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NBA官方公布,Lin目前在MVP预测上排第十名 Rank Status Player 1 -- LeBron James 2 ▲ Kevin Durant 3 ▲ Chris Paul 4 ▼ Kobe Bryant 5 ▲ Dwight Howard 6 ▼ Derrick Rose 7 -- Kevin Love 8 -- Russell Westbrook 9 NR Tony Parker 10 NR Jeremy Lin Linsanity Takes Hold Feb. 17 -- A week ago we joked about Jeremy Lin making his way here. One hot week of basketball wasn't going to be enough to get the best underdog story the NBA had ever seen into the MVP conversation. Two ridiculously hot weeks, a record-setting debut to his career as a starting point guard, an undefeated Knicks team with him as a starter, breathing life into a franchise, city and its fan base and the and the complete takeover of the global sports conversation, however, is more than enough to get Lin into the KIA Race to the MVP Ladder conversation this time around. So he barely cracked the list, sliding in at No. 10. We couldn't totally discount the first seven weeks of the season, when some of his teammates and coaches barely knew his name. But from the start we've made it clear that this territory is reserved for players in the here-and-now, performing day-in and day-out ... not for guys who operate solely on reputation. The undeniable factor working in Lin's favor is that since he's been inserted into the Knicks' rotation (remember, his breakout game saw him come off the bench against the Nets. He joined the starting lineup the next game) they have not lost. And he's been the catalyst in all seven of those wins. "What impresses me is his confidence," TNT analyst Steve Kerrsaid. "I'm amazed by his guts every night at the end of the game. He wants the ball in his hands. It's really become his team." Have we been infected by "Linsanity?" No doubt about it. Because when it's piggy-backing on "Winsanity," we take notice around here. Lin's ascent has overshadowed some other moving and shaking done around here, including Chris Paul's overtaking Kobe Bryant for the No. 3 spot and Dirk Nowitzki's climb back into the Top 15, with the Mavericks rolling the way they have in recent weeks, he made a strong case for at Top 10 spot as well. With the Spurs on a league-best nine-game win streak right now, he did make that leap into the Top 10, coming in at No. 9, giving the group a point guard-heavy feel. Once again, you can play your way onto this list and you have to play to play to stay on the list. But there's no way you or anyone else can talk you onto the list. -- SEKOU SMITH The next five: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks; Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia 76ers; LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland Trail Blazers; Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat; Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers. . Falling out: Paul Pierece, Boston Celtics
J.R.Smith确定要来花园了 刚被度娘吞了 = = Knicks后场满到爆炸罗~ Goodbye, Balkman. 有趣的是,如果Smith早个两周签约,那就是换林被释出,这就是人生 :) The Knicks will officially add free agent reserve shooting guard J.R. Smith to Linsanity today, making the hottest team in the NBA a deep team as well. According to multiple sources, Smith, who played in China during the lockout and became eligible to sign an NBA deal on Wednesday, will be at the Garden tonight, but won't make his debut until Sunday against the Mavericks. The Knicks have to cut a player to make room for Smith and Renaldo Balkman, who has been out of the rotation since early January, is the expected candidate, according to a source. Coach Mike D'Antoni was never a big fan of Balkman, a throw-in to the trade with the Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony. Balkman has one remaining year at $1.8 million and could have been an amnesty casualty if the Knicks were still going for 2012 cap space. Ironically, if Smith had been eligible to be signed two weeks ago, the Knicks probably would have cut Jeremy Lin for financial reasons because his contract wasn't guaranteed and he hadn't convinced D'Antoni he belonged in the mix. The Knicks pursued Smith for a couple of weeks and D'Antoni said they would be 「very aggressive'』 in offering their $2.5 million cap room exception on him as they were looking to add his 3-point shooting ability. Even their seven-game win streak and perfect chemistry created by the stunning emergence of Lin didn't sway the Knicks from going after Smith, though it could be seen as a risky move because of his reputation as being a rabble-rouser. But Anthony, who has the same agent as Smith, recently endorsed the move. Smith, a former star at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, can be an explosive scorer and deepens the Knicks' backcourt depth, especially if point guard Baron Davis never makes it back. Landry Fields is red-hot and not in danger of losing his starting shooting guard slot. If Davis comes back after the All-Star Break, the Knicks could have a very deep backcourt of Iman Shumpert, Davis and Smith. * Celtics broadcaster and former player Cedric Maxwell is not sold on Lin. 「Now let's not get crazy, OK,』』 he said on Boston radio. 「It's been [seven] games. That does not make the season. I know that this is a wonderful story ... Call me back in about two months. Because some of the team he's played against so far have not had dominant point guards.
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