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Jeremy Lin
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Film & TV
Torrance, California, USA
Known for
- Hoop Like This — Self2026
- American Son2023
- Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown — Self2022
- 38 at the Garden — Self2022
- Fresh Off the Boat — Chau2015
- Linsanity — Self2013
- The Daily Show — Self1996
- 60 Minutes — Self1968
via TMDB
Key facts
- 2011
- Dongguan Leopards
- 2012
- → Erie BayHawks
- 2019
- Toronto Raptors
- 2021
- Santa Cruz Warriors
- 2022
- Guangzhou Loong Lions
- 2023
- Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
- Born
- ( 1988-08-23 ) August 23, 1988 (age 37) , Torrance, California , U.S.
- Nationality
- American Taiwanese
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- High school
- Palo Alto ( Palo Alto, California )
- College
- Harvard (2006–2010)
- Nba draft
- 2010 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 2010–2025
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- Number
- 7, 17
- 2010 2011
- Golden State Warriors
- 2011 2012
- New York Knicks
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- New Taipei Kings
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeremy
- Family name
- Lin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Taiwan
- Place of birth
- Torrance
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Beijing Ducks
- Position played
- point guard
- Mass
- 91
- Official website
- www.jlin7.com
- Image
- Jeremy Lin with the Knicks and reporters (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 191
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- Commons category
- Jeremy Lin
- date of birth
- 1988-08-23
- sport number
- 23
- birth name
- Jeremy Shu-How Lin
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 2369015
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeremy Shu-How Lin (Chinese: 林書豪; born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American former professional basketball player. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin is the first person of Chinese or Taiwanese descent born in the United States to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He is also the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
Born to a Taiwanese American family, Lin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned honors as a senior in high school. After receiving no athletic scholarship offers, he attended Harvard University, where he was a three-time all-conference player in the Ivy League. Undrafted out of college, Lin signed with his hometown Golden State Warriors in 2010. He seldom played in his rookie season and received assignments to the NBA Development League (now NBA G League). In 2011, Lin was waived by both the Warriors and the Houston Rockets before joining the New York Knicks early in 2011–12.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeremy Lin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.