Jeremy Lin - only member of G League top 10 scorers to remain unsigned... lack of skill, age or race?
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Jeremy Lin has been really vocal about the problems he has to face as a Chinese person in the NBA. He is the only G-League top score not offered an NBA contract. A lot of critics are willing to discount Lin based on his last few NBA seasons where his stats were a little bit soft. His last performance with the Raptors was especially horrible, but the raptors was both a blessing and a curse for him, and more of the latter. Sure, he rode coattail to an NBA championship ring, but Nurse didn't know how to use Lin and he didn't click with many of the other players. I think every scout has basically discounted his most recent hard work in the G-League and pointed to his worst days in his NBA career and said, well this is the best he can do.
I bet you if ANY team give Lin a 1 day contract to play in 1 final NBA regular season game, he will score 30+ pts in that game. If he was not Asian and Linsanity had never happened, he might have been signed as a filler for one of the teams.
I think the NBA owes Lin to give him a proper send off. The NY Knicks should offer Lin a 1 day contract, maybe give him some time on the court, and let him retire as a Knicks, where it all started.
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Jeremy Lin has been really vocal about the problems he has to face as a Chinese person in the NBA. He is the only G-League top score not offered an NBA contract. A lot of critics are willing to discount Lin based on his last few NBA seasons where his stats were a little bit soft. His last performance with the Raptors was especially horrible, but the raptors was both a blessing and a curse for him, and more of the latter. Sure, he rode coattail to an NBA championship ring, but Nurse didn't know how to use Lin and he didn't click with many of the other players. I think every scout has basically discounted his most recent hard work in the G-League and pointed to his worst days in his NBA career and said, well this is the best he can do.
I bet you if ANY team give Lin a 1 day contract to play in 1 final NBA regular season game, he will score 30+ pts in that game. If he was not Asian and Linsanity had never happened, he might have been signed as a filler for one of the teams.
I think the NBA owes Lin to give him a proper send off. The NY Knicks should offer Lin a 1 day contract, maybe give him some time on the court, and let him retire as a Knicks, where it all started.