I was wondering if the increased interest in Harden + Howard might give him enough extra votes to make it. He was only like 50k short of Chris Paul as I recall.
Unless Lin gets voted into the starting lineup, no way he gets on the team. Coaches and whoever else votes for the bench aren't selecting Lin.
Eh, whatever. It's a popularity contest anyway. Won't happen, but having the whole/most of starting line up be of Rocket players would be something to see.
Yes, I am well aware of Yao's initial popularity in China, I just thought that after all the hype Linsanity in New York brought + Asia tour, perhaps Lin had become more known China. I mean, as far as Lin's popularity in America before Linsanity, he had significant support from the Chinese/taiwanese community in California when he was with the golden state warriors. I assumed that if he was more well known in China, that he would get similar support and since then he has been publicized heavily in China. Also, just to clear any misunderstanding, I know what an Asian is. I myself am Indian-American and most of the people in the U.S. refer do not ever refer to me as Asian even though I am. If I gave off the vibe that I thought all Asians were the same its just because thats the general assumption made just about everywhere I go. Lastly, why wouldn't the Chinese care about Lin? I love seeing Indian athletes/figures succeed, no matter where they were born as long as they were of Indian descent, that's basic patriotism, and I don't see why the Chinese wouldn't have similar feelings towards Lin
If he said Asian vote, would you have written this? If it was strictly American votes Lin would come no where close to being voted in. The Asian vote definitely helps him. I think that is all the guy was saying.
Might happen, might not. The All-star selection is a popularity contest, so it's really pretty pointless. Any given year there are players that make it in that aren't the best at their position. And there are players from the EC that shouldn't make it in over players in the WC. Until the NBA changes the voting system, it is what it is.
Who cares stop being such a lil bish. It's fan voting. What the hell do you expect? Don't blame Lin blame the system. FIGHT THE SYSTEM MANNNNN
It's not that they weren't able to do it. I seriously doubt there was any real effort to seriously nominate him in the first place. Everyone wrongly assumes that just because a player has huge popular appeal that it'll necessarily translate into votes, regardless of how he plays. It's just not the case.
you got a player from your team could make all star starter and you vote it down? oh "true rocket fans" on CF GARM wonder who should GTFO.
pretty much what i was going to post. same thing as last year will happen again. no way whoever the coach is will decide to bring lin on. as long as he's in the west, he'll have to use his skill, not his popularity to get into the all-star game.
True Rockets fans would want every success for Lin, seeing as he you know, plays for the Rockets, but no, there are people here who have actually said **** like it'd be a lose lose situation if the ROCKETS WIN because 'oh man gotta deal with LOFplagueblightdemonbloodthanksobama stuff on the internet. What a joke
This has to be one of the most heavily ignored fact in the NBA when it comes to creating narratives. Yao won the offline voting. Shaq won the internet ballot. Yao would've been the starter all those years had the NBA never allowed any online votes for all-stars.
