Jeremy Lin: Knicks Sensation Has More in Common with Tim Tebow Than You Think

In a world with 24-hour social networking that can be accessed by the majority of the planet in seconds, news travels fast these days.

So when an undrafted Asian-American point guard from Harvard plays two spectacular games in a row for the New York Knicks, word spreads quickly.

World, meet Jeremy Lin.

In his past two games (both Knicks wins) with the most recent being his first career start, Lin registered 80 minutes played. In those games he has put up 53 points, 15 assists and has attempted 9.3 free throws per 36 minutes, good enough for third in the league behind LeBron James and Dwight Howard if he had enough minutes under his belt to qualify.

But he’s not even close, because the past two games have been the most he’s ever played in the NBA. 80 minutes is one-third of the floor time he saw with the Golden State Warriors last year, and a full 80 minutes more than what he got with the Houston Rockets.

Lin is the hottest thing going in the NBA at the moment and the parallels to Tim Tebow have already begun.

Both were told they couldn’t make it.

Both were inserted into the lineup when the team desperately needed some sort of spark.

Both instantly won over their passionate fan base and both are pretty religious.

The shocker is this highly informative, yet hilarious tweet from Diamond Leung of Mlive.com:

"For those comparing Jeremy Lin to Tim Tebow, consider this: Tebow was the one born in Asia. Lin is the one who talks of becoming a pastor."

Now that is just too far-fetched to make up.

There has already been a rap song made about him, the PA system blared Pearl Jam’s song Jeremy during the game and his coach already told the media he was going to ride him “like friggin’ Secretariat”.

He is an inspirational story in the same way Tebow is, people can doubt and make fun of his strong Christian faith, but the more he plays well, the more people will jump onto the Lin bandwagon.

While he doesn’t have his own stance like "Tebowing," he is striking a cord with fans that few athletes can hit in this ever-changing cynical world.

The 23-year-old won’t be able to keep up this furious pace; he isn’t the savior to save this disappointing Knicks team.

But with the setback to the injured Baron Davis, like coach Mike D-Antoni says, "ride him like a horse."

The Knicks' season, like the Broncos', just got a whole lot more interesting.