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Jeremy Lin went off against Knicks’ G League team
Linsanity has hit the G League bubble. Jeremy Lin turned back the clock and drained seven 3-pointers Saturday night in his third game with the Santa Cruz Warriors since returning from playing in Ch…
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Jeremy Lin went off against Knicks’ G League team
By Greg Joyce
February 14, 2021 | 1:11pm | Updated
Linsanity has hit the G League bubble.
Jeremy Lin turned back the clock and drained seven 3-pointers Saturday night in his third game with the Santa Cruz Warriors since returning from playing in China to chase an NBA comeback. The former Knicks star finished with 29 points and nine assists in a 124-116 win over the Westchester Knicks.
The 32-year-old guard shot 7-for-9 from beyond the arc after making 3 of 8 in his first two games in the G League. Lin also had seven turnovers in 31 minutes.
Nine years after he caught fire with the Knicks and turned into a sensation, Lin is back playing for the Warriors’ G League affiliate. He had offers to stay in the Chinese Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.3 points (on 33.8 percent shooting from deep), 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 39 games during the 2019-20 season. But instead he opted for a chance at getting back to the NBA, where he last played in 2019 for the Raptors.
Jeremy Lin (l.) handles the ball against Myles Powell during a G League game on Feb. 13, 2021.NBAE via Getty Images
“I think it became really clear after free agency passed and I wasn’t able to get a contract, there was no way I was gonna get a contract basically unless I go and show it,” Lin recently told Stadium. “I played last year in the CBA [in China] and had a good year and have been healthy two straight seasons, but there are still so many questions about my body and my health from league executives. For me, I had to go and play in the G League.”
By Greg Joyce
February 14, 2021 | 1:11pm | Updated
Linsanity has hit the G League bubble.
Jeremy Lin turned back the clock and drained seven 3-pointers Saturday night in his third game with the Santa Cruz Warriors since returning from playing in China to chase an NBA comeback. The former Knicks star finished with 29 points and nine assists in a 124-116 win over the Westchester Knicks.
The 32-year-old guard shot 7-for-9 from beyond the arc after making 3 of 8 in his first two games in the G League. Lin also had seven turnovers in 31 minutes.
Nine years after he caught fire with the Knicks and turned into a sensation, Lin is back playing for the Warriors’ G League affiliate. He had offers to stay in the Chinese Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.3 points (on 33.8 percent shooting from deep), 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 39 games during the 2019-20 season. But instead he opted for a chance at getting back to the NBA, where he last played in 2019 for the Raptors.
Jeremy Lin (l.) handles the ball against Myles Powell during a G League game on Feb. 13, 2021.NBAE via Getty Images
“I think it became really clear after free agency passed and I wasn’t able to get a contract, there was no way I was gonna get a contract basically unless I go and show it,” Lin recently told Stadium. “I played last year in the CBA [in China] and had a good year and have been healthy two straight seasons, but there are still so many questions about my body and my health from league executives. For me, I had to go and play in the G League.”
Didn't buy into that bullshit they did when they came back and I said I was glad Lebron didn't participate in that shit either. Fake asses. When it's cool, it's easy to do. They actually were playing it safe by doing the 'approved' slogans on jerseys and all that shit. True colors came out.
NBA's social currency is gone after national anthem decision
The lyrics, the problematic subsequent verses we never hear about, don’t have Black people in mind. The same Black people who create the revenue for themselves and other rich folks to get richer from.sports.yahoo.com
NBA's social currency is gone after national anthem decision
Vincent Goodwill
Wed, February 10, 2021, 7:27 PM
If there was ever any doubt, a single statement from the NBA’s league office sealed it.
The moment is over.
The racial reckoning that opened eyes around the country, buoyed by the nation’s most prominent Black Americans — NBA players — has come and gone.
Mark Cuban’s subtle but effective act of removing the national anthem before the start of Dallas Mavericks home games caught the ire of the NBA, which stomped all over Cuban and proclaimed things shall return to normal with fans returning to arenas soon enough.
Who knows the reason for Adam Silver squandering a golden opportunity to subtly change a single issue that has caused more consternation than joy, wasting a chance to be this change agent he so boldly wants to be known as.
Yes, it’s Cuban. He’s annoying and searches every nook for the cranny in all of the rules. Nobody has forgotten Cuban allowed an atmosphere of sexual harassment in the workplace, prompting a seven-month investigation, $10 million fine and apology tour.
That makes him flawed, in addition to being a rebel.
But even rebels have a cause.
“We respect and always have respected the passion people have for the anthem and our country,” Cuban said in a statement following the NBA’s smackdown. “But we also loudly hear the voices of those who feel that the anthem does not represent them. We feel that their voices need to be respected and heard, because they have not been.” Perhaps the NBA allowed its collective ego to get in the way, not wanting Cuban to be the change agent in such an audacious and public way on the back end. Cuban created a conversation as opposed to the NBA doing it, so could it be it’s the “how” and not the actual principle?
If not, Silver kowtowed to an enemy who isn’t paying him much mind right now, a treasonous crowd that drapes its betrayal in a flag, assigning a value that is only as valuable as those in power allow it to have.
The lyrics, the problematic subsequent verses we never hear about, don’t have Black people in mind. The same Black people who create the revenue for themselves and other rich folks to get richer from.
The NBA missed a huge opportunity with how they are handling the national anthem. (AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
It’s Black fans, the Black players, who only matter so much in the pursuit of more money and approval of the racists who’ll never give it.
One team owner, nowhere near a rabble-rouser, told this reporter the “The Star-Spangled Banner” should be replaced by “America the Beautiful.”
But nobody would hardly notice, given the fans who pick their noses or are late arriving or in luxury suites getting their second cocktail.
The custom is the issue, not even the song — and truthfully, “America the Beautiful” could be perceived the same way.
Standing is a political statement if the act of sitting or kneeling is to be taken the same way.
So the controversy could be removed, easing the burdens for all parties involved — even Meyers Leonard.
The NBA had its chance to capitalize on the unfortunate circumstances created by COVID-19, an opportunity to establish new norms nobody would truly fight back against once fans are allowed to convene en masse.
Had there been no national anthem played before games, how many fans would’ve truly noticed, cared or made a stink?
Silver and the NBA had a window, opened when it took the bold stance of placing “Black Lives Matter” on its floor in the Orlando bubble for everyone to see every time players crossed half court — amplified when its players had slogans on the backs of their jerseys, reiterated during Zoom conferences during the final regular-season games and playoffs.
And although there was some pushback, the world kept going round.
It was innovative, inspirational, and even if the envelope could’ve been pushed further, there was social currency Silver gained among the players and even the public for the encouragement of employees to be heard.
It was something his predecessor, David Stern, might not have done. But Stern, even as the Emperor, appealed to the aspirational part of fans he had to win over.
Silver had his chance to emulate Stern, to be the best of both worlds. Everyone will grumble about the All-Star day (not exactly a weekend) in Atlanta, but they’ll largely deal when it comes time — a decision made in cold-hearted capitalism, which Stern would’ve certainly appreciated.
But Silver could’ve told the fans, “You will be fine. You don’t come to the game to hear the national anthem. You come to see these amazing athletes and to commune in ways you haven’t been able to in over a year.”
Advertisers weren’t going to run away, because as much as ratings are down for ALL live sports — including the Super Bowl — it is still a bankable commodity with a guaranteed audience.
And it would be a worse look for any company to go against the NBA in the eyes of the public because like it or not, America worships at the altar of sports.
And yes, sports operate at the behest of the money, but the money wasn’t going to put up that fight, not in these times. There was no “Black Lives Matter” on floors this season, and not even a milquetoast saying like “Education Reform” on the backs of jerseys. The NFL has long been the moral punching bag but having “It takes all of us” in the back of the end zone is more than what the NBA has on its floors.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said his franchise will resume playing the national anthem. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The NBA has done good things and will continue to do so, even if using HBCUs for its attempt to soften the All-Star Game in Atlanta feels a bit icky.
Opposition was sure to come, but if Silver hasn’t noticed, that crowd is a little busy right now.
If decisions were made in fear of a man in the White House, he’s out of sight and off the Twitter grid, dealing with an impeachment hearing that could keep him from running for office again.
His Republican party, the group that openly claims never to attend or watch an NBA game again, cannot be courted or negotiated with.
Some of them, as illustrated by the events at the U.S. Capitol last month, are terrorists.
Some of them are on trial and won’t have a meaningful say in the future discourse of things anyways.
Why fear them?
But the middle crowd is always growing, and the NBA could still get a piece of the growing pie by pressing just a little bit more, or by doing the right thing and acting in the best interests of its players who clearly feel the words of the anthem don’t apply to them. Perhaps Silver, ever the optimist, is showing the side of a pragmatist. Or maybe even a pessimist.
Maybe he knows deep down this country will never live up to the ideals it purports itself to be with its relation to Black people.
Maybe that’s the case because people like him keep giving country to those who fail to see Black folks as equal.
There are plenty of instances where the anthem has been performed with some of the most soulful voices, be it Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey.
Those voices were often cultivated in the face of struggle, pain and morphed into something beautiful.
But that pain and soul only has a place in the name of capitalistic gain, which makes Silver and the NBA just like everybody else.
You should have had a sitdown with the GM months ago. You been calling it.
It's ridiculous how long it takes them to review some replays
Does anyone want him?
I guess he could be in a Melo role off the bench
Does anyone want him?
I guess he could be in a Melo role off the bench
I said that a couple of months ago
Drummond would have 20 and 20 and have no impact on the game and the team would still lose by 15-20
throwback
A lot of people didn’t know that! If it wasn’t for rap, BIG would’ve been an NBA Great!
Simmons finally being aggresive and not actin like a Beige bitch.
Damn just when we get back in the fuckin game. 
Knickstape hoes!!
Has mo harkless always been doo doo?
Quiet as kept Demarr Derozoan been playing real good ball. Playing for Pop has help grow his game. He might get max money.
Green rips double standards, cites Drummond
Warriors forward Draymond Green devoted almost the entirety of his postgame news conference Monday night to calling out the NBA's treatment of its players, while citing various examples of double standards around the league.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green devoted almost the entirety of his postgame news conference Monday night to calling out the NBA's treatment of its players, while citing various examples of double standards around the league.
Green's unprompted, three-minute tirade came on the heels of the Cleveland Cavaliers -- Golden State's opponent on Monday -- deciding to sit center Andre Drummond until they find a trade to make.
"I would like to talk about something that's really bothering me," Green said after the Warriors' 129-98 win. "And it's the treatment of players in this league. To watch Andre Drummond, before the game, sit on the sidelines, then go to the back, and to come out in street clothes because a team is going to trade him, it's bulls---."
As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst reported Monday, the Cavs are transitioning to new center Jarrett Allen and "believe it's unfair to Drummond to limit his minutes as the organization transitions to Allen."
Green continued, "Because when James Hardenasked for a trade, and essentially dogged it, no one's going to fight back that James was dogging it his last days in Houston, but he was castrated for wanting to go to a different team. Everybody destroyed that man. And yet a team can come out and say, 'Oh, we want to trade a guy,' and then that guy has to go sit, and if he doesn't stay professional, then he's a cancer. And he's not good in someone's locker room, and he's the issue."
Drummond, who was in street clothes at Chase Center sitting on the Cavs bench throughout most of Monday's contest, caught up with Green for a few moments prior to tipoff. While it's unclear what the pair discussed, Green's message was pointed as he stepped to the podium after the game.
"And we're seeing situations of Harrison Barnesgetting pulled off the bench," Green said. "Or DeMarcus Cousins finding out he's traded in an interview after the All-Star Game, and we continue to let this happen. But I got fined for stating my opinion on what I thought should happen with another player, but teams can come out and continue to say, 'Oh, we're trading guys, we're not playing you.' And yet we're to stay professional."
Green, who has long been an outspoken critic when it comes to issues he feels strongly about, was fined $50,000 for comments made during his time as a guest analyst for Turner Sports during the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida, last season, when he expressed his feelings that Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker should leave the organization.
"At some point, as players, we need to be treated with the same respect," Green said. "And have the same rights that the team can have. Because as a player, you're the worst person in the world when you want a different situation. But a team can say they're trading you. And that man is to stay in shape, he is to stay professional. And if not, his career is on the line. At some point, this league has to protect the players from embarrassment like that."
Green's words came on the same day Detroit Pistonsgeneral manager Troy Weaver told ESPN that the team would sit former All-Star Blake Griffin as it tries to work out a deal or a potential buyout.
"We talk all of this stuff about: 'You can't do this, you can't say this publicly,'" Green said. "If you say that publicly ... Anthony Davis got fined I think $100,000 dollars or something like that for demanding a trade, but you can say Andre Drummond's getting traded publicly and we're looking to trade him publicly, and he's to stay professional and just deal with it?
"And then when Kyrie Irving says, 'Oh, my mental health is off,' everybody go crazy about that too. Do you not think that affects someone mentally? As much as we put into this game to be great, to come out here and be in shape, to produce for fans every single night, and most importantly, to help your team win, do you think that doesn't affect someone mentally?"
Green's rant came on a night in which he tied his career high with 16 assists. His news conference started with a question centering around the relationship he has built with Stephen Curry through the years, as Curry's high point totals can sometimes coincide with big assist totals for Green. After answering that question for about 30 seconds, Green veered into the topic of player treatment.
"As players, we're told to, 'Ah, no, you can't say that, you can't say this,'" Green said. "But teams can? It goes along the same lines of when everyone wants to say, 'Ah, man, that young guy can't figure it out.' But no one wants to say the organization can't figure it out. At some point, the players must be respected in these situations, and it's ridiculous, and I'm sick of seeing it. Y'all have a great night. I'll see y'all [Tuesday] or Wednesday."
Green rips double standards, cites Drummond
Warriors forward Draymond Green devoted almost the entirety of his postgame news conference Monday night to calling out the NBA's treatment of its players, while citing various examples of double standards around the league.www.espn.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green devoted almost the entirety of his postgame news conference Monday night to calling out the NBA's treatment of its players, while citing various examples of double standards around the league.
Green's unprompted, three-minute tirade came on the heels of the Cleveland Cavaliers -- Golden State's opponent on Monday -- deciding to sit center Andre Drummond until they find a trade to make.
"I would like to talk about something that's really bothering me," Green said after the Warriors' 129-98 win. "And it's the treatment of players in this league. To watch Andre Drummond, before the game, sit on the sidelines, then go to the back, and to come out in street clothes because a team is going to trade him, it's bulls---."
As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst reported Monday, the Cavs are transitioning to new center Jarrett Allen and "believe it's unfair to Drummond to limit his minutes as the organization transitions to Allen."
Green continued, "Because when James Hardenasked for a trade, and essentially dogged it, no one's going to fight back that James was dogging it his last days in Houston, but he was castrated for wanting to go to a different team. Everybody destroyed that man. And yet a team can come out and say, 'Oh, we want to trade a guy,' and then that guy has to go sit, and if he doesn't stay professional, then he's a cancer. And he's not good in someone's locker room, and he's the issue."
Drummond, who was in street clothes at Chase Center sitting on the Cavs bench throughout most of Monday's contest, caught up with Green for a few moments prior to tipoff. While it's unclear what the pair discussed, Green's message was pointed as he stepped to the podium after the game.
"And we're seeing situations of Harrison Barnesgetting pulled off the bench," Green said. "Or DeMarcus Cousins finding out he's traded in an interview after the All-Star Game, and we continue to let this happen. But I got fined for stating my opinion on what I thought should happen with another player, but teams can come out and continue to say, 'Oh, we're trading guys, we're not playing you.' And yet we're to stay professional."
Green, who has long been an outspoken critic when it comes to issues he feels strongly about, was fined $50,000 for comments made during his time as a guest analyst for Turner Sports during the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida, last season, when he expressed his feelings that Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker should leave the organization.
"At some point, as players, we need to be treated with the same respect," Green said. "And have the same rights that the team can have. Because as a player, you're the worst person in the world when you want a different situation. But a team can say they're trading you. And that man is to stay in shape, he is to stay professional. And if not, his career is on the line. At some point, this league has to protect the players from embarrassment like that."
Green's words came on the same day Detroit Pistonsgeneral manager Troy Weaver told ESPN that the team would sit former All-Star Blake Griffin as it tries to work out a deal or a potential buyout.
"We talk all of this stuff about: 'You can't do this, you can't say this publicly,'" Green said. "If you say that publicly ... Anthony Davis got fined I think $100,000 dollars or something like that for demanding a trade, but you can say Andre Drummond's getting traded publicly and we're looking to trade him publicly, and he's to stay professional and just deal with it?
"And then when Kyrie Irving says, 'Oh, my mental health is off,' everybody go crazy about that too. Do you not think that affects someone mentally? As much as we put into this game to be great, to come out here and be in shape, to produce for fans every single night, and most importantly, to help your team win, do you think that doesn't affect someone mentally?"
Green's rant came on a night in which he tied his career high with 16 assists. His news conference started with a question centering around the relationship he has built with Stephen Curry through the years, as Curry's high point totals can sometimes coincide with big assist totals for Green. After answering that question for about 30 seconds, Green veered into the topic of player treatment.
"As players, we're told to, 'Ah, no, you can't say that, you can't say this,'" Green said. "But teams can? It goes along the same lines of when everyone wants to say, 'Ah, man, that young guy can't figure it out.' But no one wants to say the organization can't figure it out. At some point, the players must be respected in these situations, and it's ridiculous, and I'm sick of seeing it. Y'all have a great night. I'll see y'all [Tuesday] or Wednesday."
Dark skin, signed to Klutch sports, has spoken more against the league since doing so. Its not hard to understand why he's the least liked and respected Dub. But as soon as he misses a game, we're told expecting them to win is impossible oddly.
When is the NBA going to end this shit....
I ain't got shit to say, I'm a let you have your moment
That Woods injury killing y'all
Yeah the offense basically ran through him and put a lot of pressure on opponents defense. Oladipo getting hurt & not playing well didn't help either.
Dark skin, signed to Klutch sports, has spoken more against the league since doing so. Its not hard to understand why he's the least liked and respected Dub. But as soon as he misses a game, we're told expecting them to win is impossible oddly.
So you bash the messenger but ignore the message?
Where did I bash him? I simply pointed out he's a victim of NBA colorism as much as other guys. Even playing on the "darling" team, his skin tone means he will be looked at with more nuance and criticized more harshly. Hes the only Dub its ok for fans to openly clown with no push back, even on BGOL.
I think the Cavs was willing to give Drummond a chance but he kept doing his bullshit. That's when they decided they had enough of him and traded for Allen.
There are reports that Drummond felt some type of way when the trade happened and start pouting even more on the court. Hell,there's a report JB sat with him multiple times throughout the season about his nonsense on the court but Drummond kept doing it. JB didn't want to bench him because it would have hurt his value during trade agreements.
At,some point you need to look at yourself, why you're getting traded two years in a row.
I was willing to give Drummond a chance but he turnover the ball way too much,defends when he's motivated,do all this unnecessary bullshit and miss way too many layups.
People who never see Drummond play will blame the Cavs and Pistons but most of his stats are misleading as hell.
Doesn't really matter cause Tatum would have been in the trade for AD. It would have just been less draft picks/pick swaps to the Pelicans. Lebron wasn't winning a chip anytime soon with them even if they drafted Tatum.
PG Russel
SG Ingram
SF Tatum
PF Lebron
C Randle
Would have been a fun, young team to watch but I couldn't see them winning it all last year.
And neither could the Lakers management so they had to go!
I likes the young squad too.
How long is Woods out?
You think the Lakers make a trade if Tatum has the same type of rookie season he had in Boston? If anything, Kuzma would have been gone
Pelicans would demand the Lakers best two young guys, Ingram/Lonzo or Ingram/Tatum. Plus the salaries wouldn't work if they traded a #2 Ingram or Tatum & #27 Kuzma, instead of both #2 picks.
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