Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 9:40 am  |  58 responses

Mark Cuban: Jeremy Lin Wouldn’t Be a Big Deal in Charlotte


Mark Cuban playfully tried to throw some water on the Jeremy Lin fire that’s raging across the sports media landscape, which the Charlotte Observer (somewhat understandably) took offense to: “Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is good for the NBA because he’s so unfiltered. You need someone that unorthodox to balance a room full of Brooks Brother’s suits at the owners meetings. So I wasn’t surprised Cuban would tell ESPN of the Jeremy Lin phenomenon: ‘If it was happening in Charlotte, no one would know.’ He’s wrong. The Harvard-educated, twice-cut, Asian-American Lin would be a national story the past two weeks whether he played in Sacramento, Portland or — yes, even Charlotte. But, as Cuban was trying to say, it’s that much bigger because of the juice excelling in New York represents. ‘New York is still kind of the mecca of the media for basketball,’ Cuban added.”

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  • swiftyk

    Well I would agree with Cuban if the Bobcats weren’t so horrible. If GS traded Lin to the Bobcats on a 16 game losing streak, and they won 7 in a row, the media would eat that up. But Cuban really is right. The Knicks are heavily marketed; New York is always under a telescope.

  • SwaGG_SeaN

    True the New York media build you up and break you down, anyone remembered the rise and fall of Lil Nate? Ahh still fresh in my mind

  • dazzy

    @Dhalgren: Knocking the NY media for covering NY sports is the dumbest argument on here. There’s a reason it’s called LOCAL media, genius… An undrafted Harvard player breaking records is going to get national attention no matter where he plays. Cuban is just hating. 1st he said it was because he’s Asian. Now it’s because he plays in NY. Cuban is bitter. His b*tching is getting annoying now.

  • http://www.twitter.com/_dfrance dfrance21

    I can’t believe so many of you agree with Cuban. I’m chalking that up to people’s general hate of all things NY. He’s not just some bench players putting up points and getting wins. Lin’s story is WAY bigger than that and I don’t think it would matter where it was happening, it would be getting huge coverage. “Undrafted Asian basketball player from Harvard goes from being cut twice to having the record for most points scored after his first 5 career starts” Yeah, that’d get swept under the rug in Charlotte.

  • Mooney10

    The guy is a player, he will learn and he is in the right offense to gorw and keep producing numbers, not to mention the kid has range!! I am not a fan of hype at all, but the story..you can’t beat it. I hope he continues to be successful, otheriwse the media has played him up for a downfall, too much praise too soon I think, but from a basketball standpoint, the kid has skills!

  • phamie

    Linsanity would’t take too long. Lin’s number will be down very very soon. Hope he continues playing well but sorry I don’t believe in LINSANITY.

  • Southpaw

    If this… if that. Too many dumb arse with too many if. If Jordan and Magaic were only 6’2″, they wouldn’t have been hoops legends. If Bird could jump, he would be the greatest ever.

  • http://www.slamonline.com I Wont Tell

    Is Mark Cuban has a bounty on Jemery Lin similar to that of New Orleans Saints’? You should see the viedo of Jason (the wife beater) Kidd bullied Jeremy Lin with a shot to the head.

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