Comments Thread For: Mayweather Taking Heat Over His Swipe at Jeremy Lin

[richardt]

I was a fan of Mayweather's since the Amateur days and even up to and past the Corrales fight, Mayweather was soft-spoken. He didn't have anything negative to say about opponents but changed dramatically and simply does not want to be admired. The jail talk he did against Oscar was overboard. He is living in his own world, a genuine headcase.

[tredh]

i dont?

i was all state basketball im sure i know more than you..

Lin has scored more points while averaging more assists in his first 4 starts

than any player ever..........

thats why he is a big deal especially because he has been cut twice in what a year?

What Lin and doing is great but first 4 starts is very misleading. I say that because Lin is not a rookie and you still got some people here on this site and in the world believing that he is rookie. Lin has been dealing with the NBA off and on for 2 years. So that sort of makes this first 4 starts thing a little more than what it should be. I am not trying to take away from Lin cause the man is for sure doing his thing and deserve some shine for it. No one can argue that at all.

[switchsouthpaw]

What Lin and doing is great but first 4 starts is very misleading. I say that because Lin is not a rookie and you still got some people here on this site and in the world believing that he is rookie. Lin has been dealing with the NBA off and on for 2 years. So that sort of makes this first 4 starts thing a little more than what it should be. I am not trying to take away from Lin cause the man is for sure doing his thing and deserve some shine for it. No one can argue that at all.

His (Lin) circumstances is what makes his story so unique/compelling. Firstly, he's Ivy league educated. He was told that he wasn't talented enough to make the NBA, much less earn a starting position. It's a great story and Floyd, chooses to race bait as he usually does, in the guise of calling it "support". Floyd, lives and breathes for "one" world and that one world embraces him, but a guy a like Lin is being embraced by more than one group, and that's what bothers, Floyd. He wishes he was embraced the same way, and when it didn't happen, he used race as an excuse. It's pathetic.

[RichCCFC]

Floyd is such a media whore it's a joke, congratulating C.Ronaldo one moment (the 2nd most famous footballer in the world) in a game he doesn't even watch and then making controversial claims about a basketball player the next.

[tredh]

His (Lin) circumstances is what makes his story so unique/compelling. Firstly, he's Ivy league educated. He was told that he wasn't talented enough to make the NBA, much less earn a starting position. It's a great story and Floyd, chooses to race bait as he usually does, in the guise of calling it "support". Floyd, lives and breathes for "one" world and that one world embraces him, but a guy a like Lin is being embraced by more than one group, and that's what bothers, Floyd. He wishes he was embraced the same way, and when it didn't happen, he used race as an excuse. It's pathetic.

Many people have dealt with the bold. Stephen Jackson went undrafted out of high school but fought his way into the NBA and has now been starting for years. I believe he even made an all-star game.

I agree its a great story but part of what PBF is saying is true from the standpoint that no matter how small it may be Lin being asian is a factor in the attention he is receiving. IMO there is nothing wrong with that.

[Blubba]

His (Lin) circumstances is what makes his story so unique/compelling. Firstly, he's Ivy league educated. He was told that he wasn't talented enough to make the NBA, much less earn a starting position. It's a great story and Floyd, chooses to race bait as he usually does, in the guise of calling it "support". Floyd, lives and breathes for "one" world and that one world embraces him, but a guy a like Lin is being embraced by more than one group, and that's what bothers, Floyd. He wishes he was embraced the same way, and when it didn't happen, he used race as an excuse. It's pathetic.

bullseye, sadly a lot of ppl missed that,

u got to feel sorry for floyd, this day and age and he resorts to this type of thing lol

[switchsouthpaw]

Many people have dealt with the bold. Stephen Jackson went undrafted out of high school but fought his way into the NBA and has now been starting for years. I believe he even made an all-star game.

I agree its a great story but part of what PBF is saying is true from the standpoint that no matter how small it may be Lin being asian is a factor in the attention he is receiving. IMO there is nothing wrong with that.

Stephen Jackson's story has been told 1000 times before. Kid from the hood makes it into sports and occasionally gets himself into trouble. Those stories are NOTHING like what Lin represents. Lin is being embraced because expectations were low for him, and he's exceeded those expectations. He is the opposite of a guy walking around in a chinchilla coat and making it rain (we've seen that story already...a million times). You have a guy who's educated and thinks before he speaks, humble, in fact he still sleeps on his brother's couch. Now with respect to what Floyd said, he also made similar statements in regards to Kelly Pavlik, so this isn't an incident relegated to just, Lin. This is about how Floyd, views himself and others like him, and he uses race as a way to explain away those shortcomings, only cowards do that.

[richardt]

People who say what Mayweather said is true are missing the point that flew right over their heads. It is not what Mayweather said, it is about the ulterior motive behind what Mayweather said. Mayweather is in a vicious cycle where he wants admiration and is doing everything necessary to make sure that does not happen. He wanted isolation and got it.

[tredh]

Stephen Jackson's story has been told 1000 times before. Kid from the hood makes it into sports and occasionally gets himself into trouble. Those stories are NOTHING like what Lin represents. Lin is being embraced because expectations were low for him, and he's exceeded those expectations. He is the opposite of a guy walking around in a chinchilla coat and making it rain (we've seen that story already...a million times). You have a guy who's educated and thinks before he speaks, humble, in fact he still sleeps on his brother's couch. Now with respect to what Floyd said, he also made similar statements in regards to Kelly Pavlik, so this isn't an incident relegated to just, Lin. This is about how Floyd, views himself and others like him, and he uses race as a way to explain away those shortcomings, only cowards do that.

Never said anything about how many times the story was told but it was never on the level of attention that Lin is receiving right now. WTF does the red underlined have to do with anything? Expectations are low for kids from the so called "hood" as well so your point is moot on that because when they make it at other things majority of the time it doesn't get this hype and I am speaking in terms regardless of race. Again what does the blue have to do with anything at all? Is it really his brothers couch or is it his teamate Landry Fields couch? Or was it both? The couch thing has been done before so that mean **** all really but its getting played up like it brand new.

Why are so many in here acting like race doesn't play a factor in everything dealing with this country? This country was built on racial controversy so people shouldn't act brand new about it now and act like it doesn't play a factor in media coverage when it does. Its not just about sports it is about all walks of life in this country.

[switchsouthpaw]

Never said anything about how many times the story was told but it was never on the level of attention that Lin is receiving right now. WTF does the red underlined have to do with anything? Expectations are low for kids from the so called "hood" as well so your point is moot on that because when they make it at other things majority of the time it doesn't get this hype and I am speaking in terms regardless of race. Again what does the blue have to do with anything at all? Is it really his brothers couch or is it his teamate Landry Fields couch? Or was it both? The couch thing has been done before so that mean **** all really but its getting played up like it brand new.

Why are so many in here acting like race doesn't play a factor in everything dealing with this country? This country was built on racial controversy so people shouldn't act brand new about it now and act like it doesn't play a factor in media coverage when it does. Its not just about sports it is about all walks of life in this country.

It has everything to do with the story, because you're making similar comparisons and I'm drawing a contrast between your examples. Stephen Jackson's story is *again NOTHING like Lin's story. I gave you the reasons as to why people are embracing Lin versus someone like Jackson. I didn't intimate race at all, in fact, you keep focusing on it. What I'm telling you, is that people are embracing Lin due to his circumstances, which apart from race, are quite unique for a sports figure. And to speak to your point about race being a constant factor throughout our history/media coverage, you're right. But in no way should that be used an excuse for not attaining something. Mayweather isn't in a unique position to talk about race, because he only embraces his own with laser like tunnel vision. All other races that don't embrace his way of thinking, are by default deemed as being "racist". He's a coward.