Opinion | Jeremy Lin’s NBA championship win is a historic step for the Asian community in fight against racial prejudice
- Social media mockery or not, Jeremy Lin winning the NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors is massive for the Asian community
- Lin, a California native, has dealt with racism on and off the court his entire career, facing setbacks because of his Taiwanese heritage
The Raptors were up 121-108 at that point, and Nurse wanted to get his marquee players off the court to avoid late game injuries. He signalled to three players, Jodie Meeks, Malcolm Miller and Jeremy Lin, subbing them and inadvertently putting a final stamp on basketball history in the process.
Lin, 30, who has played for eight teams over his eight-season career, didn’t do much in that last minute, dribbling the ball up the court and using a pick by Marc Gasol to make a pass to Pascal Siakam.
His job at that point was to basically chew up the clock and run the game out as fast as possible. Minuscule to say the least, but in the annals of basketball history, a mere footnote on what will go down as a massive step forward for Asian communities around the world.
