Jeremy Lin heaps praise on star duo for how they have transformed Knicks

Jeremy Lin knows better than anyone how it feels to excite New York.Before Jalen Brunson carried the Knicks within two games of winning the franchise’s first championship since 1973, Lin imbued a flailing organization with the most joy it had experienced since its playoff runs in the 1990s.Lin went from being an undrafted, Harvard walk-on to becoming a global superstar after carrying the Knicks on a seven-game winning streak while averaging 22 points during the 2011-12 season.He brought Spike Lee back to Madison Square Garden.

He inspired ticket prices to soar.He famously scored 38 points on Kobe Bryant after the Lakers superstar asked, “Who is this kid?”Lin returned to ground zero of the career-defining yet short-lived “Linsanity” phenomenon Monday for Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs.Lin will forever be celebrated by New Yorkers, who cheered wildly when his face was shown on the jumbotron.He arrived at MSG clad in Knicks gear, representing a franchise that will forever hold a piece of his heart even though he left after his lone season with the organization after it declined to match a three-year, $25 million offer from the Rockets in the summer of 2012.Lin brought beleaguered New Yorkers happiness and he’s thrilled they’re experiencing it once again.

Many are even calling this the greatest Knicks team of all time.As for whether Lin agrees?“I don’t think I know enough about the history of the older teams to fully know,” Lin told The California Post.“But forget the Knicks, this is one of the most dominant runs we’ve seen in NBA history.”Before falling to the Spurs 115-111 on Monday, the Knicks had won 13 postseason games in a row, the second-longest winning streak in NBA playoff history.The biggest reason for that? Brunson.Lin praised Brunson for igniting the Knicks’ fanbase, saying the man known as “The King of New York” is finally showing the world what New Yorkers have known all along.“He is starting to g...