Harvard's Jeremy Lin close to signing with the Warriors

Anytime someone brings up someone asian on the internet you can expect a penis joke soon enough, it's practically automatic and it makes them feel better about themselves like 7th graders. and no I'm white.

 

I don't buy the undrafted underdog theory on why there are multiple threads in different forums(Garm, Dish, Draft). There were many undrafted underdogs such as Omar Samhan, Sherron Collins, Brian Zoubek, Jerome Randle, etc.

It must be the asian thing.

 

it might be an asian thing but you got to admit, not many player are from harvard :grin:

 

Or maybe...it's both!

 

We'll see. Ethnic appeal is nice, but a guy must be able to play. Yao Ming is popular as hell, but not many people buying Wang Zhizhi shoes or Yi Jianlian jerseys.

 

No...it's pretty much the Asian thing. If an Asian guy wins a game of NBA 2k we will see a thread in the GARM within 15 wondering if we should sign him.

 

Those guys are Fobs.

 

who cares if it's an 'asian thing.'

let the kid play, and if he fails, all the nut huggers will look like fools.

don't gotta bash the kid just cuz he has legion of fans who are of the same race.

 

Personally, I think anyone who doesn't have the "standard" NBA look but can play gets extra attention. You get extra attention for being Asian Americans (Lin), Chubby American (Glen Davis), Well-educated Well-spoken American (Battier), Short American (Mugsy) or Gigantic Even for NBA American (Bradley, Musesan, Yao-- and no, you don't even have to be American to qualify). Caucasian Americans get some of that, too.

They are simply more entertaining in the standard issued 6'9'' 245 lb PF.

 

He got signed! 500,000 wow.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-thebayareawillgocrazyover20100721

At last week’s Vegas Summer League, several top rookies showed their talent, most notably Kentucky standouts John Wall(notes) and DeMarcus Cousins(notes). But from the deep recesses of the Mavericks’ roster came another notable player: Jeremy Lin, an undrafted combo guard (but likely NBA point guard) from Harvard.

Lin impressed in Vegas with his solid all-around game and surprising athleticism and quickness. Since Summer League closed shop, he’s received offers from several teams, and now it appears that he will have something of a homecoming, as noted earlier on The Baseline. From Marc Stein of ESPN.com:

Sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that the Warriors, by offering to guarantee more than half of Lin’s potential first-year salary of nearly $500,000, have reached an agreement with the point guard from Harvard. Lin is expected to receive a multiyear deal, sources said. The deal has not been signed.
Lin’s Bay Area roots and consistently strong performance with the Dallas Mavericks’ squad in Las Vegas prompted the Warriors to chase Lin hard and ultimately outbid a handful of teams that have been pursuing him since summer-league play ended Sunday.

Other teams pursuing Lin included the Lakers and Mavs, but as a lifelong Warriors fan, it’s no surprise that Lin chose the team that’s also guaranteeing him money.
This is a phenomenal story. Lin would be the first Asian-American athlete to play in the NBA and the first Harvard product in more than 50 years. In case you forget, Harvard doesn’t hand out scholarships, so Lin entered college with no publicity. He’s a real success story, someone who worked his way to the NBA when few believed he could do it.

Yet his story goes even deeper than that. At Palo Alto High School, Lin led his team to the 2006 state championship and defeated SoCal powerhouse Mater Dei (a team with no fewer than four high-level college prospects) virtually by himself. It was one of the biggest upsets in California basketball history and made Lin a Bay Area legend.


Still, his exploits weren’t enough to get him a scholarship. Lin wanted to go to Stanford and was accepted to the school as part of the normal admissions process, but the coaching staff only offered him the opportunity to walk on. (Two guards awarded scholarships during the same recruiting cycle accomplished very little for the Cardinal.) So he went to Harvard, where he had the chance to play early and often. He proved that he belonged quite quickly.

Lin is sure to be a fan favorite in Oakland, although that term might be a gross understatement. He’s already famous in the Bay Area, and the fact that he’s now the league’s first Asian-American should make him a media star. Monday night, local news treated the story of his pending NBA contract as if he were a little kid meeting the president, and that was before it was reported that he’d play for the Warriors. It’s easy to imagine his jersey becoming the team’s top-seller around the region, if not in areas with large Asian-American populations around the country.

You have probably noticed that this post doesn’t have much information on Lin as a basketball player, but there will be time for that discussion later. Right now, this is an event and celebration, not a mere signing.
More from Sporting News: Warriors Win The Bidding For Jeremy Lin

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Thats actually a great situation for him. Lin even compares decently to CJ Watson as far as actual skills he can lend.

Good not great outside shot, good not great passing but doesnt make mistakes, great defensive effort at his position. He wont be getting 50 point games for them, but he'll lend a tad more size and rebounding. He'll be alright as a 3rd guard. If Lin can shoot the NBA 3 pointer around 37% then he can be a decent pro backup.

I'm sure Don conferred with Donnie Nelson big time about Lin.

 

It's pretty exciting for the Ivy League to have a player make the NBA.

 

Haters gonna hate. It's a feel good story, there's no need to rain on his parade. If he flops, he flops. What's it to you if he does? If he succeeds, then more power to him. It's as if he pissed in some of your guys' cereal.

 

I lived that dream.

Signed,

 

Im happy for Jeremy Lin ...seems like a nice guy...golden state warriors have no lost signing him since he will attract the asians to watch more of the warriors games...Lin has skills, he is better than Sun Yue and any chinese guards at played for the chinese national team.

 

Way to stay classy!

 

This is why some people view basketball as a sport play by a bunch of thugs. I am sure if Lin want to put people back in their place he could have easily done so. Its not always easy to do the right thing but I do respect him for taking a high road and show who is the better person in the end

 

You should demonstrate your racist attitudes in more creative ways.

You are a bad person.

 

I think a lot of folks like V3 like the thuggery.

Apparently, Jeremy Lin and his small penis will take the high road home after facing taunts at the NBA level.

 

True, i don't know the size of Jeremy's penis, but he is properly one of the smartest player on the court each night. If he wanted to, he can tell most hater on the court i am from Harvard where are you from b*tch lol