[QUOTE=enoajnin;1158086]It’s average for a point guard but it’s not an average for regular humans.
Mayweather tweeted that if Lin were a black man, he wouldn’t be generating all this news. Mayweather says all black point guards do what Lin does everynight.
However no one has put up the numbers Lin put up in his first eight starts. Not even LeBron James.[/QUOTE]
They were interviewing the managers who had either passed Lin up or dropped him from their teams, and they were saying they don’t know why they passed up/dropped him; that it’s one of those ‘undefinable’ things. BS. If they were honest, they’d just say they didn’t think an Asian guy could play as well as a black guy or a white guy. They judged him on his appearance rather than his abilities or potential abilities.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1158398]They were interviewing the managers who had either passed Lin up or dropped him from their teams, and they were saying they don’t know why they passed up/dropped him; that it’s one of those ‘undefinable’ things. BS. If they were honest, they’d just say they didn’t think an Asian guy could play as well as a black guy or a white guy. They judged him on his appearance rather than his abilities or potential abilities.[/QUOTE]
Ain’t this the truth. They just never thought an Asian smart guy from Harvard could play ball. in truth actually, in many Asian communities in the USA, Asians do play a lot of basketball .
But if Shaolin warrior monks can play basketball,we all know they would be slam dunking without a problem . Their layups would be Shaolin style all the way with an added acrobatic feat just for kicks.
When I was at Shaolin, I shot a lot of video of the boys playing basketball at the Wushuguan in the Ancestor’s courtyard. They had to drag out the baskets to play. I think it eight on eight.
Against monks, no less. There weren’t any rules per se so you could double-dribble. At that time, and this was long before Yao Ming, China only got basketball highlights, so they didn’t really have any sense of the game beyond dribble and shoot.
We played because it reminded us of that great scene in Kentucky Fried Movie where everyone is training and shooting hoops.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1158249]It’s an interesting story.
I find it weird that he went from:
An Asian Basketball star to/ A Chinese basketball star,/ to a Chinese American basketball star/ and now he’s Taiwanese Basketball star…
the dude is pretty much American, but reverse racism is always good isn’t it? lol
Guy’s a good player for a 6’ 3" player!
Good enough for the NBA, not sure why people drape all their crap onto him, but I guess that’s how it goes in celebrity worship land.[/QUOTE]
It may be his downfall. Too many expectations can have a very negative effect on a kid. Especially a smart one. Dumb people cope with stress much better than those who can see it more clearly. and Jeremy Lin is apparently a smart guy.
I love to see a breakout player who has talent, yet has been benched by prior teams.
As for the racial issue, seems absolutely ridiculous to play that angle. Just shows how people still have racial solidarity at the root of their prejudices, which is not really a good thing if you sit a minute and think about it.
I went to an Olympic Game in 1996–USA vs. China. It was an all-out dunkfest for the USA, but I didn’t walk out of hte game saying—man, those Chinese people certainly can’t play basketball; nor did I say–man, blacks and whites can sure kick the crap out of Asians in professional sports. Who cares?
Now, a midget in the NBA, then we could talk about something…
Actually, as a 5’0’’ white kid trying out for high school basketball, I recall hearing the white high school coach calling out during tryouts–“If you’re not 6’0 and black, then we’re not looking at you right now.” Meaning, he had his core starters (some of whom were white, one of whom was 6’10’'), but he was looking to fill in other slots. I was good enough at 5’0" to kill it in rec leagues, but I understood that I probably didn’t have the skills for a regimented team that competed for state championships every year. But if you looked at the surface, the coach’s comment might be singled out as racial discrimination, or mabye heightalism.
I guess that’s why I find these “they didn’t take me seriously because I’m asian” stories very unconvincing. Sure, Lin had some honors attached to his name. But so did Christian Laettner…LOL. Can’t always trust a list of merits and honors. Proof is always in the puddin’
Maybe his puddin’ got lost in the shuffle, or maybe it matured late.
I agree with you to an extent, but if you think people aren’t ever judged on their appearance (which can include race) in many aspects of life, then you are wrong. It happened in the past, and it still happens now. It happens in many walks of life, professions/pursuits. People tend to have expectations or judgments about other people, positive or otherwise, based on how they look. It’s natural, and it occurs naturally several times a day, whether we’re conscious of it or not.
I’ll give an example. In a fighting division at a tournament, there was a short, white, slightly chunky, nerdy-looking (and nervous-looking) guy in the lineup. A lot of the c0cky, tough-looking guys were trying to line up close to him, seeing him as an easy target. Well, it turned out, everyone got it wrong, and he was very good, very rough and very aggressive, and could take a hit. Everyone had automatically assumed, based on his looks, that he would be a pushover. This is a different case altogether from Jeremy Lin, but I think you get the idea that we all make automatic judgments about people all the time, whether we’re right or not.
Of course, IMO Jeremy Lin should be appreciated for his work on the basketball court, and that’s it.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1158923]In a fighting division at a tournament, there was a short, white, slightly chunky, nerdy-looking (and nervous-looking) guy in the lineup.[/QUOTE]
We’re all friends here. No need to hide behind lables. It was you, wasn’t it.
I just spent the afternoon watching the Knicks play the Mavericks. It was a thoroughly enjoyable game. The Knicks won. Spike Lee wore a Jeremy Lin jersey from Harvard. And Lin played really well, including an F. U to Seven Foot Dirk by shooting a three over his head.
Here is the problem. In no rational world should I give two cents about the Knicks. It’s New York, unless you are from there, you hate all their professional teams. And if you don’t, you need to see a doctor. Yet, here I am rooting them on to beat the Mavs. It’s Bizarro world and Jeremy Lin is at the root of it.
The thing is, it’s a Disney feel good movie played out in real time. It’s the best reality show on TV. In the next chapter played Monday night, we find out how the return of Carmelo Anthony will effect the team. Will Anthony be the selfish guy who kills the chemistry that has been created over the last two weeks? Or will Carmelo buy into the new found team first mentality infusing the team? I don’t want to watch. But I need to know.
Lin is definitely the real deal. I don’t think he’s going to gel well with Carmello, though. Nevertheless, Lin is the real deal.
As a side note, ESPN fired a commentator for making a joke after one of Lin’s great performances that “some lucky lady will be getting a couple inches of pleasure tonight!” The Asian PC community crucified the commentator for making a joke that capitalized on p3n1s length of asians, and they managed to influence ESPN to get the guy canned.
REally?
Nobody has a sense of humor anymore. Are white guys and Puerto Ricans the only ones who don’t get all angry when someone makes a racial joke anymore?
