The NBA G League is investigating Jeremy Lin’s claim that he was called a “coronovirus” in court, according to two reports.
A source Shams of Athletic told Charania On Friday (membership required) that the league is looking into the matter. the new York Times Saturday reported (Membership required) that a league spokesman confirmed that an investigation was underway.
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Lynn is playing for the G League of Warriors in Santa Cruz, California.
Part of his charge was An instagram post thursday In which he spoke out against anti-Asian racism and conservatism. Lin is a native of Taiwan, a native of California.
“Being a 9-year NBA veteran does not protect me from being called a ‘coronavirus’ on the court,” he wrote. A global COVID-19 outbreak has been detected in Wuhan, China starting in late 2019.
Lynn started her post: “Something is changing in this generation of Asian Americans. We are tired of saying that we do not experience racism, we are being told to keep our heads down and not make trouble.
He said that Asian-Americans are tired of “our eyes being mocked, objectified as foreign or being told that we are inherently ugly.”
He wrote, “We are tired of being mistaken for our colleague or do not consider our struggles to be real.”
Lynn, 32, began his NBA career with the Warriors in the 2010–11 season after a four-year career at Harvard. He established himself in 2012 during his “Linsonity” run with the Nucks. He went on to play for the Rockets, Lakers, Hornets, Nets, Hawks and Raptors. He was a member of Toronto’s 2018-19 NBA Championship team.
In a career career of 480, Lynn has 11.6 points and 4.3 assists as a combo guard.
“I wish better for the next generation of Asian American athletes that they have worked so hard just to be ‘deceptively athletic’.”
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