@elbanditoroso Actually, Lin was being paid next to nothing. He was literally living on his brothers coach in New York, and was expected to be cut as early as the Monday after they first played him.
He went to Harvard, was undrafted, and had never turned heads anywhere. Low and behold they put him in, and he’s had the best 3 game start of any player since the merger (in the late 70’s), and tied for the best 3 game stretch this season (with Lebron James).
The best part of it @elbanditoroso , you were complaining about them being whiners… this guy is none of that. He’s the Tim Tebow of basketball. He’s been nothing but gracious, blames the success on his team mates (even though the two best players on the team are out with injury), and praises his opponents efforts.
As far as the OP. I think him being Asian doesn’t have too much to do with it. There are several talented Asian players in the league today, and one of the best of the last decade was Yao Ming. I think it has a lot more to do with the fact of how this came to be. It would be like a guy who played D2 football, walked onto an NFL team, was about to get cut cuz he had never touched the floor, and they put him in at QB and he started slinging touchdowns all over the place like he was handing out candy on Halloween.