Alright. For this post, I want to talk about Jeremy Lin, point guard for the New York Knicks. He has been the talk of the sports world for the past two weeks ever since he started a winning streak for his Knicks. Lin came out of nowhere, and just at the right time. As the Knicks were slumping, Lin finally got his chance to play, and he made the most out of his opportunity to say the least. He started a seven game winning streak for the Knicks that included multiple games with 30+ points. One of the games being the game against the Raptors where Lin hit the game winning three pointer with less than a second left on the clock. (Seen above) This was the height of Lin and the Knicks seven-game run. Lin showed his maturity by slowing down the play, and calling the other stars on the court off so he could take his shot. He made his approach to the hoop and pulled up right in the defender's face and won the Knicks the game.
Now I'm not jumping on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon, because I think there are many other point guards in the league that are better than him, but I am saying how much I was impressed with his ability to not feel the pressures of the game. Now it's too much to make a judgement on how Lin's career will end up like some people are, but it'll be interesting to see if he can keep his level of play high through out the whole season.

The next video is JaVale McGee doing something stupid, as usual. I don't know what he was thinking blocking this shot. The ball was clearly on its way down, and then on top of that, the ball didn't even look like it was close to going in. He tried to block the ball as hard as possible to try and make a statement, but it was just stupid. He could have easily just grabbed the ball and gotten a rebound, but instead, he gave the other team two free points when the ball wasn't even going in. McGee has been making stupid plays since he got in the league, including the ally-oop to himself off the back board as his team was getting blown out. McGee could be a good player in the league with his ability to get to the rim and finish strong, and then his defensive ability, but until he stops making stupid plays that hurt his team, he will continue to hold himself back.