{"id":1426,"date":"2012-02-17T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T16:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2022-01-29T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T02:22:47","slug":"jeremy-lin-is-victor-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/jeremy-lin-is-victor-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lin Is Victor Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17912\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17912 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Lin Knicks\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17912 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Lin Knicks\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jeremy-lin-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Lin Knicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The rise of Jeremy Lin over the last two weeks is amazing and largely unprecedented in NBA history.<\/h2>\n<p>But in NFL history, and even in the same city\u00a0<i>this year<\/i> it isn\u2019t unprecedented; the rise of Giants Pro Bowl wide receiver Victor Cruz this season has many similarities.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft after <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/when-the-east-was-a-beast-the-rise-and-fall-of-big-east-basketball\/\">graduating from UMass<\/a>. On a Monday Night Football game a few months later, Cruz had a monster game against the Jets with 6 catches for 145 yards and three TD.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz finished the preseason leading the NFL with 297 receiving yards and four TD, and finished second in receptions with 15. He made the roster but after three games a hamstring injury forced the Giants to put him on IR for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Heading in to 2011 Cruz was only listed as the team\u2019s fourth wide receiver and he would\u2019ve been fifth string if Steve Smith didn\u2019t leave for the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The only reason he even played when he did was due to injuries to Mario Manningham and Domenik Hixon which forced him into action because the Giants needed a healthy body.<\/p>\n<p>From there the rest is history and Cruz blew up, setting a single season Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/landon-donovan-on-mls-scoring-record\/\">record for receiving yards (1,536) and tied an NFL record by scoring<\/a> a 99 yard TD, all while starting just seven games.<\/p>\n<h2>Jeremy Lin\u2019s rise to prominence and success is extremely similar.<\/h2>\n<p>Like Cruz, Lin went unselected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/today-in-nba-history-1992-shaquille-oneal-goes-1-in-nba-draft\/\">NBA draft<\/a> after graduating from Harvard. Lin was eventually signed by the Dallas Mavericks to play for the team\u2019s summer league squad.<\/p>\n<p>Lin\u2019s best performance was against #1 overall pick John Wall. Lin scored 13 points on six of 12 shooting, while holding Wall to just 4 of 19 shooting\u00a0and effectively serving notice to the NBA that he was for real.<\/p>\n<p>After the performance Lin was offered contracts by at least four NBA teams, eventually settling on the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>After minimal playing time he was sent to the D-League and performed well. But once new Warriors coach Mark Jackson took over, he was cut on the first day of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know now, the Knicks claimed Jeremy Lin but he was essentially seen as the 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0man, or at best, the third string PG.<\/p>\n<p>A month ago today Lin had a triple double for the Knicks D-League team.<\/p>\n<p>11 days later Baron Davis hurt his back again and Lin was thrust into the starting lineup because, as Mike\u00a0D\u2019Antoni\u00a0put it, \u201cHe got lucky because we were playing so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there \u201cLin-sanity\u201d has taken over and the Knicks fortunes have been completely reversed.<\/p>\n<h2>Jeremy Lin was named the Eastern Conference Player of the week last week after averaging 27.3 ppg, 8.3 apg and 2 spg.<\/h2>\n<p>We saw how the Cinderella script ended for the Giants and Cruz, with a win in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>What are the odds that the rise of Lin propels the Knicks to hoisting the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy later this summer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of Jeremy Lin over the last two weeks is amazing and largely unprecedented in NBA history. 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