[Mick]

I thought some people on this board might have a passing interest in the Paly grad's latest NYT headline. Warning: The 6.5minute video was painful for me to watch.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/sports...&te=1&_r=0

On April 5, Kuei uploaded her finished product, a six-and-a-half-minute video, to YouTube. She called it “Jeremy Lin: Too Flagrant Not to Call.” Piecing together clips of Lin over the years getting whacked in the face, clotheslined, bleeding, tumbling to the floor — all without ever drawing a flagrant foul — Kuei tried to convey that Lin, an American-born son of immigrants from Taiwan, was the victim of excessive physicality from opponents and insufficient protection from the league and its referees.

Funny, as I was watching this and after I read "Critics of the video have suggested that similar ones could be made about other players," I was thinking of all the times that Steph Curry got slaughtered with absolutely no foul called.  I sincerely doubt Lin is treated any differently. I do think some players get calls they don't deserve (Harden, James), and some players get hammered...but it's not because of his race.

Side note, I have a photo of my son with Jeremy Lin, taken on University Avenue last summer.  He said he was a genuinely nice man, good sense of humor, modest etc.

[Mick]

I thought some people on this board might have a passing interest in the Paly grad's latest NYT headline. Warning: The 6.5minute video was painful for me to watch.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/sports...&te=1&_r=0

On April 5, Kuei uploaded her finished product, a six-and-a-half-minute video, to YouTube. She called it “Jeremy Lin: Too Flagrant Not to Call.” Piecing together clips of Lin over the years getting whacked in the face, clotheslined, bleeding, tumbling to the floor — all without ever drawing a flagrant foul — Kuei tried to convey that Lin, an American-born son of immigrants from Taiwan, was the victim of excessive physicality from opponents and insufficient protection from the league and its referees.

Funny, as I was watching this and after I read "Critics of the video have suggested that similar ones could be made about other players," I was thinking of all the times that Steph Curry got slaughtered with absolutely no foul called.  I sincerely doubt Lin is treated any differently. I do think some players get calls they don't deserve (Harden, James), and some players get hammered...but it's not because of his race.

Side note, I have a photo of my son with Jeremy Lin, taken on University Avenue last summer.  He said he was a genuinely nice man, good sense of humor, modest etc.