Ludicrous in what way, jose? You've already formed your opinion about Lin and most of your posts showed that bias. It is okay to not like Lin. Just come out and say it like you did at the end of your post. You don't need to sugarcoat them and in the ensuing sentence defend yourself by bringing Yao into the discussion. It's like saying some of your best friends are gay. BTW, I was born and raised in Houston. I root for anything Houston. I never understand the hate for a Rockets player when you are a Rockets fan. My most hated NBA player is LBJ but if he is playing for Houston, he immediately becomes my favorite player. That, jose, is what being a fan of a sports team is all about.
Interesting post. I just found it interesting why everybody is blaming Morey & Les & Lin to an extent & very few are pointing to Dragic.
Yeah sort of like those two nuts in the Felton thread that wouldn't trade Lin for Cp3 because of Lin's positive energy. So bias and nutty. Is that considered reverse racism?
Honestly, I think many fans never really embraced Lin as a Rocket. If we are giving Lin time to work out his kinks, then give the fans more time to accept him. If he starts playing well, the acceptance will follow. For rational fans at least. His poor play is a close second, then next comes the Lowry/Dragic fans. I think some of us still can't get used to seeing the ex-Rockets wearing another team's uniform. I know it's really weird for me to see Dragic in a Suns uniform this season, even though he used to play for Phoenix. LOFs is definitely another factor too. I don't know about contract, since it's not our money but you never know, some people might hate to see him getting paid if they don't think he deserves it. Anyway, we are playing the Raptors next. More Lin vs. Lowry talks. Yay.
I agree with a lot of this. I have no issue with fans not accepting him yet just be honest about it. LOL. I can tell that some fans haven't accepted him but they cover it up & blame LOF's & all this other nonsense. The Lowry matchup should be fun Kyle is playing like a rock star right now to be honest.
Lin has played less than 5% of his contract, and people here are already gleefully hounding him as overpaid.
This is all just conspiracy talk. There are no facts in your statements towards Lin. The one fact of racism towards Lin last season you never bring up. you guys are ridiculous. HE IS PLAYING BAD. That is a fact. So, when a commentator says "Lin is playing bad" or "I don't think Lin will ever be a superstar". That is not racism. As a person who has discriminated against plenty of times, trust me, it's not. Commentators say things like that about players everyday not just about Jeremy Lin. If there is any racism out there, which I'm sure there is, it is a small percent. But to say that the reason people hate J Lin is because he is Asian IS NOT TRUE. The same people who were cheering for him during linsanity or were mad that he wasn't on there team, are pretty much laughing at him now. That is not racism, he is playing bad basketball. GET OVER IT.
And those two trolls are in all likelihood faked Lin fans who are just smart enough to deceive the hyper-sensitive people like you. Living an overly-sensitive life is not easy. So I do feel sorry for people like you.
There's a world of difference between saying that Lin will never be a superstar (quite likely, given how difficult and rare it is for any player to become a superstar) and saying that Lin will never be a starter or doesn't even belong in the NBA.
Criticizing a guy shooting 30% from the field is racism? I think Lin should be more ashamed of his fans than his dreadful shooting.
Let the strawmanning begin! It's really easy to debate when you can argue against non-existent positions, isn't it? Nobody's saying that you can't criticize his shooting percentage. However, shooting percentage is not the only aspect of a player's game, especially a PG's. Lin is dishing out plenty of assists, grabbing a lot of rebounds, and getting a high number of steals. And based on his play last season, his shooting will probably improve in time. We've seen players, even elite players, go through slumps before. And we've seen poor shooters turn into reliable ones after a lot of practice. Bottom line is that if you were skeptical that Lin was a star after 25 games, then you also have to skeptical that he sucks after 12 games. Otherwise, you're just seeking proof for your pre-determined ideas about Lin. Reasonable people will give him time because a below-average scrub doesn't set NBA records like he did last year. And even after D'Antoni's firing, he put up very good numbers playing with Melo under Woodson.
If that is their opinion, then that is their opinion, you cannot control someone's opinion. Their are facts and there are opinions. If someone's opinion is that Lin sucks, you cannot say that the reason for their opinion is that they are racist as if it's a fact. I like Lin as I said before even before Linsanity I was upset that we dropped him. But, I myself am very critical of him and it looks as if he has no idea what he is doing. He is trying but it looks like he doesn't have it. That doesn't make me racist, it's makes me a human being with a pair of eyes.
I am a human being with eyes too and it looks like to me that Lin is playing bad too. But I'm also a human being with a brain and my brain tells me if you take a good pick and roll player but a bad spot-up 3 point shooter and put him in an offense where he doesn't get many pick and rolls or screens and take a lot of spot up 3 point shots that he probably wouldn't be any good at it. But does this make me asian?
Exactly. What's unreasonable to you might be perfectly reasonable to others, Maybe ppl do have biases against him but then you can't deny that all these 2012ers have extreme bias as well. That doesn't make them a racists.
