The 20 Most Ridiculous Jeremy Lin Nicknames on Twitter
By Tony Markovich, Ralph Warner | Feb 9, 2012 | 2:55 pm | Permalink
Now that the Giants and the hype over their Super Bowl victory is dying down, New Yorkers and basketball fans everywhere are talking about Jeremy Lin. The 23-year-old point guard has averaged 25 points and eight assists while leading the Knicks to a three-game winning streak (who needs STAT and Melo?!). New York has found its latest sports star but one question remains: What the hell do we call this dude? Well, we did some research on Twitter and some suggestions made us hungry while others just disgusted us. From ones that were pretty racist like The Great Fried Rice Hype to the less offensive Super Lintendo, here are the 20 Most Ridiculous Jeremy Lin Nicknames on Twitter.
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@OfficiallyCHRIS February 10th, 2012 at 09:59 PM
Come on man, Fortune Rookie was actually LOL worthy!
logan February 10th, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Id like for you to come up with some then...
Juan February 11th, 2012 at 02:56 AM
Linja is appropriate. it's not descriptive of his ethnicity, but of his slash attack game. c'mon. you're thinking too one-dimensional.
Waste of time February 11th, 2012 at 01:34 PM
Guys, the implication that 80% of those names being racist is foolish and your attempt at even being partially funny failed miserably. Back to the drawing board kiddos!
ken February 11th, 2012 at 03:49 PM
seriously?? this shit is not racist
brad February 11th, 2012 at 06:50 PM
its not racist if your using their ethninticity in a good way. everyone loves jeremy lin and he knows it so what does it matter if you use his race. thats like saying callin kobe the black mamba is racist.
Aka February 11th, 2012 at 08:51 PM
Just to clarify he got a 3.1 in college. Which at Harvard, means he did almost nothing because noone gets lower than a B
jerseyjim February 12th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
how about the Lin-reaper......because everynight he is killing it!
DaveNguyen206 February 13th, 2012 at 02:08 PM
no love for "everyday i'm hustle-Lin" ... per @davenguyen206
michael squires February 14th, 2012 at 09:58 AM
The Asian Occasion