Watching Jeremy Lin´s professional career starting to flourish in the documentary Linsanity, is truly inspiring. Also, a very good reminder to never count someone out too early. From the article 'Linsanity' documentary is a spine-tingling homage to Jeremy Lin by Ben Bolch for Los Angeles Times:

“Linsanity” diverges from “Hoop Dreams,” the gold standard for basketball documentaries, in several ways. Raised by Taiwanese immigrants in Northern California, Lin hails from a comfortable upbringing and never had to deal with the family strife that makes the plight of “Hoop Dreams” protagonists William Gates and Arthur Agee so compelling.

The flip side is that Gates and Agee never had to deal with race in the way that it affected Lin. He was largely dismissed going all the way back to his days as a club basketball neophyte who was later passed over by scores of Division I colleges and every NBA team in the 2010 draft before the Dallas Mavericks put him on their summer league roster.

Lin’s season with the Knicks was marred by bad headline puns and racial slurs. A handful of cringe-worthy moments are captured in the film, including Lin talking about how a security guard at Madison Square Garden initially wouldn’t let him into the arena because he didn’t believe Lin played for the Knicks.

Some may feel squeamish about a religious undercurrent that makes a literal splash in the film’s final moments when Lin is shown walking on water. But the fact is that Christianity is as essential to Lin as the pick and roll is to a point guard in D’Antoni’s offense; the movie would be amiss if it didn’t give religion its due.

“Linsanity” also appeals to the virtues of hard work and perseverance, which carried Lin through multiple stints in the Development League and dark moments when he was cut by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, who would later sign him to a three-year, $25-million contract.

Sometimes dreams really do come true.

The trailer:

Picture via LA AsianPac FilmFest.