Jeremy Lin said he wrestled emotionally with being a bit player on a championship team and what it meant to him to earn a ring with the Toronto Raptors when he didn’t have much to do with what transpired on the court.
And when the Harvard graduate, a fiercely proud Asian who is now the first Asian to earn an NBA ring, broke it all down, he was rightfully proud.
As he should have been.
“I had to struggle with, ‘Do I really deserve this? The more I thought … I do. I should enjoy it and embrace it.