It’s official: New York (and Knicks fans everywhere) has caught a case of Lin-sanity. 

Jeremy Lin, the Harvard economics graduate has practically become an overnight sensation, has breathed life back into a lackluster Knicks team and even got students at his alma mater to get excited about basketball.

Considering he was a third string point guard only a few weeks ago, it’s still pretty phenomenal that he’s playing at all, let alone producing as much as he is. As a starter, Lin has helped the Knicks to 6-1 and has elevated the Knicks back to .500 with a 16-16 record. As a starter, Lin is averaging 24.6 points, 8.9 assists and 1.9 steals.

While New York has been treating him like king, his path to stardom is also garnering some unwanted attention overseas.

After another great performance Sunday (He had 28 points, 14 assists, five steals and seven turnovers in the Knicks’ 104-97 victory over the Dallas Mavericks), Lin delivered a plea to the media in Taiwan to back off of his grandmother and family.

“The special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to give (my family) space, because they can’t even go to work without being bombarded, without people following them,” Lin said at Madison Square Garden.

“I want people to respect their privacy.”

His paternal grandmother, Lin Chu Muen, 85, lives in the Taipei region of the country, as does other extended family.

Lin also said he had no hard feelings over a corporate NBA partner website using an apparent ethnic slur in a headline early Saturday. He said he accepted the apology, and believed that there was no ill intent.