ok if that team wasn't out best bet at winning.. tell me what year... we had the best chance of winning a chip?

[@burningknuckle26]

Agreed

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

JLin. will forever have a great career he had that memorable run and ended his NBA Career as a champion.

[@evanperel3254]

Met BD when I was leaving a knicks game in like 2017. He was the coolest dude.

[@BleachCowboy2016]

I remember watching the linsanity games and it was like watching an entirely different basketball team. It went from melo iso ball, to proper basketball. Tyson Chandler was looking like the best big man in the game for a stretch there too.

[@HuslteFaction]

We Need More Interviews With BD👽🛸🕳️

[@Cjust15]

What sucks is that people think he was only good with the Knicks. I agree he was the most popular with the Knicks which kept him in the league but he had bigger impact with the rockets especially in the playoffs .

[@user-dy3of7wt5d]

He said FACTS HEEEELARIOUS!!

[@noirmanoir1061]

You have to take advantage of energy to create magic. The lin story would have been very different if they didnt move him because anthony was hating. He should have merged into that energy and who knows what would have happened

[@tariqifield6178]

For All That Jeremy Lin Has Been Through, When He Won That Ring In 2019 I Was More Happy For Him Than I Was For Everyone Else On That Team. Yes Everyone Has a Story , But Lin's Journey Man, It's Humbling... Even Though He Said In a Speech He Feels He Didn't Deserve That Ring , He Truly Did Earn It In Retrospect

[@EdOBrienCFB]

That was a crazy time.

[@1maxout]

This team sound stacked

[@RoBlaze3]

Wildest shit is Linsanity ain’t been the same since he ran into Mario Chalmers‼️😂😂

[@boxingtrav2473]

People blame Melo but never remember what really happened

[@RoBlaze3]

@@boxingtrav2473 I’m a Miami fan so I vividly remember thinking he was gonna show out Bron and wade and then being puzzled that MARIO CHALMERS out of all people locked up🔒 Jeremy😂

[@nostalgicbliss5547]

​@@RoBlaze3 It was not only Chalmers. The heat had incredible perimeter defense. They were great at hounding pick n roll point guards to death. Especially if they didn't have a great jumper.

[@shootthejay7002]

Insanity was one of the craziest runs in the last 20 years or ever.. it legit came out of nowhere and no one could wrap their head around it.

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yup, Knicks had nearly a decade's famine of no post-season before Lin & then again practically another near-decade of no post-season after Lin. And yeah, he was still a rookie.

[@burningknuckle26]

Ngl lin in 2012 was super talented and was instinctual, strong, and quick. Shit blew my mind

[@lh2000]

Love how we are STILL talking about Linsanity 😂

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

I remember when this happened it was crazy Jeremy Lin was unstoppable and it’s crazy that if Baron Davis never got hurt we would have never seen Lin

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yup, that's how the Butterfly Effect works. It's basically like an Excel spreadsheet. There's also something about fate, destiny, divine providence & preordainment.

[@mox9076]

Only casuals thinks Lin was a good player and he could've helped the Knicks. Like Kobe said, it was a good 7 games. Having said that, Lin took that "poison pill" contract.

[@JUSSSSST]

I loved BD on the warriors. Unfortunately just watched the Stavys World Podcast with Eddie Huang a few weeks back…timing is crazy lol

[@mauriciohernandez1941]

These lil clips are coo but kev bro you gotta drop more content an be more consistent with the pod brotha we wanna at least get something new once a week

[@dangerzone9747]

Linsanity ended early because Melo was hating on him and got him canceled.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

You’re right and it’s crazy tgat melo did him like that

[@almills2675]

They had no understanding that if Lin was going the team would’ve killed it

[@peterhui4080]

Can anyone tell me what brand is the Jacket that DAVIS wearing?

[@Arihiroki_LG]

Lmfao Baron said the quiet part loud, Knicks, Amare & the guys that got traded to Denver were playing outstanding before 4 of the starters got traded for Melo's Ego ass. Picks turned out to be Murray & Jokic btw lol

[@bball3048mm]

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