Just saw Linsanity, it came out in the summer in limited distribution and a few theatres in NYC showed it but I missed it. I saw it on Youtube but they took it down because of copyright problems but it is downloadable off the internet.
I enjoyed the movie and the movie is more about Lin devoting 2/3 of the 90 minutes of the movie to Lin's early life from childhood, HS, Harvard, going undrafted and his struggle to make it in the NBA, only 30 minutes is devoted to his time with the Knicks. Some funny moments were when he asked Landry if he could sleep on his couch and Fields telling him his couch was pretty small and Lin recounting that his legs were hanging off one end and his head off the other and worrying he wouldn't get a good nights sleep the day before his game against the Nets. Another was him telling D'Antoni that he was taking taxi's all over NY and should he bring his car to NY instead and D'Antoni telling him no it might not be worth it because you might get cut any day now.
Watching it reminds you that the Knicks went on a winning streak without Amare, Melo and fielded a team with TC, JJ, Landry, Walker, Shump and Lin and stopped a 6 game losing streak and put together a 7 game win streak. If that team could turn around the season, this team can also. Arguably a team of Melo, Bargnani, Shump, KMart and Felton is better than that team Lin had and is better than their god awful losing record. The Knicks just need a catalyst like Lin and maybe firing Woody is it.
I enjoyed the movie and the movie is more about Lin devoting 2/3 of the 90 minutes of the movie to Lin's early life from childhood, HS, Harvard, going undrafted and his struggle to make it in the NBA, only 30 minutes is devoted to his time with the Knicks. Some funny moments were when he asked Landry if he could sleep on his couch and Fields telling him his couch was pretty small and Lin recounting that his legs were hanging off one end and his head off the other and worrying he wouldn't get a good nights sleep the day before his game against the Nets. Another was him telling D'Antoni that he was taking taxi's all over NY and should he bring his car to NY instead and D'Antoni telling him no it might not be worth it because you might get cut any day now.
Watching it reminds you that the Knicks went on a winning streak without Amare, Melo and fielded a team with TC, JJ, Landry, Walker, Shump and Lin and stopped a 6 game losing streak and put together a 7 game win streak. If that team could turn around the season, this team can also. Arguably a team of Melo, Bargnani, Shump, KMart and Felton is better than that team Lin had and is better than their god awful losing record. The Knicks just need a catalyst like Lin and maybe firing Woody is it.