Why do people hate on Jeremy Lin so much?

[sportsfan76]

Lol what are you talking about? Knicks didn't offer anything to Lin, they told him to go out and seek other deals to see what he was worth and they would match.

He probably would've accepted a Knicks offer if they gave him one. They basically shot themselves in the foot

If he would have not gotten a opportunity by DAtoni, he would be nothing.


There should never have been any other team in the picture

[bdreason]

It's not his fault, but the media way overhyped Lin last season, and people grew tired of it.


He's still a very good player, as he's proving this year.

[ripthekik]

last year he proved the whole world wrong coming out from a bench position, this year he's proving the doubters and haters wrong

Funny because Harden is gaining popularity the same way Linsanity did last year

[dbk123]

jesus had haters but he was still the messiah u feel me

[I<3NBA]

jesus had haters but he was still the messiah u feel me

[Asiantastic]

jesus had haters but he was still the messiah u feel me

[Sekman]

You sir, are an example of a Lin hater.

I'm guessing that an Asian raped you when u were a child, and that's why u hate Asians

Im Asian and I hate Lin and Linsanity.. he's overrated, period.

[Legends66NBA7]

I don't hate Lin at all.

It's the overhype he's getting that I can't stand. And a part of the reason he's getting that hype is because of a spurt of red hot games and his ethnicity.

He's not even a Top 10 player at his position to get the hype he's getting and has never been the best player on his team for an entire season... doubt he ever will be. He can certainly be a good player in this league, but he needs to earn his keep.

[brandonislegend]

Does Lin look quicker and generally more athletic on the Rockets to anyone else? In the little I saw of him in the Pistons game he looked very quick laterally guarding Stuckey.

Probably, there's videos of his offseason workouts they are pretty intense.

[TheBigVeto]

Blatant Racism.

[ILLsmak]

jesus had haters but he was still the messiah u feel me

haha...

Nah, but I disagree with people saying that they presented Lin as a superstar... nobody was saying he was better than guys like CP3 and Deron. However, I think they were selling him as the best PG the Knicks have had in forever. I don't even know if it's so much that he is asian... just the fact that the Knicks have had terrible PGs for so long they are like O SHIT.

He's good, though. Other than the obvious superstars, he's right up there.

-Smak

[brantonli]

If he would have not gotten a opportunity by DAtoni, he would be nothing.


There should never have been any other team in the picture

WTF? Then players would never leave their original teams, what a silly concept. The Knicks had the final right to match the Rockets offer and didn't, how can you fault Lin for that? He did what any sensible person would do.

[RoseCity07]

Pick any role player in the NBA. Then have the media hype this player and say he's a star. Then they say shit like:

"Man, Luke Ridnour is so good, he's a star, he is taking over the league LukeSanityGoatBe. "

My god Lin averaged nearly 4 turnovers a game last year in just 27 minutes a game. He's a decent NBA player but any time I hear people talk about him as though he's a franchise player I feel exactly like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8y0HoopVE

[LJJ]

Most of the hate for Lin is coming from, predictably, fans of the Knicks.

Some of the most classless fans in the league. They used to hate Raymond Felton's guts after he was traded away from them, laughing at his (relative) fall from glory. They were saying that his performance with the Knicks was a fluke, that he just thrived in Dantoni's system, that he was no better than Chris Duhon, etc. Now that he's back suddenly they say they came out on top losing that overrated, overpaid piece of shit Lin and gaining Felton.


Never listen to a Knicks fan opinion on anything. They are useless.

[Math2]

He's overrated and people fail to mention how much he sucks when he goes against star PGs

This AND the only reason everyone got so excited over him was because he was Asian. The whole Linsainity shit got beaten to the ground. He's not close to what the media portrays him as.