(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember Linsanity? That was sooooooo one month ago.
One month ago the name Jeremy Lin was on everybody’s lips as the New York Knicks clobbered teams night after night on the basketball court to lead them to an 18 – 18 record. But that was then. The reality now is the former Knickerbockers have lost four games straight. Most recently to the Milwaukee Bucks Friday night, and now the name Jeremy Lin is no longer cried in praise. In fact he’s just mentioned with everyone else as an after thought while the entire team of talented players is slammed for not being on their “A” game.
So was Linsanity really worth its one month of hype? Is Jeremy Lin the third coming of Jordan? Or did Floyd “Money” Mayweather have a point when he tweeted:
“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise.”
After the tweet Floyd Mayweather Jr. was called a racist to which he defended himself by saying he was just supporting Black athletes. While we’ll leave the merit of that statement up to Floyd Mayweather Jr. himself, the question still remains: “Is/was Jeremy Lin worth all of the hype of last month, and if so
I ask this question because when it comes down to it star Black players usually get the job done. The manufactured dream team down in Miami (Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, Lebron James) have played well this year despite the embarrassing loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA championship last year. Even when Lebron was with the Cav’s his talent was never minimized in the face of crushing losses. The same goes for Derrick Rose and the Bulls. But the same can’t be said for Jeremy Lin. Saying Jeremy Lin played well overall and saying the country is caught up in Linsanity is the same disrespectful differentiation of saying Muhammad Ali is the greatest boxer ever to saying that he’s just a former boxer who has Parkinson’s. The person is the same the praise is not which leads to questions of talent.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has a point. If Jeremy Lin is as good a player as his stats say he is and ESPN has made him out to be then game loss or game won Linsanity should persist instead of people hopping on and off the bandwagon of the latest “Asian Persuasion.” The fact Linsanity has devolved into into just a modicum of what it used to strengthen’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s statement for barbershop arguments and the occasional bar fight; racist undertones not withstanding.
As for Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s race baiting comments on Manny Pacquiao, me and the rest of the world are waiting on a Madison Square Garden fight to settle the score once and for all.
Staff Writer; Nikesha Leeper
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Thank you I know there is still racism out there but all this is uncalled for We are all HUMAN we need to stop throwing wood at the fire
BTW I'm black and even I think this was a biased, nonsensical piece of trash. Lin never asked for this, he just loves playing the game of basketball. He was a victim of today's media frenzy. Dpn't forget, not long ago he was outplaying the #1 pick John Wall, as well as Kyrie Irving.
Garbage article. What a surprise, look who it's written by: Nikesha. Nothing more than supporting your own race piece.
Yall gotta be kidding me, Like seriously no race is superior "enough said" there is nothing wrong with being proud of what your skin color and what knot Ive seen everything white guy beat a black guy , black guy beat a white guy i can go on and on Its like i came out of prison and said Hispanics are gods because HOUSTONE rules in jail and the black guys cant do a thing about it Bring it!!!!!!!! SOunds dumb Dosnt it????? yall need some help
Does this site's leadership do nothing to monitor hate-filled racist comments and ethnic slurs?
LoL!!! This article is garbage. Garbage means Floydiot MayNOTweather...LoL
The hype wasn't because he was the best player in the NBA, nor was it because he was Asian. The hype was because he exploded overnight. He didn't get a college scholarship. He wasn't drafted. He was riding the bench after being shifted from team to team. Then one day he came out of nowhere and started putting up amazing numbers. Then he did it the next game, and the next. He's still putting up great numbers. No one is saying he's the best PG in the NBA, just that he came out of nowhere. Of course now that the novelty has worn off, Linsanity is dying down. That's to be expected. So yeah. Mayweather was wrong.
GR8DRC, silly coward idiots like you are a joke. First you come on a site geared toward black men..which i bet you secretly mimic,imitate,yet fail because you lack that type of natural ability lol. Mayweather is correct. Lin is good NOT great. Black players always perform better and more consistently. You guys finally get someone to cheer about in Lin..and you get carried away with the hype lol. Settle down. The black man runs this. Deal with it chump. Now go hide under your bridge troll lol. The anonymity of the internet makes you weak guys appear tough..when we ALL know ..if confronted publicly you would have nothing to say nor do lol. Black man is God !!!!!! Bring it!!
Poi your attempt at destroying "pro black" crap failed lol. Secondly you revealed your own hatred by hurling futile insults. Why don't you take your insecure,coward,little gook midget self to another web site. Furthermore you wouldn't have the guts to approach any black man in person. Punk. lol
Black pride world wide!! lol