When the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors meet this Thursday in the National Basketball Association's champiionship best-of-seven games series, Jeremy Lin will have completed a circle. The Bay Area native went undrafted after graduating from Harvard before the Warriors signed him.
That was nine seasons ago. Since then movies have been made about Lin. He’s been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and he makes millions as one of the few Asian American to play in the NBA. Yet, like so many Asian Americans, he remains invisible.
Sportsnaut reports a security guard stopped Jeremy Lin from boarding the team bus of the Toronto Raptors after a recent playoff game in Milwaukee.
RELATED: Are the Golden State Warriors Asian America's team?He’s like, ‘Where do you think you’re going?!’And I’m like, ‘Uh, I’m trying to get to the team bus,’ Lin recalled on the Bill Michaels Sports Talk Network. “He’s like, ‘What?! Where’s your pass?’ I was like, ‘I don’t have a pass. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t have a pass.’”
It’s the same type of story Lin recalled in the movie Linsanity during his first few weeks playing for the New York Knicks in 2011. That was eight years ago. You’d think people hired to provide security for an NBA sports team would have heard about Lin by now.
Lin is headed to the NBA finals with the Toronto Raptors. Barring injury, he’s not expected to get much playing time. He’s only played a total of 26 minutes for the Raptors during this playoff run.
The South China Morning Post reports Lin is getting encouragement from fans, telling him they hope he gets more playing time.
Lin made his NBA debut in 2010 and as the first AsianA merican to play in the NBA. When he checked in he received a warm ovation at Oracle Arena. Lin hardly played, appearing in just 29 games for the Warriors, who at the time dwelled near the cellar of the NBA.
Lin was later traded to the New York Knicks and went on a dynamic six-week run of high scoring games and dramatic moments, dubbed “Linsanity.”
Views From the Edge contributed to this report.
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