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Floyd Mayweather questions Jeremy Lin
ESPNNewYork.com ^
| February 14, 2012
| Ian Begley
Posted on 02/14/2012 6:28:58 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
Boxer Floyd Mayweather believes that New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is getting national attention because of his race, rather than his exceptional play.
"Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise," Mayweather wrote on his Twitter account on Monday afternoon.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: basketball; lin; mayweather; race
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And then there's the inflated "hype" of one Barack Obama.
To: ConservativeStatement
LOLLLLL
Floyd Mayweather is absolutely right about Jeremy Lin. BUT black people in general have received inflated praise for accomplishments that if they were white would receive no fanfare whatsoever.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:32:22 AM PST
by
bigdirty
To: ConservativeStatement
Go slap your baby momma some more, Floyd. No one gives a flip what you think.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:37:56 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: ConservativeStatement
Floyd, not every race gets the affirmative action treatment.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:43:57 AM PST
by
crosshairs
(Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
To: ConservativeStatement
It figures pro basketball would be the one and only activity in the nation where skill decides who advance and who doesn’t.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:44:12 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: ConservativeStatement
Lin was getting praised because he did what few black players have done, he stayed toe to toe with Kobe Bryant.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:45:54 AM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: ConservativeStatement
Yet when Rush Limbaugh says the same about black quarterbacks, it’s headline news.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:54:38 AM PST
by
NorthStarStateConservative
(Don't let the GOP-E hijack Congress too. Pound the pavement for your local conservative rep today!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Hey Floyd welcome to the other side. I’m a white male, do you know how tiresome it gets to be to see glowing stories when anyone who isn’t a white male does something noteworthy?
You’re a member of what is the dominant culture in the NBA. Sit back, relax, enjoy.
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posted on
02/14/2012 6:56:02 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(Aldous Huxley and Mike Judge were right.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
02/14/2012 7:07:40 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: brownsfan
"Youre a member of what is the dominant culture in the NBA."Um, look at the very first word of the story. "Boxer". Floyd is a boxer. He beats up other minorities for a living.
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posted on
02/14/2012 7:11:58 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: ConservativeStatement
Sorry Floyd that someone ruined your private black house party known as the NBA. And an Asian no less. Those little fellows should be running grocery stores in the hood so your peeps can rob them, right?
Lin being Asian and taking it to the black guys is a big part of the story but so what? He also is making news because he went to Harvard, not exactly a feeder school for NBA guys. And he was undrafted so you have another fun part of the whole underdog story.
So deal with it Floyd and quit whining and playing the race victim card. No one complained when that "black guys can swim" movie came out.
To: ConservativeStatement
Lin is the first player in league history to have at least 20 points and seven assists in each of his four career starts - better than Michael Jordan.
If Merriwether wants to scream ‘racist’, he should point at the one he sees in a mirror.
To: bigdirty
No, Mayweather is exactly wrong about Jeremy Lin.
Over the past 5 games in which he has had his first career starts, Lin has scored more points than any NBA player in HISTORY. This includes all-time greats like Jordan, Shaq and Iverson.
So Money May’ ought to shut his trap and box.
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posted on
02/14/2012 7:21:10 AM PST
by
mkboyce
To: bigdirty
Floyd Mayweather is absolutely right about Jeremy Lin.No...actually he's not right at all and his response smacks of ignorance and racism. Lin had the best 4 game start of any point guard since the merger of the ABA and NBA regardless of color or background.
Whether Lin pans out over time, as some of his game is figured out, remains to be seen. But, to say "black players do what (Lin) does every night..." is patently false since this type of start has never been done before.
To: ConservativeStatement
All that is certain is that May is a chicken who won’t fight Pac Man.
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posted on
02/14/2012 7:55:35 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: ConservativeStatement
He’s right - look at the sparse amount of publicity that has been given to players like Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Shaquille O’Neal, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant over the years.
To: Hatteras
Lay off Myweather. He's punch drunk and doesn't know what he is saying.
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posted on
02/14/2012 8:36:17 AM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
(He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
To: ConservativeStatement
I really hope Pacquiao shuts him up if/when they fight.
To: ConservativeStatement
Why is the Jeremy Lin story so huge? Well there's the Asian-American aspect, but the fact is Lin started getting major minutes and playing like a superstar on a team that was headed nowhere and now is being talked about as a contender in the playoffs. Lin turned the fortunes of the Knicks around something the previous Knick guards, all of them African-American, had been unable to do. Does anyone think that if Lin were Black, he still wouldn't be a huge story? I'm not a Knicks fan (Bucks fan), but I've watched Lin play the last five games. Nobody has been able to stop him, and he's played against some pretty good teams. The only game he's faltered was against the T-Wolves, and he was obviously exhausted in the second half.
If you're a Knick fan, and Lin was Black, would you be any less deliriously happy about his play and the prospects for his team in the future? I think not. I'd gladly swap any three players on the Bucks for Lin. Yes, Bogut, Jennings, and name the player.
To: ConservativeStatement
Lin was a dominate high school player against topflight competition.
Just maybe his race was a negative factor in getting recruited out of high school.
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