Jeremy Lin Believes He Will Be an NBA All-Star One Day

lets hope he wont and we will always use ”Linsanity” term in past sentence

He’ll start this year.

A lot hate going around. He’s saying that, if he worked hard enough, then he could make the all star team. Every player has said those words in some capacity. From Jennings to Blatche to even gordon haywood. I feel like Jeremy Lin can never be mentioned without bringing race into the equation.

He worked hard?

Worked hard traveling to Taiwan and China, you mean?
But you right, this travel will give him allstar, not his game or work on practice.
And it is not about race, its about his talent and attitude.

Of course he’s going to think that. That’s the way he’s supposed to feel, that’s what he’s supposed to say. Realistically though, he’s not that good. In my opinion, he’s not good at all. Sure, he had a nice 5 game stretch or so last season in Mike D’s offense, but he didn’t shoot it particularly well. He also had scary numbers of turnovers for your primary ball handler. But what’s also realistic, he’ll be an all-star, sooner than he thinks — like, in about 4 months. It’s a racial thing, and the Rockets are the perfect organization in professional sports for Chinese notoriety. He’s going to get the Far Eastern votes that made Yao Ming a perennial all-star when he shouldn’t have been, gave T-Mac a couple of nods that he shouldn’t have gotten, and put Yi Jianlian as a threat to unseed Chris Bosh at starting PF for the past 3 or 4 seasons. Lin will get some American votes, too and is going to start in front of players like Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook this year, and that is going to be a travesty unless the league does something about it.

whoa, say what you want about yao, yi, and j Lin, but MCGRADY was clearly an all star when he was on Houston……

5 game stretch? More like a 12 game stretch. He was one of the reasons why the Knicks were back in the play-offs believe it or not

Do not say it like that. Asia is not just China and Taiwan. I dont think that somebody gives a damn about him in Mongolia, Korea, Laos etc.

I was talking about his stretch when he was actually winning games. When he started getting minutes, the Knicks won 7 straight. That’s all fine and dandy, but after a couple of trading wins and losses back and forth, the Knicks off-set that winning streak by losing 6 straight, putting them pretty much right back where they were before “Linsanity.” After Lin suffered that injury, the Knicks won 13 of their last 18 games in the season. That’s how they made the playoffs, actually.

“it is not about race, its about his talent” Jeremy Lin can’t guard a light pole, refuses to go left and shy’s away from ball pressure…. http://youtu.be/Z7KsuyQb-1Y

It is so damn hard to be famous — he was loved by the media for doing good, but the price he got was hatred from millions around the world except Asia (Chukaz statement). Hey none of you all, including me, didn’t expect him to be an NBA player right?? Right?? And he wants to be an All-Star, so HE WILL work hard as he said to get there. Was it wrong to dream that BIG?? C’mon people….hate the game, not the player.

You’re kidding right? Not an NBA player? You can’t have that stretch of 12 games putting up 25 and 8 and score 38 points against the Lakers when all eyes are on you and not deserve to be in the league. Even Kobe said that he probably had that talent all along, but no one realized until now. And yes, he’s struggling right now, but that’s mainly because Houston’s system is terrible for him. He’s not the kind of PG that can thrive just by bringing the ball up court, passing it, then going to the corner waiting for someone to kick it out to him to shoot. He needs the ball in his hand to score points and create for others. Plus, he’s still recovering from his knee injury right now so he’s still trying to get that explosiveness back. I do agree that he might have been overpaid based on his lack of experience, but its not a HUGE CONTRACT (8 mil a year) and it was probably based on his potential. And you’ve gotta be kidding me 24 years old is a fully developed player? If you said 27, maybe, but he’s only 24 and has played 2 years in the league only starting 36 games. And it wasn’t his fault he got paid that contract. The rockets valued him at that much, and I think it was a fair contract because he facilitates the court really well and makes great passes, and once he works on his weaknesses he’ll be an even more solid PG. I think once he fully recovers and gets out of this shooting slump, he’ll play much better and justify the contract, which isn’t even that big in the first place. This season, no brainer he’s not an all-star. He might get voted in cause of China, and the NBA should do something about that. But I guarantee you he’ll be an All-Star caliber player in the next 3-5 years. Expect him to put up at least 14 and 8 the second half of the season and then improve on those numbers the years after. Oh and he’s really not that awkward, if you watch his press conference and interviews he seems like a normal, humble guy. The guys who have no support for him are those cocky selfish guys like JR and Tyson Chandler who were just jealous even though last year he made them much better players (esp. Chandler)

Yeah, he worked hard. As in never quitting even after being cut by two teams while being on the bench warming for the third team. I’m not saying that he deserves to be an all star. Far from it actually. I just think it’s possible if he improved his stats. Travelling to Taiwan and China won’t make a difference. Kobe is a lock and cp3 is popular in those areas as well. I doubt he gets voted in this year especially after being traded to the less press Houston. You say it’s not about race, but you also mention Taiwan and China in the same comment. You say its about talent and attitude, well if you didn’t have some talent you wouldn’t be in the league and there’s no questioning his attitude or modesty from refusing to distract the team while in NY by doing photoshoots and mag covers to praising the knicks team today after last nights game. You don’t win without hard work and ethic.

And with Raymond ‘Donut’ Felton starting at the 1, the Knicks won six straight this season. It’s pretty hard to grant the Knicks’ success last season as having anything to do with Lin.

Stop. Lin is decent but he’s nowhere near as athletic as say Westbrook, Rose or even Rondo.

Nobody said that. Not being as fast as Westbrook doesn’t make him slow either.

His shooting numbers werent great last year, 44% FG and 32% 3PFG
is average at best. His numbers were good because of the number of shots he was taking, not the quality of shots. He cannot shoot the basketball.

Yeah. I was a huge Lin fan after he gradually turned my doubt to wonder last year, but I worried that his inefficiency at the end of last season was a sign of worse things to come. That said, I couldn’t have predicted this. Houston has made some great moves with Harden and Asik, but Lin isn’t in their class. He still has potential, but I’ll be surprised if he’s anything but a backup point guard in the years to come. Hell, maybe even that’s optimistic.

Yeah yeah, but the facts are he facts.

He plays like trash.
24yrs is a fully developed player. If guy plays like garbage in this age, then he IS garbage.

All of his former and current teammates are ¨cocky selfish guys¨(because they treat him the same way).
He will not be in NBA for a long time – the coincidental thing that he is here will be fixed soon.
Poor Houston, they gambled and lost

You honestly have no idea what you’re talking about. No offense, but at least check your facts before spewing out nonsense like that.
Minus his rookie season, Yao Ming was the best center in the Western Conference every single year of his career (he only played 7 seasons and retired during his 8th). His best three seasons he averaged:
- 22.3 ppg/10.2 rpg/1.5 apg/1.6 bpg
- 25.0 ppg/9.0 rpg/2.0 apg/2.0 bpg
- 22.0 ppg/10.8 rpg/2.3 apg/2.0 bpg
*ALL on shooting over 50% from the field and 85% from the FT line.
How in the hell was he not a perennial all-star?!? For a few years you could argue he was the best center, period–not just in the Western Conference.
Here are the individual career stats of Yao Ming and Dwight Howard for their head-to-head match-ups:
YAO — .561% shooting, 23.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, 7-2 Team Record

DWIGHT — .451% shooting, 12.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, 2-7 Team Record
Dwight Howard is unanimously considered the best center in the NBA… but the guy who destroyed him throughout their careers isn’t a perennial all-star?
Also, tell me which years T-Mac got “a couple of nods that he shouldn’t have gotten”? The three years he was an All-Star in Houston, he put up 25.7/6.2/5.7, 24.4/6.5/4.8, and 24.6/5.3/6.5 (PPG/RPG/APG). In what universe should he have not been an All-Star putting up numbers like that?
This “Red Scare” over Chinese voters is played out as hell. NO player has been voted in that was undeserving–the only real threat was Yi Jianlian, and by the way people are talking, you would’ve thought he unseated Michael freaking Jordan. Yes, it was stupid that he even got close, but it wasn’t the end of the world and, most importantly, he didn’t make it. How you go from Yi Jianlian and Jeremy Lin (who hasn’t even been in an All-Star race yet) to making sweeping, crazy statements about Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady is beyond me. But… I donno, maybe “it’s a racial thing.”
The idea being that Asian people can’t possibly follow the NBA or vote in anything with any semblance of logic. Well, drawing a different comparison (which might be a stretch, but whatever)–in a country where 59% of white voters voted for Mitt Romney (88% of his voters were white) and 91% of black voters voted for Barrack Obama… two absolutely terrible candidates… you’re gonna complain that Asian NBA fans voted for Yao Ming? Even though he happened to be the best center in the NBA in all those years except one? Come on, now.

I’m a stupid cr@cker who gives brain like Berkeley… shout out to Frank Ocean.

Asia is the largest continent in the world and probably has more basketball fans than the US, Canada, and Europe combined. You’re an idiot. Probably the kind of jack@ss who still calls Native Americans “Indians” and thinks Iranians are Arabs. Go eat a mayonnaise sandwich and shut the f*ck up, Cleatus.

I nominate Caboose’s, Chukaz’s, and all other comments crying about “all of Asia” as the worst comments of the year. I once had a wh!te lady in the US ask me what state was Canada… Which, now that I think of it, explains EVERYTHING.

That was really clever how you used my name like that. I’ve sure never seen that before!

Is this a joke? 3 good years is “perennial” all-star status to you? Do you know what “perennial” means? Let’s break those years down further more, shall we? Those 3 years you’ve stated when Yao Ming put up big numbers are:

’05-’06 – (57 games played — earned it before injury)

’06-’07 – (48 games played — got hurt in December, well before the all-star game and didn’t even come back until March, AFTER THE ALL-STAR GAME)

’07-08 – (55 games played — earned it before injury)

Already broke your argument. Now, let’s take it a step further as I said “perennial” all-star and know the meaning of it is “many years consecutively,” not just 3, which he had 2, non-consecutively.

’08-’09 – (19.7ppg, 9.8rpg, 54fg%, 77 games played — nothing impressive, gets the nod by default)

’09-’10 – (no games played)

’10-’11 – (5 games played, another all-star selection. WHAT?! Yeah, Chinese voters be selecting the “deserving” alright.)

Now, let’s flashback since you said he was the “best center in the Western Conference every season of his career.” That was one of the flat out dumbest comments I’ve ever seen. You forgot about Shaquille O’Neal, haven’t you?

’02-’03:
Yao Ming – 13.5ppg, 8.2rpg, 49fg%
Shaquille O’Neal – 27.5ppg, 11.1rpg, 57fg%

’03-’04:
Yao Ming – 17.5ppg, 9rpg, 52fg%
Shaquille O’Neal – 21.5ppg, 11.5rpg, 58fg%, and then he left for Miami the following season.

Comparing Dwight Howard to Yao Ming is a joke. Dwight came in the league in ’04-’05, he wasn’t considered the best center then. He didn’t even develop an offensive game until ’09-’10. Who’s really that dumb to compare the 2? Shaq was the best center back then, compare their stats. Shaq was still out performing Yao at 36 yrs old.

Now, let’s go to Tracy McGrady. Sure, in ’04-’05 he had really good numbers, but guess what? There was this guy, named Steve Nash. You probably never heard of him, but he was putting up ridiculous numbers, had the #1 spot in the conference and ended up being the MVP of the league that season. You think T-Mac should have started in front of the MVP? Ok, now ’05-’06 — he played in a 47 game, injury riddled season. Everybody was questioning why he was starting in the all-star game, saying “he wasn’t deserving, he barely played in any games.” Once again, there was this guy. Steve Nash? Yeah, him again. He was the reigning MVP. Well, he won it again that season. ’06-’07, you said T-Mac was putting up 24.6ppg, 5.3rpg, 6.5apg? Remember that Steve Nash guy? He was putting up 18.6ppg, 11.6apg, 53% from the field, 45% from the 3, 90% from the line. HISTORICAL numbers. Then there was this other guy named Allen Iverson (a real ‘perennial’ all-star) — 26.3ppg, 7.2apg, 2spg.

See, you can Google up numbers of select individuals and make it look like something, but in reality you’re talking nonsense. The Universe I’m in is “reality,” you have to WATCH basketball to understand it. The TOTAL picture reveals something much different — the truth. Players should not be voted in all-stars if they’ve been injured majority of the games prior, if other players have better numbers than them, and/or if their win/loss record is plain horrible. You think Yao Ming playing in only 27 games before the all-star break and 5 games in an entire season was deserving. I see your Universe. I don’t plan on taking a visit there. You think Yi Jianlian’s votes wasn’t a big deal? He ended up with 600,000 more votes than Chris Bosh and Paul Pierce in 2009. KG barely beat him by over 100,000 votes. How is that not a problem? Oh, yeah. YOUR Universe. Or maybe “it’s a racial thing.”

Listen, I don’t know if you’re taking offense because possibly you’re Asian or whatever the case may be, but there is a problem with the voting system. If you think Asian don’t pick favoritism, you’re fooling only yourself. There is NO way players like Yi should have over 1.8 million votes. There is NO way Jeremy Lin should have more votes than Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, among others this year, but watch what happens. To try to defend it is just plain ridiculous, and me spending 15 minutes typing this out to explain it, and provide some sense to you shouldn’t even happen.

As far as your Presidential race comment, that’s just plain ridiculous on many levels. One, it’s your opinion that both of “terrible candidates.” Two, loyalty to political parties is involved amongst both candidates. And three, this is “SLAM ONLINE,” not “USA Today,” I’m going to talk about basketball voting here, not Presidential. Please, leave that Universe you’re in. It’s killing you.