Security guard stops Jeremy Lin from boarding bus in Milwaukee ... but he’s delighted Raptors are in NBA Finals

Jeremy Lin is one of the most recognised Asian-American athletes on the planet and he might get more recognition now that his Toronto Raptors have reached the NBA Championship Finals for the first time.

Seven years ago, Lin created the phenomenon “Linsanity” and for a short period of time he was one of the most talked-about basketball players in the world with his breakout stretch for the New York Knicks. But things have changed a lot – so much to the point that he wasn’t even recognised by a security guard who stopped Lin from making his way to the Raptors’ team bus at Fiserv Forum in Wisconsin, Milwaukee in game two of their Eastern Conference finals last week.

Lin, who is of mainland and Taiwanese descent, was peeved that he was prevented from joining his teammates on the team bus. The security guard was just doing his job as the Raptors’ point guard wasn’t carrying his team pass but the 30-year-old NBA star made his feelings known on a talk show.

“After game two in Milwaukee, I was trying to get to the team bus and one of the dudes in the Milwaukee Arena just screams at me,” Lin said on the Bill Michaels Sports Talk Network. “He’s like, ‘Where do you think you’re going?!’ And I’m like, ‘Uh, I’m trying to get to the team bus.’ He’s like, ‘What? Where’s your pass?’