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Not really what I was getting at...Lin is more of a point than Murray
In 2002 an unheralded guard named Ronald "Flip" Murray, who played his college ball at a Mississippi junior college and Division II’s Shaw University, was drafted in the second round by the Milwaukee Bucks. He played all of 42 minutes (scoring a total of 23 points) in Milwaukee before being a throw-in in the trade that sent Ray Allen to Seattle* and Gary Payton to Milwaukee. The following season Flip Murray would be the star of his very own version of “Linsanity.” Granted his was cooler because his name was "Flip." Over his first 11 starts Murray averaged 23.9 points per game on 50 percent shooting while dominating defenses. As the season continued, and teams began to learn how to guard him, Murray’s star began to fade. His shooting percentage dropped and with it his minutes. By the end of the year Murray was averaging a little over 12 points per game and had settled into his role as an average back-up guard. This is all to say that despite what many will tell you, there is a precedent for this kind of explosion, and it doesn't guarantee success. Don’t be shocked if Jeremy Lin regresses to the mean.