Top 17 People Jeremy Lin SHOULD NOT Be Compared to... and Why!

Linsanity is sweeping the nation and everyone seems to have an opinion about Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. They're comparing him to a lot of people.

Well, here's some people we should not compare him to:

1. Plaxico Burress -- Because when Lin shoots in New York it's legal.

2. Chris Rock -- Because when Lin plays the Garden he doesn't call anyone a "cracker-ass cracker."

3. Charles Oakely -- Because if Lin fights his punches just may be accurate.

4. Michael Jordan -- Because after six great basketball games you ARE NOT the greatest player in NBA history. You're 6 and 0 with no rings.

5. Yao Ming -- Both play pro basketball and are of Asian decent and your point is? Hitler and Arnold Schwarzenegger are both Austrian-born politicians. Obama and rapper TI both have similar complexions. OJ Simpson and I both have the same initials. What is wrong with stupid people?

6. Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- Because he thinks Linsanity is based on race. Which is the same as thinking playing hockey is based on having no teeth or thinking black people eat pork because Africa is shaped like a pork chop.

7. Lance Armstrong -- Because no matter how well Lin performs beating cancer is the bigger victory.

8. Ralph Lauren -- Because even though Lin is a superstar and hero in China they're still gonna bootleg his jersey.

9. Any foreign athlete -- I regret to inform the Klu Klux Klan and their various subsidiaries but Jeremy Lin is American. So suck it bigots!

10. Jackie Chan -- Because we DO understand the words coming from Lin's mouth.

11. Tim Tebow -- Because Lin has already completed more passes.

12. Latrell Sprewell -- Because Lin really DID graduate from college.

13. Mark Zuckerberg -- Because watching Lin is more fun than pretending to remember the girl who sat behind you in third grade from her Facebook profile photo.

14. Nicki Minaj -- Because Lin's English professor at Harvard would kill him for writing, "Now all the bums is wondering where I be's at -- if you ain't a Barbie it's none of your freaking beeswax!!!"

15. Mayor Bloomberg -- Because Lin CAN actually read the Mandarin billboards in Chinatown.

16. Charlie Sheen -- Because THIS is what winning really is. It's when you work hard, ignore the haters and the rejection, keep your eyes on the prize, stay prepared for the moment when opportunity knocks and surpass everyone's, maybe even your own, expectations. That's winning. That's Linsanity.

17. Paparazzi whores -- Because wouldn't it be great if Linsanity marked the end of the no talent media manufactured train wrecks of the last decade? You're right, I'm asking for to much. Let's just be thankful for the Linsanity we got.

 

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Comments

[LRSA]

07:14 PM on 02/20/2012

I hope this comment is for Oj and not the Sunday Roundup person. OJ, I was absoulutely on the floor laughing. You are the MAN. The Chris Rock one just slayed me. P.S. do NOT post this on the Roundup article. Please post post haste for Mr Jones!!

[C Michael Wright]

01:47 AM on 02/20/2012

18. Orlando Jones- Because Lin has been on our TV's for weeks and we won't soon forget him. Jones was on MadTV forever and I didn't even know who he was until I saw the picture.

[LRSA]

07:16 PM on 02/20/2012

C M W. Just because you didnt see AI and all the other wonderful shows OJ did does not make him irrelevent. I didnt know he as on Mad. Where can I see your work, you useless piece of S. BTW, I cretaed about a third of the web pages you see. True Story.

[LRSA]

07:51 PM on 02/20/2012

Well, my first reply did not get posted, so let me try again. OMG CMW you are great! I did not realize OJ was on MAD. I mean, who watches MAD? I tried to become your fan twice but The HP won't let me. I look forward to your wit. I did get one of my firends to fan you but she doesn't know why.

[C Michael Wright]

12:04 PM on 02/21/2012

I'd let you see my work but you called me a piece of S. I only see two thirds of the webpages you think I do, so still, I don't get what makes me a portion of the upper case s. Anyway, God bless, you were defending OJ, I was defending someone he insulted in the article without mentioning them.

[FenderBlues]

08:23 PM on 02/19/2012

Can we all please discuss number 6, and how Africa is, in fact, shaped like a pork chop? Surely this is of import.

[VicF]

06:42 PM on 02/20/2012

Africa is shaped like the brain

[LRSA]

07:18 PM on 02/20/2012

I AGREE. I can NEVER look at the African continent the same way again. What has been seen cannot be unseen!

[JacksonHts]

11:31 AM on 02/19/2012

Had managed to live a long life without realizing Africa was shaped like a pork chop........

[Oilvike]

02:47 AM on 02/19/2012

Jeremy Lin shouldn't be compared to Cardinal relief pitcher Lance Lynn either. When Lynn came up from Memphis last season there were very few, if any, plays on his surname in the media. Despite the fact their surnames are pronounced exactly the same! And how many times have you heard former Viking GM Mike Lynn called lynnsane for trading for Herschel Walker? Did everyone make a big deal about what a lynn that was for Dallas and how it helped the Cowboys lynn 3 Super Bowls?

[O K Ali]

02:10 AM on 02/19/2012

In the words of Hangover Tyson, "Niiiicccccceeeeee."

[joyz41]

09:40 PM on 02/18/2012

No. 16 is great.

[exquzit]

06:51 PM on 02/18/2012

It's unfortunate but he's already been compared and stereotyped that's the reason he didn't receive a scholarship to college or was drafted by a pro team. All those people felt being Asian must have been a handicap since he wasn't a black athlete with raw talent that could jump out of the gym. So he was compared to the Derrick Rose's, John Walls, and Kyre Irving's of the basketball world and no one gave the man a second look but these things have a way of coming to light.

[LRSA]

07:54 PM on 02/20/2012

You are right. You would think in today's world stereotyping would have died. Being Asian or whatever should not matter. BTW, i loved your turn of the phrase 'black athlete with raw talent that could jump out of the gym'. Do you mind if I borrow it? Non commercial use, I promise.

[exquzit]

01:10 PM on 02/22/2012

LRSA- I haven't copyrighted the phrase yet so use at will...LOL

[lecloche]

01:36 PM on 02/22/2012

Yep, I saw the kid in high school and could not believe that no PAC10 school gave him an offer especially Stanford. But hey, Harvard as a safety wasn't so bad.

[ZenSufi]

04:43 PM on 02/18/2012

Linsane in the membrane.

[Spram]

02:41 PM on 02/18/2012

Comparing Jeremy Lin to Yao Ming is not stupid, unless you're trying to be funny by saying I shouldn't compare the one famous Asian NBA player with the other famous Asian NBA player. It's not like the NBA is full of people of Eastern Asian origin.

Just like I can compare Reon Kaneda with Mizuki Horii without being stupid. They both make my pants tight.

[TLANE2]

08:58 PM on 02/20/2012

I have got to admit Yao makes me wet.