In the wake of Lin’s rise in popularity, the first person that the media wants to compare him to is, naturally, the hottest athlete at the moment: Tim Tebow. But for many reasons such a comparison is lazy. Tim Tebow was a first round draft pick. Jeremy Lin went undrafted. Tim Tebow was a Heisman Trophy winner. Jeremy Lin didn’t receive one major college scholarship offer. Finally, and most importantly, there are no shortage of Caucasians with the ability to run that have played quarterback in the NFL, but there has never been an Asian American athlete that’s excelled at this level in the NBA.