Jeremy Lin says racial slurs were more prevalent in college than in NBA

If you wondered whether Jeremy Lin fielded racial slurs while playing college basketball at Harvard, the answer is a resounding yes. Lin, the NBA’s first Chinese-American player, spent four years with the Crimson from 2006 to 2010.

Now the starting point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, he said the NBA fan base is much more open-minded than those during his college seasons, especially when he went on the road.

“The worst was at Cornell, when I was being called a c—k,” Lin said on teammate Randy Foye’s podcast. “That’s when it happened. I don’t know … that game, I ended up playing terrible and getting a couple of charges and doing real out-of-character stuff.”

Lin harkened back to a road game at Georgetown, where a courtside fan peppered him with “chicken fried rice,” “beef lo mein” and “beef and broccoli” jeers, as meals typically found at a Chinese takeout restaurant. He also thought back to an incident where a coach made a racially-charged remark that the referee blatantly ignored.

“In Vermont — I remember, because I had my hands up while the Vermont player was shooting free throws — their coach was like, ‘Hey ref! You can’t let that Oriental do that!’” Lin said. “I was like, what is going on here? I have been called a c—k by players in front of the refs; the refs heard it, because they were yelling it [like,] ‘Yeah, get that out, c—k!’ And the ref heard it, looked at both of us and didn’t do anything.”

The NBA has been at the forefront as one of the world’s most progressive professional sporting leagues, but that hasn’t stopped a few instances.

Shortly after Major League Baseball’s Adam Jones had an encounter with fans that threw both racial slurs and peanuts at him in Boston, LeBron James said he’s heard some black athletes “expect that when you go” there. Draymond Green told The Undefeated’s Marc Spears that he’s had his fair share of racial run-ins.

“I’ve gotten the N-word, all of that,” he said. “I’d rather not get into [where]. A few places, especially being that it is me. Athletes are just not protected in that regard.”

Kevin Durant also had some racially-charged remarks vaulted his way in his emotional return to Oklahoma City back in February. Ex-Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was also banished from the NBA after audio tapes surfaced of him using racial slurs to describe Magic Johnson, among others.

The NBA has continued to make strides in all areas of inclusion, and its forward progress hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Kevin Durant to top NBA prospects: ‘Stay your ass home’ from the draft combine

“Stay your ass home, work out and get better on your own time,” he said, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes, later adding a tidbit of advice: “Don’t go [to the combine].”

Durant was selected No. 2 overall in the 2007 NBA draft behind just Greg Oden. But like some, the workouts proved strenuous for a player who prided himself more on basketball skills than pumping iron.

“I remember it like it was yesterday,” Durant said. “All the strength coaches were laughing at me and s—. They were giggling with each other that I couldn’t lift 185 pounds, and I was like, ‘All right, keep laughing. Keep laughing.’ It was a funny thing, because I was the only one that couldn’t lift it and I was struggling to lift it. I was embarrassed at that point, but I’m like, ‘Give me a basketball, please. Give me a ball.’”

The rest was history. Durant has cooked every player in his path ever since, earning the 2008 Rookie of the Year award, followed by eight All-Star Game appearances, four scoring titles, and the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player award. That’s a pretty good career panning our for a kid who got jeered for his inability to push 185 pounds.

The way Durant saw it, nobody could guard him one-on-one. Basketball isn’t like football, he thought. You don’t need to lift a trillion pounds to get your shot off. As he told it, he knew he had more skill than anyone in the draft and, on top of it all, would outwork everyone else.

“I knew that if I worked as hard as I could, then that s— wouldn’t matter at the end of the day,” Durant said. “It still doesn’t matter. I was ranked the last person in camp, drills-wise. I was the worst player, and the first player didn’t get drafted. That tells you a lot about the significance of that s—.”

Some of the draft’s top prospects are on the same page. The projected No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz is expected to show up, but only for interviews and maybe medical testing, according to ESPN’s Chad Ford. Projected top-five picks Lonzo Ball, Josh Jackson, and Jayson Tatum will also forego the combine, as will Kentucky guard Malik Monk.

In fact, of the 67 players expected to participate in the combine, only Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox and North Carolina’s Justin Jackson are projected top-10 picks

Durant conceded the combine serves a different purpose for players aiming to move up in draft order as opposed to those already projected as top picks. Those guys need to show everything they’ve got to get a scout’s attention and be put on a team’s radar.

“But if you’re like a top pick and you know you’re going to be a top pick, just work out,” he said. “Just work on your game, and then they’ll see you in the individual workouts, and they’ve been watching you all year, so your whole body of work is more important than just going there for a couple of days.”

Miami

Udonis Haslem has one message for the ex-Boston Celtics players still beefing over Ray Allen’s decision years ago to leave Boston for Miami: The Heat would have beaten them with or without the sharpshooter.

Allen left the Celtics in 2012 to compete for a championship alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in Miami. He later hit the pivotal shot in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finalsagainst the San Antonio Spurs that helped send the series to Game 7, which Miami won.

“It’s not like the year before with Ray they beat us,” Haslem said, according to The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Put it this way, it wasn’t the similar situation to maybe Kevin Durant going to the team that beat him. It was, you got your ass whooped with Ray, and we got Ray and we whupped your ass again.”

Last week, Kevin Garnett brought Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Glen Davis, and Kendrick Perkinsonto his Area 21 segment of TNT’s Inside the NBA. He didn’t bring Allen on, however, and the group of ex-Celtics champions sounded off on why Allen’s decision to leave broke a bond they had built in Boston.

Pierce summed up the group’s sentiments best:

“I was initially hurt by the whole way everything went down. … I just figured if it was me leaving, I would have [called each player and said] ‘this is what I’ve been thinking about,’” Pierce said during on Area 21. “That’s what I was hurt by when Ray didn’t at least give us a heads up about it. And then, to go to the team [that we were competing against.] I think I would have took it better if he just talked to us about it. I don’t know how his relationship was with Doc, it was kind of souring at the time because Avery was getting more minutes. So I can understand all that.

“But I just felt like we should have had a conversation, and it was have settled over a little bit more. I don’t think we would have been as salty. … I just think if we would have talked about it, it would’ve been a little different than it is now. Now it’s uncomfortable. I haven’t talked to Ray in some years now. It’s just different.”

Allen responded with a Facebook post (that has since been deleted) of a picture of him in a Heat jersey elbowing past Rondo. It was captioned “The power to push limits.”

Still, Haslem was disturbed by the Celtics’ shunning Allen based on a free agency decision. He understood, he said, because it was a rivalry of sorts between Boston and Miami at the time. But Haslem maintained that Miami beat Boston when they had Ray Allen in the past.

“I mean, they got to let that go,” Haslem said. “I think when you get to a point where you’re a free agent, you have the opportunity to make the best decision for you. Quality of life: Boston, Miami? Ahh, you guys can figure that one out.

BOSTON

BOSTON – For most of the players on both teams, Game 7 of the Eastern semifinals promises to be the biggest game of their basketball lives. And yet the Boston Celtics were trying to emphasize the opportunity – as opposed to the intimidating expectations they will be facing against the Washington Wizards here Monday night (8.p.m., TNT).

“Both teams are like this, right? We all love basketball,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens was saying after a brief practice on Mothers Day. “These are the moments that you live for. This is what guys have always dreamed about. This is what they enjoy, and it should be a bunch of fun.”

And yet it will feel like anything but fun in the queasy moments before both teams take the floor. Bill Russell, who won 11 championships for the Celtics, used to be physically ill before every game like this one. “Man, I don’t believe in pressure,” said Celtics All-Star Isaiah Thomas, who is averaging 27.2 points and 6.3 assists – and has never experienced a Game 7. “I work too hard to be scared of any type of pressure.”

The numbers weigh heavily in Boston’s favor. Home teams are 101-26 in NBA seventh games (and 23-3 at this particular stage of the playoffs). The No. 4 Wizards and top-seeded Celtics have met 10 times this year, and the visitors have lost every time.

The Wizards haven’t played a Game 7 since Elvin Hayes, Bob Dandridge and Wes Unseld beat San Antonio, 105-100, in the 1979 Eastern finals. The Celtics, on the other hand, are the NBA’s most experienced franchise in seventh games with a record of 21-8. But these Celtics have little in common with their predecessors. Lone holdover Avery Bradley was a second-year guard recovering from shoulder surgery when Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen lost played – and lost – a Game 7 in the Eastern finals at Miami in 2012.

“That’s what it’s all really about – what team really wants to go onto the next round?” said Bradley, who has performed like an All-Star while averaging 28 points and shooting 59.5% overall (53.8% from the arc) over the last two games. “It’s either go on vacation or leave everything out there on the floor. That’s what I’m going to do. That’s how I’m going to play.”

NBA games are said to be decided in the fourth quarter, but the first minutes of this winner-take-all game will be telling. Will Washington point guard John Wall steady his young team through what promises to be an anxious opening period? Wall is averaging 26.3 points in this round while leading both teams with 10.2 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.8 blocks. He has been the best player of the series, and the Wizards will need him at his best – productively and emotionally – to overcome the intimidating environment.

“We worked in the season to get that homecourt advantage and we need it tomorrow,” said Celtics center Al Horford. “Opposing teams, they feel it. The players feel it for sure. There’s no question about it. You can talk around it, but when the fans are into it and they’re giving that energy, the other team feels it.”

Kawhi Leonard

OAKLAND — Kawhi Leonard helped the San Antonio Spurs to a huge 25-point lead before halftime of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals but was forced to watch the finish from the locker room after injuring his left ankle twice in the third quarter.

That’s the same left ankle that kept Leonard out of Game 6 of the conference semifinals against Houston and could be an issue for the remainder of this series.

Leonard left with just under eight minutes to play in Sunday’s game and went straight to the locker room after landing awkwardly on the foot of Warriors center Zaza Pachulia after a 3-point shot attempt in front of the San Antonio bench. It was the second time in a matter of minutes that he came down wrong on that ankle.

Leonard exited the court at Oracle Arena with 26 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

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