NBA reportedly investigating racist incident against Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin is currently playing with the Santa Cruz Warriors in his comeback attempt.

The National Basketball League is investigating a claim made by Jeremy Lin that he was called "coronavirus" during a game, an official from the NBA's G League told ESPN's Marc J. Spears on Friday.

Former NBA player and currently playing for the Santa Cruz Warriors, Lin took to Facebook on Thursday night to speak out against the surge of hate crimes experienced by Asians and Asian Americans in the United States.

In his Facebook post, Lin wrote: "Being a 9 year NBA veteran doesn't protect me from being called 'coronavirus' on the court."

“Something is changing in this generation of Asian Americans,” Lin wrote on Facebook. “We are tired of being told that we don’t experience racism, we are tired of being told to keep our heads down and not make trouble. We are tired of Asian American kids growing up and being asked where they’re REALLY from, of having our eyes mocked, of being objectified as exotic or being told we’re inherently unattractive.

“We are tired of the stereotypes in Hollywood affecting our psyche and limiting who we think we can be. We are tired of being invisible, of being mistaken for our colleague or told our struggles aren’t as real. … I want better for my niece and nephew and future kids. I want better for the next generation of Asian American athletes than to have to work so hard to just be “deceptively athletic.”

Lin didn’t go into specific details about being called “coronavirus” on the court — without saying when or where this happened. Kerr said it was brought to his attention Friday night that Lin had expressed his dismay publicly.

Like most Asians and Asian Americans, Lin has watched the videos of people attacking Asian elderly and has been deeply affected.

"After a while, I feel bad,” Lin said, via NBC Sports Bay Area. “I feel bad for someone who harbors hate for somebody else who they’ve never met just based on skin color or, I don’t even know. It makes me want to do something and it makes me want to educate people, or I don’t know, speak out and find ways to make a difference. Honestly it goes from anger to just heartbreak.”

His entire social media posting follows:

Lin was the first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. After graduating from Harvard in 2010, he signed up with the Golden State Warriors. 

In 2011, he played with the New York Knicks coming off the bench. for a stretch of games he was sensational and NYC's fans and media went crazy for him and Linsanity was born.

Hobbled by injuries, he bounced around the league, unable to capture the magic of Linsanity.

In 2019, no NBA team signed him up so he played for the Beijing Ducks, a  team in the Chinese professional basketball league. 

This year, the 32-year old turned down a multi-million offer from the Ducls to play in the G League with the Santa Cruz Warriors, affiliated with the Golden State Warriors. He hopes to prove that he still can play at a level that an NBA team would express interest in signing him up.