The most exciting aspect of Linsanity is that no one saw it coming, except for Ed Weiland. He's a FedEx delivery truck driver and amateur analyst of basketball statistics. In 2010 he predicted on the Hoops Analyst website that Jeremy Lin had the ability to be a starting point guard in the NBA. The full article in the Wall Street Journal here.
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