Jeremy Lin

Ok, let me weigh in on this Lin-sanity craze....First and foremost let agree Jeremy Lin is a terrific basketball player, at 6'3", 6'4" and 200 something lbs...he has the build and with his veteran like poise has the demeanor to be a success, in a Dantoni, point guard friendly offense.  He thinks the game and excutes that's all you want out your point guard...and the numbers speak for themselves...great job Lin, good for the Knicks, now Floyd's comments about him being Asian and playing, dominating the way he does getting this extra exposure is like 45% right.  The avid basketball fan knows the if not first maybe second thing you thought was hey this guy is Asian (honestly)...the NBA itself behind closed doors push certain players because of their race, in order to grow a fan base in these new countries.  What he's doing on the court is good, but Steve Nash did those same things in Phoenix, in the same system...I don't knock his basketball prowess, I think the media has gone overboard, with his story though.  He sleeping on his brother's sofa, so what, that's clearly by choice.  He's a Harvard grad...how many current NBA players had nowhere to sleep, had to be taken in by strange families and friends...or parents were drug addicts or abusive, I mean the list is large, but because sadly these things are normal in American society..these don't get nearly the press of this Lin-sanity. When you get a chance check the Jimmie Butler or Demarcus Cousins story out just for starters..I am a basketball fan through and through...from NY but not a fan of the Knicks, I watched Lin play In college he was good then, I think with players like Lin, and Boyamo...and from all these other countries..the game of basketball has truely gone global, and we shouldn't ruin the movement by taking social issue and applying it to sports and recreation...so if you said in week one Lin is a great Asian basketball player you weren't wrong, if you said now in like week three Lin is a great basketball player you are not wrong.....

Congrats Jeremy Lin continued success, (except no more good games against the Lakers)...and to America...stop being so sensitive

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