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Chinese beatdowns

Wed Apr 21, 2010 (2:04PM ET) by poormanscommish in asianballers, overseas, three-pt play 

Charles Gaines clocking Du Feng leads off this installment of 3pt Play, where things tend to happen in threes. Exhibit A: Gaines, who once played for the San Antonio Spurs, knocks out Du in the Chinese Basketball Association. Then we have Exhibits B and C (non-basketball-related): 59-year-old Tian-Sheng Yu and his 27-year-old son Cheng Yu getting beat up in broad daylight in downtown Oakland… 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/20/BA301D16JO.DTL  

And if you think Exhibit B and C should be lumped into just Exhibit B, then consider the attacks on San Francisco’s Muni buses not too long ago… 

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7364771  

Yes, I’m sure there are Chinese or Asian people getting beat up all the time all over the world as we speak, but I’m just sayin’. All in a matter of days, all reaching headlines. Enough is enough. 

For the hoopsters, here’s Exhibit A in more detail: 

“The synopsis: in the closing moments of Game 2 of the Chinese Basketball Association finals on Sunday, Guangdong’s Du Feng gets tangled underneath the basket with Xinjiang’s Gaines, a Southern Mississippi standout in the early naughts who was briefly on the San Antonio Spurs’ roster. Du appears to butt heads with Gaines; Gaines responds by roundhousing Du. Ten-count, commence.”

Thanks for the heads-up on Gaines/Du from SlamOnline writer Daniel Edward Rosen. 

Read the whole article at: Heart of Beijing: Charles Gaines KOs Chinese basketball player

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  • In no way am I condoning such an act of violence in a basketball game but what did Du Feng think was going to happen after head butting Gaines? He didn't even try to protect himself. Isn't it universally accepted that a head butt means, "let's do this?" Gaines wasn't thinking, and the consequences for him will likely be big, but clearly neither was Du.

    The situation seems vastly different for Yu and his son, and it's just terrible. One of those incidents that makes you question our inherent humanity. The truth is, random acts of violence are nothing new. They just tend to happen to people who are viewed as easy targets. Unfortunately, for a lot of Asians, that's how they are viewed. There's a reason this isn't as common in my hometown, Houston, and it's equally disheartening.

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