Jeremy Lin crushing it as overnight Twitter star

"Can Jeremy Lin fix the Eurozone debt crisis?" "Who put sports in my Twitter again?" "Wow, just wow."

Wow, indeed.

Just some of the posts on Twitter as the twitterverse reacted to the most amazing - yes, the most amazing - rags-to-riches, feel good sports story of the century. (One of the benefits of living in 2012 is that I can say that without starting too much of a bar fight).

The sudden emergence of the unheralded New York Knicks guard as the top sports story across the nation is predictably reflected on this Twitter stats page generated by Twitter Counter. Given that Lin punches a clock in the nation's media capital and that he's playing like the reincarnation of Walt Frazier - he scorched Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Friday night - you can discount some of the excitement as predictable hype.

But the real intrigue over the Lin story has lit up the social media world.

In four days, the number of people following @JLin7 surpassed 150,000 and is projected to net more than 400,000 within 15 days.

Not bad for a guy who was a media nobody before "Linsanity" abruptly entered the lexicon.

Anyway, put Feb. 23 on your calendar: Jeremy Lin versus LeBron on national TV.

[micmac666]

Catchphrase prediction:
LIN IT TO WIN IT

'No charge.

[buckyjo]

I believe the reason he does so well is because he combines intelligence (Harvard grad) with physical skill.

He's up against men who may be taller, faster and more experienced but they tend not to be the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree.

[longtree-2009]

hold the applause. he could be a flash in the pan. teams will be able to adjust and defend against him in the coming weeks.

[sweetcakesmaria]

Jeremy's got game!

[micmac666]

'Predicting a long and fruitful career because:
A)Not so freakishly tall as to be prone to injury.
B)Exceptional skill.
C)Ditto sportsmanship.
D)No tats or gangsta wannabe B.S. attitude.

'Best of luck.