"As many players have privately told me, it was difficult to accept that an Asian player under seven feet could dominate an NBA game. As a result, they simply let him play with little resistance, allowing him to temporarily thrive on the "soft bigotry of low expectations." LOL I'm sure these players still showed him little resistance after he dropped 38 points on the Lakers. Wasn't Miami's whole game plan basically to shut him down (and it worked)? Forgot which Bulls player it was, but someone said that Rose had been looking forward to playing against Lin. During preseason Westbrook obviously wanted to light him up. That doesn't seem like little resistance to me. Sour grapes.
Then there's the thorny issue of race. As many players have privately told me, it was difficult to accept that an Asian player under seven feet could dominate an NBA game. As a result, they simply let him play with little resistance, allowing him to temporarily thrive on the "soft bigotry of low expectations." "it was difficult to accept that an Asian player under seven feet could dominate an NBA game." that's not racist?
Keep in mind he didn't quote anyone, that's like saying "sources say". Doesn't matter unless you can say who your sources are. I think he just made that up for his own purposes, If someone told him all those things he would say who it is because it would be breaking news. In order to generalize like that he would have to interview everyone Jeremy Lin played against during Linsanity, highly unlikely. That guy is an idiot.
I usually don't like bleacher report articles but I thought this one is pretty accurate in explaining why ppl "hate" on Lin. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1424079-why-its-time-to-pump-the-brakes-on-criticizing-jeremy-lin
The writer is black and the last 2 articles he wrote were this one and "The 15 Most Overrated White People" Too funny
Yeah sounds like the dude is suffering from a case of non-blacks gets too much credit for what black ppl do better-itis. I mean come on! Justin Bieber - Sure, the kid can sing and dance. But is he better than dozens of black R&B singers? Nope.
Players told him that he didn't guard Lin because he's Asian?? WTFFFFFFF, that's such an obvious lie.
if you want to beat Lin, beat him on court. if you want to beat his popularity off court, go support your own favorite player and help your own favorite gain more supports. To slander Lin by creating stories with 'many players' unnamed? it is disgusting and ugly
oh, to yunac010, i just took the liberty to use the quotes of your post, what I've said were not meant to target you
Hey, not that long ago, there was widespread skepticism that even a 7-ft+ Asian guy could even play in the NBA. Every time, the wall of prejudice cracks a little bit more. Also, I find it extremely illogical that teams would defend Lin LESS as he got more famous. No NBA player wants to be embarrassed in the national, and even international, news. I don't know what this dude's problem is, or why the HuffPo would publish his article. He sounds like he needs to get together with that genius known as Floyd Mayweather and have a long self-pityfest.
I think some writers/pundits are just trying to get hits. They know they can if they simply say something controversial about Jeremy Lin. This guy is sooooo over the top.
Yeah no point arguing over what he got right and wrong. Its up to Lin to prove it on the court. It'll take a couple seasons before anyone can say anything definite
thank you... this is too funny. they were too busy guarding toney douglas , jared jeffries and landry fields?
This guy is hilarious. Here are some of his "overrated white people." He's got a political axe to grind. Just using Lin as another way to do it.
Looks like dude that wrote the article is going to be on Huffpo live soon for all your LOFs that want to troll him or whatever. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/is-linsanity-gone/50b3d80878c90a5915000051
