GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The Jeremy Lin phenomenon was on full display Friday as the Knicks went through a morning shootaround at their practice facility that normally draws nothing but yawns from the news media.

With Linsanity about to make its national debut in Friday night’s nationally televised game between the Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin found himself surrounded by reporters and cameras.

Some of the reporters represented Asian news media outlets. Others were not sports journalists but reporters trying to take the measure of Lin, a 23-year-old Harvard graduate who, until last week, was a player at the end of the bench.

Asked if the scene was becoming overwhelming, Lin, said, “Uh, yeah.”

“Things are changing so much and it’s like everyone wants to talk to me or my family,” Lin said. “And we’re very low-key people, and private people. So sometimes it’s a little tough.”