OT- Jeremy Lin

[UCweCONN]

Remember being at my daughter's soccer game. My daughter and a Korean girl were chasing a ball, but it was too far in front of them and it went out of bounds. The Korean girl's mother, who is standing next to me, yells at her daughter, "you try harder. You embarrass whole family."

The girls were about 5.

I remember thinking, "holy . What a great way to give a kid a complex."

Of the hundreds of asians I've met in my life, in school, work, and play, I've met very few who have a very high self confidence level. Lots of high achievers, but few grab the bull by the horns type.

Is it the moms? Or the genes?

If anything (at least for first generation Chinese parents) most Chinese parents push excellence in education and music while discouraging their kids from pursuing athletics. Chinese people have some interesting concepts about which careers are honorable and which ones are viewed as less respectable. Acting and athletics are considered at the bottom. These activities are also seen as distractions which take focus away from academics.

This makes Lin's achievements even more remarkable. He has achieved top academic achievement (which I'm sure his parents pushed) while also reaching the highest level of athletics (which is probably more where his heart is). Most children of foreign-born Chinese parents have to sacrifice their own interests in order to live up to their parents' expectations.

I can tell you from first hand experience. My wife has zero interest in my daughter's athletic achievements but is very concerned with her school work. She thinks sports are a major waste of time. If my daughter made-millions playing professional sports yet failed to get an MBA, my wife would be very disappointed. American culture is much more sports focused. Lin has managed to achieve an amazing balance.

 

[Huskies320]

awesome awesome awesome

 

[nomar]

This is pretty incredible. Without Melo, without Amare, Jeremy Lin (with the help of fellow castoff Steve Novak) is beating the Lakers. Granted, the Lakers are coming off an OT game last night, but come on -- this is movie script stuff.

 

[Fishy]

Everything I know about Asian people comes from the History Channel and Mr. Chow in the Hangover.

I am very afraid of Jeremy Lin. I am afraid he might try to duck* on me.

 

[BarkingDog]

One Sunday afternoon last fall my kids were dressed for soccer and out in front of the house when the little girl across the street came over. Her mom is from China. My daughter asked the girl if she played soccer. She said "sports are for dummies."
I don't like that kid.

 

[junglehusky]

Linsanity T-shirts for sale

 

[mets1090]

One Sunday afternoon last fall my kids were dressed for soccer and out in front of the house when the little girl across the street came over. Her mom is from China. My daughter asked the girl if she played soccer. She said "sports are for dummies."
I don't like that kid.

No one likes that kid.

 

[zls44]

VIRTUAL LINSANITY

 

[nomar]

Dude scored 38 points in the Garden against the Lakers, leading Tyson Chandler plus a bunch of nobodies to a victory. Two weeks ago even his wildest dreams couldn't have been this good.

What a story.

 

[Scoe]

WOW, he was off the hook, his defense is very good as well. Lin and Shumpert makes one heck of a defensive back court. Its been a good week for Giants/Knicks fans.

 

[Deadrody]

All Melo wants to do is score points, and probably win. If anything, Lin has shown that he will pass you the ball in a position to score. Both Amare and Melo should benefit greatly from Lin's play. The Knicks even moreso. The idea that Lin is going to sit, or Melo is going to push him out of the spotlight is INSANE if you listened to the Garden tonight.

 

[JaYnYcE]

His production is putting him in the same company as the best in the game. The 4 starts with 20 and 7 are tied with Lebron James and one more than Steve Nash, Tony Parker and a slew of other big names. He isn't sitting for anyone.


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[superjohn]

Carmelo has to realize that he's not getting all those isolations anymore. Lin is the point guard and the offense will run through him the rest of the season. Melo and Amare should be licking their chops right now at all the easy opportunities they will get with this kid running things, especially Amare with the pick and roll. Knicks haven't had a point guard since Amare and Melo have been on the team and D'Antoni's offense doesn't work without a point guard. I'm more worried that Melo and Amare can get over themselves and play hardnosed defense the whole game. This new lineup of castoffs is playing great defense.

 

[hungry husky]

Enjoy it before Sportscenter makes liking Jeremy Lin uncool.

 

[Deadrody]

I've only watched 3 Knicks games this season. They were on TNT a couple weeks ago against Memphis and I was off of work for a couple weeks, so I wanted to check them out. Putrid.

Then I watched last Saturday and again tonight. Linsanity has Knicks fans alive again for the first time in a decade.

I wonder if I'll remember the last week the way I remember where I was when the Cowboys drafted Emmitt Smith or when I thought Mariano Rivera was unhittable as a reliever in the playoffs against the Mariners in 1995 (and Showalter shouldn't have taken him out of game 5). Not to insinuate that Lin is going to the HOF or anything. Just that his team might be really good for a while, in good part due to his play.

 

[Northbound]

I love this story, I'm Nyer, but not a knicks fan and i worry about carmelo's need to be the guy and how he fits into a team. If he's the man great, if everyone's production is about equal i worry about Carmelo psyche.

I hope they can figure it out with all the pieces back, ny is more exciting when he knicks are relevant.

 

[HuskyFan32]

All Melo wants to do is score points, and probably win. If anything, Lin has shown that he will pass you the ball in a position to score. Both Amare and Melo should benefit greatly from Lin's play. The Knicks even moreso. The idea that Lin is going to sit, or Melo is going to push him out of the spotlight is INSANE if you listened to the Garden tonight.

You mean LINSANE

 

[TheChamps990411]

I watched the game tonite and came away thoroughly impressed. this kid is for real! he plays really smart and hes got a quick first step and will get by you. if he develops a consistant jumper the skys the limit for him. hes only going to get better and i think with his style of play amare and especially melo are going to enjoy playing with him. he had 7 assists tonite but easily couldve had 10-12 if a few guys could hit some open jumpers which melo and amare can definitely hit with consistancy.
the garden was absolutely electric and there is no way baron davis is going to start over linsanity. the lakers got back in the game when lin sat in the 4th but when he came in it was lights out. this was a special night that no knick fan and most basketball fans will remember 20 years from now. the day lin out dueled the great kobe bryant. im still in disbelief. this kid will be fun to watch as i believe he is for real.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Carmelo has to realize that he's not getting all those isolations anymore. Lin is the point guard and the offense will run through him the rest of the season. Melo and Amare should be licking their chops right now at all the easy opportunities they will get with this kid running things, especially Amare with the pick and roll. Knicks haven't had a point guard since Amare and Melo have been on the team and D'Antoni's offense doesn't work without a point guard. I'm more worried that Melo and Amare can get over themselves and play hardnosed defense the whole game. This new lineup of castoffs is playing great defense.

may be the biggest problem of all... 'melo is basically a post-up, back to the basket player. Hopefully he can adjust!

 

[Kitaman]

Enjoy it before Sportscenter makes liking Jeremy Lin uncool.

Or Tebow's the kid.

 

[CTGoonie]

i'm just waiting for the Post or Daily News to have a headline saying "Linning" with a pic of Charlie Sheen.

 

[Rico444]

Everything I know about Asian people comes from the History Channel and Mr. Chow in the Hangover.

I am very afraid of Jeremy Lin. I am afraid he might try to duck* on me.

Best post in the entire thread.

 

[Adios]

Fishy, did you forget Bruce Lee and Mr. Miyagi??

Asia includes many, many, many people beyond just the Far East. Man, are some people myopic when "Asian" gets mentioned. Asia goes from Arabs (Jews in Israel, too) to the Japanese. From India to Russia. To be fair, he's of Chinese descent, not just "Asian". Geez.

 

[HuskyNan]

i'm just waiting for the Post or Daily News to have a headline saying "Linning" with a pic of Charlie Sheen.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

What? No Jackie Chan, Suzie Wong, or China Lee references? The generalizations of Americans of Asian ethnicity, Asians, and, here in Asia, of Americans in the eyes of many, various Asian nationals go from sometimes accurate to often way off the mark. This thread alone includes some pretty entertaining comments ranging from ignorance to intentional.

While walking through Causeway Bay this afternoon, I looked up to see a large outdoor TV screen featuring Lin. First, it showed him in action for the Knickerbockers, and then being interviewed by a well-recognized HK news network. In addition to many HK and mainland NBA fans being very aware of Lin's brief success and his educational background, some east Asian TV networks are quickly adding Knicks' games to their broadcast schedules.