Megan Turner
Jeremy Lin will not be naming the person who called him “coronavirus” while he was playing basketball.
The former NBA guard that now plays for the G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors spoke out initially on Thursday via social media, and tweeted Saturday he’s “not naming or shaming anyone.”
“I know this will disappoint some of you but I’m not naming or shaming anyone,” Lin tweeted Saturday. “What good does it do in this situation for someone to be torn down? It doesn’t make my community safer or solve any of our long-term problems with racism.”
ESPN reports the G League is investigating the claim made by Lin.
Lin didn’t specify in the statement when it occured, and it is unclear if it was during a game in the G League bubble in Orlando, Florida, where Lin currently is playing, ESPN reports.
In a Thursday Instagram post, he detailed his thoughts on the racism he believes the Asian American community continues to deal with and offered examples of his own experiences.
“Being an Asian American doesn’t mean we don’t experience poverty and racism,” he said on Thursday. “Being a 9 year NBA veteran doesn’t protect me from being called ‘coronavirus’ on the court. Being a man of faith doesn’t mean I don’t fight for justice, for myself and for others.”
Lin became a household name in 2012 when he emerged as the breakout star of the New York Knicks, dubbed “Linsanity.”
He became the first Asian American to win an NBA title while playing for the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
He’s either lying or the offender is higher up the victim Olympics ladder. He gets no sympathy with his victim signaling.
Asians are considered white by leftists, so this won’t become a story.
Except Asians like the NY Times’ Sarah Jeong who trashes White people. Those Asians are cool with the left
not very balsey ford of him 🥸
If it was a black guy, it won’t matter because they get a pass (I refuse to use the term racist, calling someone a name is NOT racist, might be bigoted, or prejudiced, but not racist, I wish this fucking country would get things under control)
Exactly.
If a white guy said it to him, he would be labeled as a racist, but if a black guy said it to him, he would be excused as a poor choice of words, he would apologize and carry on as usual.
That’s assuming the bigoted left would even require a “cOlOrEd PeRsOn” to apologize for being bigoted.
Like the black boy who called Doncic a white pussy. Nothing came of it. Doc Rivers came to the guy’s defense, for crying out loud. White men are being marginalized at a rapid rate.
The goal is full-on eradication
Fuck that only if you let yourself be marginalized. Wait until the liberals run out of money.
It was Lebron 😎
Do parents not teach the old “sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me” anymore?
Geez, wipe some dirt on it and get back in the game!
Not only don’t parents teach that, they clearly ignore two other lessons we used to learn by third grade:
1. Life isn’t fair.
2. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
All the victimhood and all the racism to “cure” racism being shoved down our throats these days make that clear.
Sounds like Lin is going snowflake over basic trash-talking. Grow a set.
Lin is being such a bitch here. As someone who has played sports my entire life (still do) there is so much trash talk on courts, fields, rinks, etc. you get called so many names it isn’t even worth mentioning. The shit talk goes all ways, to and from every color.
Agreed
The main reason trash talk happens in sports is to get in the guy’s head so he can’t execute properly on the court.
And guess what…whomever said this to Lin…clearly did.
That’s right.
those white Trump supporting cops are everywhere!!!!!
Until LBH orders the hit…
Notice it seems to be only the minorities whine and complain about this trivial stuff haven’t seen any white dudes cry he called me a bitch ass white boy or honkie or cracker etc they need to grow a thicker skin quit sounding like little boo hoo children.
I’m betting on the gibbons who serves as the CCP’s chief mouthpiece…