"I was getting dressed damn near in the bathroom" – Baron Davis on how crazy 'Linsanity' was

"Linsanity" was an unexpected and thrilling chapter in NBA and New York Knicks history. Jeremy Lin , an undrafted guard from Harvard, was on the brink of being cut from the Knicks when he embarked on a remarkable run in February of 2012. During this period, he guided the team to seven consecutive victories, with an average of 24.4 points on 51% shooting and 9.1 assists per game. The frenzy around Lin was so intense that celebrities flocked to his games, eager to witness the phenomenon.

One player who witnessed the insanity firsthand was Baron Davis , a veteran guard on the Knicks at the time. In an interview on "The Draymond Green Show," Davis recalled how surreal it was to be part of such a historic moment.

Lin's veteran

Baron Davis, affectionately known as B-Diddy, was already in the final season of his illustrious career and had taken Lin under his wing. After the Knicks signed Lin in December, the 6-foot-3 Taiwanese-American guard initially struggled to break into the rotation and was on the verge of being waived. However, the Knicks' lack of a point guard due to injuries suffered by Davis, Mike Bibby, and Toney Douglas created an opportunity for Jeremy to make his mark in the game against the New Jersey Nets on February 4, 2012.

The rest, as they say, was history, as the J-Lin scored 25 points to lead the Knicks past the Nets. After that, he continued, scoring 28 against Utah and 23 versus Washington. Then came a much-ballyhooed match-up against the mighty Los Angeles Lakers, led by "The Black Mamba," Kobe Bryant.

Despite the odds, J-Lin was unfazed and put on the performance of a lifetime, tallying a career-high 38 points to push New York past L.A. From that point onwards, the hype just got crazier, said B-Diddy.

"I mean, Jeremy Lin's locker was next to mine, so I got to witness the whole entire thing, bro. From the first game, he balled to the next game, he balled. We had his locker here, an empty locker here, and then my locker," Baron revealed .

With each impressive game, the media pack grew until it reached the point that Davis had to get dressed somewhere else due to the number of people in their locker room.

"It got so crazy that I was getting dressed, damn near in the bathroom, in the handicap stall. I had to hang my stuff up, bro. There were like a thousand people in the locker room," Davis shared.

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Media frenzy

As Lin's star continued to ascend, nearly every media outlet in the world clamored for a piece of his story. The attention was unlike anything Davis had ever experienced before, a relentless barrage of cameras, microphones, and reporters that engulfed the team's every move.

"He was on CNN, MSNBC, MTV, BET, The Weather Channel, VH1—they were all in there. I kept having to move my seat out. I'm like, 'Damn, what's The Weather Channel doing in here?'" the two-time All-Star added.

However, Lin's phenomenal run as a Knick ended on March 24 after he tore his meniscus and missed the rest of the season. The following season, he signed with the Houston Rockets and played for several more years before ending his NBA career as a champion with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

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