G-League Says They Know The Player Who Called Jeremy Lin ‘Coronavirus’

SGKing

4 years ago

G-League star Jeremy Lin recently spoked out about the racism that he’s facing in his everyday life. Not only that, he also receives plenty of hate on the court. Lin went into detail on how he gets harassed, and even said there are players who call him Coronavirus on the court. But Lin wouldn’t name names. He wasn’t looking to call someone out individually, rather to let people know how the anti Asian sentiment is getting worse since the pandemic.

The Athletic reports the NBA G League identified the player who said “Coronavirus” towards Jeremy Lin.

After an investigation, the NBA G League identified the player who said “coronavirus” toward Jeremy Lin during a game and is handling the matter internally with Lin’s support, @TheAthletic @Stadium has learned. Statement from a G League spokesperson: pic.twitter.com/YaDf6CzjcA

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2021

Twitter reacted to the news:

Everyone to the guy who called jeremy lin that

pic.twitter.com/u3NA9O9ABu

— Hassan 🪐 (@Kinghassan__) March 12, 2021

Lin always handles things so well, helps to educate more and keep a positive message. https://t.co/9OvLvIWZXT

— Rex-Lapis ➐ (Knicks tanking 🏀 smh) (@TheRadBrand07) March 12, 2021

Lin has navigated this incredibly well https://t.co/pEPw3vWesm

— Eric the Rat, Esq. (@ratpac7) March 12, 2021

What a snitch lol https://t.co/notF4MXk3k

— I GAVE YOU A GRACE PERIOD (@DaMenace1404) March 12, 2021

https://twitter.com/TheHawaladarPT2/status/1370427390497804288

A certain section of NBA Twitter was saying they think Lin was lying because he didn't give the public said person's name lol. Like he'd just lie about shit like that https://t.co/uMSbQ9zAK4

— Robert De Nigga (@not_your_tobi) March 12, 2021

“Handling it internally”

The dude will be out the next game or something and everybody gonna know who it is 😂😂😂 https://t.co/tonpFk4QMd

— Fire Nate McMillian (@1CE_TRAE) March 12, 2021

https://twitter.com/in_yo_mamas_bed/status/1370418046641258505

Well I guess he wasnt lying then https://t.co/yKOPlGX5Co

— See No Evil, Hear No Evil (@JimboJumboFATAL) March 12, 2021

https://twitter.com/overtimealessia/status/1370409785242353669

Who is it tho https://t.co/ORFoJHgtXA

— Patrick (@p10ur) March 12, 2021

Nah put his name out there. Let everyone know who this piece of shit is https://t.co/EZTrflzrkG

— Travis Thomson (@TSquare73) March 12, 2021

Makes you wonder how they investigated this. You’d imagine someone tattled.

How else could they identify the culprit?

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