How Jeremy Lin’s star power could go unnoticed for so long

Jeremy Lin was overlooked because he did not look the part. He went to an Ivy League school, which is not known for producing high profile athletes. He was unassuming and he played his part well. He didn't talk about what he could do. He used every situation as a time to prepare. So when opportunity presented itself, he was ready. There are a lot of athletes that could learn something from Lin!!!

When Jeremy Lin hit the three-pointer with half a second left on the clock to beat the Toronto Raptors Tuesday night, you could almost hear the collective sound of NBA coaches and general managers smacking their foreheads once again.

As basketball fans by now, the New York Knicks phenom who has scored more points in his first five starts than any player since the NBA merger—and shocked the basketball world into a state of Linsanity—was an undrafted Harvard economics major with no scholarship offers to play Division 1 basketball. He wasn’t even in rotation two weeks ago for the Knicks, and now he may singlehandedly save this NBA season from complete irrelevance.

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