Kenyon Martin Was Critical Of Jeremy Lin's Dreadlocks, And Jeremy Lin Shut Him Up With The Quickness10/5/2017
If we are being perfectly honest, I wouldn't have thought twice about Jeremy Lin's dreadlocks if he didn't write up some super self important 'Players' Tribune' article about how his newest wacky 'do is some sort of follically-inspired attempt at becoming a multi-cultural liaison. Maybe it's because I'm not African American and therefore it wasn't my hairstyle that was being adopted by someone less than racially inclined, but treating each cornrow like it was actually an olive branch to a more unified tomorrow seemed wildly unnecessary, if not painfully ill advised.
If I had to guess, Kenyon Martin wouldn't have even commented on Lin's new look if he didn't publish some piece that beat him to punch. The mantra that a professional sports league is "a family" is overused at best and largely bullshit at worst, but if there's an organization (or more accurately, 'Association') that does a decent job embracing it then it's the NBA. That's why I don't think there would be too much outcry amongst black players if someone who has managed to thrive amongst their culture were to plop down in a barber's chair and appropriate it without turning his decision to do so into an online spectacle. Maybe I am totally wrong on this, but I don't even think the contentiousness with Carmelo Anthony following the 'Linsanity' era was enough to cost Jeremy his black card. That's why his plea for it to get upgraded with benefits was not only odd, but likely what made Kenyon Martin speak on it in over-the-top fashion. The results of him doing so, however, were...well...in a word...incredible...
ROASTED. The slick-tongued, bad boy of 'Big 3' basketball set aflame by a quick and easy observation made the NBA's most notable Harvard grad. Actually, now that I put it that way it seems a lot less than stunning that Jeremy Lin and his 'Ivy League' education were able to outsmart Kenyon Martin, but you just don't expect the Asian dude to win a war of words with someone who has a pair of lips tattooed on his neck. Especially not when his weapons of choice were nothing more than his eyeballs and kindness. As a proud New Jersey Nets (R.I.P.) fan, I'll always love Kenyon Martin. But I'll be damned if he doesn't look stupid for trying to champion the undeniable blackness of tightly twisted hair with something that probably translates to "I am a sucker" or "I like turtles" forever inked on his arm in Chinese.
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