我昨晚陪兒子看KNICKS打多倫多猛龍隊.Jeremy打得真不錯,也非常喜歡他和隊友的互動.開朗活潑,典型美國長大的小孩.樓下又有人說他被歧視,連文道在三人行也這麽說.我仔細看了對他CAREER的報道,摘錄如下:
Lin sent his résumé and a DVD of highlights to all the Ivy League schools, Cal, and his dream schools Stanford and UCLA.[16][17][6] The Pac-10 schools wanted him to walk-on. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams, but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.[18] Rex Walters, University of San Francisco men's basketball coach and a retired NBA player, said NCAA limits on coaches' recruiting visits impacted Lin. "Most colleges start recruiting a guy in the first five minutes they see him because he runs really fast, jumps really high, does the quick, easy thing to evaluate," Walters said. Lin added, "I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I’m not going to do anything that’s extra flashy or freakishly athletic."[19]
WALK-ON就是說學校運動隊要他,但不提供獎學金."but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships."這句很重要,因為沒有獎學金,他才選擇了去哈佛.林的STYLE is not flashy or impressive in the first 5 minutes.這大概是他沒有被教練選中的主要原因.當然對Asian的Stereotype肯定是有的,比如都認為ASIAN數學好,會樂器,打籃球沒那麽在行,這都算不上歧視.就象我們說老黑運動好,音樂才能,但學習不行.
事實上隨著姚明的退役,NBA急需找一位新的亞洲麵孔來代替姚明來吸引亞洲市場.而小林就是最好的選擇了.談何歧視.我個人覺得小林比姚明打得好多了.我小姨是專業的省隊女子籃球教練.也非常喜歡看NBA,她對姚明的評價一直不高.她覺得姚的靈活性比起NBA其他的運動員差太遠了.完全靠個子,但有容易受傷.我就覺得姚根本就跑不動.小林就非常不錯,若能KEEP ON, 前途無可限量.Go Jeremy.