There was always some tension when it came to Jeremy Lin and his Knicks teammates. I don’t know if it was racial tension as much as some didn’t like the attention he was getting.
On the Boomer and Carton Show, Carton straight up asked if JR Smith was being racist towards Lin. Here is how Lin answered the question.
“I’ve never spoken to J.R. about it,” Lin said on the Boomer and Carton show. “I’ve never spoken to whoever else you might think about it. So, it’s hard for me because I don’t want to speculate. The one thing I will say is that race has been a huge part of my journey ever since I was a child trying to play basketball. So, I do think there was always that type of component involved but again as I’ve always said, it’s a double-edged sword. It comes with the good it comes with the bad. Yeah, sometimes I’m different… I look different and I’m treated different and that’s a negative thing, and in some ways that’s a really positive thing. Like, Linsanity wouldn’t have happened if I was white, or black, or whatever. Part of the reason why it was so crazy is because I’m Asian. I think race plays a part into it, always has, and to what degree or how much to who felt what, I can’t specifically answer.”
JR got wind of it and went on Twitter to defend himself.
Flip the pages for the Tweets…