Spike Lee retaliates on Floyd Mayweather’s comments on Jeremy Lin – Boxing news
Film director Spike Lee has not taken Floyd Mayweather’s racism comments on Jeremy Lin lightly and has fired back saying that Mayweather’s approach has nothing to do with reality.
Spike Lee is a passionate supporter of the New York Knicks and therefore he has shown his dedication towards the team by lashing out on Mayweather.
Lee, in an interview to MSNBC, said that Lin’s popularity has turned into a global phenomenon, calling it ‘Linsanity’. He said that Jeremy Lin has been associated with such comments on and off but he has never let his performance. He added that even though
he has been racially targeted, he still stands as the player with most points in NBA in his initial five games. According to him, no other player since 1976 has achieved such a place.
He added, “Don’t try to explain it, dissect it. We’re just in the middle of it and enjoy it. Especially if you are a Knick fan. It’s a great American story. A great American story.”
Jeremy Lin has become a renowned name worldwide. He is an economics major from Harvard University. His story is an inspirational one especially for the upcoming generation. He was not drafted by the NBA and was cut during last December by Golden State and
Houston. He did not spend much time initially with the New York Knicks until Carmelo Anthony was sidelined and Amar’e Stoudemire went away for a week. This was when Lin had the chance to exhibit his capabilities to the utmost and he did so.
As a reply to Mayweather’s comments, Spike Lee tweeted, “Floyd Mayweather I Hope You Watched Jeremy Hit The Gamewinning 3 Pointer With .5 Seconds Left.Our Guy Can BALL PLAIN AND SIMPLE.RECOGNIZE.”
Floyd Mayweather’s racism comments came in last week. Unfortunately, Mayweather did not receive a favourable response. His comments were condemned worldwide especially on Twitter. According to Mayweather, Lin’s popularity has nothing to do with his skills
but he gets the attention just because of his Asian background. On this, many Asians and Americans came up saying that Mayweather needs to concentrate on his own sport rather than talking about others.
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