you keep trying really hard. Jeremy Lin went to an Ivy league school. you make an assumption that every Ivy league alumni or student moves him to an idol status like you. He's not Vince Young at Texas, he's not even Tim Tebow at Florida. Your purpose and colt45nyc and all the LOFs purpose to is spam sites to promote Jeremy Lin, your idol, as some transcending sports icon. He's not. You think he's a great personality, he's not. You think Lin will be a TV analyst like Barkley or Kenny? No. Have you listened to his interviews? they are boring. You might be here just to promote the Jeremy Lin brand. that's my conclusion. Your elaborate story that you are a Nets fan, who's looking for a new team, is not proven by your posts. You are not here to 'talk lin with the rockets fans'. you are here to deflect any criticisms and opinions that you feel are negative toward Lin. Your story is elaborate and not as blatantly horrible as colt45nyc, but what's the difference? besides you passed english and he didn't?
I assumed no such thing. There are plenty of Ivy League alums who do not care for basketball. And I do not consider Lin to be an Idol like me...he is his own person, as am I. That is correct. Texas and Florida send lots of players to the NFL. Harvard (and the Ivy League as a whole) does not send a lot of players to professional sports leagues. I have never compared Lin to Vince Young or Tim Tebow. I can't speak for colt45nyc, nor can I speak for "all the LOFs" (since I'm not one), but other than my brief commentary of Lin as "inspiring Asian-Americans the way Jackie Robinson inspired African-Americans", I have not spammed anything about Lin as "some transcending sports icon". And of course, I only commented on the Jackie Robinson thing in response to someone else who brought it up...I rarely, if ever, post anything here unprompted. When have I ever said anything about his personality? Or anything about him being a TV analyst? Lin has said that if he wasn't a basketball player, he'd probably be a pastor, so a media career isn't something that he aspires to. And for me, I'm not religious, so his being Christian is pretty boring to me. Perhaps the only thing I've ever said on any forum about his personality is that I admire that he uses his position in the NBA to help local communities and support kids who may not have opportunities. Yes, you nailed it! It's not a story, but honestly I don't care if you believe it or not. I'm here to "talk Lin" and have some fun. Am happy to valid criticisms and discuss basketball, and am also happy to joke about the Ivy League and anything else that comes up (not big into the racial bashing, tho).
I'm pretty sure we can assume the majority of Harvard alumns would silently root for one of their own, in this case Jeremy Lin. Idol status? probably not, but passively hoping one of their alumns does well? Sure, why not? Pretty sure that's how it is for UT or Florida alumns like you mentioned. I don't believe for a second Vince Young or Tim Tebow are idolized by UT and Florida alumns. Harvard, UT, Florida, or whatever fan who are constantly living in the past is losers status. And I can't imagine successful people, or the type of people that get into and graduate from Harvard are losers.
Man you must fit the stereotype that getting into an Ivy league is the do all and end all. also, it depends on what you consider 'successful'. is it money? Basketball players that graduate from the Ivy League haven't been very good. But ROCKETS FANS know that.
Lin has done nothing to deserve followers who go on team sites to sing his praises. It's very cult like. evil. I hate evil. I want to destroy evil.
JESUS CHRIST!!! http://www.christianpost.com/news/j...st-stats-nba-career-prayer-email-fans-159289/ Jeremy Lin Calls on Prayer Warriors Amid Frustrations With Lowest Stats in NBA Career Here's my prayer: Dear God, Make the Rockets win and wipe all the lin fans clean off clutchfans like you did the dinosaurs from earth. I don't even want their fossils around.
I see nothing wrong with what he said there. Sounds like someone maturing, humbled, and finding appreciation in life. The uncertainty and stress from a career in cut-throat professional sports is probably something most of us will never truly understand. Glad to see he put his trust in God, and finding peace, regardless of what happens. How can you hate on that? Unless you just want to mock God and Christians for their religion.
He could just pray to God himself instead of asking his freaks to pray for him. Usually when people ask for other's prayers it's something that they couldn't control. Like please pray for my kid who got in a car accident. Please God fix my jump shot = mentally weak I'm going to pray that the LOF parasite in your brain is destroyed sometime and you return to being a Rockets fan.
God: Dear Jeremy, why the hell did you get a thousand losers praying for you? for what? Fixing your jump shot? Dude, I didn't break your jump shot. Fix it yourself. I gave you depth perception and arms, you do the rest.
You're obviously not a Christian. It's normal for Christians to ask their Christian brothers and sisters for prayers. Pray that I do well on my exam, pray for my job interview, etc etc. This isn't any different. Praying for things that are partially "in your control" is just humbling yourself as a Christian and putting faith in God. Again, nothing wrong with that from the Christian perspective.
God bless you Amshirvani. God gave us Clutch fans because he gave us Clutch City God wants us to keep this place holy Good > Evil
Learning a new jump shot? Breaking bad habits you've developed your whole life and ingrained into your muscle memory? Probably as difficult as learning how to play the piano or guitar for the first time. Do you think it's easy to learn something new? Its partially in your control because not everyone can become Steph Curry or Tiger Woods. There's hard work and also uncontrolled factors like talent, athletic ability, physiology, window of opportunity to learn, bad habits etc etc. That's why it's partially in his control, putting in hard work is only 50% of the battle. He's asking God for help. Also help him remain focused, eye on the prize, remain strong, etc. Again, nothing wrong with that from a Christian perspective.
