Dorfman does believe that Lin, as a good point guard leading the Rockets to the playoffs, can be a marketing phenomenon in Houston.

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"He can be a good point guard, " he said.

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There also is a good chance the Knicks draft another point guard.

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"They did a good job, man, I'm happy for them, " Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin, the biggest basketball star to come out of Harvard, said after the NBA team's shootaround on Friday morning.

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