1. 02-10-12 01:25 AM #36
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    to say that most of the black nba players are uneducated is somewhat true .........
    most of them went to college to play ball, not get an education

    why would he be culture shocked?
    hes an american, he grew up in cali, he must have balled with other athletes his entire life
    u think he just got off the boat from china?
    get a grip people
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  2. 02-10-12 01:52 AM #37
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    I wonder if Lin winds up like Todd Marinovich. Too much pressure, just crumbles and starts snorting lines.
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  3. 02-10-12 04:31 AM #38
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    Attention white got what he wanted, oh the gullible on this site.
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  4. 02-10-12 11:51 AM #39
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    A decent amount of Lin's classmates from Harvard (including those of Asian descent) have surely migrated to NYC / Wall Street for those hedge fund and big finance jobs. Guess what? Some of them also tend to spend on models & bottles just like the NBA players. You guys need to get a grip. This isn't just a black & white world of extremes that we live in. Tyson Chandler, although having been raised in Compton for most of his life, also spent time on a farm with his grandparents in a more rural area. These years grounded him. Grant Hill grew up upper middle class, and even Michael Jordan himself grew up in a modest, but middle class North Carolina household. He only got into the bottles & models a bit later, but his early years weren't all that different from Lin. You can look it up.

    Quote Originally Posted by Iced View Post
    What?

    Educated asians live a far different lifestyle than uneducated blacks. Jeremy Lin has gone from being an asian athletic nerd at the greatest university in the world to being a pro basketball player with a bunch of rich black guys who spend millions of dollars on models and bottles. Of course there's going to be a culture shock, he's never been around such men and he's never experienced this lifestyle.

    How can you call that racism? It's a fact.
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  5. 02-10-12 09:22 PM #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grits n' Gravy View Post
    unfortunately he really does. the guy is as sharp as a limp dick on sideloader's computer screen.
    Must burn you up to cash in those winning tickets.
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  6. 02-10-12 09:27 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by C-Gold View Post
    I wonder how this guy fits into a NBA locker room. Imagine the hip hop blasting before the game, gun slinging Gilbert Arenas, brothers laughing and joking about how they banged 3 tricks last night and then a Christian 4.0 GPA Harvard Asian Virgin.

    Lin
    Asian
    Virgin
    Christian
    From the West Coast
    From a nerdy middle class area
    Harvard
    4.0 GPA
    Guy already has plans for after the NBA

    Typical NBA player
    Black
    Bangs women in 32 cities every night
    Worships the almighty dollar
    Mostly from the East coast
    Mostly from the ghetto
    Got paid to go to Big East Schools/ACC/SEC schools
    average NBA player had aids do their tests/papers for them, can barley speak english
    No thought in the world a day past tomorrow

    I wonder if his teammates like him, bond with him and joke around with him. How much does he really have in common with Carmelo Anthony or Tyson Chandler? Those guys had totally different paths in life.
    this is a conundrum. i have pondered the answer to this question many times.
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  7. 02-10-12 09:27 PM #42
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    Lin with 34 pts against the Lakers so far. I'm a believer now.
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  8. 02-10-12 09:28 PM #43
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    he's the next steve nash.

    now they just need to trade carmelo. Melo for Dwight anybody?
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  9. 02-10-12 11:02 PM #44
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    Lin plays the game like white guys used to play.... with the brain and very cerebral.

    thus he's a novelty in the nba.

    anyways, he's probably 3 inches.... maybe 4 inches tops
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  10. 02-10-12 11:09 PM #45
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    ^actually he played really physical, spinning in with moves and hitting circus layups and fatass 3's, watch the game.
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  11. 02-10-12 11:18 PM #46
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    Quote Originally Posted by C-Gold View Post
    I wonder how this guy fits into a NBA locker room. Imagine the hip hop blasting before the game, gun slinging Gilbert Arenas, brothers laughing and joking about how they banged 3 tricks last night and then a Christian 4.0 GPA Harvard Asian Virgin.

    Lin
    Asian
    Virgin
    Christian
    From the West Coast
    From a nerdy middle class area
    Harvard
    4.0 GPA
    Guy already has plans for after the NBA

    Typical NBA player
    Black
    Bangs women in 32 cities every night
    Worships the almighty dollar
    Mostly from the East coast
    Mostly from the ghetto
    Got paid to go to Big East Schools/ACC/SEC schools
    average NBA player had aids do their tests/papers for them, can barley speak english
    No thought in the world a day past tomorrow

    I wonder if his teammates like him, bond with him and joke around with him. How much does he really have in common with Carmelo Anthony or Tyson Chandler? Those guys had totally different paths in life.

    Racist much ?
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  12. 02-10-12 11:22 PM #47
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    Realists nowadays are racists, lol.

    If you break out US crime statistics and read them one by one to the PC crowd, they'd blast you for being racist. Same with IQ tests, lol.

    Anyways, the crazy thing is you PC clowns actually believe the non-reality drivel you've been spoonfed. Try thinking for yourself sometime...
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  13. 02-10-12 11:32 PM #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by baskets View Post
    Realists nowadays are racists, lol.

    If you break out US crime statistics and read them one by one to the PC crowd, they'd blast you for being racist. Same with IQ tests, lol.

    Anyways, the crazy thing is you PC clowns actually believe the non-reality drivel you've been spoonfed. Try thinking for yourself sometime...
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  14. 02-11-12 12:08 AM #49
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    There are more delicate ways to describe differences in socioeconomic status and culture, but putting your head in the sand doesn't change reality. The irony of all the Al Sharptons in this thread is that athletes in the locker room makes for the least PC environment imaginable. They are probably calling him lady chinky eyes and he's making jokes about fried chicken and chrome rimzz.

    Athletics is supposed to be a meritocracy. No one has to pretend that we're all the same.
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  15. 02-11-12 12:16 AM #50
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    If you listen to him, you can't hear any culture clash. If you close your eyes and listen to him, you would swear he's a black dude.

    But can anyone ever remember an NBA player emerging midseason to this extreme? I can't think of any. A week ago he was close to being cut, now they're going to think about whether they should build around him. Doesn't get anymore WTF than that!
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  16. 02-11-12 12:23 AM #51
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    lin pretty much got up of the D-league bench and started taking over
    i dont think i have ever seen anything like this before

    a guy gets off teh bench and is the clear cut leader on the floor
    its very similar to tom brady and kurt warner
    but i think Lin is doing more than those 2 their first time out
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  17. 02-11-12 12:32 AM #52
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    Quote Originally Posted by jsmithj88 View Post
    lin pretty much got up of the D-league bench and started taking over
    i dont think i have ever seen anything like this before

    a guy gets off teh bench and is the clear cut leader on the floor
    its very similar to tom brady and kurt warner
    but i think Lin is doing more than those 2 their first time out
    NFL QB is a different animal. Never seen it in NBA, but I'm sure there are examples.
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