Controversy averted: Chris Paul voted in over Jeremy Lin in 2013 All-Star Game

i agree with Jonathan Feigen, its the best for him, and i bet lin didnt want to start the all star game either

 

No, I still disagree. I agree that it's better that Lin wasn't chosen. But even with that said, this Mantei Te'O story is the most bizarre/compelling story since Tonya Harding and Lance Armstrong was/is a US icon - back in his heyday, you couldn't walk down the street for 2-3 years w/o seeing a livestrong bracelet.

The only people who actually care about Lin at this point are hardcore NBA fans in the US (I can't speak for China - have no feel of what goes on there- but really who gives a crap about what they think really). Lin in the All-Star game would have made its rounds on nba pages of ESPN/SI and the blogs and then died down in 2-3 days, then popped back up for 2-3 days during All-Star weekend.

No reputable news outlet - think NYTimes, Atlantic, even USA Today - would have carried the story - cause really it's the All-Star game. If Tim Tebow who arguably has a greater draw than Lin in the US made the Pro Bowl, do you think the average citizen would care? No. In a similar way, the average citizen doesn't care about Lin or the All-Star game.

On the other hand, the average citizen is drawn into the bizarre Te'O story while they were ardent fans of Armstrong back in the day.

Let's not inflate the reach of Lin back to Linsanity period. That's gone now - he doesn't exist in the public's consciousness and was never going to be a mainstay there as much as ESPN would have liked.

 

I don't watch NFL, I have never heard of Mantei Te'O in my life.

Maybe the problem is you are living in a purely American centric-world. Which sport has the most global popularity? Cycling, Basketball or American Football?

 

Sh*it, I'm sorry.

I forgot that I should have used you (random internet person) in my estimation of what the average citizen would be interested in vs. what every news outlet in the United States has been talking about/focusing on for the past 3 days.

I do live in an American centric-world, but I'm going to venture a guess that people were referring to American news outlets when they said "take over the headlines," not Lithuanian newspapers.

 

You don't think Lin taking all-star starting spot over Chris ****ing Paul is going to be a global headline across countries that are big in Basketball? You know, countries like China?

 

I'm not particularly upset that Lin didn't make the team. I expected him not to since early December. But I still voted for him and the other Rockets. I also voted for KG and I'm glad he made the East team.

But I do see a lot of people gleeful here that Lin didn't make it (citing reasons like he doesn't deserve it or it's embarrassing). It's a very strange behavior. I just wish Rocket fans would unite and support their own team players. There's something to be said for loyalty to the home team, especially when the Rockets plead for your support in the media.

I guess there are many basketball fans rather than Rocket fans in here. Nothing wrong with that. Makes it easier to understand what's going on for the rest of us.

 

Oh to clarify, I don't mean that basketball fans and Rocket fans are mutually exclusive. Just meant to say it would explain why people would vote other team's PG over their own team simply because the other player is better.

 

The statement you are defending:

Basically says Lin would wipe Armstrong/Te'O from the headlines.

Now, do you think the poster was referring to Chinese news outlets talking about Armstrong/Te'O or American news outlets discussing Armstrong/Te'O? Doesn't that above quoted assertion implicitly mean American headlines (since that's where Armstrong/Te'O stories are raging)?

 

It's FAN voting. I don't get what the potential for controversy is, besides the sports writers who misconstrue this "argument" as analogous for the All-NBA voting.

It's explicitly voting for who your favorites are.

It's pretty stupid how much hate LoF'ers are getting for having a favorite player in Lin.

 

Are you seriously going to dissect Clutch's post to mean exclusively American headlines?

First of all, Lance Armstrong stories are not only popping up in America. That's extremely ignorant of you, but then again as you already said so yourself, you are American-centric.

Second of all, I don't see why it matters. The point is Lin is going to draw a LOT of attention, in America and globally. The fact that you are trying to dissect Clutch's post to imply he meant something else entirely shows how ridiculously deluded you are.

 

its kind of funny how 1 asian ball player can turn the league upside down chaos lool ..

 

If Jeremy Lin get voted by the fans to be the western all star, I think their might be a riot going on lool..

 

The problem is with the term 'All Star'. They use it like some sort of label that you're a superstar player. In that, they're fighting against the NBA which remade it into a popularity vote.

And many decades later, we're still having this discussion.

 

How about Chandlar Parsons starting over Kobe if he had a bunch of teenage girls obsessed with him voting him in every day?

You guys think that would be a joke?

 

Jesus ****ing christ man.

He has said it like 20 times and everybody else knew what he was tlaking about. He meant controversy, leaving all other opinions Clutch has aside, the spin the national media (because they are so awesome and accurate right?) will shift the attention from those other two guys.

You guys need to stop reading into something to conform to the opinion you have on the person. As "Clutch is out to get Lin" therefore his post must have meant something.

Drop it.

 

Can someone just post a list of users that are confirmed LOFs? LOF means they only care about Lin and aren't actually Rockets fans, right?

I assume some of the vets here have a good idea of who are LOFs and not. I think LOFs should also have a special tag under their username denoting that they are indeed LOFs.

Maybe it would be easiest to have a thread where people sign up to be a LOF, maybe torocan can start it (someone said he's the leader?).

 

Rational, logical people who appreciate sports understand your point.

 

I wish Parsons was that popular, he will be the bieber of the NBA

 

lol!

Lithuanian newspapers are soooo yesterday

 

Inb4 Stern orders CP3 kneecapped and selects Jeremy Lin to start in place of injured CP3.