Jeremy Lin

[7/21/10] Golden State signs Jeremy Lin / shoe deal next? /

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Can't get an athletic scholarship to the Division I school of your choice? Try the next best thing. Try enrolling at a little school called Harvard University.

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Mavericks guard Jeremy Lin stole the show over No. 1 overall pick John Wall during a summer league game against the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.

According to a report by Kevin Arnovitz of Truehoop , Wall earned a huge ovation from the crowd at Las Vegas' Cox Pavilion during introductions. But by the end of the game, the crowd had turned on Wall and was cheering for Dallas's Lin, the undrafted point guard out of Harvard who scored nine fourth-quarter points.

Arnovitz writes: With the Mavs down a couple of possessions, Wall and JaVale McGee trapped Lin off a high ball screen. Lin split the defenders, darting left through the opening. Against the collapsing Washington defense, Lin then propelled 270 degrees in the air to get off a right-handed jumper against contact. The acrobatics roused the Cox Pavilion crowd, who almost rioted when Lin was whistled for a charge.

Zach Harper of Hardwood Paroxysm on the John Wall-Jeremy Lin fourth quarter battle: "Funny thing happened on the way to the Bellagio ... Jeremy Lin and John Wall faced off in the fourth quarter of the Wizards-Mavericks game in Vegas and pretty much played each other to a standstill. That's right. An undrafted Harvard, SMAHRT kid, point guard went toe-to-toe with the number-one pick in the NBA draft and sort-of held his own. The final box score will show John Wall with an impressive 21 points (let's just forget about the 4/19 shooting), 10 assists and seven rebounds. But it won't show that the majority of the Lin's (9) fourth quarter points were the result of him getting the better of the 'best player in the draft' for times than Wall will care to remember. Lin and Wall played the equivalent of an iso chess match on the hardwood game board. The kid from the Ivy League refused to back down from the YouTube sensation and while Wall walked away with the highlight reel, Lin walked away as the fan favorite."

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