The misstep isn't the only one that has surrounded the hype over the Asian-American guard for the NBA's New York Knicks.

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The NBA's New York Knicks were stuck in Minnesota after playing the Timberwolves on Friday night, hoping to try to fly home sometime Saturday.

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"I would say the losers in many ways are the fans because you don't know what product you're going to get for a significant amount of money, " said Jeff Van Gundy, an ESPN commentator and former NBA coach who took the New York Knicks to the Finals during the lockout-shortened 1999 season.

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