Jeremy Lin crying on stage about no NBA team wants to sign him, says hes the hardest worker in nba

[23Barrettcity]

"I work harder than everyone else"

Let me guess, you're smarter than everyone else too

Lin's comments really remind me of the disdain a lot of people...specifically white makes...have for black athletes. Lin could be a cool guy, I'm not gonna accuse him of anything, but his comments remind me of how whenever there's a chippy/scrappy white guy in a sport he is automatically hailed as the hardest working or the most intelligent guy on the court/field. In the NFL it's usually a white WR or backup QB. In the NBA, it's a shooter. The problem for these dudes now is that black dudes have taken that "3 point specialist" slot and evolved it into a guy who can also get their own shot and play defense. We're never getting another wave of Steve Kerr white dudes in the league again...

Lin doesn't do anything great. He probably is good enough to play on a team somewhere, but the idea that he's the hardest working guy is laughable. All it does is perpetuate the idea that most guys in the NBA were born with natural talent, they don't have to work for anything, and therefore they aren't that impressive and certainly aren't smart...whereas the scrappy white boy who makes it onto the court is the real hero.

Lin’s been like this for years , he started with this racial baiting woah is me shyt a few years ago . He definitely knows his fan base

 

[Kal El]

"I work harder than everyone else"

Let me guess, you're smarter than everyone else too

Lin's comments really remind me of the disdain a lot of people...specifically white makes...have for black athletes. Lin could be a cool guy, I'm not gonna accuse him of anything, but his comments remind me of how whenever there's a chippy/scrappy white guy in a sport he is automatically hailed as the hardest working or the most intelligent guy on the court/field. In the NFL it's usually a white WR or backup QB. In the NBA, it's a shooter. The problem for these dudes now is that black dudes have taken that "3 point specialist" slot and evolved it into a guy who can also get their own shot and play defense. We're never getting another wave of Steve Kerr white dudes in the league again...

Lin doesn't do anything great. He probably is good enough to play on a team somewhere, but the idea that he's the hardest working guy is laughable. All it does is perpetuate the idea that most guys in the NBA were born with natural talent, they don't have to work for anything, and therefore they aren't that impressive and certainly aren't smart...whereas the scrappy white boy who makes it onto the court is the real hero.

I'd be really curious to see the #'s on this, but seems to be trending this way. There's such an emphasis on 3's now that EVERYONE is shooting at a young age.

"The extinction of the White American NBA Player"

 

[El Bombi]

He went to Harvard right?

Put on a suit or start a business with his NBA money.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Dude is a perfect example of how confidence affects you in the NBA. When he had a chip on his shoulder and his confidence was through the roof he had a legendary run. When his confidence was at an all-time low (after his Lakers stint), he fell off the face of the Earth.

 

[spencerforhire]

Average life span in the NBA is 4 years. He got more than enough.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Didn't't read most of the thread but not gonna lie, Jeremy actually had a solid career as a Chinese NBA player... probably top 3 in that respect under Yao and idk who else, but he has to understand that even though he was always an underdog he made it and had a significant career when there are thousands of other Chinese basketball players that cannot say the same, especially here in America.

On top of that, he had a HORRIFIC injury that would put most players out the league in general no matter what their race is and he was still on a team afterwards and allowed to produce, but just here in the states there is so much competition because this is one of our sports so you have people that have been bred and geared to be more physical and more skilled than he is since birth

It's not a knock to him just because he's Chinese, there are other factors involved and to have the length of a career he's had as an asian American, in a sport not really catered to his demographic and physical makeup, he's done well. He needs to use what he has to go overseas or even here and try to help develop younger players in his demographic or in general when it comes to playing the sport. Basketball is relatively new to his culture so even if his career is on a tail end, the slow music and shyt has nothing to do for what he can actually do after his career to help the love of basketball in his culture.

He could easily be a pioneer

 

[O.T.I.S.]

And another thing is when black people started playing basketball it wasn't because they were crying about it. It was earned, not given. Balck people were just naturally good all around at the sport then white people were, even though it was created by white people. Black people took the game to another level even when people didn't want black people to succeed in it, they fought against the odds and overcame with talent (talent that other white people noticed to help put them in positions to win).

Asians or Asian Americans have not really done that yet. Everyone knows an asian dude that can hoop, but until you force barriers down is when you can make a difference for your culture. Lin actually broke barriers down for smaller Chinese players not named Yao Ming. He needs to use his power instead of crying onstage about how no team wants him, especially as now that he's older and overcoming a stress fracture surgery that literally robbed him of his athletic ability

 

[Piff Huxtable]

he from Taiwan

they don't really fukk with mainland China anyway

 

[Barbados Slim]

He had a good run and got a ring and like others have said, this ain't the sport your demographic dominates so take this platform and either:

a) go and dominate China off the back of being a champ and being one of their people (the marketing opportunities alone are )


b) combine that name recognition he has with with the money he's made and having a HARVARD DEGREE IN ECONOMICS, and go turn that into something in the business world.

He's got options a lot of motherfukkers ain't!

 

[Miggs]

I don't get the hate for Jeremy Lin?

He's only 31 and was avg 10 points and like 4 assists on 47 percent shooting with the Hawks

He struggled on the raps but many people do when they go to New teams.

He's better than alot of dudes in the league right now but the NBA is all about opportunities

There are tons of free agents and guys in Europe who are better than dudes in the NBA right now.

Bruh he was god awful with the Raptors....literally was the worst player in the league.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Carmelo needs to be a scout. He saw this bullshyt miles away.

Dude had a good 2 week run cause nobody knew who the f*ck he was.

Lin has done nothing.

Didn't play in the playoffs when he was on the Knicks. Meanwhile we had Baron Davis and Mike Bibby playing PG.



He had a hot two week period. After that he went to Houston, got booted out, Lakers, Hornets, Nets, ATL and now the Raptors.

His gimmick wore off a long time ago. Injury prone, turnover prone, Asian baller that has a longer hype run than consistent games put together.

Keep hating Melo. I see you.

All facts. Linsanity was like a one hit wonder. Dude was semi average everywhere after that.

Maybe the Knicks will take him ba....

Well, least he has a ring.

But...but...but...Melo ran him out of NY by "pocket watching & hating on him". Real fans remember EXACTLY how that free agency played out that summer. Dude got slick.

 

[big bun]

Lin been done since the Heatles took his heart.

 

[Tunez]

He won't score on me

 

[ade]

This dude needs get off that fatalistic road he’s going down. Once u go there then shyt just gets to your head and then you’re fukked.

VanVleet’s shot was way more broken. Instead of crying he got in the gym and just put up more shots, more situational jump shots. And by the time he got to the finals he was looking like an all time great sniper

 

[Guile]

He had a terrible injury that took a part of his game away. He couldn't get to the rim after and he was never a great shooter to begin with. He played 9 years in the NBA is 30 years old and made a lot of money.

Saying shyt like I wouldn't want my son to play in the NBA or I worked the hardest to imply other NBA players are lazy is a really bad look for him.