They each shed light on how they viewed the scrawny Asian kid from Harvard University’s captivating NBA journey and how his impact was palpable within the global Asian community and beyond. “Linsanity has always been about more than me and my basketball career,” Lin wrote on Instagram.“It...
Essentially, Jeremy Lin is the NBA’s version of the Rorschach test. To some, the 6’3 point guard is still the player who captivated the imagination of the basketball fans around the globe in 2011-2012 — the same one that never had a fair shot since leaving the Knicks. To others, i...
Jeremy Lin: From novelty to Knicks starIan Begley, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 8, 2012, 12:15 PM ETCloseCovers the New York Knicks for ESPNNewYork.comFollow on XEmailPrintHe has been passed over in the NBA draft, cut by two teams in the same preseason and sent to the D-Leag...
Lin is the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and one of the few Asian Americans to play in the league. He is also known for his public expression of Christianity. Lin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned Northern California Player of the ...
Lin's popularity in Asia could not have come at a better time for NBA Commissioner David Stern, who has hopes of turning his league into a global brand. Charlie Rose: When you look at your interest in basketball being an international sport does this add to-- does this give some velocity...
Beyond the Knicks, Lin may be saving the NBA as well. Just a few months back, the NBA took a massive credibility hit during a multi-month lockout, where the owners did not allow the players to go back to play until they accept the new salary levels. As a consequence, the season did...
Because, and let’s cut to the quick, Carmelo Anthony never ever would’ve made that remark about a black NBA player’s contract, and I doubt that he ever would’ve said it about a white player’s, either. If Melo thought that Lin was being wildly overpaid but still, fundamentally, ...
Jeremy Lin grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he spent most of his time playing basketball for fun. In those days, he was also a fan of the Golden State Warriors, the local NBA team. During his teenage years, Lin was leader of the Palo Alto High School basketball team. He led...
Lin was undrafted and had to prove himself in the NBA's Summer Leaguecircuit - and he famously outshined Wall there too (see highlight reel below): The Knicks shot just 25 percent in the first quarter and trailed 23-17. Lin missed all three shots he attempted, and moments after the th...
“It came out of nowhere,” Lin said. But that all changed soon after the NBA trade deadline passed. Lin explained on the podcast that when the Raptors played the Hawks, just hours after the 3 p.m. deadline on Feb. 7, Kyle Lowry asked Lin, “You doing it?” to which Lin replied...