Jeremy Lin fans can't get enough of the NBA's newest superstar on social media. Now they can get even more than before.
On Monday morning, Lin joined Facebook as a member with a Timeline-enabled profile. Check it out here.
The New York Knicks' star point guard has garnered about 7,000 subscribers in 12 hours. He's even filled in his Facebook Timeline with some pictures, university data and hometown info.
What took him so long? Well, Lin has been on Facebook for a few months already — just not with a public profile. His Facebook fan page — reportedly curated and updated by the man himself, according to the Daily Dot — has been there since August.
The Knicks star — who hails from the same campus as Mark Zuckerberg — has already dominated elsewhere in the social media realm. When his team won six straight games during a one-week span, Lin generated more Twitter traffic than any other NBA player in history.
Lin's official Twitter handle, @JLin7, was mentioned 215,408 times. His full name was mentioned more than 2.5 million times, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Linsanity has also reached YouTube as fans watch winning assists and last-minute free throws caught on tape. Videos produced and uploaded by Lin before his new-found fame, such as a video dubbed "How to Get into Harvard," have been seen millions of times over the past few weeks.
Traffic to NYKnicks.com has spiked 550% since Lin's arrival.
How else is Lin sweeping the Internet? He's inspired a Lincredible Online Word Generator. And teammate Landry Fields recently tweeted a picture of the couch Lin used to crash on, joking "Let the bidding begin."
Will you subscribe to Jeremy Lin's Facebook Page? What do you want to see on his Timeline? Let us know in the comments.
Image via Jeremy Lin's Facebook Page.
The classic.
This shows injured Knicks point guard Baron Davis holding Lin aloft on Pride Rock as the team's (former) superstars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire look on.
Lin said he prefers just "Jeremy," but that if he had to pick this might be his favorite name pun since he used to play Super Nintendo as a kid.
Lin rose to stardom when Anthony (number 7) and Stoudemire (number 1) were out with injuries. But Lin (number 17) more than filled the gap.
One fan made this sign riffing on Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear's signature phrase.
Someone else made a more official version.
Lakers star Kobe Bryant took a subtle dig at Lin before their match-up last Friday by saying he was unaware of the all the hysteria. But Lin got the last laugh by scoring 38 points to lead his Knicks to victory.
The NBA says that it is "Where Amazing Happens." In light of recent events, however, it may be time to update that slogan.
Combining Lin's last name with that of teammate Iman Shumpert leads to the ultimate dance song-themed pun.
DJ Khaled should be proud.
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