Photo: nikk_la / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Linsanity was lightning in a bottle, but I have always felt Jeremy Lin's real story is everything around it. An undrafted Harvard guard, cut twice, sleeping on a teammate's couch — then weeks of basketball so electric it briefly made Madison Square Garden the center of the world. To me that was no fluke; it was preparation finally meeting opportunity. His career also forced a long-overdue conversation about how Asian American athletes get scouted and stereotyped. He kept playing with dignity long after the headlines moved on, picking up a ring with Toronto and thriving overseas. Few athletes have meant so much from so few minutes.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeremy Lin
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェレミー・リン
- Reading
- じぇれみー・りん
- Born
- August 23, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Torrance, California, United States
- Height
- 191 cm
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- High school
- Palo Alto High School
- University
- Harvard University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jeremy Lin born?
Born August 23, 1988 (age 37).
Where is Jeremy Lin from?
Jeremy Lin is from Torrance, California, United States.
What does Jeremy Lin do?
Jeremy Lin works as basketball player.
How tall is Jeremy Lin?
Jeremy Lin is 191 cm.
Basketball player — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.