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Jeremy Lin            

Professional Basketball Player for Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association

Jeremy Lin is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the New Taipei Kings of the P. League+ (PLG). 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 was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He is the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

Lin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned Northern California Basketball Player of the Year 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 (D-League). In 2011, Lin was waived by both the Warriors and the Houston Rockets before joining the New York Knicks early in 2011–12.

At first, Lin played sparingly for the Knicks, and he again spent time in the D-League. In February 2012, however, he was promoted to the starting lineup and led the team on a seven-game winning streak. Lin's stellar play during the season helped the Knicks make the 2012 playoffs; it also catapulted him to international fame. Lin appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time and was named to the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world. In July 2012, Lin won the ESPY Award for Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.

Following his Knicks tenure, Lin played for the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and Toronto Raptors. While he experienced some success in Houston and Charlotte, he battled injuries in the ensuing seasons. In August 2019, he left the NBA and signed with the Beijing Ducks, where he became an All-Star in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Attempting to return to the NBA, Lin played with the Warriors' development team in 2021. He returned to the CBA and played with the Ducks and later the Guangzhou Loong Lions. He left the Loong Lions midseason in 2022–23 and joined PLG's Steelers in 2023.

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A star is reborn? Jeremy Lin returns to New York as Nets' top dog
Jeremy Lin is ready to return to the New York City spotlight. The Nets moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn, went all-in with a record-setting payroll and titanic ...
Jeremy Lin doesn't have to wait long to bring Nets to Garden | New ...
The Nets and new point guard Jeremy Lin meet the rival Knicks for the first time on Nov. 9 at the Garden. Former stars Joe Johnson and Deron Williams will ...
Jeremy Lin Is Back in New York, and So Is a Glimpse of the Old ...
Jeremy Lin, who signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets, answered questions during a news conference Wednesday at the team's ...
Jeremy Lin says he's going to sign with Hornets
Free agent guard Jeremy Lin just announced on Facebook that he's joining the Charlotte Hornets. Going into my first true free agency as an NBA player this ...

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