by Will Leitch
First published 2013
Jeremy Lin burst onto the basketball scene during the 2012 NBA season, transforming from bench player to global sensation almost overnight. This collection brings together bloggers and writers from major outlets like New York magazine, The New York Times, ESPN.com, and SB Nation to document that remarkable year. Jim Cavan, Mike Kurylo, Seth Rosenthal, Robert Silverman, and their collaborators lived through every moment of the chaos. They cover the preseason lockout that delayed everything, the constantly changing roster plagued by injuries, and the incredible surge when Lin took over at point guard. The writers capture both the euphoria of Linsanity and the crushing letdown when Lin departed for Houston. Will Leitch provides the introduction to this firsthand account of basketball's most unlikely success story.
Genres: contemporary, sports, biography-memoir, basketball
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: celebrity, rags-to-riches
Setting: Houston, New York
Period: 2012
128 pages · Paperback · 99: The Press