Have to send out 15 MIL in salary to match due to his poison pill contract but apparently he counts 8.4 MIL against the cap next year. Not sure how that works.
Correction, Lin's parents are Taiwanese, Jeremy is an Asian American. My wife is Taiwanese and she knows more about Jeremy Lin than I ever will. He's a legend over there.
I'll never understand how some people can go out and party after a loss like that, let alone in the winning team's city. I guess I'm just not wired like that. I would be inconsolable for at least a week after that game, and partying would be the last thing on my mind. I was too pissed after the Blazers lost game 3 to even talk to anyone for the rest of the night. I was pretty short with anyone I talked to the rest of that night and early the next day. But maybe I just have a personality disorder, who knows...
Perhaps Lin likes us more than his own teammates? It seems like they're a lot of discord in that lockerroom.
I think I read that he has Chinese ancestry, as do many Taiwanese. And Lin considers himself Tawainese, Chinese and American. Or something like that.
I hate it when a player goes out and parties after a loss when there's another game coming, but after a hard fraught series, and their offseason beginning, it seems like a few beverages might be just what's needed to get over the loss and not be too tightly wound. Especially if you can also be supportive for one of your best friends winning.
A loss that ends my season would be worse than any other loss. Any beverages would be with my teammates, in a more private setting. My friend who just beat me would have to be understanding of my pain. But again, that's just me. I don't give a flying F what Jeremy Lin does anyway. Go Blazers!
