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Jeremy Lin

February 11, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jeremy Lin 

Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors. One of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, Lin is also the first American player to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent in the league.

In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei, 51-47, for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title. According to Dana O’Neil of ESPN, “..

. Lin was the runaway choice for player of the year by virtually every California publication.” He was named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.

Jeremy Lin Harvard

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Jeremy Lin Harvard, Jeremy Lin was a Baron Davis elbow infection away from being waived and becoming a 10-day contract player.

Had Davis not had a setback in his rehab from a herniated disc, if he had made his New York Knicks debut at the end of January as coach Mike D’Antoni hoped, Lin wouldn’t have been in the starting lineup for Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers and would have remained relatively unknown.

“The natural progression is we’re not searching so hard for something back there and he wouldn’t have gotten a chance,” D’Antoni said at the Knicks’ morning shootaround.

The Knicks were looking at Davis to be their savior, but not in this way. They probably still envision Davis joining them and being a difference-maker at some point, but right now it’s all Lin.

Entering Friday night’s game, the undrafted point guard from Harvard had led the Knicks to three straight wins, averaging 25.3 points and 8.3 assists in those games. Lin somewhat overshadowed Kobe Bryant in his only regular-season appearance at the Garden, and he’s added even more attention to one of the most high-profile teams in sports.

The amount of media at the Knicks’ shootaround was similar to a playoff game _ and stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire weren’t even there. At least six television crews were in Greenburgh, N.Y., including CNN and some Asian networks. Lin, the first American-born Chinese player in the NBA, admitted to being a little overwhelmed.

“Things are changing so much and it’s like everyone wants to talk to me or my family,” Lin said. “We’re very low-key people and private people, and so sometimes it’s a little tough.”

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