如果范列特不在，林可能会立即产生影响

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多伦多——收购市场可以为季后赛的球队是一个有用的工具来添加补充人才和加强他们的旋转进入延伸来看,但球员刚从豁免线很少移动针或引起轰动。然而，林书豪一直是一个独特的情况

据ESPN的阿德里安·沃纳罗夫斯基周一下午报道，这位经验丰富的控球后卫正在与亚特兰大老鹰队敲定一份买断合同，并打算在本周晚些时候与多伦多猛龙队签约。对于猛禽来说，时机再好不过了。几个小时后，球队宣布替补控球后卫弗雷德·范弗雷特的左手拇指韧带部分受伤，将缺席至少三周的比赛。随着第三后卫德隆赖特被派往孟菲斯，上周他们得到了马克加索尔，林将在多伦多的轮换中扮演关键角色。

在Woj的报道后几分钟，林成了加拿大的第一热门话题，“林来疯”紧随其后。对于大多数体育迷，甚至许多非体育迷来说，这两者仍然是密切相关的。毕竟，“林来疯”(Linsanity)在其鼎盛时期不只是一个体育故事。2012年的几个月——奇怪但神奇的几个月——这位台湾裔美国人变成了一种全球现象。

林书豪没有被哈佛大学(Harvard)选中，曾被两支NBA球队放弃，最后来到纽约，在那里他睡在哥哥的沙发上，后来进入尼克斯队轮转，一夜成名。

纽约尼克斯队在控球后卫的位置上一败俱伤，结果，林得到了他的机会，并充分利用了它。在前六场比赛中，他在重要的上场时间里得到了20分甚至更多。第六次是在多伦多，“林来疯”达到了狂热的程度。

今天是情人节，七年前的这个星期四。原先被称为加拿大航空中心的体育馆座无人席，气氛热烈。有标语和口号。林每次触球都受到欢呼。很少有来访的球员会受到多伦多球迷那样的欢迎。只有科比和一群前猛龙出现在我的脑海里。这是特别的。

林毅夫当天得到27分，当然，他在比赛还剩不到一秒的时候投中了致胜的三分。人群中爆发了。

由于赛后铺天盖地的媒体需求，猛龙队专门为林书豪设立了一个领奖台。在过去的8年里，他们只在常规赛中这样做过3次。一次是2010年克里斯·波什(Chris Bosh)在迈阿密热队(Miami Heat)的三巨头(Big 3)的首次回归，一次是科比2015年在多伦多的最后一场比赛后的回归，还有一次是林书豪(他们也计划在本月晚些时候德马尔·德罗赞(DeMar DeRozan)备受期待的回归时回归)。

不只是他在做什么，而是他是如何做的，在哪里做的。当时23岁的林是一名电音选手——积极进取，无所畏惧。他在麦加打篮球也没有受伤。那一年，在“林来疯”之前，尼克斯队的战绩是8胜15负，但在剩下的赛季中，战绩是28胜15负，这是他们连续三场季后赛中的第二场。从那以后他们再也没有进入季后赛。

“林来疯”，这个运动，随着时间的推移已经褪色。林可能比任何人都要感谢这一点。他看起来更愿意做林书豪，这个把自己打造成一个真正可靠的NBA职业球员的球员。

如今，30岁的林书豪在NBA打了9个赛季，为7支球队效力。伤病也在一定程度上限制了他。在布鲁克林篮网队的两个赛季里，他打了36场比赛，包括去年在揭幕战中膝盖骨肌腱断裂后的一场比赛。

安静地，林本赛季一直是联盟中让人感觉良好的故事之一，他在老鹰的帮助下恢复了健康。在重建鹰队的51场比赛中，林场均上场时间不足20分钟，场均10.7分3.5次助攻，比他职业生涯的场均上场时间略低。

目前还不清楚林书豪是否会成为球队的一员——有传言说老鹰队想留住他，帮助指导年轻球员——但现在他已经成为了球队收购市场上的顶级控球后卫，而收购市场目前仍在形成当中。

这是一年中的那个时候。一些在最后期限前无法交易他们的资深角色球员的球队说，球员，为他们的年轻球员开放了上场时间，同时给这些老兵一个签约的机会，并为一个竞争者作出贡献。

从历史上看，猛龙队在收购市场上没有多少运气。一年前他们击中了两个目标——马尔科·贝利内利和埃尔桑·伊莱亚索瓦，他们都去了76人。

在林书豪之前，他们在这个时候能带来的最引人注目的名字是2016年萨克拉门托国王队(Sacramento Kings)的前锋贾森·汤普森(Jason Thompson)。从这个角度来看，汤普森在那个赛季只代表多伦多出战了19场比赛，场均4.6分4.2个篮板。公平地说，这更接近收购方的标准。这不是说球队要放弃全明星球员。那些出色的球员通常都是有原因的，很少能对他们的新团队产生实质性的影响。

Lin可能是个例外。一旦进入收购市场，就会有很多变数影响玩家的决定。这不仅仅是想要获得胜利。对于许多仍有好年景的球员来说，他们希望在不受限制的自由球员市场之前重建自己的价值，为此他们需要发挥。对于林和猛禽队来说，这是一场完美的风暴。林书豪不仅将自2016年以来首次重返季后赛，届时他将有机会与多伦多猛龙队(Toronto)一起进入总决赛，而且还将进入常规轮换阵容。

他也非常适合。虽然范列特没有上场，但林有能力在第二节进攻。他还可以和凯尔·洛瑞(Kyle Lowry)分享后场，或者像赖特曾经做的那样，在他回来后和范弗雷特(VanVleet)分享后场。他的挡拆技术很好，这将帮助他和加索尔和伊巴卡迅速发展化学反应。他也是职业生涯35%的三分射手。

另一个好处是他们让他远离东部对手。作为猛禽队的长期杀手，林在职业生涯中对阵多伦多猛禽队的场均得分为16.9分——比对阵其他任何球队都要高。

从覆盖率的角度来看，“林来疯”可能还会卷土重来，至少在最初是这样。媒体对林的关注应该在他到来后得到，甚至球迷的反应对于赛季中自由球员的签约来说都是不寻常的，但是考虑到林独特的职业生涯，这也许是合适的。

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Lin could have immediate impact in VanVleet's absence

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TORONTO – The buyout market can be a useful tool for playoff teams to add supplementary talent and fortify their rotations heading into the stretch run, but players fresh off the waiver wire rarely move the needle or cause a stir.

However, Jeremy Lin has always been a unique case.

The veteran point guard is finalizing a contract buyout with the Atlanta Hawks and intends to sign with the Toronto Raptors later this week, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday afternoon.

For the Raptors, the timing couldn’t be better. Hours later, the team announced that backup point guard Fred VanVleet would miss at least three weeks with a partial ligament injury to his left thumb. With third guard Delon Wright sent to Memphis in the trade that landed them Marc Gasol last week, Lin will play a crucial role in Toronto’s rotation right out of the gate.

Minutes after Woj’s report, Lin was the No. 1 trending topic in Canada, with ‘Linsanity’ just behind. For most sports fans, even many non-sports fans, those two still go hand-in-hand. After all, Linsanity, at its peak, was more than just a sports story. For a few months in 2012 – a strange but magical few months – the Taiwanese-American turned into a global phenomenon.

Lin was undrafted out of Harvard and was waived by two NBA teams before ending up in New York, where he was sleeping on his brother’s couch before breaking into the Knicks rotation and becoming an overnight sensation.

The Knicks were depleted at the point guard position and, as a result and seemingly out of nowhere, Lin got his opportunity and made the most of it. He scored 20 or more points in his first six games playing big minutes. The sixth came in Toronto, where Linsanity reached a fever pitch.

It was Valentine’s Day, seven years ago this coming Thursday. The arena formerly known as Air Canada Centre was full and the atmosphere electric. There were signs and chants. Lin was cheered every time he touched the ball. Few visiting players have ever gotten that kind of reception from the Toronto fans. Only Kobe Bryant and a bunch of former Raptors come to mind. This was special.

Lin scored 27 points that day and, of course, he hit the game-winning three-pointer with less than a second remaining. The crowd erupted.

Because of the overwhelming and almost unprecedented media demand after the game, the Raptors set up a podium specifically for Lin. Over the last eight years they’ve only done that three times during the regular season. Once for Chris Bosh when he made his first return with the Miami Heat’s Big 3 in 2010, once for Bryant after his last game in Toronto in 2015, and then for Lin. (They’re planning to do it for DeMar DeRozan’s highly anticipated return later this month as well).

It wasn’t just what he was doing, it was how he was doing it and where he was doing it. Lin, 23 at the time, was an electric player – aggressive and fearless. That he was playing in the mecca of basketball also didn’t hurt. The Knicks were 8-15 pre-Linsanity that year, the lockout-shortened season, but went 28-15 the rest of the way, en route to their second of three straight playoff appearances. They haven’t made the postseason since.

Linsanity, the movement, has faded over time. More than anybody else, Lin is probably thankful for that. He’s looked far more comfortable just being Jeremy Lin, the player, who has turned himself into a really solid NBA pro.

Now 30, Lin has bounced around a bunch, playing for seven teams in nine NBA seasons. Injuries have also limited him to some degree. In two seasons with the Brooklyn Nets, he played 36 games, including just one last year after rupturing the patella tendon in his right knee in the opener.

Quietly, Lin has been one of the league’s feel-good stories this season, bouncing back and looking healthy with the Hawks. Playing just under 20 minutes per game in 51 games with the rebuilding Hawks, Lin averaged 10.7 points and 3.5 assists – a hair lower than his career averages.

It wasn’t clear if Lin would become available – there was speculation that the Hawks wanted to keep him around to help mentor their young players – but now that he has, he immediately becomes the top point guard on the buyout market, which is still materializing.

This is that time of year. Losing teams that were unable to trade some of their veteran role players at the deadline release said players, opening up playing time for their young guys while giving those vets a chance to sign with and contribute to a contender.

Historically, the Raptors haven’t had much luck on the buyout market. A year ago they struck out on a couple targets – Marco Belinelli and Ersan Ilyasova, who both went to the 76ers.

Prior to Lin, the most notable name they were able to bring in at this time of year was long-time Sacramento Kings forward Jason Thompson in 2016. To put that into perspective, Thompson appeared in just 19 games for Toronto that season, averaging a modest 4.6 points and 4.2 rebounds. That’s closer to the norm for buyout guys, to be fair. It’s not like teams are letting all-stars go. The guys that are out there are generally out there for a reason and rarely make a substantial impact with their new team.

Lin could be the exception. There are plenty of variables that factor into a player’s decision once they hit the buyout market. It’s more than simply wanting to go to a winning situation. For many of them that still have good years ahead of them, they’re looking to re-establish their value ahead of unrestricted free agency, and to do that they need to play.

This was the perfect storm for Lin and the Raptors. Not only will Lin return to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, where he’ll have a chance to reach the Finals with Toronto, but he’ll step right into the regular rotation.

He’s also a great fit. While VanVleet is out, Lin is capable of running the offence with the second unit. He can also share the backcourt with Kyle Lowry, or with VanVleet once he returns, as Wright used to. He’s very good in the pick and roll, which should help him develop quick chemistry with Gasol and Serge Ibaka. He’s also a 35 per cent career three-point shooter.

An added benefit is they keep him away from their Eastern Conference rivals. A long-time Raptor killer, Lin is averaging 16.9 points against Toronto over his career – more than he’s scored against any other team.

Linsanity may be in store for a bit of a reprise from a coverage standpoint, at least initially. The media attention Lin should get upon his arrival and even the reaction from the fans are uncommon for a mid-season free agent signing, but perhaps that’s fitting, given Lin’s remarkably unique career.