Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 at 12:45 pm  |  115 responses

Jeremy Lin Is One of Time Mag’s ’100 Most Influential People in the World’


Jeremy Lin may not suit up again this season, but the Linsanity phenomenon continues to live on. Here’s how the venerable Time Magazine justified placing him on their annual list of the most influential people on the planet (the piece was written by Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. For what it’s worth, Lin wrote the entry for fellow jock Tim Tebow): “Jeremy Lin’s story is a great lesson for kids everywhere because it debunks and defangs so many of the prejudices and stereotypes that unfairly hold children back. He’s dispelled the idea that Asian-American guards somehow couldn’t hack it in the NBA — and that being a world-class athlete on the court is somehow at odds with being an excellent student off the court. Contrary to what you might read, Jeremy, 23, is no overnight sensation. In fact, he achieved success the old-fashioned way: he earned it. He worked hard and stayed humble. He lives the right way; he plays the right way. It’s great to see good values rewarded in professional sports because that’s not always the case. Often it’s the bling, the glam, the individual that gets celebrated — not the team and working together to advance a goal bigger than oneself. Jeremy cares only about one thing — winning. And I don’t care whether you are an Asian-American kid, white, black or Hispanic, Jeremy’s story tells you that if you show grit, discipline and integrity, you too can get an opportunity to overcome the odds.”

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  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Please god tell me you are not comparing Michael Jordan’s influence on the world to Jeremy Lin’s. When you have to type Michael Jordan’s name to make a point about Jeremy Lin’s influence you should just realize as soon as or before you finish typing J.o.r.d.a.n. that your point is dead in the water.

  • Geoff

    Nbk not sure if you have reading comprehension problems but I made no comparisons between athletes. My point was that it’s absurd to say atheletes don’t belong on such a list. I used individual athletes as examples, not comparisons against each other. It’s not rocket science.

  • Geoff

    If you had problems understanding that then maybe you should only focus on basketball stats.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Did I say I read what you wrote? I saw Michael Jordan’s name so I said “Please god tell me you are not comparing Michael Jordan’s influence on the world to Jeremy Lin’s.” I never disputed what you said. It was just a general comment. Maybe reading comprehension is where you have issues? Or maybe you are a little sensitive? As I said numerous times above, ofcourse Jeremy Lin has influence, just like any athlete or person who is talked about in the media. He just doesn’t have more influence then everyone in the world but 99 others.

  • Geoff

    Responding to anything anyone writes in implying that you indeed read it. Nice try though. And if you didn’t then it makes you look pretty dumb for commenting on whatever you allegedly didn’t read. Why would I be sensitive? I’m not the one who responded to what I “didn’t read” lol. (As if that even makes sense lmao)

  • Geoff

    * is implying

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    No commenting is implying I’m commenting. By Typing. The rest is you assuming just because I typed something after you that I had to have read what you wrote. Which again, is just you assuming. And you being sensitive is you getting defensive (asking about my reading comprehension, telling me to stick to stats) about my response because you think I was somehow disputing your comment…when in reality, I was just saying exactly what I said.

  • Geoff

    You commented specifically about something I wrote. You didn’t comment generally about the article. The only person making assumptions is you, since you took one piece of what I wrote and assumed I was comparing Lin to Jordan. You saw the name, which you R-E-A-D, made a wrong assumption, and commented about it. The fact that you’re even going back and forth about it is asinine. You look silly right now lmao.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Like I said I saw Michael Jordan’s name and made a comment. What is hard to understand? Honestly you have to be pretty stupid if you are actually reading what I’m saying and seeing an assumption. I told you I based my comment off of seeing Michael Jordan’s name. If I cared to respond to you about what you said I would have. My comment would have your name in it Geoff, directing the comment at you. By saying “Please god tell me you are not comparing Michael Jordan’s influence on the world to Jeremy Lin’s.” I am clearly showing that I didn’t read your comment because that’s not what your comment was about. This is pretty simple logic and association. If i said “Geoff you can’t compare Jordan’s influence to Lin’s” (which I clearly didn’t do) then you could question my reading comprehension. But I didnt. I made a comment in a comment section about a subject, which so happens to be relative to the topic of your comment, but clearly if you can read, not disputing it. It’s not hard to see

  • Geoff

    Stop. Just stop. It’s getting worse and worse. Now you sound downright foolish. Did I say you disputed my comment? No. I questioned your reading comprehension because you posted a comment in response to a name I mentioned, except your comment had nothing to do with anything. Smart people don’t do that. When one responds to a comment it’s because they read it. If you didn’t read it was pointless to respond. Your comment was “Please god tell me your not comparing Jordan’s influence to Lin’s”. Why ask a dumb question like that when you could’ve read it yourself, unless you were seeking the type of response I gave you? Because you wanted the response I gave you. You then went on to give me advice about what would happen to how you would percieve the validity of my point if I was making the comparison. Like, who asked you for commenting advice? Don’t get mad because you made a pointless, useless comment unrelated to my post, and I let you know. Man up and get over it. You look ridiculous right now.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Actually I am not mad at all. And like you said, my comment was unrelated to your post, which we both know. So why are you getting sensitive? And this would be back to square 1. I just made a comment in a comment section, just like I told you in the first place “Did I say I read what you wrote? I saw Michael Jordan’s name so I said “Please god tell me you are not comparing Michael Jordan’s influence on the world to Jeremy Lin’s.” I never disputed what you said. It was just a general comment. Maybe reading comprehension is where you have issues? Or maybe you are a little sensitive? As I said numerous times above, ofcourse Jeremy Lin has influence, just like any athlete or person who is talked about in the media. He just doesn’t have more influence then everyone in the world but 99 others.” – why are you having trouble grasping that my comment wasn’t for you? You just made me think of something (me seeing Jordan’s name specifically) so I made a comment. It’s pretty simple unless of course you are mistaking me saying “please god” with “please Geoff”

  • Geoff

    You said “please God tell me you aren’t comparing Jordan’s influence to Lin’s”. I guess the “you” in your question was God. I guess you were literally asking God if God was comparing Jordan to Lin. Not. I referenced Jordan and you jumped to a dumb conclusion about what you thought I was saying about Jordan and Lin. If I hadn’t mentioned Jordan, you wouldn’t have written that stupid remark. Simple as that. You arguing about what happened is plain stupid.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Right you wrote Jordan and it reminded me of more than one conversation I’ve had lately. So I commented a thought I’ve had more than once lately. It’s pretty simple really. You just have to be able to understand some comments although similar to yours in content may not actually be directed at you. As horrible as that must be for you.

  • EJ

    I still don’t think they’re top 100 worthy. Nike is a big business, but if somebody who’s involved with Nike would make the top 100, that would probably be like Phil Knight. And ahead of these people JUST in the business world are the CEOs of companies like Apple, Walmart and McDonalds. So I don’t think athletes are top 100 worthy.

  • kidbreaker

    Lol so many arguments about how Lin shouldn’t be in the list.

    FAct of the matter is, if he wasn’t in this list, SlamOnline wouldn’t even be posting any articles on this matter for you to discuss. He’s the only NBA player chosen since 2006, and if Time magazine feels that he’s worthy enough to be on it, hey, it’s their magazine, their word goes. You can agree to disagree and make up your own list of influential people.

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