. >> reporter: noel robertson hopes to add a photograph of him above the trophies. he played with the chapter. >> he is showing -- what it is to be a student athlete and someone that other kids can look up to and say you know i would like to carry myself like that. >> reporter: with the praise is comments about his race. on twitter a boxer posted lin is a good player but the height is because is he asian saying black players do it every night and don't get the same praise. others say these types comments a teachable moment. >> they are racist but what the -- event has created is an opportunity for all the things to come to the surface. >> reporter: he said lin is breaking barrier as the 4th asian american to play in the nba and the first american born adding nobody would pay attention if he wasn't a great player. >> i think that one can't help but look at race. it's nice to think we would think beyond it but it's a factor, doesn't have to be negative. in this case it's a positive one. >> reporter: not only is he breaking bayyers but nba records. . >> music recorded