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| Jeremy Lin, NBA basketball |
Since Jeremy Lin started playing basketball for the
New York Knicks a few week ago, they have been doing well. Knicks have won six
games in a row partly due to good performance of Jeremy Lin who is of Chinese descent.
However, things have gone a bit too far almost to the verge of insanity because
of Chinese Asians.
There is an explosion of Asians watching and
talking about basketball. People are willing to pay more to watch Lin play. Every
time Jeremy Lin plays, which has been about six times with Knicks so far, the
Asians bombard the internet with flood of twits, tags and chatter about the greatness
of Chinese basketball player.
They have called him MVP, our man, Chinese American sensation, Chinese champ, Asian rocket, our Tim Tebow to name just a few. I even heard an Asian saying that people can make fun of their driving skills but no body can stop when our Jeremy Lin drives to the basket.
Come on people, there is no need to go nuts over
him. Let’s put this in perspective.
- It is great that Jeremy Lin is playing well and, hopefully, will continue to do so.
- Jeremy Lin is not the first Chinese basketball player. You already had a successful Chinese basketball player, in fact the tallest in NBA, Yao Ming, until he got injured.
- Even if you get one (or 100) basketball player out of about 1.5 billion Chinese people, it is not a big deal.
- Jeremy Lin does not quite look Chinese. In fact he appears white to me.
- Jeremy Lin measures 6 feet, 2 inches in height which is a lot taller than average Chinese. He is not really a midget and, therefore, you should not be surprised that he can play basketball.
- Jeremy has lived in the U.S. all his life. It is not as if he showed up one morning at Tijuana border with a bag and a week later was shooting hoops at the Madison Square Garden.
- As much as you are clamoring the fact that he is Chinese, just look at his name. Jeremy is not a Chinese name and, so, the man may not be as much proud of his heritage as you people are bragging about.
- It also helps that he got a lot of playing time because a few key Knicks’ players were out due to injury or personal reasons. No body would know how good he can play if, like most new players, he was spending a lot of time sitting on the bench.
- Let's see what happens in four years after he has played several hundred games, gone through some injuries, MRI, rehabs and a few tattoos.
So, calm down people and don’t crash the internet.
Let Jeremy Lin play. Hopefully, he can stay healthy and consistently play well
for a few years.
