yosemiteben wrote:We have a lot of Kemba / MKG / Al (j/k) / Frank fans here, but you don't see those fans posting pictures of their favorite players smiling or giving a teammate a high five like it's something notable.
I'm glad Lin appears to be happy with his teammates and I'm glad he and his fans are around, but my comment was actually sincere - is Lin looking happy a departure from how he normally looked or something? Just seems odd to me.
Your comment seemed sincere to me. I think the difference goes more to many Lin fans seeing Lin more like a friend or son or something like that, than just an athlete they are following.
It's not that he was abused before /

, in fact, I remember seeing pictures like this posted all the time - In Houston, with Lin and Beverley, or Lin and Parsons, or Asik, or Brooks, or any number of other players there
including Harden. Lin's relationship with Harden was never bad. Some of this is getting overplayed. In LA, with Nick Young, W Johnson, Boozer... Ed Davis.
The whole first year Lin was in Houston, he had a pregame ritual with Parsons and Harden. And Harden appeared in one of LIn's videos = one of my favorite Harden clips.
Lin's always had good bonds with those he has played with. It's his role that has sometimes been an issue; not his relationships with teammates.