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Do we have a Lin?

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jasonpeoria911

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Alright, I gotta ask, Do we have a Lin in our lineup? LOL Golden State cuts the guy, then gets buried deep on the Knicks bench. Only gets to start because of injuries and lackluster play by the other players. Has gone from buried deep on the bench to the best NBA player in 6 games, unreal.

Has started 5 of the last 6 games, but had 33 minutes in that 1st game. 25+ points and 7+ assists in 5 of the 6 with a 38 point game. He has the most points ever in the 1st 5 starts since the NBA/ABA Merger in the 70's with 136 points. However, he also has the most turnovers ever in the 1st 5 starts at 30.

Knicks were 2-11 before Lin, now 6-0 with Lin starting, including back to back game winning shots. 1 a Free Throw and tonight a 3 pointer.

Tonight's game was on the road at Toronto, check out the crowd reaction on the game winning 3....

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11722/rapid-reaction-knicks-raptors

WE NEED A LIN LOL

Jason
 
Boxer Floyd Meriweather says the only reason Lin is getting so much press is because he's Oriental, while Black players do the same thing.
 
Chico said:
Boxer Floyd Meriweather says the only reason Lin is getting so much press is because he's Oriental, while Black players do the same thing.
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He's the first ever American born player of Chinese-Taiwan descent. I also wonder how many other NBA players went to Harvard.

Yeah.... That's what I thought.
 
Chico said:
Boxer Floyd Meriweather says the only reason Lin is getting so much press is because he's Oriental, while Black players do the same thing.
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Oriental refers to products from Asia. He's of Asian decent and born in the US. Don't refer to Asians as Orientals. Oriental is a rug.

Lin is getting a lot of press because he's doing well on the Knicks and is a great underdog story after being undrafted and cut from two teams. Being Asian certainly helps. It would still be a big story if he was white or black. Also Floyd MAYWEATHER (not Meriweather) makes far too many uniformed statements.
 
Chico said:
Boxer Floyd Meriweather says the only reason Lin is getting so much press is because he's Oriental, while Black players do the same thing.
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IMO, it's just the opposite. If Jeremy Lin was black, he would have had a lot more scholarship offers coming out of high school, instead of being ignored by D1 recruiters and having to go to Harvard on an academic scholarship. Then, he would likely have been drafted, instead of having to work his butt off to prove he can play in the NBA, and then keep working hard while getting cut twice and spending time in the NBDL.
 
Da Coach said:
IMO, it's just the opposite. If Jeremy Lin was black, he would have had a lot more scholarship offers coming out of high school, instead of being ignored by D1 recruiters and having to go to Harvard on an academic scholarship. Then, he would likely have been drafted, instead of having to work his butt off to prove he can play in the NBA, and then keep working hard while getting cut twice and spending time in the NBDL.
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I agree
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
Alright, I gotta ask, Do we have a Lin in our lineup? LOL Golden State cuts the guy, then gets buried deep on the Knicks bench. Only gets to start because of injuries and lackluster play by the other players. Has gone from buried deep on the bench to the best NBA player in 6 games, unreal...
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OK -- I know this is gonna get argued, but what the hey--
I have seen the proof many times...

People say all the time that fans are stupid, uninformed, they don't know what's going on in practice, only the coach knows what's happening in practice so the coach ALWAYS knows best who should play, who should start, etc...

Every once in a while the coach refuses to recruit or play a certain kid or ends up playing someone he never wanted to play - someone he doesn't think much of or some player he wishes would leave the team and open up the spot or the scholarship...then presto - the kid PROVES he can play.....and kinda proves that the coaches maybe made a huge mistake

Jeremy Lin is but the best current example.....but you can check the stories on players like Lou Gehrig, Joe Girardi, Tim Tebow, Jimmer, etc.
This is why I think every kid on that bench should have the chance to play some time in games before you give up on him....and I don't believe the line "but the coach sees him play in practice.."
 
FlyingSpaghettiMonster said:
Oriental refers to products from Asia. He's of Asian decent and born in the US. Don't refer to Asians as Orientals. Oriental is a rug.

Lin is getting a lot of press because he's doing well on the Knicks and is a great underdog story after being undrafted and cut from two teams. Being Asian certainly helps. It would still be a big story if he was white or black. Also Floyd MAYWEATHER (not Meriweather) makes far too many uniformed statements.
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That was my point, to show what a stupid statement Mayweather made.
 
tornado said:
Jeremy Lin is but the best current example.....but you can check the stories on players like Lou Gehrig, Joe Girardi, Tim Tebow, Jimmer, etc.
This is why I think every kid on that bench should have the chance to play some time in games before you give up on him....and I don't believe the line "but the coach sees him play in practice.."
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Just a minor point, but I am sure there are a lot of players who came out of nowhere or were cut by a team before they became hugely successful with a new team, but of your examples, I think Tebow is the closest comparison. Gehrig was a very well known player when he came up with the Yankees and it was just a matter of time before he was going to start. I don't follow the NBA, but the Lin story is pretty remarkable.
 
Beninator said:
Just a minor point, but I am sure there are a lot of players who came out of nowhere or were cut by a team before they became hugely successful with a new team, but of your examples, I think Tebow is the closest comparison. Gehrig was a very well known player when he came up with the Yankees and it was just a matter of time before he was going to start. I don't follow the NBA, but the Lin story is pretty remarkable.
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So you say Tim Tebow is the closest comparison to Lin, but then discredit Gehrig by saying that he was well known so everyone knew he would be good.

Tim Tebow was a first round draft pick as a quarterback. He was a heisman trophy winner. He won national championships. Not to mention he really isn't a good quarterback. Also, Tebow was not cut by anyone ever. So yeah... doesn't work.

Also, Gehrig, Jimmer, Girardi, and Tebow. have very little in common with Jeremy Lin other than being professional athletes.
 
JMM28 said:
So you say Tim Tebow is the closest comparison to Lin, but then discredit Gehrig by saying that he was well known so everyone knew he would be good.

Tim Tebow was a first round draft pick as a quarterback. He was a heisman trophy winner. He won national championships. Not to mention he really isn't a good quarterback. Also, Tebow was not cut by anyone ever. So yeah... doesn't work.

Also, Gehrig, Jimmer, Girardi, and Tebow. have very little in common with Jeremy Lin other than being professional athletes.
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Not sure where you are going with this here... but for clarification purposes...

I am a bit of a baseball history buff... That being said, my remarks about Gehrig had to do with the fact that before Gehrig's first semester at Columbia, John Mcgraw convinced Gehrig to play summer pro ball under an assumed name. After a few games, Gehrig was discovered and was banned from intercollegiate sports during his freshman year. Also in 1923, the Yankees petitioned to try to have Gehrig eligible for the World Series. John Mcgraw again interrupts here and uses his prerogative to have Gehrig declared ineligible for the 1923 World Series. So in fact Gehrig's talent potential was pretty well known among baseball people and I agree, his story isn't a good comparison to Linn.

As for my stating that Tebow is the closest comparison to Linn, my comments here are concern the numerous pro scouts who thought that Tebow would not be a very good pro quarterback and even the fact that people claimed that Tebow was a wasted first round draft pick. Like Tebow, experts in their respective sports had an unfavorable opinion of Linn --again I am talking about the closest comparison to the names given on a list-- I don't think that Tebow is a good NFL quarterback, but that is probably something for another thread. You also mention Heisman Trophy winners, but I can think of numerous Heisman Trophy winners who did not have very good NFL careers. Danny Wuerffel and Gino Torretta quickly come to mind.
 
Speaking of the phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin-
Here is a stroy about an offensive graphic the MSG Network showed on their TV coverage of the Knicks' game yesterday. They are getting a little heat for the racist overtones of the picture of Jeremy Lin's head popping out of a fortune cookie.-
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201202/knicks-jeremy-lin-tv-graphic-controversy

Memo to the MSG morons- Jeremy Lin is an American. He was born and raised in California.
 
FlyingSpaghettiMonster said:
Oriental refers to products from Asia. He's of Asian decent and born in the US. Don't refer to Asians as Orientals. Oriental is a rug.

Lin is getting a lot of press because he's doing well on the Knicks and is a great underdog story after being undrafted and cut from two teams. Being Asian certainly helps. It would still be a big story if he was white or black. Also Floyd MAYWEATHER (not Meriweather) makes far too many uniformed statements.
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Thanks for the spelling lesson on MAYWEATHER, but I guess my dictionary is wrong on Oriental.
 
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