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Jeremy Lin’s Own Teammate Did Not Know He Was Capable Of Dunking A Basketball

by Glenn Davis | 11:49 am, February 9th, 2012

Jeremy Lin (fine, Linsanity) is still a thing, after recording 23 points and 10 assists last night to help the Knicks defeat the Wizards, 107-93. Included in that point total: a dunk. Sure, the Wizards defenders in the area didn’t even try to stop him, but still, a dunk. (Video of the red, white and blue sea parting for Lin here.) This might not normally be a big deal, but a Lin dunk is a rare event. So rare that teammate Tyson Chandler said:

“I didn’t know he could dunk.”

If you had any doubt as to whether the Knicks themselves are as caught off-guard by Lin’s emergence as the rest of us, we present to you the above quote, and rest our case.

AP photo, by Haraz N. Ghanbari, via

Anonymous

Dunking on the Wizards is like dunking on an 8-foot basket.

It may look good but it doesn’t really count.

And yes, I am a Wizards fan. So my opinion is meaningless when it comes to the sport.