Lin says Race Kept Him Out of Good (basketball) College

Jeremy Lin says race was a barrier to competing at college of his (first and second?) choice. I supposed some might say, hey you went to Harvard why the whine? And others might say, not getting a look from, say Kentucky, cost him millions of dollars in the NBA. In an upcoming 60 Minutes, (I love sports but its got no place on 60 Minutes) Lin says his Asianess resulted in a lack of offers from major colleges.

Jeremy Lin

You'll have to watch the piece yourself, but in the SI story about the piece, the magazine doesn't say who are the perpetrators. There are plenty of suggestions that the prejudice against the Chinese-American is slowly being chipped away by Lin's play on the court. (SI calls Lin a Taiwanese-American. The U.S. country does not officially recognize Taiwan. It keeps us out of war with China) Lin says he is still thought of "deceptively athletic and deceptively quick." 

Let me help you understand. If Reuben Studdard is athletic and quick, that's deceptive because he's heavy. To be surprised that an Lin is athletic or quick, that's like saying you're surprised he can enunciate his L's and R's. Lin is averaging 13.1 points, 6.1 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Rockets, who are on track to make the playoffs for the first time since 2009. I love me some Lin, but James Hardin is also on this team and he is the NBA's fifth leading scorer averaging 25.8 points a game.