If you’ve been hiding under a rock, then there’s a chance that you may not have heard about New York’s latest savior.

That’s right – the one not named Carmelo Anthony or Amar’e Stoudemire.

I’m referring to a 6’3″ guard from Harvard – yes, Harvard – by the name of Jeremy Lin.

You may be saying to yourself, isn’t it a travesty to have an NBA positional player from Harvard who outshines his peers in the same position from Arizona (Mike Bibby), Georgia Tech (Iman Shumpert), Florida State (Toney Douglas) and UCLA (Baron Davis)?

And I would say “yes.”

And perhaps I am being crass when I say this, but the Knicks can use a player that has attended such an esteemed academic institute. It may take an advanced scholar to get the talented New York roster to work together in harmony.

Lin has orchestrated three consecutive wins for the Knicks, a team whose fans display their affection in tune with the former Janet Jackson hit, “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”. While only one of the Knicks’ last three opponents has a winning record, the fact that Lin has not simply been a participant in the process says something. In addition, J-Lin outscored each Anthony and Stoudemire in the first of the three contest, then led New York to two wins without either of them. Please note that outside of ‘Melo and A-Stat, Mike D’Antoni has little to no offensive talent to speak of.

Can J-Lin provide us with an encore performance against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers?

Lin’s stats during this mini-run have bordered on unbelievable for someone with so little fanfare: 25.3 points on 58% FG and 8.3 assists.

How could someone with this type of potential have been overlooked? Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There remains more than half of the season to go, and three games is a small sample size by which to judge a player – especially a young one such as Lin.

But what should not be taken for granted is that he appears to be an immediate upgrade from any of the remaining four point guard alternatives on New York’s payroll. For now, let’s live with that fact and hope that Lin can prove to be a bridge over troubled waters – those waters being the lack of cohesion between New York’s two previous saviors.

And if he is triumphant in his next quest, he will have earned it – at the expense of Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.

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