tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post9093403917837191035..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Jeremy Lin in historical perspectiveSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-14688446224857206122012-02-19T20:40:15.985-05:002012-02-19T20:40:15.985-05:00This is when things get weird. The mixed blessings...This is when things get weird. The mixed blessings of stardom:<br />http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_jeremy_lin_knicks_taiwan_media_021912Ken Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10418715009533709592012-02-15T20:21:15.815-05:002012-02-15T20:21:15.815-05:00Clarification--Yes to the first. “Reasonable?” Are...Clarification--Yes to the first. “Reasonable?” Are tribal interactions reasonable?Ken Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68116792703350133802012-02-15T19:18:39.796-05:002012-02-15T19:18:39.796-05:00*Does either of those propositions strike you as l...*Does either of those propositions strike you as likely? Reasonable?*<br /><br />Yes <br />*What's missing is the specific identification of the gene. Without that, it's not possible to say with 100 per cent certainty.* <br />I think it’s likely a combination of several or many genes and/or alleles. Sort of like a musical chord. One can have an augmented chord, or a diminished, a 7th, aKen Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58148836061254709562012-02-15T16:28:05.158-05:002012-02-15T16:28:05.158-05:00You know, the best thing I see are the smiles on t...You know, the best thing I see are the smiles on the faces of the other players. I don't know how long it will last, maybe money, playing time and rest will reassert itself at some point and attitudes will change, but for now these million dollar players are actually enjoying the game, getting excited and loving what they're doing. This is why they started playing sports -- they were Michael Baconhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Bacon/1316725989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-24217726068846901142012-02-15T15:02:50.709-05:002012-02-15T15:02:50.709-05:00Yes. That was a sweet shot. And he made a three ...Yes. That was a sweet shot. And he made a three point play to tie the game right before that. Brilliant finish by Lin.Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-47408747025492772282012-02-15T09:57:19.179-05:002012-02-15T09:57:19.179-05:00Ken:
You don't need a lot of "inspection...Ken:<br /><br />You don't need a lot of "inspection" to see the second item was my response to the first. It was not intended as some sort of Trojan Horse.<br /><br />Please do point to me how I am suggesting that racism is confined to whites only. Quite the opposite. I commented that I found it patently ridiculous that the first author - ostensibly a professional writer - dwbuddhttp://twitter.com/dwbuddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9327083766902750512012-02-14T23:24:34.492-05:002012-02-14T23:24:34.492-05:00Anyone see the game winner Lin hit against the Rap...Anyone see the game winner Lin hit against the Raptors?Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76291124896110753692012-02-14T22:18:51.962-05:002012-02-14T22:18:51.962-05:00And we see upon inspection that linked blog #2 is ...And we see upon inspection that linked blog #2 is written by you bwbudd. That’s fine and dandy and you raise some good points--but are you suggesting that racism is confined to whites only? Or perhaps does it extend to all other ethnicities as well? I’ll answer that- of course it does. It is built into our DNA as human animals (identification with our own tribal members and suspicion of “the Ken Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68959697934112323642012-02-14T16:12:04.868-05:002012-02-14T16:12:04.868-05:00 http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/02/14/jere... http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/02/14/jeremy-lin-and-cross-cultural-psychology/?mod=google_news_blog<br /><br />Not quite a discussion about spatial intelligence, but it looks like someone already started thinking along somewhat similar lines...Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45988706871948250452012-02-14T13:42:30.921-05:002012-02-14T13:42:30.921-05:00Two tidbits I had not seen before. From
http://w...Two tidbits I had not seen before. From <br />http://www.mercurynews.com/jeremy-lin/ci_19954877<br /><br />Lin was eventually sent back to the NBA's hinterlands -- the D-League -- for the fourth time in his career. But he wouldn't stay long. The Knicks brought him back after he logged a triple-double in his first game.<br />Then, on Feb. 4, at halftime of a home game against New Jersey, Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27873889026478446272012-02-14T10:49:37.071-05:002012-02-14T10:49:37.071-05:00We were living in Los Altos, California (the next ...We were living in Los Altos, California (the next town down the 101 from Palo Alto) when Lin was tearing up the court playing for Paly. He led the Vikings to the CCS championship his senior year. So it was a big surprise that NO ONE in California wanted him. Not Berkeley. Not Stanford. Not UCLA or USC.<br /><br />Ditto, when he came out of Harvard, having put some damned impressive dwbuddhttp://twitter.com/dwbuddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10567458835715867512012-02-14T10:45:13.625-05:002012-02-14T10:45:13.625-05:00It was bound to happen.
Jeremy Lin, Chinese-Ameri...It was bound to happen.<br /><br />Jeremy Lin, Chinese-American phenom, is a phenom not because he's played incredibly well when given the chance, or that he has worked hard at his skills, or that he's really something of a black sheep being the first Harvardian in the NBA in 60 years.<br /><br />No. It's because mainstream America wants a "white" star in the NBA - i.e., dwbuddhttp://twitter.com/dwbuddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-39959647755048929082012-02-12T21:17:32.702-05:002012-02-12T21:17:32.702-05:00Sheesh Yan. You may be right but don't read t...Sheesh Yan. You may be right but don't read too much into this. Jeramy Lin is a stellar athlete and a very good basketball player. I am sure Mr. Lin would agree with that<br /><br />assessment, and perhaps, might be embarrassed pointing to his academic achievements as a reason for his athletic success. His main goal now is to play the best basketball he can-within the framework of the team.<Ken Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8096826065441196082012-02-12T20:23:11.945-05:002012-02-12T20:23:11.945-05:00He clearly had some great moves in college.
http:...He clearly had some great moves in college. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tVVzGm8SbOM Check out the shot in the play starting at 1:18 or so. That's a clutch shot I would expect from Jordan or Bird. Stuart Buckhttp://profiles.google.com/stuartbucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-53739935994404243382012-02-12T19:02:47.816-05:002012-02-12T19:02:47.816-05:00I know you're joking, but I wonder if there is...I know you're joking, but I wonder if there is a correlation between spatial intelligence and court vision/the ability to see passing angles.Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46448401938189922062012-02-12T17:33:07.541-05:002012-02-12T17:33:07.541-05:00Another Lin fact...
"http://www.pacifictakes...Another Lin fact...<br /><br />"http://www.pacifictakes.com/2012/2/12/2791271/jeremy-lin-stanford-ucla-bruins-cal-harvard-palo-alto-recruiting"<br /><br />"He sent his CV (4.2 GPA, perfect score on his SAT II Math 2C in the <br />ninth grade) and a DVD of highlights—edited by a friend of a friend from<br /> church—to all eight Ivies, Stanford, Cal and his dream school, UCLA. <brYan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86173097318450745962012-02-12T17:29:13.757-05:002012-02-12T17:29:13.757-05:00Well, I'll admit I don't follow basketball...Well, I'll admit I don't follow basketball and hadn't really heard of this Jeremy Lin fellow until just the last few days, but I do think there's an interesting possible HBD angle to this.<br /><br />From what I've been reading, it sounds like Lin had actually had a very impressive previous record, and it was a little strange that he hadn't been drafted early or afterward RKU1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88240405531898867202012-02-12T16:52:44.295-05:002012-02-12T16:52:44.295-05:00"The other factor that needs to be considered..."The other factor that needs to be considered is that these were his first 5 games as a starter."<br /><br />Lin came off of the bench against the Nets. But he's started the past 4 games against the Jazz, Wizards, Lakers, and Timberwolves.Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51939702149372320942012-02-12T14:38:30.551-05:002012-02-12T14:38:30.551-05:00Baron Davis was a stopgap pickup on technical cons...Baron Davis was a stopgap pickup on technical considerations. He was a bridge to The Future. No one really thought that The Future was already around.<br /><br />Anyways, as is noted around the internet, the schedule means there are enough starts for everybody.David Coughlinhttp://twitter.com/dscoughlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-60116896441786850952012-02-12T14:23:30.681-05:002012-02-12T14:23:30.681-05:00What percentage of the American born NBA is now ea...What percentage of the American born NBA is now east-Asian American and how does that compare to their percentage of the U.S. Population? How does their proportional representation compare to white Americans and Jewish americans?Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-648709026789247582012-02-12T14:07:07.779-05:002012-02-12T14:07:07.779-05:00I’m thinking too that this highly compressed seaso...I’m thinking too that this highly compressed season will be tougher on all the players making them perhaps more injury prone in their fatigue. As I said earlier it would be a great loss for the league and BB fans in general if Mr. Lin were to sustain a serious injury. Ken Condonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68985700769466868462012-02-12T13:23:59.549-05:002012-02-12T13:23:59.549-05:00 My guess is that Baron is not going to start ahea... My guess is that Baron is not going to start ahead of Lin. Everyone thinks that Amare and Lin should mesh well together, given that Amare likes to run the floor and executes the pick and roll well. He did that with Nash in Phoenix. The bigger question mark is how Carmelo will fit into the new style of basketball that the Knicks are playing. Carmelo likes to have the ball in his hands and far tooYan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-26528605711864055502012-02-12T13:23:12.747-05:002012-02-12T13:23:12.747-05:00It's interesting that the Knicks sites I have ...It's interesting that the Knicks sites I have seen the last few days are full of speculation about what will happen when Stoudemire and Anthony return but haven't had much about Davis. I'm in about the same place as you with the NBA. The Jeremy Lin phenomenon is a great ride and I'm looking forward to seeing just how good he becomes.Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81154657004977838322012-02-12T13:22:18.266-05:002012-02-12T13:22:18.266-05:00 Rubio played him pretty well in the second half. Rubio played him pretty well in the second half.Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-41052421512218098962012-02-12T12:58:59.300-05:002012-02-12T12:58:59.300-05:00It will be interesting to see how coach D’Antoni h...It will be interesting to see how coach D’Antoni handles the situation when PG Baron Davis returns to the lineup. Team chemistry is hugely important as is dealing with some players fragile egos. Davis was the 3rd pick in the 1999 draft. I have no opinion on his ego but he seems to be a strong competitor who I am sure does not want to gather splinters. I gleaned all of this just recently as I haveKen Condonnoreply@blogger.com