Yahoo Sports reports: New York Knicks starting center Karl-Anthony Towns says his fandom with his team began with Jeremy Lin. Speaking during NBA Finals media availability last week, Towns recalled how Lin’s legendary “Linsanity” run with New York in 2012 pushed him to follow the franchise closely as a teenager in New Jersey. “I truly want to give a shoutout to Jeremy Lin because he really made me a Knicks fan and had me at Modell’s,” Towns said Friday.
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Karl-Anthony Towns credits Jeremy Lin for turning him into a Knicks fan
New York Knicks starting center Karl-Anthony Towns says his fandom with his team began with Jeremy Lin. Speaking during NBA Finals media availability last week, Towns recalled how Lin’s legendary “Linsanity” run with New York in 2012 pushed him to follow the franchise closely as a teenager in New Jersey. “I truly want to give a shoutout to Jeremy Lin because he really made me a Knicks fan and had me at Modell’s,” Towns said Friday.
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