Jeremy Lin: 5 Facts on the New York Knicks' Point Guard Sensation

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It's been a while since New York Knicks fans have had anything at all to cheer about.

Enter Jeremy Lin to fix that problem.

"Linsanity" has taken over Madison Square Garden and become a cult favorite in the matter of days, and with good reason.

While the MVP chants might be a little much right now, Lin has brought a lot to the Knicks offense the past two games. They haven't had a point guard who can effectively move the basketball all season.

He's not quite Magic Johnson yet, but he's been fun to watch.

Here's five facts many people won't know about Lin.

Not Offered a Division I Scholarship

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Lin's has taken the path less traveled to get to the NBA.

That started after high school, when despite being first-team all-state in the state of California, not one Division I team offered Lin a scholarship.

Cal, Stanford and UCLA offered him an opportunity to make their team as a walk-on, but only Harvard and Brown offered him a guaranteed spot on their squads.

Despite the fact that Harvard does not give out athletic scholarships, Lin chose to attend the Ivy League school, where he had a great college career.

College Career

Lin finished his career as the first player in the history of the Ivy League to record at least 1,450 points, 450 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals.

He was was named all-Ivy League second team during his sophomore season, but his career at Harvard really took off in his junior season.

Lin was the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player who ranked in the top 10 in his conference for scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocked shots, field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage and three-point percentage.

During his senior season, Lin He was one of 30 midseason candidates for the John Wooden Award and one of 11 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award.

Went Undrafted

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Lin suffered a setback when he went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft.

He was on the Dallas Mavericks’ summer league team and was signed by the Golden State Warriors for the 2010-11 season.

Lin was waived before this season and signed by the Houston Rockets, who waived him after they needed to create a roster spot to sign Samuel Dalembert.

The Knicks then picked him up and sent him to the D-League for a bit, but needed him back after a rash of injuries.

Had Baron Davis make his Knicks debut last week as expected, it's unclear if Lin would even be in a Knicks uniform right now, but he's made the most of the opportunity he was given so far.

Summer League

While playing for the Dallas Mavericks in a summer league game, Lin matched up against No. 1 overall pick John Wall and turned some heads.

Lin scored 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting in 28 minutes of action. Appreciating Lin's ability, the crowd turned on Wall and was cheering for Lin by the end of the game.

D-League

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While with Golden State, Lin was assigned to the D-League three different times, but it was this season when the Knicks assigned him to the Erie BayHawks that Lin had his best pro game to date.

He recorded a triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in the BayHawks' 122-113 victory over the Maine Red Claws.

The Knicks recalled him three days later and after his last two performances, Lin's D-League days could very well be over.