Why so much hate/blame placed on Lin? I think he's been playin well...

Personally, its because people like you keep making threads like this!

 

sigh.

please stop.

 

You shouldn't have made this thread

Now you're gonna get Spiegal screaming ex YOF / LOF all over your head...

 

He is 3rd most paid player on the team.

 

or maybe you're not respected because of you're lack of judgment when doing something as inconsequential as posting a thread on a message board forum.

 

What are you talking about, bro? Lin is mediocre overhyped player. Nothing to see here.

 

When things are going wrong, someone has to get blamed. That's what happens. Everywhere in the world. Someone becomes the target. I think Jeremy is a great target. Because he gets paid a lot and you can assume that he should have a lot of responsibility. And he's one of the least experienced players.

If I'm angry at my boss or the rockstar programmer who is my coworker, you can bet my anger is going the opposite direction.

 

The problem is people r over sensitive to the massive Asian following. The massive following puta those players near super star status without having to play as one. They are annoyed at those fans. Asians aren't know to be in sports, the culture is dominated by academics and since Asians tend not to be extremely outspoken. The rest of the whole doesn't know how to handle it, when Asian fans finally get passionate.

Now don't get me wrong it that it is only about Asian fans. The white people did this to the blacks when they first entered into sports. In baseball the black community unites around the black players. Same thing with basketball.

A large problem now is Asians are new to the scene but he population as a whole hasn't gotten past it's bigotry considering this has happened some many times before.

In America where we have such freedoms, the population goes back to what it knows best. Crucify what you don't understand only few people are truly opened minded.

 

Who's been critical of Lin of late??? Just look at the guy's numbers this year, for goodness sake! Last game was his worst and it wasn't exactly bad with 7 assists and 3/7 shooting. Lately much of the whining has been about Harden, Howard and TT: um, get with the program.

 

Hahaha Classic!!!

 

You're a racist.

no, you're just a racist.

Why would you think that yao would even be drafted 1st in the league. He had believers and he had non-believers. It had nothing to do with race in most instances. History tells you that 7'5" guys don't become the best players.

Everyone has haters and it's not because of race. Ichiro was relatively small. There was a definite reason that his game possibly might not have translated into the MLB. People said the exact same thing about Dustin Pedroia.

Lin wasn't this good when he was drafted. And I think he enjoys being overlooked. A lot of people who feel they are stereotyped enjoy it. I'm sure Dustin enjoyed it.

 

Park was a fan favourite with a significant number of the United supporters. A lot of non-Asia folks like Yao Ming as well (he is enormously popular in Houston actually). And I wouldn't really call Jeremy Lin without supporters outside his race.... just that the Houston Rockets have their fair share of really dumb, delusional fans (whenever these fans criticize the Lakers or Knicks fans, I always roll my eyes and say inside my head: look at yourselves first.... pffffft). Many of these dumb, delusional fans hang out here on Clutchfans and have very loud voices.

At the end of the day, just remember... Jeremy Lin is a capable basketball player, he has gone through a lot of crap in his life to get to where he is, and he has all the characteristics to succeed in whatever he wants to do. The opinions of some silly fans will have no impact on him.

 

the prevalent china bashing in the D&D and asian penis jokes in the hangout actually seem to be on par with the lin hate in the GARM. but maybe there just aren't as many asian posters in those forums to vocalize large opposition like in here

 

I agree with you at the end of the day he is a capable player. I think rationally most fans will feel that way. Regarding Yao and other players, they are largely popular out side of their race but in their early years there was a lot of hate. With anything new things get hard with negatives, due to their irrational fans or ideas. Just for example the tea party or the idea that the world was round. It takes courageous ppl to go against the grain and suffer through the fire. I also agree with you that it is up to the individual at the end of the day.