So no talk about Jeremy Lin crying racism?

[USSInsiders]

its true, when Linsanity was going on you had white calling in to wfan like "oh I can watch basketball again, Lin doesnt have a posse, hes smart, he doesnt hog the ball, etc etc" code words for he isnt a black thug.

So one caller who could've been trolling justifies using an illogical and unsupported sweeping generalization?

Makes sense

 

[wtfyomom]

So one caller who could've been trolling justifies using an illogical and unsupported sweeping generalization?

Makes sense

not one caller

 

[bmoxover]

its true, when Linsanity was going on you had white calling in to wfan like "oh I can watch basketball again, Lin doesnt have a posse, hes smart, he doesnt hog the ball, etc etc" code words for he isnt a black thug.

I know that def happened, but to make a blanket statement like that is a reach of epic proportions.

Not putting them on the same page, but when Obama first came out you had whites saying oh he's so educated, well spoken, etc etc, you know the usual BS. By your flawed logic if you supported Obama you would be supporting racism?

 

[USSInsiders]

not one caller

It's irrelevant. There could've been 25. Hell there could've been 50. It's a sweeping and baseless generalization especially when say that supporting Lin supports racist whites and their opinions. That transitive logic isn't making it b. I hope you're or otherwise you're just a demon.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

its true, when Linsanity was going on you had white calling in to wfan like "oh I can watch basketball again, Lin doesnt have a posse, hes smart, he doesnt hog the ball, etc etc" code words for he isnt a black thug.

Well he isn't. Dude graduated from Princeton, so post basketball while all these clowns are in court for back child support he'll be head of operations.

Or NBA commissioner

 

[wtfyomom]

I know that def happened, but to make a blanket statement like that is a reach of epic proportions.

Not putting them on the same page, but when Obama first came out you had whites saying oh he's so educated, well spoken, etc etc, you know the usual BS. By your flawed logic if you supported Obama you would be supporting racism?

bro I dont like Obama so you talking tot he wrong dude. Secondly Obama is at least half black so youre still supporting a black man. Lin isnt black. Obama being president also doesnt mean the end of racism , Its like Chris Rock said, you gotta be an A student to be president as a black man, you could be a C student and be prez as a white man

 

[bmoxover]

bro I dont like Obama so you talking tot he wrong dude. Secondly Obama is at least half black so youre still supporting a black man. Lin isnt black. Obama being president also doesnt mean the end of racism , Its like Chris Rock said, you gotta be an A student to be president as a black man, you could be a C student and be prez as a white man

k

 

[pete clemenza]

not at all but he benefited with an overpriced contract. He could have took a modest contract and stayed in ny with a lot less individual pressure playing with melo, amare, and chandler but he chose an over priced contract with the rockets where before harden got there, was expected to be their #1 guy...now he's wondering why teams have scouting reports and players really want to shut him down? It's because he's the #2 option on the team and got a bigger contract then most drafted guys who've played longer, played just as good and sometimes better, and have less notoriety. He's not a top ten point guard but makes a top ten point guard salary.

So lets say for instance you personally- if somebody is offering you $2 million but the guy down the street is going to give you $5 milly which one are you going to take?

-hey I agree he shouldn't have gotten that contract but this won't be the first bad contract in the history of sports

 

[23Barrettcity]

So lets say for instance you personally- if somebody is offering you $2 million but the guy down the street is going to give you $5 milly which one are you going to take?

-hey I agree he shouldn't have gotten that contract but this won't be the first bad contract in the history of sports

and that's why he gets the attention and hate he does . Why does joe Johnson get his hate ? It happens to all people in all walks of life. He's not the first to get it hate but to make it all about race is

 

[BayArea Breez]

Y'all love to always go for the u must be white shyt.

No, I'm not white. The color of my skin is brown and I grew up playing ball in all 5 boros so I don't feel in any way sheltered.
I played organized basketball from 4th grade all the way until college for a d1 program. I have peers who played for the best d1 programs, d-league teams, and overseas teams. I've taken the train to queens and played against some damn good Asian players, never in my life have I felt that way or have my peers felt that way about another player being Asian.

If I played 1 on 1 against a 400lb Purple man with handles like Kyrie, footwork like Kobe and a jumper like Ray Allen...I'm not hanging my head and feeling embarrassed from taking an L cause dude don't look like the avg baller. If your nice, your nice.
Jeremy Lin ain't that nice.

i get it. so the random asians from queens have nicer games than j lin but they arent in the league...damn let's hope that they form their own version of and 1 mixtapes to showcase how they belong in the league and never got a fair chance. i could picture it now..
soy sauce replaces hot sauce, Ng replaces AO, the emperor replaces the professor...

this thread is beginning to smell like ballers who feel they never got a fair look from the league and that lin made it purely off him being asian and a feel good story
what a shame when you consider who our president is and relected at that... nba tea party up in here on some "taking our league back" haha

 

[23Barrettcity]

i get it. so the random asians from queens have nicer games than j lin but they arent in the league...damn let's hope that they form their own version of and 1 mixtapes to showcase how they belong in the league and never got a fair chance. i could picture it now..
soy sauce replaces hot sauce, Ng replaces AO, the emperor replaces the professor...

this thread is beginning to smell like ballers who feel they never got a fair look from the league and that lin made it purely off him being asian and a feel good story
what a shame when you consider who our president is and relected at that... nba tea party up in here on some "taking our league back" haha

what the hell are you talking about ?! Where are you getting this ? Now everyone is racist hates Asians ? More than we hate Germans ? Russians? Caucasians ? you guys kill me with acting Lin is Jackie Robinson or something if he plays well he will get props where was this racism during Yao mings time ?

 

[BayArea Breez]

what the hell are you talking about ?! Where are you getting this ? Now everyone is racist hates Asians ? More than we hate Germans ? Russians? Caucasians ? you guys kill me with acting Lin is Jackie Robinson or something if he plays well he will get props where was this racism during Yao mings time ?

dammit, i am watching cnn ... thats where im getting "this" lol

yao is a freak of nature. 9th wonder of the world...u dont come across guys like that on the regular like u do jeremy lins

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

So lets say for instance you personally- if somebody is offering you $2 million but the guy down the street is going to give you $5 milly which one are you going to take?

-hey I agree he shouldn't have gotten that contract but this won't be the first bad contract in the history of sports

never will i tell a guy to not get money

but he should know upon getting that money how other teams would auto scout him and try to neuter his play

 

[A-Train]

what the hell are you talking about ?! Where are you getting this ? Now everyone is racist hates Asians ? More than we hate Germans ? Russians? Caucasians ? you guys kill me with acting Lin is Jackie Robinson or something if he plays well he will get props where was this racism during Yao mings time ?

Thank you.

i get it. so the random asians from queens have nicer games than j lin but they arent in the league...damn let's hope that they form their own version of and 1 mixtapes to showcase how they belong in the league and never got a fair chance. i could picture it now..
soy sauce replaces hot sauce, Ng replaces AO, the emperor replaces the professor...

this thread is beginning to smell like ballers who feel they never got a fair look from the league and that lin made it purely off him being asian and a feel good story
what a shame when you consider who our president is and relected at that... nba tea party up in here on some "taking our league back" haha

The fukk does them not being in the league have to do with my point of my BLACK ass and my BLACK peers from Bklyn, Harlem, Boogie, and Queens NOT giving a fukk about their race. Where is the fukking relation? You have no idea what your talking about. The point is, since you cant seem to find it, that Lin is no SURPRISE to anyone who has been playing organized basketball for a decent amount of years. All across the nation there are Asian guards who may or may not be good enough for the league but are definitely worthy of college scholarships and can definitely ball. If you can ball, other ballers will respect you no matter your ethnicity, color, weight, height, etc. But when you consistently show flaws in your game, despite lighting up a stat sheet and highlight reels, of coursee the next competitor is gonna go out of his way to expose you. Especially if he feels your shine is undeserved. Of coursee.

Again, Jeremy needs to shut up and put up. I don't know if he is doing this shyt intentionally or he keeps getting baited into these questions, either way he better start letting his game talk for him. Because no matter how many jerseys he's selling, how much his contract is, how many magazines he covers, there are still a TON of NBA fans and analysts who are NOT convinced. And they're not wrong for feeling that way. You and others can blame his poor play of late on coaching, but you can't blame that on race.

And I'm not sure whether or not that if that "baller's never got a fair look" comment was specifically for me, but unlike Jeremy Lin, I definitely wasn't hurting for scholarship offers during high school. I do not envy or feel any kind of resentment toward Jeremy Lin in relation to my own career. Ironically, Jeremy has been crying that never got a fair look mess for a while now. Like seriously man, coaches is giving scholarships to nikkas with 1 hand, but I'm suppose to be convinced Lin can't get one because he's Asian.

 

[Greenhornet]

hahahahaha yes

****** wake up call is skyrocketing past the white folks too !!!