Response Also, I forgot to add that I think there will be some improvements in Lin's game; I just don't think Lin will be an All-star (based on his skills) in 3 years. Who knows, maybe Lin will manage to improve his shooting so much that he will be an All-star but I doubt it.
This is a misconception in a lot of ways though. 1) the vast majority of fans are not aware that revenue sharing goes on in the NBA. 2) every player gets paid for things that aren't solely due to the level of there play though. Some mediocre players get contracts just because they are tall. Some players get contracts because they are culture changers & are "veteran leaders". Some continue to get contracts because they were once high draft picks despite the fact that they have yet to live up to there top pick standard. 3) I think because Lin is asian everybody focuses on that aspect a lot more quite unfairly which in an of it self is a double standard 4) Look at Dragic he got a nice contract based on 28 starts in Houston. He wouldn't have gotten that money if he hadn't gotten a chance to start over Lowry after all. He had a similar small sample size as Lin where he played at a high level. So if Lin was white & played as well as he did in NYK last year he wouldn't have gotten as much hype but I do think he would have gotten a similar contract. 5) I think it is easy to argue that if lin was any other race a lot less people would be upset about his contract.
Response Case in point: Landry Fields who played really badly for Toronto, and he is getting paid a lot of money. And Lin is playing definitely better and contributing to his team than Landry, but I don't see people cutting Landry down. Look, blame the media for covering Lin, even when his playing does not deserve to be covered, but don't blame Lin who seems like a real nice guy.
nobody is blaming lin for anything other than crappy shooting. there is no racism. there are a lot of excuses
Response Good points. I have no idea why people would "hate" NBA players for getting paid a lot of money, unless the money was coming out of their pockets. I always say "all the more power to them who can get paid a lot of money, such as Amare Stoudemire".
I'm glad u think Lin should be compared with Landry fields tier players. And btw you can't find one fan in Toronto that doesn't think fields is absolute trash
Landry is getting paid approx one mill less than Lin per year. Landry is better than he has shown so far. He has high Basketball IQ and is great at cutting to the basket.
Response I believe Lin is much better player than Landry. Lin makes good passes, gets many rebounds. Yes, I blame Lin for his poor shooting. But I also have no idea why Rockets got Lin when they are not going to use him as the primary ball-handler.
Response I am sure many Knicks fans think Amare is an absolute trash. But I think Lin has a room for improvement, so the fact that his shooting is sub-par after 12 games does not doom him to a "trash" level.
Any chance any of those "black brothers fans" were the same ones cheering insanely every time Yao dominated Dwight Howard or got the better of Shaq?
I'm Asian and I think it's easy to understand why he receives so much hate. There are extremes for sure but for the most part I understand. He is over hyped and his performance so far has been sub par. Also number 4, his fan base treats him like an idol rather than a basketball player, makes every excuse possible for him, and compares him to proven stars already. All this racist stuff is just nonsense to me since Yao was well liked for the most part on this forum.
Response I call them "Lin worshippers", rather than Lin fan, but someone reminded me that the word "fan" is derived from the word "fanatic". I think his shooting has been sub-par, but in other areas, I think he has done a good job, such as passing, rebounding, etc.
LOL I remember all the **** Stephen A used to say about Yao Ming. He said that Yao would never amount to anything. The when Yao played well he would say well your 7 foot 5 your supposed to dominate. Even when Yao was beasting he still found ways to discredit everything he did.
Yeah he's still too inconsistent though. Like sometimes he'll have stretches where he'll look pretty good and then some stretches where he looks like a D-leaguer like against Nate Robinson/Bulls. Even he admitted that he's been "exposed" this season.
mon, the Knicks fans are really hurting from this lost . They really wanted to destroy Jeremy Lin this first encounter. catch out this link. LIN, PARSONS, HARDEN GO "GANG-UP-ON-EM STYLE" AGAINST KNICKS (VIDEOS) http://www.knicksfanaticsblog.com/2...en-go-gang-up-on-em-style-against-knicks.html
I think you need to be a little more sensible though. How many players who have started in less than a full NBA season are consistent...
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