And white people have a problem with black athletes making too much money(insert melo here). It's amazing that it only takes 25 games for Lin "prove" himself.. I guess "Linsanity" really is a certifiable, medical condition. All it takes is 25 games for in Ivy League playing, D-league bench warmer to prove himself. 25 games is not even a college season. And Ivy league???? Those aren't even scholarship athletes. Those are rich daddies boys who are playing basketball to get co-eds. Felton played at North Carolina and is an established pro. This is crazy.....But not surprising for KO.COM, the basketball bizarro world where rookie, one hit wonder who have played 1/4 of an NBA season are better than established pro-ballers
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Good to hear you don't know anything about Jeremy Lin or his background. Lin's parents were asian immigrants they came with what they could gather up and struggled through tough times while attempting to staying afloat.
* Try moving from a poor country to another foreign country with a totally different culture - with little to no english skills, and move to a few states while trying to survive, find a roof, and keep the energy bills paid so you aren't going to sleep in the freezing winter with no warmth.
* I've heard countless stories about the level of staunch racism against asians in the 70s and 80s in NY its another reason why I sympathize with latinos.
He went to an Ivy league school because NO D1 SCHOOL WOULD GIVE HIM A SCHOLARSHIP. Not one collegiate scout bothered to visit him or even take a look. After he left and his HS picked up 2 BLACK players - the SCOUTS CAME. How many times do you need to realize that Jeremy Lin was being held down by racism from fellow AMERICANS of other ethnic backgrounds.
Harvard was willing to take him into their basketball program, do some research before you start talking as if you know. Your ignorance is blinding. You may well be one of the most IGNORANT posters on these forums since the racism fad in NY took off against Lin. Your assumptions and stereotypes are damning.
You keep mumbling about games and stats like a parrot without realizing that Jeremy Lin helped msg pull in over 600 million dollars and was the catalyst in the cable deal.
He has legions of fans that admire him for his humility, humbleness, character, hard-work ethic etc.
To these fans that spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on merchandise, league pass, tickets to games wherever he goes.
YES HE IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.
He gives people HOPE that hard-work and doing things the RIGHT way - with CLASS will pay dividends in the end.
He has dealt with racism all throughout his life and been constantly over-looked because he is an ASIAN MALE. Its a shame that so many people can't look past that and give him a fair shake as an AMERICAN. That they blindly latch onto 1 or 2 things and use that as the ONLY reason he has value without evening looking at his upside like : POTENTIAL and WORK-ETHIC.
If you can't grasp that he is going through the MODERN days of what Jackie Robinson went through in the past with baseball then your just a hardcore racist.
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I thought the NY conversation on Lin would have died down and the racism and hatred toward asian americans and asian males would have settled but it looks like you would like to perpetuate the narrow-minded racism that still proliferates on the internet and a segment of the New York Knicks fan population. The internets a marvelous advancement for humanity but it also shows how ugly portions of the human race are, filled with hatred and ignorance - employing stereotypes at will and assuming and passing judgement.
Without even bothering to do research or getting to know the real deal and the full story.
At least Steven A Smith has some valid points - you on the other hand have some serious hate in your heart.