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Hmmm, although it's a part of his success, it is much, much more than just the fact he is the first ever American born NBA player of Asian descent. Anyone that had come from such a small start with quite literally no hype and being such a non event, quite literally having one shot before being cut again after already being a bench warmer for two other teams to one of the best young players in the game and turning around an entire team. The Asian part helps, but it would have been the same whether he was black or white too.
He has the highest ever score in his first 6 starts. Ever. That alone is a feat worthy of great attention. Add to that that only last year he was completely unheard of, no one wanted him and he wasn't even going to stay on with the Knicks. Only through injury and having no one else to go on was he given a shot at all. He took that one shot and won the Knicks the game, and then the next 5 after that too. No matter which way you spin it, that's incredibly impressive and honestly unheard of. Guys that do that have been high draft picks, scholarship winners, long prospects that were meant to do it. What's a bench warmer, cut from two teams, about to be cut again, only getting a shot through injury doing winning games?
It wouldn't have mattered if he was white, black, green or ****ing purple. Has anyone ever come from utter obscurity, with absolutely no hype, not even a drafted player, had been dropped from two other teams while warming the bench to become the highest scoring player in his first 6 starts, and turn around a team's chances and become the game winner?
He's also Asian. That's not exactly big in comparison to the rest, but he is the first ever US born Asian NBA player. It's an interesting part of the whole story, but nonetheless only a part.
He has the highest ever score in his first 6 starts. Ever. That alone is a feat worthy of great attention. Add to that that only last year he was completely unheard of, no one wanted him and he wasn't even going to stay on with the Knicks. Only through injury and having no one else to go on was he given a shot at all. He took that one shot and won the Knicks the game, and then the next 5 after that too. No matter which way you spin it, that's incredibly impressive and honestly unheard of. Guys that do that have been high draft picks, scholarship winners, long prospects that were meant to do it. What's a bench warmer, cut from two teams, about to be cut again, only getting a shot through injury doing winning games?
It wouldn't have mattered if he was white, black, green or ****ing purple. Has anyone ever come from utter obscurity, with absolutely no hype, not even a drafted player, had been dropped from two other teams while warming the bench to become the highest scoring player in his first 6 starts, and turn around a team's chances and become the game winner?
He's also Asian. That's not exactly big in comparison to the rest, but he is the first ever US born Asian NBA player. It's an interesting part of the whole story, but nonetheless only a part.
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