Hoping for Another Linsane Miracle

Linsanity II? New York can hope.

The original Linsanity, of course, swept the city for one month during the winter of the 2011-12 NBA season, when Jeremy Lin came out of nowhere to make the Knicks magical again.

Now he’s back, sporting fresh cornrows and a multi-year contract with the Nets.

The chances of fresh miracles are low; he’s had repeated injuries in his post-Knicks career — but when are miracles ever likely? At the very least, he’s a class act.

The 6’3” US-born son of Taiwanese immigrants didn’t get drafted out of Harvard but signed with Golden State — then suffered a knee injury and bounced around the Chinese Basketball Association and the NBA until the Knicks brought him on as a backup.

Then came the madness: Lin averaged 24 points, nine assists and four rebounds in his first 10 starts. With buzzer-beating, gamewinning three-pointers, he led the Knicks on a 9-3 run after they’d lost 11 of 13.

The no-name, nerdy backup — a devout Christian, no less — suddenly was the star of the New York sports scene.

With gracious humility, Lin seemed outright supernatural — resurrecting a season that seemed lost after injuries downed Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire.

The first Chinese-American in NBA history was a special hit with the city’s Chinese population, as restaurants and bars named items after him. Chinatown viewing parties had crowds bigger than hip Tribeca nightclubs.

It didn’t last, but let’s not dwell on later Knicks history. Just cross your fingers and recall: It’s never safe to count Jeremy Lin out.