Jeremy Lin - the Harvard graduate taking the NBA by storm with the New York Knicks - Telegraph Such was the buzz surrounding Lin that the Wizards' arena was packed with spectators eager to see and cheer him, and the team had to open the arena's ice hockey press box to accommodate Asian media outlets. "Finally, really happy for (Jeremy Lin)," Morey said. Very hard working, nice, & humble. He has a great, great future. Lin, who attended the academically oriented Harvard University rather than a powerhouse basketball college, wasn't drafted out of university. He was eventually signed by the Golden State Warriors for the 2010-11 season, but they waived him prior to this season. The Rockets had claimed Lin, but released him in December to allow for the signing of Samuel Dalembert. The Knicks signed Lin off waivers two days after the Rockets let him go. The Knicks, missing Carmelo Anthony through injury and Amare Stoudemire because of a death in the family, have benefited from Lin's sudden rise. Wednesday's game was the third straight in which he scored at least 20 points and the third straight in which he set a career-best in assists. "He has the ability and the talent to play like this every night," Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said. The Knicks face Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers today, and there can be no better indication of Lin's rise to fame that all the talk is of him, rather than one of the grandee's of basketball. Rapper Mega Ran has even recorded a tune in Lin's honour. When people are singing your name, you know you've arrived.