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[TV static drones]
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[bright tone]
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[distant sirens wailing]
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[shoes squeaking]
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- This Garden crowd
on its feet
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is delirious right now.
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[dramatic music]
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His IQ for the game
is off the chart.
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Lin puts it up, puts it in!
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[whistle blows]
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- While I'm watching
this live, I'm like,
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"This cannot be happening.
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This cannot be happening."
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- And listen
to this Garden crowd
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on this 10-0 run.
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- I know Jeremy.
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Type A, high-achieving,
[indistinct] kid.
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I know
what his house smells like.
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I know what his mom's minivan
smells like.
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Like, I know you, Jeremy.
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- Pull-up jump shot.
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Knocks it down!
[whistle blows]
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- I'm a Lakers fan,
but I'm out here cheering
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for the Knicks.
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I think it just blew all
of our minds
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that we would see someone
that looked like my cousin
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dominate on an NBA court.
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It's the playground
basketball court
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where people like me,
as a kid, would be bullied.
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- Lin for three! Bang!
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- The reason
this matters so much
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is because if you are
an Asian American person,
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you have spent
your entire life
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identifying with people
who look nothing like you.
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But now,
I can just see someone
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who actually looks like me,
and that's it?
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I didn't know
it could be this easy.
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- Linsanity continues here
at Madison Square Garden.
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A career-high 38 points...
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- An Asian guy dropping 38
on Kobe?
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- It was incredible.
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- 38 points
in New fucking York City.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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- Hold up, hold up.
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Before we get into any
of this,
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let's jump back
to the beginning.
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[audio playback]
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Because there's no way
any of this
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should have been possible.
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[light percussive music]
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♪ ♪
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- No one's telling little Asian
American immigrant girls,
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"You should
be a stand-up comedian."
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I bet you no one's telling
little Asian American boys,
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"You need to grow up
to be an NBA basketball star."
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- Oh, Miyoko,
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what do you think of item
for loose paper?
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- When most Americans
think about Asians,
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they think about dry cleaners.
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They think about IT guy.
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They think about emasculated,
no-dick-having,
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no-luck-with-women-having
dudes.
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They think of dragon lady,
sex workers.
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They think
of masseuse's happy endings.
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I could keep going.
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If you are all
of those five things,
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that means you're definitely
not...
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- For anyone to break outside
of these norms is strange.
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People don't understand it.
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- People go, "Well, how harmful
are those stereotypes?"
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You're like,
"Yeah, it's kind of harmful
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if I have big dreams."
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If my dreams
are for middle management,
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sure, being small,
unathletic, diminutive,
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passive, great, great.
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I'll send you the reports, Bob.
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But if I'm trying
to be "The Guy,"
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at work, at school...
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in the NBA,
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you cannot be any
of those things.
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- It's this constant, like,
overwhelming sense of doubt
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from the outside
that tempted me
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to even not believe in myself.
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That was one
of the biggest obstacles
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that I had to overcome.
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- Asian Americans
have just gotten beaten down
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because the stereotyping,
the derision,
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the media portrayals,
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mischaracterizations
of Asian Americans
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are so rampant.
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- To people
who ask "What do I do?"
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I say, "I work for ESPN."
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They say,
"Oh, so like tech support."
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Seriously.
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From someone else
who worked in the business.
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- On top
of all the stereotypes,
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the racism going on
on the outside,
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I mean, inside the house,
Asian parents,
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different set of priorities.
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- When I was a child,
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there was a doctor
named Dr. Ho
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that was
on the "TIME" magazine cover
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for figuring out AIDS and shit.
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- He just studied--
he just studied.
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He kept studying.
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- I remember
my parents brought that up.
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They're like, "Yo, Dr. Ho.
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That's a good fucking Asian."
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[laughing] Okay?
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- And then eventually,
he studied so hard
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that he cured AIDS.
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That's almost
the Asian parents' dream,
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that you're gonna study a way
into success and prominence.
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If you study hard enough,
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you're gonna become
a rock star.
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[electric guitar riff]
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- Our parents come
to this country,
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and they basically see a finite
number of possibilities.
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And to the best
of their ability,
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they're preparing us
for a certain version
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of the world.
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- You're here.
You came to America.
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Your job is literally
to get A's
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and listen to your teacher.
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That's what my parents told me.
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- All of a sudden,
the realm of possibility
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becomes this narrow.
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And everything
that's cool and relevant
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is all in this part.
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- All these Asian parents
supporting Jeremy Lin,
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like, love him to death.
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"Oh, my God, Jeremy Lin,
what a hero."
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How many of these parents would
have encouraged their kids
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to do what Jeremy Lin
was doing
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when, you know,
the kids need that backing
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at crucial moments
in their development?
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- What's different
about my story
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is that my dad
really loved basketball.
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I mean, he was obsessed.
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My mom's dream was that I would
be great at piano,
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and she bought a beautiful
piano and all this.
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And then finally, I remember
after about five, six years,
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my mom was just like,
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"You don't have
to play piano any more.
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I'm not gonna force you
to do it anymore."
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And I'm saying that was, like--
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it's one the best moment
of my life.
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That's when I knew, like,
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all right,
my mom's all in with this.
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And from there it was just
competitive basketball.
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- Lin led Palo Alto
High School
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to an upset victory,
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also earned
Northern California
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Division II Player of the Year
honors.
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- It's the best feeling
to go out on top.
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I mean,
it is a dream come true.
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Me and my dad--
we had to cut together
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our own highlight tape.
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And we're sending them out,
just hoping and praying
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that somebody will like it
and give us a response.
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I mean, at the end of the day,
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I won a state championship,
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I was California
Player of the Year,
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and I had zero
scholarship offers.
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None.
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- I grew up
in Northern California
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when Jeremy Lin was playing
for Palo Alto High School.
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When he played
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at one of the state
championship games
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at ARCO Arena,
I remember being like,
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"Who is that Asian kid
with spiky hair?
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"Oh, that's cool.
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"That's a cool little
high school run.
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Dope."
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Like, even my expectations
of myself
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and the community was capped.
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I was like, "Oh, he made
a starting rotation.
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"Oh, he got to play
on an NBA court.
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"That's pretty cool.
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Let's see what he does
after that."
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Like, oh,
he'll probably hard pivot
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into, like, premed.
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- At the end, it came down
to Harvard and MIT,
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neither of which gave
athletic scholarships.
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But Harvard was Division I.
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MIT was Division III.
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My parents loved MIT.
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They loved the program.
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But for me,
I was dead set on Harvard.
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I gotta compete
against the best
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because it was Division I.
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- Lin goes to traffic.
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Wow.
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[cheering]
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- A pass around.
A pass to Lin.
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He rises, throws it down!
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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- The pre-draft process
was so frustrating for me.
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My agent was like,
"You gotta be prepared.
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You're not gonna get drafted."
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But in my heart,
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the reason why
I had so much hope
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was because I did
those workouts.
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I played in front
of those people
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and I competed against
those point guards,
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and I knew I killed it.
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It always just felt like
they had their mind made
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without watching
what was going on.
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What they would say on paper
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was just what you would
probably say about any Asian.
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And surprise, surprise,
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I didn't get drafted.
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The amazing thing about
the owner of the Warriors,
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Joe Lacob, was,
he just bought the team.
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And he grew up
watching me play
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because I always played
against his son.
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He made a gutsy decision
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and was just like,
"We're signing this guy."
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And he signed me
even when the general manager
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and the head coach didn't even
want me on that team.
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But my stint with the Warriors,
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man, as quick as it started,
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that's how fast it ended.
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I got sent
to the D-League three times,
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and then I got cut.
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I get picked up
by the Rockets.
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I go there, I'm
the sixth-string point guard.
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Can't even get reps in
during practice.
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Cut again.
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Then I'm taking a nap at home
while I'm on the waiver wire,
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and my agent calls,
and he's like,
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"The New York Knicks
picked you up."
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And I'm like, "What?"
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- Yeah,
it's funny how I met Jeremy.
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I'm walking out
of my hotel room,
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and I see this little Asian kid
walking, like, by me.
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- Tyson's coming down
the hallway,
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and I'm like, "Yo, Tyson!"
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- I honestly thought he was
about to ask for a picture.
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- "It's Jeremy."
He's like... "Cool."
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- "Okay, how you doing,
Jeremy?"
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I was like, "It's nice
to meet you, my man."
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- He was so shocked and scared.
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It was like, "Who let this guy
into our floor?
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"Like, why do we have fans
on our floor?
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This is, like,
a security breach."
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- Come back the next day
for shootaround,
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and I see him get on a bus.
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I'm like,
"Yo, what's up, Jeremy?"
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- So I just showed up the next
morning, put a jersey on.
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I don't even know
if the team knew who I was,
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but, hey, look,
I'm a New York Knick now.
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[engine roaring]
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♪ ♪
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You know, I'm in New York City
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on a non-guarantee
rookie salary.
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I asked my brother
and sister-in-law.
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I was like,
"Hey, can I just crash
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on your couch for six weeks?"
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- It was like sleeping
on your homey couch
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and you don't know if you gonna
have a job tomorrow.
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And you still gotta smile,
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still gotta act like
you on the team,
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still gotta promote the team,
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still gotta come
to the meetings,
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you know what I'm saying?
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You still gotta get a ride
to practice
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and you gotta be there early.
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- I would be walking
into the arena,
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and I'd be walking in
pretty early
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because I was gonna get
some extra work in,
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and Security would be like,
"Ay, show me your badge."
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And I'm like,
"I don't have a badge."
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He's like,
"You're not allowed to--
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then you're not allowed
to enter from this entrance."
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And I'm like, "No, no, no.
Like, I'm a player."
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They're like, "What?
Show me your badge."
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I'm like,
"I don't have a badge.
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Players don't have badges."
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- I'm like, "Dawg,
you ever played basketball
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"against somebody
that's sleeping on the couch
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and don't know when they gonna
see they family?"
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Like,
playing against a desperate man
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is totally different.
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- I remember
after practice one day,
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one of the assistant coaches
came up to me,
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and he was like, "Hey, Jeremy.
Can I talk to you?
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You know why you never play?"
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And I'm like, "Why?"
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And he's like,
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"Because you play basketball
like--
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"like a Japanese cartoon
character.
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Like, you play like
you're in a video game."
295
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And I'm like,
"What does that even mean?"
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It doesn't feel like I belong.
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And it doesn't feel like
I have a home,
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and it doesn't feel like
people believe in me.
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But that was what was really
hard about that time.
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I mean,
there's nothing more symbolic
301
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than sleeping on a couch
for six weeks.
302
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- We had a ton of injuries.
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I'm talking to coach,
and he's like,
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"I mean, I don't know what
to do at this point."
305
00:11:02,119 --> 00:11:03,746
"We're down players.
We're down--
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I mean, I'm thinking about
throwing him out there."
307
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"Jeremy?" He's like, "Yeah."
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I'm thinking,
"He has lost his damn mind."
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I loved Jeremy.
I loved him as a person,
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but we out here trying to win.
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And I had never seen Jeremy
play before at this point.
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- My brother, you know,
he's like, "Ay, man,
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"my friends are coming in town.
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Um, and they need the couch."
315
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And they're like,
"Can you find a place
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to stay for a night or two?"
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The only person
I was comfortable asking
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to crash a night with
was Landry.
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And Landry was like, "Yeah,
of course you can crash."
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00:11:32,983 --> 00:11:34,735
He's like, "Come on over,
but I gotta warn you,
321
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the couch is small."
I was like, "It's cool.
322
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"I've been on small couches.
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I'll figure it out."
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00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:39,949
And I'm walking
into his apartment,
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00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:44,745
and I'm 6'3" and this couch is,
like, four feet long.
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And so I'm like, "How am I
gonna fit on this thing?"
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And I got my head hanging off
one end.
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00:11:48,707 --> 00:11:50,543
I'm already in the fetal
position, curled up.
329
00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:53,712
I got my legs hanging off
the other end and I'm like,
330
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"This is gonna be the worst
night's sleep ever."
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00:11:56,006 --> 00:11:57,007
And I woke up
the next morning,
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00:11:57,091 --> 00:11:58,467
and he's like, "Man,
hope you slept all right."
333
00:11:58,551 --> 00:11:59,802
I was like, "It's all good.
Don't worry about it."
334
00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:01,554
Like, at least I had a place
to stay.
335
00:12:01,637 --> 00:12:03,639
And that was what it was
leading up
336
00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:06,308
to that New Jersey Nets game.
337
00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:08,310
[cheers and applause]
338
00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:09,562
- The New York Knicks get set
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00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:11,230
to take on
the New Jersey Nets.
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00:12:11,313 --> 00:12:13,482
- And I'm on the phone with
my agent, Roger Montgomery,
341
00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:14,942
and Roger's telling me,
he's like,
342
00:12:15,025 --> 00:12:16,360
"If you don't play well,
343
00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:18,237
this is your last game
in the NBA."
344
00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,281
He said,
"Promise me this one thing:
345
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"No matter what you do tonight,
346
00:12:21,699 --> 00:12:23,451
you gotta play
Jeremy Lin basketball."
347
00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:25,161
- "Rog," I said,
"You're right.
348
00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:26,537
"Like, I gotta do it.
349
00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:28,456
"No matter what happens
tonight,
350
00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:29,999
"if I touch that floor,
351
00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:32,501
"it's gotta be Jeremy Lin
basketball all the way through.
352
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:33,711
"And the result is the result.
353
00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,671
Like, whatever happens,
happens."
354
00:12:35,754 --> 00:12:37,381
- And then they finally turned.
355
00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:40,009
"J-Lin, get in there."
356
00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:41,552
[tense music]
357
00:12:41,635 --> 00:12:43,345
- And then it starts.
358
00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:46,348
[rhythmic percussive music]
359
00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:48,642
♪ ♪
360
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When they subbed J-Lin in,
361
00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:53,314
he was looking people dead
in they eye.
362
00:12:53,397 --> 00:12:56,525
You talking 'bout somebody
that's coming from
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00:12:56,609 --> 00:13:00,696
"I don't know if I'll be
on the team tomorrow.
364
00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:04,825
But, for tonight, fuck you."
365
00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:06,452
- My hopes
was that he could just score.
366
00:13:06,535 --> 00:13:08,662
But then I saw that he started
to be able to have
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00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:10,039
a feel for the game
368
00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,333
and he started
to make some plays.
369
00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:14,251
- Jeremy Lin drives
and finishes!
370
00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:15,711
- Jeremy Lin!
- Nice play from Lin.
371
00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:17,838
- Jeremy Lin goes off.
372
00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:19,215
He goes off.
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00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:20,382
- This kid came out of nowhere
374
00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:22,885
and started ballin'
like for real.
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00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:25,888
- That Nets game,
that first game of Linsanity.
376
00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:27,765
When he lobs it up
to Tyson Chandler,
377
00:13:27,848 --> 00:13:30,267
he throws it down
and then knocks that ball...
378
00:13:30,351 --> 00:13:32,353
[laughing] With his head.
379
00:13:32,436 --> 00:13:34,104
- I was like,
"Oh, this is something
380
00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:35,147
that we can work with."
381
00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:36,732
- Splits the defense again.
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00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:39,151
Gets to the rim, pops it in!
383
00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:40,402
- I made an and-one,
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00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,905
and when I just wound up
and I screamed
385
00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:44,907
and I let out
that emotion, like,
386
00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:49,203
it felt like I was letting out
that year and a half
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00:13:49,286 --> 00:13:51,830
of, like, doubt.
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00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:54,041
Next thing you know,
we win the game.
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00:13:54,124 --> 00:13:57,127
And I look up, and I'm like,
"I have 25 points.
390
00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:58,921
How the hell did that happen?"
391
00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:00,422
- Lin!
[cheers and applause]
392
00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:01,423
- I didn't even catch it live.
393
00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:03,175
I was watching SportsCenter.
394
00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:05,094
And it was this, like,
"Oh, cool.
395
00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:07,054
What a lucky break."
396
00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:08,764
- And I remember getting
to the shower,
397
00:14:08,847 --> 00:14:13,102
and I didn't know if, like,
it was water from the shower
398
00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:14,812
or tears from my eyes.
399
00:14:14,895 --> 00:14:16,272
And I was like,
"They can't cut me now.
400
00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:18,732
They can't cut me now.
They can't cut me now."
401
00:14:18,816 --> 00:14:20,276
- Then the second game.
402
00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:22,111
Oh, he scores even more.
403
00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,445
Oh, this is funny.
404
00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,697
- You start in New Jersey.
405
00:14:24,780 --> 00:14:26,407
You to go Utah, right?
406
00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:27,950
You go to Washington.
407
00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:30,911
- The big dick energy
that he had was just like,
408
00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:32,663
"Oh, this is incredible."
409
00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:35,499
Isolations, ball hogging,
410
00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:37,418
going into the lane,
penetrating,
411
00:14:37,501 --> 00:14:39,461
finishing with both hands,
412
00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:40,921
dunking.
413
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:41,964
- I didn't know he could dunk.
414
00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:43,591
- He crosses up John Wall
415
00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,926
and he sledgehammers it in.
416
00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:47,803
- I remember a teammate said,
"Yo, I can't believe
417
00:14:47,886 --> 00:14:49,471
"J-Lin just went in
and dunked it.
418
00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:51,473
Chan, you kind of got up."
419
00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:54,476
- You don't think no Asian kid
that's this size
420
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,436
is going to be dunking.
421
00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:56,604
It's stereotypical,
422
00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:58,272
but it's what
we're all thinking.
423
00:14:58,355 --> 00:15:00,149
- After the John Wall game
happened, I made a video.
424
00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:03,152
He frickin' crossed and smashed
on John Wall today.
425
00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:05,362
Step your game up.
You cannot get dunked on
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00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:07,740
by a guy who took Calculus BC.
427
00:15:07,823 --> 00:15:10,284
- The same way the world
was caught by surprise,
428
00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:12,661
us on the same team as him
was caught by surprise.
429
00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:15,164
- Jeremy Lin, the New York
Knicks point guard
430
00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:17,416
that's caught the NBA world
by storm.
431
00:15:17,499 --> 00:15:19,418
- Jeremy Lin is fantastic.
432
00:15:19,501 --> 00:15:20,377
- Lin, we gonna win.
433
00:15:20,461 --> 00:15:22,630
1-7, we going to heaven.
That's it.
434
00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:25,841
- Lin's #17 jersey sold out
within 48 hours
435
00:15:25,924 --> 00:15:28,177
of going on sale
at Madison Square Garden.
436
00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:31,388
- Husband, mom, sister, dad,
437
00:15:31,472 --> 00:15:33,015
and then he's working
on the kids' ones
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00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:34,224
for my nephews. [laughs]
439
00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:36,894
- I was getting random people
calling me,
440
00:15:36,977 --> 00:15:39,855
asking me
for a Jeremy Lin autograph.
441
00:15:39,938 --> 00:15:40,814
I'm playing with Melo.
442
00:15:40,898 --> 00:15:42,399
I'm playing with Amar'e.
443
00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:44,526
I don't feel like
I'm no just joke myself.
444
00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,820
And like,
y'all calling for Jeremy?
445
00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:47,863
- It's a lot right now,
446
00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:52,159
but I think I'm getting used
to it a little more.
447
00:15:52,242 --> 00:15:55,037
- And suddenly,
it's Madison Square Garden.
448
00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,247
It's his first real home game.
449
00:15:57,331 --> 00:15:59,083
And of course,
he's playing the Lakers.
450
00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:00,793
- Kobe Bryant
and the Los Angeles Lakers
451
00:16:00,876 --> 00:16:01,877
are coming to town.
You know,
452
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,212
they just won
two championships.
453
00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:05,005
- We saw Jeremy ball
against the Jazz.
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00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:06,590
We saw him ball
against the Nets.
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00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:08,425
But the Lakers?
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00:16:08,509 --> 00:16:11,220
I didn't know if it was gonna
be the same kind of game.
457
00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:14,223
- A sell-out crowd
at Madison Square Garden
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00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:16,558
and many
to see the "Cinderella" story
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00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:18,227
of Jeremy Lin.
460
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:24,149
- The pregame was like being
at a big fight in Vegas.
461
00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:26,235
- That ticket is hot!
462
00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:28,028
That is the hottest ticket
463
00:16:28,112 --> 00:16:29,571
since the Knicks were
in the Conference Finals
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00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:30,864
in the year 2000.
465
00:16:30,948 --> 00:16:33,867
- It was the crackling energy
of something might happen.
466
00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:36,412
But you don't think
that Jeremy Lin's
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00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:39,873
gonna be the guy to knock out
Kobe and the Lakers.
468
00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:41,792
- This is peak Lakers.
469
00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:43,085
They still had Metta.
470
00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,420
They still had Pau.
471
00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:45,713
They still had Kobe.
472
00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:47,589
- The Lakers came in
with the idea
473
00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,092
that "Nah, like,
not on our watch.
474
00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,469
We gonna end this fairy tale,
and we gonna end it tonight."
475
00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:56,557
- Kobe in an interview gave Lin
some gas and said some shit.
476
00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,100
- Are you surprised
at the production
477
00:16:58,183 --> 00:16:59,601
that Lin's had over
the past week?
478
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,603
- I don't even know
what he's done.
479
00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:03,564
Like, I don't--I have no idea
480
00:17:03,647 --> 00:17:04,565
what you guys
are talking about.
481
00:17:04,648 --> 00:17:06,066
- Would you consider
guarding him
482
00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,359
if he's having one
of those games?
483
00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:10,070
- Jesus Christ.
- [laughs]
484
00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,739
- I'm on the way to the game,
485
00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:14,783
and I see what Kobe said
about me,
486
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,952
and I'm like, "Tonight,
487
00:17:17,035 --> 00:17:19,121
I'm just gonna be
hella aggressive."
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00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:21,749
Like, no matter what happens,
50/50, like,
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00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:23,584
if I have any space, like,
and I don't know what to do,
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00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:24,793
I'm shooting it.
491
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,837
- Though you're J-Lin
and we're rooting for you...
492
00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,631
[laughs] That's Kobe Bryant.
493
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:32,968
- It's MJ, Kobe, and Bron.
494
00:17:33,051 --> 00:17:36,930
Anytime you have a opportunity
to play against these guys,
495
00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:38,474
it's a chance
to measure yourself.
496
00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:40,017
- He the closest thing
to Jordan.
497
00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:43,103
Like, if you hate him,
it's because he actually
498
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,606
hits the shots Jordan hits
and did the hand,
499
00:17:45,689 --> 00:17:48,275
and it pissed you off
'cause you couldn't do it.
500
00:17:48,358 --> 00:17:51,278
Tonight, we get
to look the Mamba in the eye.
501
00:17:51,361 --> 00:17:54,406
- Jeremy Lin, what do you make
of the splash
502
00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,325
that he's made with the Knicks?
- I mean, it's great.
503
00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:59,077
It is the worst job
of talent evaluation
504
00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:02,247
that I've ever seen in my life
if this kid is this good.
505
00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:04,458
When you get that opportunity,
you have to kick the door in.
506
00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:05,667
Now he's not only kicked it
in.
507
00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:07,002
He blew it up.
508
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,170
- But this, without question,
509
00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:10,422
the toughest test
for Jeremy Lin.
510
00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:12,007
- Jeremy,
in that boxing analogy,
511
00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:14,384
comes out of his corner,
and he's swinging.
512
00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:15,636
- Lin shot.
513
00:18:15,719 --> 00:18:17,513
[cheers and applause]
514
00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:21,350
- Jeremy has nine, ten points
in the first three minutes,
515
00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:24,019
and the Garden
is going apeshit!
516
00:18:24,102 --> 00:18:25,187
- I let my first few fly
on me.
517
00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:27,231
I have, like, four
or five field goal attempts
518
00:18:27,314 --> 00:18:28,857
within the first, like,
couple minutes.
519
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,609
And I get hot.
520
00:18:30,692 --> 00:18:32,444
Okay, here we go.
521
00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:33,821
It's gonna be a long night
for them.
522
00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:36,490
- Lin drives in
and lays it in!
523
00:18:36,573 --> 00:18:40,577
- I just remember
how fast he was moving.
524
00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:41,620
He's going to the rim,
525
00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:43,705
and he's attacking
the rim hard.
526
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:44,998
- This guy was driving.
527
00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:46,542
He was going past Kobe.
528
00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:48,585
- Jeremy just stepped up
to every moment,
529
00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:49,878
and he didn't back down.
530
00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,547
He hitting and-ones.
He's screaming.
531
00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:53,257
He pumpin' his fists
at the crowd.
532
00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:54,716
Like, he's living
in the moment.
533
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,719
- Never relenting,
taking fallaway jumpers.
534
00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:01,390
Confident stuff that a kid
who had never played
535
00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:04,143
on this kind of a stage
should have.
536
00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:07,521
- This kid was like a video
game 'cause he's not supposed
537
00:19:07,604 --> 00:19:09,106
to be doing these things
that he's doing.
538
00:19:09,189 --> 00:19:10,566
- You know the video game
where you, like--
539
00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,901
a player's, like, tired,
and then you put somebody else
540
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:14,153
in that's not tired,
and you like,
541
00:19:14,236 --> 00:19:15,654
"Oh, man, you don't even run
that fast.
542
00:19:15,737 --> 00:19:16,780
Like, what?"
543
00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:18,824
Like, I just remember seeing
J-Lin do that,
544
00:19:18,907 --> 00:19:20,200
and I'm like,
"I ain't never been part
545
00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:21,660
of no video game experience."
546
00:19:21,743 --> 00:19:24,288
- He did that crazy, like,
spin move against Derek Fisher
547
00:19:24,371 --> 00:19:25,581
and hit that perfect layup.
548
00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,165
- D. Fisher's a tough guard
too.
549
00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:28,542
- Lin likes the open floor.
550
00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:31,753
Spinning, puts it up,
and backs it in!
551
00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,881
- And I'm like,
"That's something new."
552
00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:37,759
- On the one hand, I'm like,
"Dude, I'm a frickin' problem.
553
00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:39,595
Derek Fisher cannot guard me."
554
00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,138
But on the other hand,
I'm like,
555
00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:42,306
"Yo, what just happened?"
556
00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:44,182
It felt like
an out-of-body experience.
557
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:46,393
I never did that move
before that.
558
00:19:46,476 --> 00:19:47,394
[buzzer blares]
559
00:19:47,477 --> 00:19:49,104
- And that will end
the first half.
560
00:19:49,187 --> 00:19:51,565
Jeremy Lin was superb.
561
00:19:51,648 --> 00:19:52,900
- Man!
- I like his game.
562
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:55,235
- And he got that Garden
buzzin' right now
563
00:19:55,319 --> 00:19:57,404
with that 360 move.
564
00:19:57,487 --> 00:19:58,655
Whoo.
- And right after that...
565
00:19:58,739 --> 00:20:00,490
- So at a halftime,
you figure, like,
566
00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:02,743
okay,
regression to the mean comes.
567
00:20:02,826 --> 00:20:04,411
Because it's the Lakers.
It's Kobe, right?
568
00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:07,039
These are guys
who have survived runs before.
569
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:08,415
They've won championships.
570
00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:10,042
- I think our whole team knew
571
00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:13,629
in the second half
it was gonna be Kobe time.
572
00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,797
- Bryant spinning.
Difficult shot...
573
00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:18,258
[laughs] For some.
- Yeah.
574
00:20:18,342 --> 00:20:19,635
- Kobe just started to get hot
575
00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:24,139
and hit a lot of tough midrange
jumpers in that third quarter.
576
00:20:24,222 --> 00:20:25,974
And we could see
our lead dwindle,
577
00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,476
and dwindle, and dwindle.
578
00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,479
- But what's crazy about what
happens in the second half,
579
00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:32,773
Jeremy Lin
just keeps attacking.
580
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:35,275
- I'm watching guys get
physical with him
581
00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:36,777
and I'm waiting for him
to back down
582
00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:39,112
or his moment to be over.
583
00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:42,199
- But Jeremy
just kept making shots.
584
00:20:42,282 --> 00:20:43,784
- Jeremy was cooking, okay?
585
00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:45,118
He was cooking motherfuckers.
586
00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:47,454
- He caught the ball
about 28 feet out,
587
00:20:47,537 --> 00:20:50,457
and he drilled it
on Pau Gasol.
588
00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:52,125
It was unbelievable.
589
00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,337
- Y'all wanna see
a little Manu step?
590
00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,464
Y'all want the reverse finish?
591
00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:59,257
Y'all want the inside finish?
592
00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:00,509
Y'all want the hook finish?
593
00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:03,220
He was giving y'all floaters.
594
00:21:03,303 --> 00:21:04,388
Man.
595
00:21:04,471 --> 00:21:05,389
- It was just surreal.
596
00:21:05,472 --> 00:21:07,516
Is this the other plot
of "Space Jam"?
597
00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:11,019
Like, whose superpowers
did Jeremy Lin steal
598
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,230
to become the best basketball
player in the world?
599
00:21:13,313 --> 00:21:16,984
- My husband and I were
in my living room behind me
600
00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:19,403
standing up the entire time.
601
00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:22,364
And the guy
just couldn't miss.
602
00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,658
- We were like, "Oh!"
Like, I wanted to run around.
603
00:21:24,741 --> 00:21:26,159
I might have taken a few laps.
604
00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:27,619
I started tearing up.
605
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:28,620
- And this is the part
606
00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:31,206
that still gives me
goose bumps.
607
00:21:31,289 --> 00:21:34,710
He knew what stage he was on.
608
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:37,337
He knew that the cameras
were all there.
609
00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:39,047
He knew
that he had this chance
610
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:40,799
to say something
that would change this
611
00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:44,386
from "Wow, cool little fluke"
612
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:46,722
to "This is going
to be a legend
613
00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,057
that parents tell their kids
one day."
614
00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,225
- All the hype's around you
615
00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:52,060
'cause you're "Jeremy Lin"
right now,
616
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,813
and everybody's like,
"I'ma be the one to stop him."
617
00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:58,650
And he gave all y'all
what y'all wanted to see.
618
00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,862
- There was a shot that I hit
that I knew was a dagger.
619
00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:04,948
Tyson hits the ball back
and then Shump ends up with it
620
00:22:05,032 --> 00:22:06,408
and he swings it to me
in a corner.
621
00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,660
And I got all the space
in the world.
622
00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:11,788
And as I shoot it, I'm like,
"Oh, that feels amazing."
623
00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:13,582
And it goes swish,
right through the net.
624
00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,626
It felt like we were hovering
'cause that's how loud
625
00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:19,421
and energetic it was,
and it was this magical moment.
626
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,590
I've never experienced
something like that
627
00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:23,216
before or after.
628
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,386
- Linsanity continues here
at Madison Square Garden...
629
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:28,805
[buzzer blares]
As the undrafted point guard
630
00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:32,934
from Harvard
electrifies MSG once again.
631
00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,978
- Yo,
this dude scored 38 points!
632
00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:36,271
- He made 38 points!
633
00:22:36,354 --> 00:22:37,689
[laughing]
How is he doing that?
634
00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:40,984
- 38 points
at Madison Square Garden.
635
00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:43,028
Are you fucking kidding me?
636
00:22:43,111 --> 00:22:45,530
- One of the more
incredible stories we've seen
637
00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:47,824
in the NBA in quite some time.
638
00:22:47,908 --> 00:22:49,576
- It just happened
against Kobe,
639
00:22:49,659 --> 00:22:52,079
like, against Kobe Bryant.
640
00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:55,248
And it was like this awe
and, like, magical moment
641
00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:57,959
of like, "Man, like,
you really did that
642
00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:59,461
"against, like,
one of the greatest
643
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:00,962
to ever play the game."
644
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,381
- For him to outscore Kobe--
rest in peace, Kobe--
645
00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:05,133
but for him to outscore Kobe,
646
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,969
the leading scorer
in the league in the Garden,
647
00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,638
like, that was crazy.
648
00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:11,389
- I didn't believe it
till it was over
649
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:15,310
because I'm supposed
to be an impartial journalist.
650
00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,938
But I get the box score,
and I say to myself,
651
00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:20,107
"I'm going to keep
this box score."
652
00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:22,275
Yeah, that's when I officially
was secure
653
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:23,360
that this had happened.
654
00:23:23,443 --> 00:23:27,614
- And the fact that MSG,
but so much of this country,
655
00:23:27,697 --> 00:23:31,493
was having that moment
for an Asian American player,
656
00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:34,329
I just kept having to, like,
look away and look again.
657
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,498
Like, is this really happening?
658
00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:39,292
And it wasn't just Asian people
who were talking about it.
659
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,169
Everybody was talking about it!
660
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:45,215
- There was a strain of weed
out in LA called "Linsanity OG"
661
00:23:45,298 --> 00:23:48,802
that Rick Ross Instagrammed
himself picking up.
662
00:23:48,885 --> 00:23:51,930
The Knicks did not have
the shirts to sell people.
663
00:23:52,013 --> 00:23:54,850
Barack Obama
was praising Jeremy Lin
664
00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:56,810
to his staff on Marine One.
665
00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:58,353
- I've been
on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon--
666
00:23:58,436 --> 00:23:59,646
- Are you taking credit
for Linsanity?
667
00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:00,981
It kind of feels like
you are a little bit.
668
00:24:01,064 --> 00:24:02,274
- I can't take credit for it.
669
00:24:02,357 --> 00:24:03,733
I'm just saying
I was there early.
670
00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:07,320
- When Jeremy's going through
this whole Linsanity moment,
671
00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:11,783
he never changed from that kid
who was sleeping on the couch.
672
00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:15,203
- He's like the calmest,
best energy to be around.
673
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,372
He doesn't have a bad bone
in his body.
674
00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:19,332
He's gonna encourage us all
to pray
675
00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:20,667
and go to church with him.
676
00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:22,502
- The Lakers game,
that was wild.
677
00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:25,046
But I'm trying
to do everything I can
678
00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,464
to tune it out.
679
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:28,842
But when we got to Toronto,
680
00:24:28,925 --> 00:24:30,218
that's when I knew.
681
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,846
[cheers and applause]
682
00:24:32,929 --> 00:24:35,390
- What Jeremy Lin did at
the end of that Raptors game--
683
00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:39,477
he has the ball,
and he has the opportunity
684
00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:41,354
to pass the ball.
685
00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:45,025
- Jeremy waves them off.
686
00:24:45,108 --> 00:24:46,818
- And I remember I had to wave
'em off, like, multiple times
687
00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:47,819
because they were like, "What,
688
00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:48,945
you're not running
a pick and roll?"
689
00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:52,282
And I'm like,
"No, like, get out the way."
690
00:24:52,365 --> 00:24:54,242
- He takes the last shot.
691
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,535
- This is mine.
692
00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:58,413
- This opportunity
might never come along again,
693
00:24:58,496 --> 00:25:01,583
and so I'm just gonna say,
"Fuck it" and go.
694
00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:04,044
- We could feel it.
He's not gonna miss this shot.
695
00:25:04,127 --> 00:25:06,463
- Five, four...
696
00:25:06,546 --> 00:25:08,048
- [inhales sharply]
697
00:25:08,131 --> 00:25:09,925
- Lin puts it up!
698
00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,427
[cheers and applause]
699
00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:16,348
- And the crowd went crazy
in Toronto, on the road!
700
00:25:16,431 --> 00:25:20,018
- He hit the game winner
in Toronto,
701
00:25:20,101 --> 00:25:22,938
and the Toronto fans erupted
for him.
702
00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:25,482
- We all know how rare it was,
703
00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:28,026
and we all know what it took
for him to get there,
704
00:25:28,109 --> 00:25:32,280
and that superseded the color
of your city's jersey.
705
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:35,075
Like, who cares about the color
of your clothing at this point?
706
00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:37,744
Right? We're talking about
the color of his skin.
707
00:25:37,827 --> 00:25:40,330
- All my friends kept saying
is like...
708
00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:46,461
Do you know what that means?
709
00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,630
"Can you believe
we have dignity?"
710
00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:49,965
"Did you see
the way he did that?"
711
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:51,132
No, no, no, it's my game too.
712
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,134
I deserve to be here too.
713
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,803
It's not a mean thing.
714
00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:58,473
It's not
a "I hate my teammates thing."
715
00:25:58,556 --> 00:26:01,017
It's "What if I had
the same audacity
716
00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:03,603
and confidence you had?"
717
00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:04,646
- This is who I am.
718
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:05,939
This is what I prepared for.
719
00:26:06,022 --> 00:26:07,524
And this is what
I'm capable of.
720
00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:09,317
All you guys need
to do is watch and see.
721
00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:12,654
- I remember after he hit
that shot,
722
00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:14,114
I thought to myself,
723
00:26:14,197 --> 00:26:16,533
"How many moments
in my own life
724
00:26:16,616 --> 00:26:19,786
"did I pass up the ball
or hold myself small?
725
00:26:19,869 --> 00:26:22,497
"How many times
did I turn in that assignment
726
00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:25,333
"or not audition for that thing
727
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:29,379
"or not put my name
as number one on the sheet?
728
00:26:29,462 --> 00:26:32,090
How many times
did I not wave someone off?"
729
00:26:32,173 --> 00:26:36,011
That's what that moment meant
to me.
730
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:39,180
- That's not a thing
that Asian people get, man.
731
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,016
That's not how we're cast.
732
00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:44,144
- Now, I think the spectrum
of masculinity is important.
733
00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:46,855
I think Asian men don't have
to prove themselves
734
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,482
in that way,
but it's nice when you can see
735
00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:52,027
and point to a reference
like Jeremy Lin
736
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,655
as, like, an example
of being able to be athletic,
737
00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:58,033
right, and dominating a sport
like the NBA.
738
00:26:58,116 --> 00:26:59,200
- Even when I'm on stage
739
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,329
and I look into the eyes
of my audience,
740
00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:04,164
I see so many broken dreams.
741
00:27:04,247 --> 00:27:05,623
They're like, "Wait a second.
742
00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:07,167
"I don't have to work
at Deloitte?
743
00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,502
Like,
I can be a stand-up comedian?"
744
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:11,671
It's just--it's this moment.
745
00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:13,882
It broke the Matrix for us.
746
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,884
- I knew a little bit back then
747
00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:19,596
why that shot was just bigger
than that shot in that game,
748
00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:23,641
but now I understand it
even more so.
749
00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:25,935
It was a heroic moment.
750
00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,730
Like, it was a moment
that so many people
751
00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:31,858
had not experienced,
but wanted to experience.
752
00:27:31,941 --> 00:27:33,193
Hollywood, the world, like,
753
00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:38,239
we didn't have
these heroic moments,
754
00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:43,578
and it was always boxed
into the Asian stereotype.
755
00:27:43,661 --> 00:27:47,874
But for it to happen that way,
on that platform, in that game,
756
00:27:47,957 --> 00:27:51,461
against people
who didn't look like me,
757
00:27:51,544 --> 00:27:55,548
in a game where people like me
don't really exist--
758
00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:59,803
that's why, to this day,
this moment lives in the minds
759
00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:01,930
and the hearts
of so many people,
760
00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:05,100
because it was so much bigger
than basketball.
761
00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:08,103
- If you had described
Linsanity before it happened
762
00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:09,938
to someone,
I think everyone would be like,
763
00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:11,689
"That's--that's not possible."
764
00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:13,733
- It's the most impossible
thing
765
00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:16,069
I think I have ever witnessed
in my life.
766
00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:19,239
- It's so weird to revisit
this moment ten years later
767
00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:21,825
because...
768
00:28:21,908 --> 00:28:24,411
it's like the worst time
to be an Asian American.
769
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:27,914
And so it's really hard...
770
00:28:27,997 --> 00:28:30,959
to only appreciate
what happened ten years ago
771
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,503
when you're reminded
of where we're at right now.
772
00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,839
That's what's really hard.
773
00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:37,674
[somber musical sting]
774
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,804
- The weekend of March 15th,
775
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:47,267
the first weekend of everyone
locking things down in 2020,
776
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:49,185
when the pandemic just started,
777
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:50,770
a white guy in a pickup truck
slowed down
778
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:52,272
when it was a green light
for him
779
00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:54,941
and stopped right in front
of me just to flip me off.
780
00:28:55,024 --> 00:28:57,193
And then I felt my face get hot
781
00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:59,612
and my stomach getting queasy
because--
782
00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:01,948
that was when I realized, like,
"Oh, shit.
783
00:29:02,031 --> 00:29:03,950
Yeah, I've felt this before."
784
00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:08,621
The feeling like
I'm about to get the hate
785
00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,206
and the anger directed at me
786
00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:13,334
for no reason other than just
walking around being Asian.
787
00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:15,503
It gave me a sense
of what was to come.
788
00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:19,174
- Hate crimes targeting Asian
Americans has skyrocketed.
789
00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:21,843
- Suni Lee said she was
recently pepper sprayed.
790
00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:24,846
- The suspect
lit a 79-year-old man on fire
791
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,973
at the Chinatown
Cultural Plaza.
792
00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:28,558
- Police say
that Christina Yuna Lee
793
00:29:28,641 --> 00:29:31,978
was stabbed more than 40 times
in the neck and torso.
794
00:29:32,061 --> 00:29:33,897
- An Asian man who was
the victim of a hate crime
795
00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:35,231
just died of his injuries.
796
00:29:39,903 --> 00:29:41,946
- Asian man viciously kicked
to the ground.
797
00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,950
- Communities on edge.
798
00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:50,538
- Anybody see my--my--my skin.
799
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:54,375
- She said she doesn't want
people to see her skin color.
800
00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:55,710
- For every Asian American
person
801
00:29:55,793 --> 00:29:58,546
or anybody who comes
from any minority group,
802
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:01,049
you're immediately told
803
00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,551
even though
your citizenship status
804
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:05,887
makes you a home jersey,
805
00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:09,390
the moment you start putting
yourself out in society,
806
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:11,392
they tell you,
"No, no, no, no, no.
807
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:13,394
"You're an away jersey.
808
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,897
Where are you from?"
809
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,148
"Oh, I'm from Sacramento."
810
00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:19,108
"No, no, no, no,
where are you from from?"
811
00:30:19,192 --> 00:30:23,696
- This face is always read
as being alien,
812
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:27,700
a betrayer, a spy, weird.
813
00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:32,664
- In times
of global catastrophe,
814
00:30:32,747 --> 00:30:36,209
a scapegoat
can be pretty helpful.
815
00:30:36,292 --> 00:30:39,587
- Sometimes I'll be walking
my daughter to school,
816
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,798
and I'll see different kids.
817
00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:44,759
Young white kids,
white parents,
818
00:30:44,842 --> 00:30:46,803
they'll walk
into school without a mask.
819
00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:51,140
Every single Asian kid
is double masked
820
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:53,685
like they're in a goddamn
hazmat suit
821
00:30:53,768 --> 00:30:58,064
because the room for error--
it's this thin.
822
00:30:58,147 --> 00:30:59,107
God forbid...
- [sneezes]
823
00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,402
- Your Asian son or daughter
coughs or sneezes,
824
00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:03,987
and then all the kids
are like,
825
00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:05,572
"Yo, you got that Wuhan?
826
00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,532
You got that "Kung flu?"
827
00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:11,411
- And so anti-Asian violence
coalesced
828
00:31:11,494 --> 00:31:12,787
around all of those things
829
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:15,623
and, I think,
around a fundamental
830
00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:18,960
underlying issue
with how people see Asians,
831
00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:21,129
which is that...
832
00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:22,672
you could take 'em.
833
00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:25,049
They're not to be feared.
834
00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:27,135
You wanna pick on somebody
that you could
835
00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,845
probably go stuff
into a locker?
836
00:31:28,928 --> 00:31:30,221
Pick on the Asian kid.
- [laughs]
837
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:31,514
- If all we see are stories
838
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:34,809
of Asian people
being submissive
839
00:31:34,892 --> 00:31:39,606
and weak and being dominated
on TV and movies and in sports,
840
00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:43,776
then of course that translates
into real world behavior.
841
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,945
- Six of the eight people
he's now accused of killing
842
00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:47,071
are Asian women.
843
00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:49,198
- There are a lot
of intense discussions here
844
00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:50,908
about potential hate crimes.
845
00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,828
- The shooting
in Atlanta, Georgia,
846
00:31:53,911 --> 00:31:58,166
because Asian women
have been stereotyped
847
00:31:58,249 --> 00:32:01,461
as being, you know,
these dragon ladies
848
00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:05,840
or overly sexualized
and exoticized,
849
00:32:05,923 --> 00:32:09,677
that incident
was just so horrifying,
850
00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,013
but also galvanizing.
851
00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:14,390
And the last few years,
852
00:32:14,474 --> 00:32:17,018
I think,
have been a wake-up call
853
00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,354
to so many of us
in the Asian community
854
00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:20,396
that we have to speak up.
855
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,939
- Ten years later,
856
00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:24,275
I'm excited to talk
about Jeremy Lin right now
857
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:27,654
because, I think,
beyond basketball,
858
00:32:27,737 --> 00:32:31,199
it's important for us
to understand
859
00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:34,494
that to be outstanding
as an Asian American,
860
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:35,828
to represent
who were are
861
00:32:35,912 --> 00:32:38,873
beyond just stereotypes,
is that much more important.
862
00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:42,418
Because it's that kind
of lack of familiarity
863
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:46,130
with us as humans
that causes people
864
00:32:46,214 --> 00:32:50,093
to be willing
to fucking attack us.
865
00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:54,472
- When I think back
on those moments of Linsanity,
866
00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:56,724
everyone was talking about
867
00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:59,894
this unknown
Asian American player.
868
00:32:59,977 --> 00:33:03,523
I long to feel those moments
869
00:33:03,606 --> 00:33:06,317
of just, like, pure joy
and unity.
870
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:07,902
It was really validating.
871
00:33:07,985 --> 00:33:09,696
It was too short-lived,
872
00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:13,741
but it did really open a door.
873
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,868
- The reason
why Jeremy matters
874
00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:18,037
and why
we're talking about it is,
875
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:22,041
it represents possibility
876
00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:26,254
and an expansive worldview
at the highest possible level.
877
00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:29,215
If this is possible,
what else is possible?
878
00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:31,467
[cheers and applause]
879
00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,761
- The biggest thing
Linsanity brought was hope.
880
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,763
It inspired people,
881
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,807
and it showed that when
you chase your dreams,
882
00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:40,393
good things can happen.
883
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:43,271
And I think
as we go into the reality
884
00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:46,315
of where we are today
as a society,
885
00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:47,734
we need to hold on to hope.
886
00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:49,569
We need to believe
that things can be better
887
00:33:49,652 --> 00:33:51,738
and we need to fight
for those things.
888
00:33:51,821 --> 00:33:53,239
- Maybe
the most unifying aspect
889
00:33:53,322 --> 00:33:54,741
of the Asian American
experience
890
00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:59,203
is this desire to be included.
891
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:01,581
It's to be seen as American,
892
00:34:01,664 --> 00:34:04,584
to be counted as one...
893
00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:06,461
of you.
894
00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:11,174
And what Jeremy Lin's story is
895
00:34:11,257 --> 00:34:16,679
is the most visceral example
of...
896
00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:20,850
getting to be a part of a world
897
00:34:20,933 --> 00:34:25,646
that had never really had space
for you before.
898
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:29,067
- Out of that crisis,
or I should say this crisis,
899
00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,861
because we're still in it,
900
00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:34,238
something really extraordinary
happened,
901
00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,908
which is that the Asian
American community
902
00:34:36,991 --> 00:34:41,871
is unwilling to stand
on the sidelines anymore.
903
00:34:41,954 --> 00:34:45,458
Like, we're all a bunch
of Jeremy Lins out there,
904
00:34:45,541 --> 00:34:49,462
just going for it
and exercising our voices
905
00:34:49,545 --> 00:34:56,177
and being unwilling
to just remain on the bench.
906
00:34:57,386 --> 00:35:01,307
- Jeremy Lin showed
that he belonged,
907
00:35:01,390 --> 00:35:04,977
and he gave
an entire generation the hope
908
00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:07,188
that they can belong.
909
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:10,149
- I really want
the next generation to grow up
910
00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:11,984
to not be ashamed
of being Asian,
911
00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,862
to be proud of your culture,
your upbringing,
912
00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:18,658
your parents, your appearance,
your talents, your personality.
913
00:35:18,741 --> 00:35:20,743
I want them to be proud
to be themselves
914
00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:22,829
and to have a equal
and an fair chance
915
00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:24,497
to be their fullest self,
916
00:35:24,580 --> 00:35:26,207
to not have to deal
with everything
917
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:30,002
that the previous generations
had to deal with.
918
00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:31,045
- I love the fact
919
00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:33,923
that we get an Asian American
Marvel hero now.
920
00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:37,593
That's awesome. I love that.
921
00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,096
You could also just
queue up YouTube
922
00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:43,933
and watch what Jeremy Lin did
to the Lakers in 2012.
923
00:35:44,016 --> 00:35:46,060
- We're talking about it
like it's a myth or something.
924
00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:48,229
We have tape, man!
It happened.
925
00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:49,355
You don't need
to tell them anything.
926
00:35:49,438 --> 00:35:50,690
Just show 'em the tape.
927
00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:51,691
Play the tape.
928
00:35:51,774 --> 00:35:53,359
- Lin gets inside! Oh!
929
00:35:53,442 --> 00:35:56,028
Lin puts up the two-pointer,
puts it in!
930
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:59,115
[cheers and applause]
931
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:02,034
Drives and finishes!
932
00:36:02,118 --> 00:36:05,037
[upbeat music]
933
00:36:05,121 --> 00:36:06,706
♪ ♪
934
00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:09,709
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah! Yeah!
935
00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:14,714
♪ ♪
936
00:36:14,797 --> 00:36:16,549
- Lin for three!
937
00:36:16,632 --> 00:36:18,968
[cheers and applause]
938
00:36:19,051 --> 00:36:26,058
♪ ♪
939
00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:01,278
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