God, we miss Linsanity! When Yao Ming came to the NBA back
God, we miss Linsanity!
When Yao Ming came to the NBA back in 2002, despite being a 7’6” Chinese behemoth, the other big men in the league, particularly Shaquille O’Neal look to him as soft.
But that was just a perception because Yao proves eventually that he is a tough cookie down the middle and can take body hits as much as dish a couple too against opponents.
It seems that the same perception has been passed on to the 26-year-old Jeremy Lin of the Los Angeles Lakers. The difference between him and Yao is that he is a Taiwanese who grew up in America while Yao came directly from China. But the yellow race in Lin’s blood stream is very evident in his person.
The Harvard graduate says that he is being perceived to be soft and laid back by other people, including players, fans, and spectators, because of his Asian-American ethnicity, reports China Topix.
The point guard says that Asian-Americans in the NBA are usually the ones being the butt or subject of most of the jokes compared to other races. He said the stereotyping has also made the Asian-Americans subjects of abuse in the community.