Former NBA Star Jeremy Lin Sends Heartfelt Message To New York Knicks

Karl-Anthony Towns is currently in the middle of his first season with the New York Knicks.

The All-Star forward has helped lead the team to a 2-0 lead over the Boston Celtics in their second-round playoff series.

Towns (who is from New Jersey) recently revealed that he still has Jeremy Lin Knicks gear (h/t SNY's Knicks Videos ).

Lin responded to Towns with a heartfelt Instagram post for his former team.

His post had over 8,000 likes in less than 24 hours.

He wrote: "Respect KAT @karltowns Always love for the @nyknicks Rooting for you as the series heads back to NY" Fans will likely enjoy seeing Lin's post, as he was once among the post popular players on the Knicks (and in the NBA).

Via Ballislife.com : "Jeremy Lin was days from being cut & only played because the Knicks were on a back-to-back-to-back.

Then LINSANITY happened...

28 PTS, 8 AST vs D-Will 23 PTS, 10 AST vs Wall 38 PTS vs Kobe 20 PTS, 8 AST vs Rubio 27 PTS, 11 AST, GW vs TOR" As for Towns, he finished his first regular season in New York with averages of 24.4 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 52.6% from the field and 42.0% from the three-point range in 72 games..

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