Jeremy Lin Hints at Retirement on Twitter

[clyde21]

had a better career than most, salud

[ropjhk]

As an Asian Canadian I salute him for giving us a role model to look up to

We're all human. I really don't understand why people feel the need to look for same race role models.

It gives people confidence that race doesn't have to prevent one from achieving a certain position in life.

[The_Hater]

Biggest mistake was to leave nyc.

That wasn’t his choice, they literally told him to leave. There were lots of whispers on why, but I won’t take this thread that direction.

Lin was a solid NBA player after being a huge underdog to even play at thar level. He has all my respect.

[BallerTalk]

Random role player turned celebrity by way of an amazing hot streak in a major media market bolstered by identity appeal to an underrepresented demographic.
He parlayed that into a solid 10 yr journeyman career in the league.

His career on the court was pretty common by NBA standards but what he may be noted for most is his rabid fan base which contained some of the better, and notoriously some of the worst, elements of sports fandom.
The incessant conspiracy theories and blatant racism from some of Lin's more radical fans was most noticeable after his brief stint in New York. I witnessed them blame everyone from Melo, to Harden, to Beverley, to McHale, to Kobe for Lin not being an All-Star.

Perhaps the most unfortunate part was that their unrealistic expectations of him left them perpetually unsatisfied and unable to fully appreciate what turned out to be a pretty decent career.
Even now they still blame conspiracies for why a nearly 33 year old basketball vagabond, who looked virtually unplayable in his last NBA stint, hasn't landed a roster spot rather than celebrating his trailblazing career.

[iLLmatic860]

He took a big deal of blatant hits that weren't even basketball plays and not called.

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

He's a good player....I think he can be a good 15th player tho

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

[Phreak50]

The fact of the matter is that he had a brilliant 2 week stretch that was awesome to watch, but also massively overblown

How was it massively overblown? Any player, on any team, of any nationality would have got the same (if not more) attention.

22pts, 9 ast during a 12 game span as a starter. (Went 9-3). Including 38pts in a win over Kobe and the Lakers and a game winning buzzer beater in there as well.

136 points scored in his first five starts, the most by any player since the NBA and ABA merged in 1976.

What he did was great any day of the week.

But to do it with his background and under his circumstances was truly an epic moment in NBA history.

Personally, it's my favourite moment ever having watched the NBA for over 25 years. It's just such an unexpected and feel good story.

[djsunyc]

He took a big deal of blatant hits that weren't even basketball plays and not called.

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

He's a good player....I think he can be a good 15th player tho

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

any nba player trying to prevent other players from making bank is a grade A douche.

[iLLmatic860]

He took a big deal of blatant hits that weren't even basketball plays and not called.

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

He's a good player....I think he can be a good 15th player tho

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

any nba player trying to prevent other players from making bank is a grade A douche.

Was Lin worth the contract tho?

[djsunyc]

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

any nba player trying to prevent other players from making bank is a grade A douche.

Was Lin worth the contract tho?

mos def. do you know how much money he made the rockets?

[vital_signs]

As an Asian Canadian I salute him for giving us a role model to look up to

We're all human. I really don't understand why people feel the need to look for same race role models.

It gives people confidence that race doesn't have to prevent one from achieving a certain position in life.

Dude went to Harvard and we're here trying to act like him being in the NBA is what should give people that look up to him confidence.

[TinmanZBoy]

He took a big deal of blatant hits that weren't even basketball plays and not called.

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

He's a good player....I think he can be a good 15th player tho

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

any nba player trying to prevent other players from making bank is a grade A douche.

i'd cut Melo a little slack here... Melo might have meant how "ridiculous" the contract was structured, being back loaded, not necessarily meant the amount was ridiculous for Lin's stature... the real douche was JR, he piled on saying Lin's big earning created lock room resentment, but JR is a knucklehead anyway, he was actually the teammate who accompanied Lin in Lin's ESPY award ceremony... JR is a star ass licker...

[TinmanZBoy]

Random role player turned celebrity by way of an amazing hot streak in a major media market and identity appeal to an underrepresented demographic.
He parlayed that into a solid 10 yr journeyman career in the league.

His career on the court was pretty common by NBA standards but what he may be noted for most is his rabid fan base which contained some of the better, and notoriously some of the worst, elements of sports fandom.
The incessant conspiracy theories and blatant racism from some of Lin's more radical fans was most noticeable after his brief stint in New York. I witnessed them blame everyone from Melo, to Harden, to Beverley, to McHale, to Kobe for Lin not being an All-Star.

Perhaps the most unfortunate part was that their unrealistic expectations of him left them perpetually unsatisfied and unable to fully appreciate what turned out to be a pretty decent career.
Even now they still blame conspiracies for why a nearly 33 year old basketball vagabond, who looked virtually unplayable in his last NBA stint, hasn't landed a roster spot rather than celebrating his trailblazing career.

you should post this in lin fans website or clutchfans ... not here...

[BallerTalk]

you should post this in lin fans website or clutchfans ... not here...

Fits perfectly right where it is (and apparently touched the right people).

Thanks.

[Adam Stern]

Biggest mistake was to leave nyc.

That wasn’t his choice, they literally told him to leave. There were lots of whispers on why, but I won’t take this thread that direction.

Lin was a solid NBA player after being a huge underdog to even play at thar level. He has all my respect.

Revisionist history.
Lin took the money, as he should have.

[Ice Trae]

Damn. I was really hoping someone would give him a chance via a 10 day

[NYspeedy]

He took a big deal of blatant hits that weren't even basketball plays and not called.

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

He's a good player....I think he can be a good 15th player tho

Melo basically just said Lin wasnt worth a big contract

He wasnt wrong

True, but same can be said for Melo.

[The_Hater]

Biggest mistake was to leave nyc.

That wasn’t his choice, they literally told him to leave. There were lots of whispers on why, but I won’t take this thread that direction.

Lin was a solid NBA player after being a huge underdog to even play at thar level. He has all my respect.

Revisionist history.
Lin took the money, as he should have.

Well I just look things up to make sure my memory wasn’t failing me. And the Knicks didn’t offer him a contract, and they didn’t match the contract Houston offered him. Yet they did give contracts to a 39 year old Jason Kidd and Ray Felton.

And the kicker was that Dolan was pissed that Lin didn’t give the Knicks a home team discount after they had given him his opportunity. But they never offered him even a discounted contract so basically they were upset that Lin’s agent was doing his job and finding a team that would offer his client a contract.

There were also rumors thar Carmelo didn’t want him back but those are tougher to prove.

Lin did take the money, but the Knicks definitely didn’t try very hard to retain him either.

[poultryfan]

Him leaving NY was a Carmelo thing ...I mean the guy threw an uppercut at the guy

Amare basically confirmed it. Plus the fact that Carmelo publicly commented on Lin's offer sheet and called it "ridiculous" is all the evidence you need. I don't know why it's still being debated at all.

[Adam Stern]

The fact of the matter is that he had a brilliant 2 week stretch that was awesome to watch, but also massively overblown

How was it massively overblown? Any player, on any team, of any nationality would have got the same (if not more) attention.

I don't know if "overblown" is the word I'd use because it was a great story but Flip Murray had literally the same story but didn't get nearly the same attention.
Lin's racial identity definitely played a role in all the hype.

[Pharmcat]

Biggest mistake was to leave nyc.

That wasn’t his choice, they literally told him to leave. There were lots of whispers on why, but I won’t take this thread that direction.

Lin was a solid NBA player after being a huge underdog to even play at thar level. He has all my respect.

Melo and jr smith were jealous of the attention he got. amare admitted this a few years ago when he said some on the team were not happy with Lin’s success. In hindsight knicks should have traded all the anti Lin players and built around him