Linanity: The Lamest Jeremy Lin Puns (Photos)
Have we finally hit rock bottom with plays on the Knicks star’s name? The Daily Beast weighs the evidence.


Jeremy Lin’s remarkable start with the New York Knicks may have inspired the team’s perennially disappointed fans, but it came at the cost of inspiring the worst wordplay to afflict the sporting world since we learned Tiger was a cheetah. With its infamously punny tabloids, New York is no stranger to the “lowest form of humor,” but even a New York Post writer would call the following signs Linexcusable.

Jim McIsaac, NBAE / Getty Images

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Jim McIsaac, NBAE / Getty Images

Jim McIsaac, NBAE / Getty Images

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Jeff Zelevansky, NBAE / Getty Images
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