NBA can say all they want, but we can see with our own eyes what happened on the court.
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The kind of inept and tone-deaf response you'd expect from FIFA not the NBA. Never thought David Stern's shoes would be too big for his successor but Adam Silver is just slipping and sliding all over the place.
After this bricked free throw by Silver, the short list to replace him just got longer. Silver will land on his feet. I hear Trump is looking for an advisor on China, where Lin has a yuge following. Silver fits right in with Team Trump.
After this bricked free throw by Silver, the short list to replace him just got longer. Silver will land on his feet. I hear Trump is looking for an advisor on China, where Lin has a yuge following. Silver fits right in with Team Trump.
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Then I will have to say that NBA administration is not just blind, but also a liar with discrimination against Jeremy Lin. NBA also denies that there are discrimination against white NBA players despite the fact that many statements from the retired white NBA players!!
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Let's check the numbers again in 1 year. I'll bet they change.
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What a pathetic response, but can anyone really expect anything different from the NBA? They surely will defend themselves using whatever cherry-picked reason.
Can those stats show Lin was hit on the head, repeatedly?
Can those stats show Lin was hit on the head, repeatedly?
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The NBA is where the NFL was several years ago and by the sounds of thing is content to stay there. Interested in money not the well being of the players who seem to be content with beating the crap our of each other. Perhaps training the ref's for NHL.
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The absence of flagrant calls in the documented cases are not due to racial bias. It is a demonstration of star and team bias. It is no coincidence that the uncalled flagrant fouls were delivered by some of the NBA's biggest names. Lin is not even the player with the most outrageous uncalled flagrant fouls on his own team, the Hornets. That distinction belongs to Cody Zeller. The NBA has allowed him to be the league's designated punching bag. Just one example, though the worst, was when the Bull's Noah elbowed Cody in the face and BROKE HIS NOSE. Not only was no flagrant call made, there was no whistle what so ever. If memory serves, Cody returned and the Hornets took the W, but there is no question that Zeller would have been ejected if the roles were reversed.
During the playoffs last year, a analyst was flabbergasted that king James was on the wrong end of two close calls in the same quarter. He did not opine that the calls were wrong. He merely stated how unusual it was for a player of LeBron's stature to not get the benefit of the doubt. No one disagreed. We have grown so accustomed to bias, that its appearant absence for a brief time is noteworthy.
During the playoffs last year, a analyst was flabbergasted that king James was on the wrong end of two close calls in the same quarter. He did not opine that the calls were wrong. He merely stated how unusual it was for a player of LeBron's stature to not get the benefit of the doubt. No one disagreed. We have grown so accustomed to bias, that its appearant absence for a brief time is noteworthy.
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The two statistical comparisons the NBA has used are not apples-to-apples. The 1 in 500 flagrant foul statistic is for any player across the entire league, but as shown by the statistics presented by NBA, Lin drives to the basket more than most players. A more accurate/honest comparison would be to look at the rate of flagrant fouls for those players with 1,500 drives to the basket. This would show how the zero flagrant fouls Lin has drawn compares to players with a similar style of play.
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If ever there was a document drafted by lawyers, it the NBA's official response to the Times story yesterday about the video showing flagrant and repeated fouls against Lin. It's noteworthy that the NBA did not dispute that Lin was flagrantly fouled repeatedly.
The NBA said he "was not disadvantaged", which in legal parlance is an argument that, yeah, the fouls may have been made and may even have been flagrant, but the failure to call the flagrant fouls did not prejudice Lin and presumably his team. Incidentally, the NBA did not explain or justify how Lin and his team had not been disadvantaged. It was a statement that was devoid of any explanation at all.
It would be a great assist to those of us who try to understand things if the Times would bring this non-answer answer to the attention of NBA officials. Maybe the NBA could trot out the lawyer who wrote the statement to explain the legal ramifications and the NBA's total lack of concern about flagrant fouls not being called when Lin is the one being fouled.
When I read the NBA statement I thought, this is the press release of the ages, saying nothing, skirting the issue raised, trying to keep the NBA immune from its own public mistakes, stated in terms so reasonable and
self-assured that nary a doubt would remain after reading it.
The NBA said he "was not disadvantaged", which in legal parlance is an argument that, yeah, the fouls may have been made and may even have been flagrant, but the failure to call the flagrant fouls did not prejudice Lin and presumably his team. Incidentally, the NBA did not explain or justify how Lin and his team had not been disadvantaged. It was a statement that was devoid of any explanation at all.
It would be a great assist to those of us who try to understand things if the Times would bring this non-answer answer to the attention of NBA officials. Maybe the NBA could trot out the lawyer who wrote the statement to explain the legal ramifications and the NBA's total lack of concern about flagrant fouls not being called when Lin is the one being fouled.
When I read the NBA statement I thought, this is the press release of the ages, saying nothing, skirting the issue raised, trying to keep the NBA immune from its own public mistakes, stated in terms so reasonable and
self-assured that nary a doubt would remain after reading it.
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You didn't think the NBA big shots were going to admit they have a problem, did you? Judging from the amount of traveling NBA athletes do (and I don't mean on buses and airplanes) you have bunch of refs who can't even count to three. And besides, those weren't flagrant fouls, those were sucker punches. Especially Carmelo Anthony's.
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Good for Hsiu-Chen Kuei! Got the NBA's attention and earned a response. Frankly, grand statistics are thoroughly unconvincing. Lin's deceptive drives, fakes and feints frustrate defenders, and they often vent on his head, regardless of what league-wide statistics suggest. Fans believe their own eyes over some abstract math.
This isn't over, as the refs will be aware of heightened scrutiny every time they call fouls against Lin. Keep the pressure up. There's no place for headhunters in the NBA.
This isn't over, as the refs will be aware of heightened scrutiny every time they call fouls against Lin. Keep the pressure up. There's no place for headhunters in the NBA.
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I'm no statistician, but 1 flagrant foul incident out of 500 total fouls (NBA average) versus only 1 flagrant foul call for Lin out of 814 personal fouls still sounds highly significant to me. Wonder what the calculated "odds ratio" and confidence intervals were for the NBA's case-control analysis? Irregardless, the fatal flaw in this analysis is the underlying assumption that in-game fouls are more or less the same .. and that flagrant fouls in particular occur incidentally or by chance. However, anyone who watches games (or this eye-opening video) knows that flagrant fouls are situational and highly volitional. Lin does frequently and repeatedly put himself in harm's way with his aggressive drives to the basket, so that would to have an impact upon a defender's willingness to dole out excessive contact fouls during the course of a game. The most egregious fouls were committed by Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony - so you can't help but feel that the punishing fouls against Lin were to some extent "personal".
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Correction: It's much worse than I thought. Lin drew "ZERO" flagrant foul calls out of 814 common fouls. The NBA simply makes the assumption that the flagrant foul event rate is too small to draw any firm conclusions -- and presents it declaratively as no difference. They should review and analyze all hard contact above the shoulders that results in extreme retroflexion at the neck (an impossible motion to fake .. even for the most practiced "flopper")- and see whether there's a difference in flagrant foul calls and/or in-game reviews for Lin vs other players. This is not simply a bias issue .. but a major safety issue for all the athletes.
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Did anyone expect the NBA to say otherwise? Some players are untouchable, like LeBron or Hardin, and others are easily fouled without penalty. Ask officials if they take greater notice when a high profile has the ball.
He graduated with honors from Harvard. That's why they're after him! He's too smart!
I watched the video. For sure some of the plays were missed calls.
What's stranger to me is that a guy from Harvard is playing---and playing well---in the league.
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There is some consistency when it comes to officiating in the NBA. Marquee stars are much more likely to be sent to the free throw line, and they are also allowed to travel and carry the ball. But that's about it.
Is the NBA really saying that the Kobe clothesline foul wasn't a flagrant?
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I watched the video, and the only hit that looked like an obvious flagrant foul to me was Kobe's clothesline one. I think it's possible to invoke a variant on Hanlon's razor here--i.e., never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Refs purposely not calling flagrants on Lin is an invitation to the league to fire them. If any ref is indeed racist, he'll find a more subtle way to communicate it. The racist theory is out of touch with common sense and human nature.
What a pathetic excuse of an answer by the NBA.
They must really have a low opinion of their fan base.
They must really have a low opinion of their fan base.
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Look at the fouls on Tony Parker, who drives to the basket in the same way. Same scenario.
Jeremy Lin is perceived as a threat to non-Asian NBA players. They don't like his popularity and they don't like the idea of more Asian players arriving on the scene. This influences the refs who take their lead from the players in order to fit in and avoid complaints about their reffing performance. NBA refs are given an evaluation after each game. They just want to fit in. The league itself hides from the issue just like it is hiding from the All-Star Game in North Carolina issue. The whole thing stinks.
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The hits by Kobe, Carmelo and James were undoubtedly flagrant and we know why: Lin upstaged them when he was a member of their team.
Men could be jealous too!
Men could be jealous too!
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The sad truth about Jeremy Lin is that his biggest contribution to basketball may be sparking animosity between Asian-Americans and African-Americans sports fans. Fact is Lin has sometimes fanned these tensions for self-serving purposes.
His online supporters sometimes used him as a symbol of ethnic envy and resentment. Their angst seems unduly targeted at the accomplishments of black athletes, and at the relative acceptance of blacks figures in U.S. popular culture.
By comparison, the Asian American athlete is largely invisible in the major sports.
Lin supporters resonate sentiments of condescension found in unrelated issues such as presumptions around standardized testing. The tragic notion that because some people score higher grades they are more worthy and desired -- despite contributing less to society in real terms.
The veiled agendas of race in the Lin sports argument points to a need for an honest conversation. If there is a larger agenda of racial resentment among the advocates of Lin they should make it plain to themselves and others.
C'mon man, lay the cards on the table in a manly way. Perhaps then people can have a constructive conversation and move forward in a mutually beneficial way. Who knows? -- maybe Jeremy Lin will man-up as well.
His online supporters sometimes used him as a symbol of ethnic envy and resentment. Their angst seems unduly targeted at the accomplishments of black athletes, and at the relative acceptance of blacks figures in U.S. popular culture.
By comparison, the Asian American athlete is largely invisible in the major sports.
Lin supporters resonate sentiments of condescension found in unrelated issues such as presumptions around standardized testing. The tragic notion that because some people score higher grades they are more worthy and desired -- despite contributing less to society in real terms.
The veiled agendas of race in the Lin sports argument points to a need for an honest conversation. If there is a larger agenda of racial resentment among the advocates of Lin they should make it plain to themselves and others.
C'mon man, lay the cards on the table in a manly way. Perhaps then people can have a constructive conversation and move forward in a mutually beneficial way. Who knows? -- maybe Jeremy Lin will man-up as well.
Did you watch the video?
Who is saying Asians are more desired or better because of higher test scores?
In the empirical study on admissions to elite colleges, Asians have to score 50 more SAT points to have equal statistical standing as whites. Blacks get a 200+ point SAT bonus in statistical terms.
If anything, society is saying blacks with lower test scores are more valuable than Asians with higher scores.
In the empirical study on admissions to elite colleges, Asians have to score 50 more SAT points to have equal statistical standing as whites. Blacks get a 200+ point SAT bonus in statistical terms.
If anything, society is saying blacks with lower test scores are more valuable than Asians with higher scores.
What's with the "manly" stuff? And what in the world is "ethnic envy?" Anything to do with "small hands?" What angst about Black athletic accomplishment? Don't need Freud to get that you've got something going on in your head you can't spit out -- like a man? How do you "resonate sentiments of condescension?" Or is your racially coded comment an example? Evidence of "...veiled agendas[sic] of race..." or a "...larger agenda of racial resentment?"
Bit creepy and obsessive.
Yup, Roger, let's "...lay the cards on the table in a manly way." Problem is that you don't have any cards and can't man up to save your pants.
Bit creepy and obsessive.
Yup, Roger, let's "...lay the cards on the table in a manly way." Problem is that you don't have any cards and can't man up to save your pants.
In related news, the Confederate States of America has just re-issued an earlier press statement reiterating that the Civil War was a battle for states rights and had nothing to do with slavery.
The National Blind Association is an embarrassment to basketball.
The National Blind Association is an embarrassment to basketball.
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