The NBA has started its preseason. I learned tonight that I missed Jeremy’s first game, which was the night before last, LA Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets. So I went onto Youtube and managed to watch most of the game. Jeremy’s numbers: 27 minutes (most of all players), one point (1 for 6 from the field), TEN assists! He looked good and ran the offense well. Also, in an improvement from Houston, he was treated with a great deal of respect by the announcers. I am looking forward to a good season, both from Jeremy and the Lakers.
Jeremy and I have a lot in common. We are both Asian-American, born in the U.S. of Asian parents. We both went to Harvard. We both excelled early and then ran into obstacles of adult life, including resentment and politics, which interfered with our ability to meet our potential. We are both working on our game.
You who have been following my new blog probably noticed a gap in my posting. This is because for the last week and a half I have been preoccupied with subjects which I cannot really blog about, namely my family (of origin) and my work. I feel responsible for the “radio silence”, but suspect that the flow of my posts may have fits and starts to it just by the nature of my life and who I am. Hang in there with me friends…
edwardtkoh 
Your admiration for Jeremy Lin is admirable, but I fear the Lakers are too devoid of talent this year and will be mired near the bottom of their division. Of course now I’m curious to know what political obstacles and resentments you were forced to face. Whatever they were, you’ve undoubtably left them in your rear view mirror. Judging by your wife and boys Ed, I don’t see how you could have been any more successful.
Thanks, Paul. With respect to the Lakers, I have to reiterate the obvious: Basketball is a team sport. And a few additions can enhance the chemistry of a team. Jeremy is an example of such an addition, as is Carlos Boozer, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson. (I’m just learning these names myself…) The absence of a ball-hogging ego (like James Harden on the Rockets) is “addition by subtraction”. I am hopeful that Kobe can play team ball rather than “me-me-me-ball”. And from his history Byron Scott has the makings of a good young coach.