Comments on: Jeremy Lin: The Great Reticent Hope http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/ Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Simon http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Simon Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:28:58 +0000 http://theashcan.com/?p=2643#comment-499 PMC: I think you missed the spirit of what I'm saying. It shouldn't matter of Jeremy makes the NBA, and I'm not going to get into a basketball argument (which is about opinions, which are all assumptions). Jeremy is a role model already. He doesn't have to be Jesse Jackson, I plainly stated that all he needs to do is keep playing great basketball. It would be nice, however, if a line in the sand can be drawn between acknowledging racism exists and handling it with grace, and pretending racism doesn't exist at all. The only thing I am hoping is that Jeremy understands that differentiation. I would add that if you feel the real point of "The Jeremy Lin Movement" is for him to make the NBA, you are placing an awful lot of pressure on him just because he's Asian. If the captain of the Harvard basketball team was a white guy with Jeremy's stats and comparable athleticism and age, would you be so excited about his NBA prospects? Jeremy is worth more as a person than just what he does on a basketball court. Hopefully you see that as well. PMC: I think you missed the spirit of what I’m saying.

It shouldn’t matter of Jeremy makes the NBA, and I’m not going to get into a basketball argument (which is about opinions, which are all assumptions).

Jeremy is a role model already. He doesn’t have to be Jesse Jackson, I plainly stated that all he needs to do is keep playing great basketball.

It would be nice, however, if a line in the sand can be drawn between acknowledging racism exists and handling it with grace, and pretending racism doesn’t exist at all. The only thing I am hoping is that Jeremy understands that differentiation.

I would add that if you feel the real point of “The Jeremy Lin Movement” is for him to make the NBA, you are placing an awful lot of pressure on him just because he’s Asian. If the captain of the Harvard basketball team was a white guy with Jeremy’s stats and comparable athleticism and age, would you be so excited about his NBA prospects?

Jeremy is worth more as a person than just what he does on a basketball court. Hopefully you see that as well.

]]> By: Dust http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Dust Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:44:16 +0000 http://theashcan.com/?p=2643#comment-498 I think someone else missed the point, too. -d I think someone else missed the point, too.

-d

]]> By: jessekg http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-497 jessekg Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05:32 +0000 http://theashcan.com/?p=2643#comment-497 The announcer on the youtube clip said he's Vietnamese. Guess he didnt bother to look it up. The announcer on the youtube clip said he’s Vietnamese. Guess he didnt bother to look it up.

]]> By: Poor Man's Commish http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Poor Man's Commish Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:18:05 +0000 http://theashcan.com/?p=2643#comment-496 typo: $5 not "$f" typo: $5 not “$f”

]]> By: Poor Man's Commish http://theashcan.com/2010/01/30/jeremy-lin-the-great-reticent-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Poor Man's Commish Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:15:08 +0000 http://theashcan.com/?p=2643#comment-495 Simon, you have made a lot of assumptions in your post? Have you learned nothing from the whole "Jeremy Lin Movement"? Most notable is the "probably not going to make the NBA. What is this conclusion of yours based on? It would be helpful for us to know, because otherwise it is simply an assumption. Also, we did not offer your so-called HUGE discount. The regular price for our tickets was $10. We bought them at $f each, but 25 at a time, and offered them at the price of $8.88. Look, we're supposed to be on the same team here. But when you make assumptions that have no foundation, you're neither here or there. And JL is will debunk stereotypes in his own way. He doesn't have to do it the Jesse Jackson way. You're missing the whole point. Your post is really kind of crappy, quite frankly. Simon, you have made a lot of assumptions in your post? Have you learned nothing from the whole “Jeremy Lin Movement”? Most notable is the “probably not going to make the NBA. What is this conclusion of yours based on? It would be helpful for us to know, because otherwise it is simply an assumption.

Also, we did not offer your so-called HUGE discount. The regular price for our tickets was $10. We bought them at $f each, but 25 at a time, and offered them at the price of $8.88.

Look, we’re supposed to be on the same team here. But when you make assumptions that have no foundation, you’re neither here or there.

And JL is will debunk stereotypes in his own way. He doesn’t have to do it the Jesse Jackson way. You’re missing the whole point. Your post is really kind of crappy, quite frankly.

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