Jeremy Lin Still Crying About His Race

[seemorecizzy]

Jeremy Lin thinks he would have been offered a Division I basketball scholarship -- if he wasn't Asian-American.

Lin, now the starting point guard for the Houston Rockets, led Palo Alto (Calif.) High School to a 32-1 record and a state championship in 2005-06, averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game.

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Jeremy Lin of Houston Rockets -- Race was 'barrier' to college - ESPN

But despite being named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year, local schools like Stanford and UCLA passed on the 6-foot-3 Lin.

"Well, I think the obvious thing in my mind is that I was Asian-American, which, you know, is a whole different issue but ... I think that was a barrier," Lin told Charlie Rose in a "60 Minutes" interview that will air Sunday night.

"I mean ... it's a stereotype."

Lin ended up at Harvard University, where he was twice named to the All-Ivy League first team. He went undrafted out of college, but impressed in the NBA Summer League and signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2010.


STFU Already

 

[Mook]

yea it only happened 5 years ago get over it already. I cant even imagine how he would react to racism from 200 years ago that he didnt even suffer through, he would probably never shut up. Damn cry baby.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Harvard, eh? What a raw deal.

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

Jeremy Lin thinks he would have been offered a Division I basketball scholarship -- if he wasn't Asian-American.

Lin, now the starting point guard for the Houston Rockets, led Palo Alto (Calif.) High School to a 32-1 record and a state championship in 2005-06, averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game.

Lin
Lin

Jeremy Lin of Houston Rockets -- Race was 'barrier' to college - ESPN

But despite being named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year, local schools like Stanford and UCLA passed on the 6-foot-3 Lin.

"Well, I think the obvious thing in my mind is that I was Asian-American, which, you know, is a whole different issue but ... I think that was a barrier," Lin told Charlie Rose in a "60 Minutes" interview that will air Sunday night.

"I mean ... it's a stereotype."

Lin ended up at Harvard University, where he was twice named to the All-Ivy League first team. He went undrafted out of college, but impressed in the NBA Summer League and signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2010.


STFU Already

If he doesn't like getting picked over someone else because of your appearance than he should return his Houston Rockets contract since they only signed his ass because he was asian and they wanted to tap the asian markets again.

 

[Tom Shady]

maybe no teams recruited him because he's a homo

 

[gho3st]

Its true though


But dont see the point of bringing it up now.

 

[True Blue Moon]

Brehs, it's very likely he was asked a question. I doubt he's sending out tweets crying about race. We hate it when people give BS politically correct answers. If he was asked why he didn't get recruited, I'd rather he answer truthfully every time than make some shyt up.

 

[yoyoyo1]

he's sounding like a Typical Militant Coli Poster now

 

[Rekkapryde]

Brehs, it's very likely he was asked a question. I doubt he's sending out tweets crying about race. We hate it when people give BS politically correct answers. If he was asked why he didn't get recruited, I'd rather he answer truthfully every time than make some shyt up.

QFT.

I hate reporters and their stupid ass questions.

 

[DStyles]

He's doing the same shyt black people do, play the race card

 

[Poppa_Dock]

Harvard, eh? What a raw deal.

you can't put a monetary amount on education though
it might not mean anything for the future

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

He's doing the same shyt black people do, play the race card

what you doing on the internet mex aint u got some backs to wet or something

 

[YouMadd?]

He's doing the same shyt black people do, play the race card

Everyone plays the race card... Your people included, Hector...:BABY:

 

[Brozay]

He was asked the question on 60 fukking minutes.. the fukk you expect him to say ?

And he clearly has a point, pretty absurd he wasn't offered a scholarship anywhere

 

[Carlos Huerta]

what you doing on the internet mex aint u got some backs to wet or something

"backs to wet"? What does that even mean?