I mean if there was a successful Korean or Japanese baller in the league those groups would do it too. As would any other ethnocentric country. Koreans (myself as well) do it with Son Heung Min who is a German born and raised Korean.
Clarkson was drafted coming out of college with a year left of eligibility, so clearly expectations were higher for him than they were for Lin. But its definitely debatable whether or not Clarkson is "clearly a lot better" than Lin. Purely from a standard statistical perspective, Clarkson has an edge in points per game and Lin has an edge in assists per game. Surprisingly, Lin also has a slight edge in defensive stats too (steals and blocks). Of course, its difficult to compare since Lin has played significant time at both PG and SG, whereas Clarkson is really mostly a SG, so their roles are different. Also, Lin has been a starter for far more games than Clarkson has in their respective NBA careers, even though Clarkson has played more NBA games...not sure how that would impact the stats overall, but it would definitely be an argument against the idea that Clarkson is "clearly better" than Lin. Clearly for the fans who supported and cheered Lin on, basketball had a lot to do with it. Of course, there are lots of other players who are "clearly better" than Lin, but none of those provided the same level of relatability as Lin based on his life experiences as an Asian-American, an underdog and an Ivy Leaguer.
Jordan Clarkson: key player for the #1 team in WCF Jordan Clarkson: key play on a Jazz team a few games away from WCF. Jordan Clarkson: Still in the NBA and thriving 6 years since his Lakers days. Jordan Clarkson: If he were to be a NBA free agent, teams would be looking to sign him up. Meanwhile, Airemy Lin, bounced around the league in his search to find the starting spot he lost to Pat. No NBA team wants him as a free agent (in two separate off-seasons) nad has been out of the league and banished into the Chinese league. Yeah, I guess there is still left to debate as to which player ended up being better lol. lol @ using starter numbers to make a case for Airemy. Clarkson would have smashed Airemy's starting games stats had he decided to start for crappy teams. Instead he is contributing on a contender and winning 6th man awards. I told you guys Jordan Clarkson is going to be a better basketball player and besides the basketball aspects, one of the biggest reasons for that is that unlike Airemy he is not a mental midget. Jordan Clarkson is fearless. Poor Filipino got attacked by Airemy fans during his Lakers days and now is being looked over/marginalized despite his success.
I guess I'll have to take your word for it. I doubt you'd go spam all of the Premier League messageboards telling them their fans are bad and Son Heung Min needs all the playing time or the coach should be fired, or spamming constant irrelevant racial stuff and finding things to be offended about. It's one thing to cheer & support, it's another to do... whatever Jeremy Lin fans were doing.
The only comparison for Clarkson and Lin is that they are both Asian American. Lin is not even close to Clarkson skill level. He would get smoked one on one easily.
Not wanting to sound like a Know-it-all but I remembered he wasn't born and bred in Germany, rather moved there when he was a teen. He is like the No 1 guy in Asia so I guess we all watched him. Everyone wanted to have an Asian Messi or Asian CR7 and he came close to Cristiano.
I can definitely say there are similar elements of Japanese and Korean culture to "save face". But from personal experience it's a lot more rabid from the Chinese and somewhat more organized (since the Chinese govt. More or less encourages this) Korean netizen culture is also pretty bad sadly.
I doubt they do with Jeremy and tell the people to go on CF and spam it like crazy. After all he is still an American. After all CF is famous but not world renowned. I think there are definitely Chinese bots on Twitter and social media to do their bidding. I can only speak from my own experience, I fight on Sina and Tencent all the time. It's their style to make everything bad, but their biggest target is mostly the Chinese Men national team, more soccer than bball.
Jeremy had a nice little career for a marginal role player with not a lot of basketball IQ and talent.
Passing a belittling judgement on someone who at one point was a mega star, made millions and seems to find joy in what he does? Why not let the guy go already. Sorry if the above is a reply to someone on my ignore list who perhaps was calling Jeremy Lin a GOAT.
Mega star? lol hahaha lin fans are the best. I didn’t bump this thread . Infact I complemented him . I said for a guy with very little talent and no basketball IQ he had a nice career
Good thing for Lin and many other players that basketball is a team sport and not a one on one sport. Particularly important for point guards. Clarkson’s skill set and athleticism would have him beating a lot of players one one, like Dragic, Lowry, CP3, etc.
Seems like most of his coaches disagree with you about his basketball IQ. Usually when a player doesn’t have the skill levels of a Clarkson but still manage to have a nice little career, it’s usually their basketball IQ and hard work that gets them there.
A lot of low IQ players stay in the nba for a time due to their athletic ability like lin had. He was pretty athletic guard . Then once injuries takes that athletic ability away it’s good night Irene. See lin after his last injury.
lol @ thinking Airemy was an IQ player. He was a low IQ, mental midget with poor ball handling skills. Which is why he was a liability at PG position. Which is also why he is out of the league.
