NBA's G League investigating after Jeremy Lin said he was called 'coronavirus' on the court

Feb 27, 2021

The NBA’s G League is investigating after Jeremy Lin, one of the best known Asian American basketball players, said that he had been called “coronavirus” on the court.

“Being an Asian American doesn’t mean we don’t experience poverty and racism," the Taiwanese-American player, who is part of the Golden State Warriors’ G League affiliate, Santa Cruz Warriors, said.

Lin, who last year pledged up to $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts, said Asian Americans "are tired of being told to keep our heads down and not make trouble.”

“We are tired of Asian American kids growing up and being asked where they’re REALLY from, of having our eyes mocked...We are tired of being invisible...or told our struggles aren’t as real,” Lin said in his social media post