It's simple.
It's not about Lin and it's not about race.
It's about the NY market and ESPN hype machine is doing everything they can to overhype the issue.
I take nothing away from Lin, but let's also look at the teams the knicks have beat while he has been at pg. Safe to say Dallas and LA are the best he has beaten. Good wins, not great.
Lin's short term validity will be determined tomorrow night vs Miami.
Long term depending on where they end up in the playoffs, if they make it.
I say if they make it, because Melo and Amare are real good at fucking things up.
Back to the NY market, ESPN has been waiting to hype the knicks since the melo/amare deal, and they have never delivered. I like the fact that Lin of all people on that team is getting the hype, least he understands the team concept and you know this kid will work his ass off, instead of thinking he is owed everything.
As for the OP, I get what he is saying.
It's a rant on the ESPN Overhype machine.
They do it in every sport, because the robots at ESPN don't know how to think for themselves. They work with the BCS to shove biased info down our throats. Did it with Tebow, doing it with Linn.
It's kinda like the Brett Favre thing to me. I can't stand Favre, but it's really more hate I have of ESPN and their love of his antics, than him as a football player.
To sum up my thoughts, Lin has been good and stepped up when his team was going nowhere. Glad to see someone who is willing to work, go somewhere. It's not his fault ESPN overhypes him. If I was in his shoes, I'd be working out a deal to get some guaranteed money while the good times are rolling.
As the saying goes....
Don't hate the player (Lin), hate the game (ESPN)